Beneficial Effect of Ubiquinol on Hematological and Inflammatory Signaling during Exercise
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Díaz Castro, Javier; Moreno Fernández, Jorge; Chirosa Ríos, Ignacio Jesús; Chirosa Ríos, Luis Javier; Guisado Barrilao, Rafael; Ochoa Herrera, Julio JoséEditorial
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Materia
High-intensity exercise Hematological parameters Ergogenic effect Ubiquinol Inflammation
Date
2020-02-06Referencia bibliográfica
Diaz-Castro, J., Moreno-Fernandez, J., Chirosa, I., Chirosa, L. J., Guisado, R., & Ochoa, J. J. (2020). Beneficial Effect of Ubiquinol on Hematological and Inflammatory Signaling during Exercise. Nutrients, 12(2), 424.
Résumé
Strenuous exercise (any activity that expends six metabolic equivalents per minute or more
causing sensations of fatigue and exhaustion to occur, inducing deleterious effects, affecting negatively
different cells), induces muscle damage and hematological changes associated with high production of
pro-inflammatory mediators related to muscle damage and sports anemia. The objective of this study
was to determine whether short-term oral ubiquinol supplementation can prevent accumulation of
inflammatory mediators and hematological impairment associated to strenuous exercise. For this
purpose, 100 healthy and well-trained firemen were classified in two groups: Ubiquinol (experimental
group), and placebo group (control). The protocol was two identical strenuous exercise tests with
rest period between tests of 24 h. Blood samples were collected before supplementation (basal value)
(T1), after supplementation (T2), after first physical exercise test (T3), after 24 h of rest (T4), and after
second physical exercise test (T5). Hematological parameters, pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines
and growth factors were measured. Red blood cells (RBC), hematocrit, hemoglobin, VEGF, NO,
EGF, IL-1ra, and IL-10 increased in the ubiquinol group while IL-1, IL-8, and MCP-1 decreased.
Ubiquinol supplementation during high intensity exercise could modulate inflammatory signaling,
expression of pro-inflammatory, and increasing some anti-inflammatory cytokines. During exercise,
RBC, hemoglobin, hematocrit, VEGF, and EGF increased in ubiquinol group, revealing a possible
pro-angiogenic effect, improving oxygen supply and exerting a possible protective effect on other
physiological alterations.