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Strenuous 12-h run elevates circulating biomarkers of oxidative stress, inflammation and intestinal permeability in middle-aged amateur runners: A preliminary study

  • Ewa Sadowska-Krępa ,

    Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

    e.sadowska-krepa@awf.katowice.pl

    Affiliation Institute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland

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  • Michał Rozpara,

    Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Institute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland

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  • Adam Rzetecki,

    Roles Data curation, Methodology

    Affiliation Institute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland

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  • Sebastian Bańkowski,

    Roles Data curation, Investigation

    Affiliation Institute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland

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  • Aleksandra Żebrowska,

    Roles Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Institute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland

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  • Wanda Pilch

    Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Basic Science, University of Physical Education, Krakow, Poland

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Abstract

Given the solid evidence that prolonged strenuous exercise is a cause of metabolic stress, this study sought to determine whether a 12-h run would affect total oxidant status (TOS), total oxidant capacity (TOC), total antioxidant status (TAS), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and the biomarkers of intestinal permeability (protein fatty acid-binding proteins (I-FABP) and zonulin) in middle-aged male subjects. Ten amateur long-distance runners (aged 52.0 ± 6.2 years, body height 176.9 ± 4.9 cm, body mass 73.9 ± 6.0 kg) were enrolled in the study. The venous blood samples were collected 1 hour before and right after the run and were analyzed for the levels of TAS, TOS/TOC, hs-CRP, I-FABP and zonulin. The post-run concentrations of TOS/TOC were significantly elevated (p < 0.001), but TAS changes were not significant. Pearson’s correlation coefficients calculated for the post run values of TAS and TOS/TOC were statistically significant and negative (r = -0.750, p < 0.05). Significant increases in the concentrations of hs-CRP (p < 0.001), I-FABP (p < 0.05) and zonulin (p < 0.01) were noted. The results indicate that a strenuous 12-h run disturbs the prooxidant-antioxidant balance in middle-aged men, as well as promoting inflammation and impairing intestinal permeability.

Citation: Sadowska-Krępa E, Rozpara M, Rzetecki A, Bańkowski S, Żebrowska A, Pilch W (2021) Strenuous 12-h run elevates circulating biomarkers of oxidative stress, inflammation and intestinal permeability in middle-aged amateur runners: A preliminary study. PLoS ONE 16(4): e0249183. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249183

Editor: Samuel Penna Wanner, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, BRAZIL

Received: July 14, 2020; Accepted: March 13, 2021; Published: April 1, 2021

Copyright: © 2021 Sadowska-Krępa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Data Availability: All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.

Funding: This study was supported by funding provided by Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland (Grant No. BS5/PW/2018) awarded to ESK.

Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Introduction

Long-distance running is a very popular form of physical activity, but there is much evidence that prolonged strenuous exercise leads to metabolic stress [1] and promotes the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), mainly by increasing electron leakage from the respiratory chain, auto-oxidation of hemoglobin and catecholamines, and the activity of xanthine oxidase during reperfusion and of NADPH oxidase in response to inflammation caused by microinjuries within the skeletal muscles [2]. Excessive production of ROS causes oxidative damage to proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids [3]. In assessing the level of oxidative stress in biological fluids, total oxidant status and total oxidant capacity (TOS/TOC) showing the total lipid peroxide concentration directly related to the level of oxygen radicals are used more and more often [4, 5].

The exercise-induced production of ROS plays a major role in progression of inflammation. ROS produced at the inflamed site cause the dysfunction of the vascular endothelium and contribute to the transmigration of inflammatory cells through the endothelial barrier, which leads to tissue damage [6]. The presence of inflammation can be determined using blood circulating C-reactive protein (CRP), whose concentration increases very fast, even within several hours from the onset of inflammation [7].

