Edward Walter1, Oliver R Gibson2, Michael Stacey3,4, Neil Hill5, Iain T Parsons4,6, David Woods4,7. 1. Intensive Care Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XX, UK. ewalter@nhs.net. 2. Centre for Human Performance, Exercise and Rehabilitation (CHPER), Division of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Brunel University London, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK. 3. Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK. 4. Academic Department of Military Medicine, Research and Clinical Innovation, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK. 5. Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK. 6. School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Life Sciences, King's College London, London, UK. 7. Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Endurance exercise and hyperthermia are associated with compromised intestinal permeability and endotoxaemia. The presence of intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) in the systemic circulation suggests intestinal wall damage, but this marker has not previously been used to investigate intestinal integrity after marathon running. METHODS: Twenty-four runners were recruited as controls prior to completing a standard marathon and had sequential I-FABP measurements before and on completion of the marathon, then at four and 24 h later. Eight runners incapacitated with exercise-associated collapse (EAC) with hyperthermia had I-FABP measured at the time of collapse and 1 hour later. RESULTS: I-FABP was increased immediately on completing the marathon (T0; 2593 ± 1373 ng·l-1) compared with baseline (1129 ± 493 ng·l-1; p < 0.01) in the controls, but there was no significant difference between baseline and the levels at four hours (1419 ± 1124 ng·l-1; p = 0.7), or at 24 h (1086 ± 302 ng·l-1; p = 0.5). At T0, EAC cases had a significantly higher I-FABP concentration (15,389 ± 8547 ng.l-1) compared with controls at T0 (p < 0.01), and remained higher at 1 hour after collapse (13,951 ± 10,476 ng.l-1) than the pre-race control baseline (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: I-FABP is a recently described biomarker whose presence in the circulation is associated with intestinal wall damage. I-FABP levels increase after marathon running and increase further if the endurance exercise is associated with EAC and hyperthermia. After EAC, I-FABP remains high in the circulation for an extended period, suggesting ongoing intestinal wall stress.
PURPOSE: Endurance exercise and hyperthermia are associated with compromised intestinal permeability and endotoxaemia. The presence of intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) in the systemic circulation suggests intestinal wall damage, but this marker has not previously been used to investigate intestinal integrity after marathon running. METHODS: Twenty-four runners were recruited as controls prior to completing a standard marathon and had sequential I-FABP measurements before and on completion of the marathon, then at four and 24 h later. Eight runners incapacitated with exercise-associated collapse (EAC) with hyperthermia had I-FABP measured at the time of collapse and 1 hour later. RESULTS:I-FABP was increased immediately on completing the marathon (T0; 2593 ± 1373 ng·l-1) compared with baseline (1129 ± 493 ng·l-1; p < 0.01) in the controls, but there was no significant difference between baseline and the levels at four hours (1419 ± 1124 ng·l-1; p = 0.7), or at 24 h (1086 ± 302 ng·l-1; p = 0.5). At T0, EAC cases had a significantly higher I-FABP concentration (15,389 ± 8547 ng.l-1) compared with controls at T0 (p < 0.01), and remained higher at 1 hour after collapse (13,951 ± 10,476 ng.l-1) than the pre-race control baseline (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION:I-FABP is a recently described biomarker whose presence in the circulation is associated with intestinal wall damage. I-FABP levels increase after marathon running and increase further if the endurance exercise is associated with EAC and hyperthermia. After EAC, I-FABP remains high in the circulation for an extended period, suggesting ongoing intestinal wall stress.
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