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1 Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre and Departments of 2 Infectious Diseases and 3 Orthopaedic Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Exercise induces increased levels of plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6) as well as changes in the concentration of lymphocytes and neutrophils. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible role for epinephrine. Seven healthy men participated in an exercise experiment. One month later they received an epinephrine infusion. The exercise consisted of treadmill running at 75% of maximal O2 consumption for 2.5 h. The infusion trial consisted of 2.5 h of epinephrine infusion calculated to reach the same plasma epinephrine levels seen during the exercise experiment. The plasma concentration of IL-6 increased 29-fold during exercise, with peak levels at the end of exercise. The increase in plasma IL-6 during epinephrine infusion was only sixfold, with the peak value at 1 h after infusion. The lymphocyte concentration increased to the same levels during exercise and epinephrine infusion. The lymphocyte count decreased more in the postexercise period than after epinephrine infusion. The neutrophil concentration was elevated threefold in response to exercise, whereas no change was found in response to epinephrine infusion. In conclusion, the exercise-induced increase in plasma IL-6 could not be mimicked by epinephrine infusion. However, epinephrine induced a small increase in IL-6 and may, therefore, partly influence the plasma levels of IL-6 during exercise. In addition, the results support the idea that epinephrine plays a role in exercise-induced changes in lymphocyte number, whereas epinephrine does not mediate exercise-induced neutrocytosis.
catecholamines; cytokines; lymphocytes and neutrophils
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