Running at 80% VO2max [8] and prolonged strenuous exercise (≥2 hours at 60% of VO2max) are known to cause digestive tract disfunction [9] that induce a variety of gastrointestinal responses in the athletes. Loose stool, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, urinary incontinence, and rectal hemorrhage have been observed after the run in almost half of long-distance runners [10, 11]. Other frequent problems include mucosal erosion and ischemic intestinal inflammation [12, 13]. One cause of the post-exercise gastrointestinal problems is ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) resulting from a temporary disruption of splanchnic blood flow. As strenuous exercise ends, the previously hypoxic tissues receive a large influx of oxygen, which triggers ROS production, inflammation, and causes damage to gastrointestinal mucosa [12, 14, 15].

Intestinal permeability can be assessed using a range of biomarkers, including intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) [16] and zonulin [17].

I-FABP is a protein that binds fatty acids into long chains and transports them to the sites of intracellular utilization. It is mainly produced by mature enterocytes in the small intestine. Because damaged intestinal mucosa releases I-FABP to the bloodstream, its elevated concentration in serum is considered be indicative of increased intestinal permeability [16, 18].

Zonulin, a haptoglobin-related protein, is also frequently used in clinical practice to assess intestinal permeability [17]. In most cases, its concentration is determined using stool or blood samples. Zonulin modulates the tight junctions (TJ) that under physiological conditions seal the paracellular spaces between enterocytes and regulate the transport of fluids, macromolecules and leukocytes between the intestinal lumen and the bloodstream, as well as intestinal permeability. An elevated serum concentration of zonulin indicates decreased intestinal integrity [19–21].

Metabolic changes induced by prolonged strenuous exercise such as marathon or ultra-marathon running are well documented in the literature [1, 22, 23], but there is a research gap regarding the metabolic effects of a 12-h run, despite the growing interest in this type of physical activity [24]. As our study was designed to determine the effect of a long-distance run on the levels of selected biomarkers in the middle-aged male runners, we tested a hypothesis that metabolic stress induced by a 12-h run would disturb their prooxidant-antioxidant balance, as well as causing inflammation and increasing the levels of intestinal permeability markers in serum.

Materials and methods

Participants

Seventy-four male athletes intending to participate in a 12-h run organized by the Municipal Sports and Recreation Canter and the recreation and sports club TKKF “Jastrząb” in Ruda Śląska (Poland) were screened for the study. Fifty of them met the inclusion criteria, i.e., were male, aged ≥ 35 years, had a training history ≥ 3 years, and did not intend to use non-steroidal analgesics before and during the race. Of the 50 selected athletes, only 10 agreed to participate and were enrolled in the study (mean age 52.0 ± 6.2 years, body height 176.9 ± 4.9 cm, body mass 73.9 ± 6.0 kg, running a distance of 57.4 ± 22.9 km weekly, with a training history of 7.3 ± 2.2 years).

All participants filled out the medical and training history questionnaires, signed the consent forms, and were briefed on the study protocol that conformed to the ethical guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Local Bioethics Committee at the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice (certificate of approval No. KB/13/17).

Study circumstances

The run, which took place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., on April 28, 2018, in the town of Ruda Śląska, required the contestants to run a circular route of 1.6 km as many times as they could. The mean air temperature during the day was 24 ± 4°C and relative humidity 46 ± 2%. The runners ingested carbohydrate-rich food (sandwiches, cookies, fruits, and carbohydrate energy bars) every 90–120 min and fluids (water and sport beverages) every 20–25 min. According to the event rules, they could take short rest breaks at their discretion.

Biochemical analyses

Venous blood samples were collected 1 hour before the run and immediately after it ended. One part of a sample was placed in the hematocrit capillary tube and the other part in test tubes for separation of plasma (BD Vacutainer® PPT™ Plasma Preparation Tube, UK) and serum (BD Vacutainer™ Serum Tube, UK). Hematocrit (HCT) was measured by micro-hematocrit method (Hettich 210, DJB Labcare, UK). Plasma was separated by centrifugation for 10 min at 1000 × g at 4◦C (SIGMA 2-16KL, Sigma Laborzentrifugen GmbH, Germany). The serum tubes were allowed to stand for 30 min for blood to clot before serum was separated. Plasma and serum were then stored frozen for analysis at -80◦C for a period shorter than one month without unfreezing and freezing.

