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Exercise-Induced Splanchnic Hypoperfusion Results in Gut Dysfunction in Healthy Men
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BACKGROUND: Splanchnic hypoperfusion is common in various pathophysiological conditions and often considered to lead to gut dysfunction. While it is known that physiological situations such as physical exercise also result in splanchnic hypoperfusion, the consequences of flow redistribution at the expense of abdominal organs remained to be determined. This study focuses on the effects of splanchnic hypoperfusion on the gut, and the relationship between hypoperfusion, intestinal injury and permeability during physical exercise in healthy men. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Healthy men cycled for 60 minutes at 70% of maximum workload capacity. Splanchnic hypoperfusion was assessed using gastric tonometry. Blood, sampled every 10 minutes, was analyzed for enterocyte damage parameters (intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP) and ileal bile acid binding protein (I-BABP)). Changes in intestinal permeability were assessed using sugar probes. Furthermore, liver and renal parameters were assessed. Splanchnic perfusion rapidly decreased during exercise, reflected by increased gap(g-a)pCO(2) from -0.85±0.15 to 0.85±0.42 kPa (p<0.001). Hypoperfusion increased plasma I-FABP (615±118 vs. 309±46 pg/ml, p<0.001) and I-BABP (14.30±2.20 vs. 5.06±1.27 ng/ml, p<0.001), and hypoperfusion correlated significantly with this small intestinal damage (r(S) = 0.59; p<0.001). Last of all, plasma analysis revealed an increase in small intestinal permeability after exercise (p<0.001), which correlated with intestinal injury (r(S) = 0.50; p<0.001). Liver parameters, but not renal parameters were elevated. CONCLUSIONS: Exercise-induced splanchnic hypoperfusion results in quantifiable small intestinal injury. Importantly, the extent of intestinal injury correlates with transiently increased small intestinal permeability, indicating gut barrier dysfunction in healthy individuals. These physiological observations increase our knowledge of splanchnic hypoperfusion sequelae, and may help to understand and prevent these phenomena in patients.
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“Exercise-induced redistribution of blood can result in splanchnic hypoperfusion as a possible mechanism for gut dysfunction [128, 129].”
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“Symptoms such as nausea, cramping, bloating, and diarrhea most likely reflect redistribution of blood flow from the gut to the skin for cooling purposes.”
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“It has been shown that exercise induced GI hypoperfusion may provoke transient damage to the gut epithelium [6]”
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“The pathophysiology of GI distress during ultra-marathon training and racing is multifactorial, but is likely the result of reduced mesenteric blood flow [131, 132], leading to relative GI hypoperfusion [133].”
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“The pathophysiology of GI distress during ultra-marathon training and racing is multifactorial, but is likely the result of reduced mesenteric blood flow [131, 132], leading to relative GI hypoperfusion [133].”
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Acute glutamine supplementation does not improve 20-km self-paced cycling performance in the heat
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“Just 10 min of cycling at 70% V̇O2max significantly reduces splanchnic perfusion (determined via gastric-arterialized pCO2) (van Wijck et al. 2011) and this reduction in blood flow is significantly correlated with an increase in circulating marker of intestinal damage, intestinal fatty-acid binding…”
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“Impair epithelial permeability (gut leaky syndrome), and promote changes in the gut microbiota (GM) ecosystem (van Wijck et al. 2011; Mach and Fuster-Botella 2017; Fernández et al. 2021; Ribeiro et al. 2021).”
InfluentialPhysiological and Pathophysiological Consequences of a 25-Day Ultra-Endurance Exercise Challenge
Tiller, N. B., Chiesa, S. T., Roberts, J., Turner, L. A., Jones, S. H., & Romer, L. M. (2019) · Frontiers in Physiology · doi:10.3389/fphys.2019.00589 · Cited by 16
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“%) are comparable to shorter, more intense bouts of work (van Wijck et al. 2011a, 2014), but can be considered negligible in nature, and likely of little clinical relevance (Costa et al. 2017a, b).”
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Running at Increasing Intensities in the Heat Induces Transient Gut Perturbations
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Exercise Differentially Regulates Renalase Expression in Skeletal Muscle and Kidney
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“Another cardiovascular adaptation to exercise comprises functional renal hypoperfusion, which results from blood redistribution to supply adequate oxygen and energy substrates to working muscles (van Wijck et al. 2011).”
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“Such increases in I-FABP after exercise have also been correlated with the magnitude of intestinal permeability (5).”
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“This may exert tensional stress on tight junctions leading to disturbances in intestinal barrier and transport protein function, secretory IgA (sIgA) production, and levels of mucins, antimicrobial molecules, and cytokines involved in zonulin regulation [4, 14].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- van Wijck, K., Lenaerts, K., van Loon, L. J. C., Peters, W. H. M., Buurman, W. A., & Dejong, C. H. C.
- Affiliations
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Lenaerts, Kaatje
- Venue
- PLoS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2011-07-21
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- e22366
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3141050
- OpenAlex
- W1986330043
- Cited by
- 359
- References
- 48
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- FWCI
- 16.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Funders
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Keywords
- splanchnic hypoperfusion, physical activity, gastrointestinal dysfunction, intestinal injury, intestinal permeability, intestinal barrier dysfunction, gastric tonometry, intestinal fatty acid binding protein, ileal bile acid binding protein, small intestine, healthy men
- MeSH terms
- Bacteria, Health, Humans, Inflammation, Kidney, Liver, Male, Perfusion, Permeability, Splanchnic Circulation, Exercise, Gastrointestinal Tract, Young Adult
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