The plasma concentration of lactate (LA) and total antioxidant status (TAS) were measured using a colorimetric method (a Randox Laboratories Ltd. diagnostic kit UK). Plasma total oxidant status/total oxidant capacity (TOS/TOC) were assessed by a photometric method (a PerOx test kit from Immundiagnostik AG, Germany). The intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation (CV) were 0.86% and 3.62% (LA), 1.33–5.06% and 3.04–4.07% (TAS), and 2.94% and 6.63–6.85% (TOS/TOC). The reference ranges for TOS/TOC–< 200 μmol/l, 200–350 μmol/l, and > 350 μmol/l–correspond to low, moderate, and high oxidative stress, respectively. The serum concentration of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) was measured with a commercially available kit (Dade Behring, Marburg, Germany; the intra-assay CV: 4.4%; the inter-assay CV: 5.7%). The serum concentrations of fatty acid-binding proteins (I-FABP) and zonulin were determined by means of the human I-FABP ELISA kit (Hycult®Biotech, Netherlands) and the IDK®Zonulin ELISA kit (Immundiagnostik AG, Germany The intra- and inter-assay CVs were 3.2–6.6% and 0.2–1.9% (I-FABP), 3.5–6.0% and 7.7–8.3% (zonulin).

The oxidative stress index (OSI) was defined as a ratio between TOS/TOC and TAS; where both indices were expressed in μmol/l after converting TAS from mmol/l to μmol/l [25].

All biochemical tests were performed as per PN-ENISO 9001:2015 (certificate no. PW-19912-18B) and the test manufacturers’ instructions by a certified laboratory.

The values of the biomarkers were adjusted for exercise-induced dehydration. A two-step procedure was used to this end. First, the percentage change in plasma volume (%ΔPV) was calculated with the following formula: %ΔPV = [100 / (100 –HCT1)] × [100 (HCT1 –HCT2) / HCT2], where HCT1 –hematocrit before the run, HCT2 –hematocrit after the run [26]. Then, the indicators’ values were corrected using a formula proposed by Kraemer and Brown [27]–CV = (%ΔPV × 0.01 × V2) + V2, where CV–a corrected value, V2 –a post-run value.

Statistical analysis

The data analyzed below represent mean values (M), standard deviations (SD), mean differences (MD), standard deviation differences (SDD), and confidence interval (CI). The data normality distribution was established using the Shapiro-Wilk test. The significance of differences within-subjects was assessed with a paired-samples t-test. The effect size for the paired-samples t-test was estimated by calculating Cohen’s d index (dc) [28]. The correlations between the selected variables were evaluated with Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and power analysis for paired sample t-test was performed (1-β). The level of significance in all tests was set to α = 0.05. The statistical analysis was performed in IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA) and G*Power 3.1 [29].

Results

Measurements made immediately after the run during which the study participants ran an average distance of 94.73±12.97 km (min–max: 72.80–113.60 km) with a speed 7.89±1.07 km/h (min–max: 6.10–9.50 km/h). At a ΔPV of -2.37 ± 9.25%, statistically significant increases were observed in the levels of LA (p < 0.001), TOS/TOC (p < 0.001), and OSI (p < 0.001) (Table 1).

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Table 1. The pre- and post-run values of lactate and the biomarkers of prooxidant-antioxidant balance (n = 10).

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Pearson’s coefficients of correlations between the post-run TAS and TOS/TOC were statistically significant and negative (r = - 0.750, p < 0.05) (Fig 1).

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Fig 1. Correlations between the post-run TAS and TOS/TOC.

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Increases in the concentrations of hs-CRP (p < 0.001), I-FABP (p < 0.05), and zonulin (p < 0.01), measured post-run were also statistically significant (Table 2).

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Table 2. The pre- and post-run values of C-reactive protein and intestinal permeability biomarkers (n = 10).

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Discussion

Knowing that strenuous exercise leads to metabolic stress we decided to investigate whether a 12-h run will affect biomarkers of oxidative stress, inflammation and intestinal permeability in middle-aged amateur runners.

There is solid evidence that aerobic exercise disturbs the prooxidant-antioxidant balance in the skeletal muscles and blood [2]. In our study, the TOS/TOC measured pre-run pointed to moderate oxidative stress, as could be expected in well-trained individuals, but their post-run values indicated high oxidative stress. Another evidence of the prooxidant-antioxidant balance having been disturbed by strenuous 12-hour run was a negative correlation between TOS/TOC and TAC and a significant increase in OSI. These results are consistent with other studies reporting an imbalance between oxidant and antioxidant protection in marathon runners post-run [23, 30].

Oxidative stress can cause inflammation by activating various transcription factors, which results in the expression of inflammatory pathway genes [31]. Systemic low-grade inflammation caused by bacterial infections, injuries, tissue necrosis [7, 32], gastrointestinal diseases (e.g. Crohn’s disease), or acute pancreatitis [33] can be reliably detected by CRP. In healthy adults, the concentration of CRP ranges from 0.5 to 5.0 mg/l, but inflammation may increase it from several hundredfold to thousandfold [32, 34]. Unlike single physical effort that increases the blood concentration of CRP, regular physical activity reduces it in both men and women regardless of their age [35]. We found in our study that hs-CRP concentration measured post-run was significantly elevated, by as much as 382%. Interestingly, a similar increase in the level of hs-CRP occurred after 12 hours of a 48-h run in our earlier study [23]. Significantly higher concentrations of hs-CRP are also recorded in the male and female marathon runners [36], and for recreational runners after a marathon or a half-marathon [37]. Long-distance running increases blood supply to muscles, the cardiopulmonary system and the skin while curtailing the amount of blood supplied to the gut [12, 15]. Intestinal hypoperfusion associated with the redistribution of blood away from the splanchnic area leads to rapid reperfusion resulting in inflammation and metabolic stress that may disrupt the integrity of the intestinal barrier [12, 15, 38].

The main function of the intestinal barrier is to selectively absorb and secrete substances while preventing the entry of harmful microparticles and microorganisms to the bloodstream [39]. Its key element is a single layer of epithelial cells, mainly enterocytes [40, 41], which are vulnerable to ischemic events and hypoxia and can be damaged by a reduced oxygen inflow to the intestinal epithelium during exercise [12, 18]. The location of I-FABP in the mature epithelium of villi facilitates its leakage into the bloodstream from enterocytes after intestinal mucosa injury [42, 43]. The correlation between I-FABP and exercise-associated splanchnic hypoperphysion and subsequent ischemia is well documented [9, 12]. Sixty minutes of running [44] or cycling [45] at 70% VO2max or 30 minutes of resistance exercise [46] have been found to cause a significant increase in the concentration of I-FABP. In our study, a significantly higher serum concentration of I-FABP was observed after the run (+ 134%). A similar increase (+ 156%) has been reported for 17 runners who had run for 90 min at 80% of their best 10 km race speed [43].

One of the biomarkers we assessed in our study was zonulin, a protein modulating tight junction activity, the concentration of which can be measured extracellularly in human serum [47]. According to research, intense and long-lasting effort [48], running for 90 min [49], and four weeks of treadmill exercise [50] can significantly raise the concentration of zonulin. The 17% increase in the concentration of zonulin recorded in our study after the run points to greater intestinal permeability in the participants. It must be noted, however, that the serum zonulin concentrations yielded by the commercial ELISA tests need to be interpreted with caution, because comparisons between patients with GI dysfunction and healthy persons have shown that the tests fail to detect prehaptoglobin-2 [21].

Study limitation

This study has two main limitations. Firstly, we used a non-random sampling method to select participants. Secondly, neither the macronutrient intake nor the hydration of the participants was monitored during the run.

Conclusion

Our hypothesis that a strenuous 12-h run would induce metabolic stress in middle-aged amateur runners was confirmed by disturbed prooxidant-antioxidant balance and elevated levels of inflammation and intestinal permeability biomarkers in the study participants. However, more research is necessary and a randomized sample of participants to ascertain this result.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Katarzyna Kempa for her help in performing laboratory analyses.

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