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Effects of exercise on concentrations of immunoreactive endothelin in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of normal horses and horses with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Benamou, A. E.; Art, Tatiana; Marlin, David J et al.
1999In Equine Veterinary Journal, 30, p. 92-95
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Keywords :
horse; endothelin; exercise; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; bronchoalveolar lavage
Abstract :
[en] Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a major cause of loss of performance in the horse. The role of endothelin (ET), a potent bronchoconstrictive and vasoactive peptide, is currently being investigated in asthma and other obstructive respiratory diseases in man. We have previously found elevated systemic and pulmonary endothelin levels in horses during exacerbation of COPD. In the present study, our aim was to examine possible variations in ET concentrations occurring during exercise in COPD horses. We compared the effects of intense treadmill exercise on the recovery of endothelin (ET) in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) as well as in arterial and venous blood, in a group of 5 healthy horses and a group of 5 COPD horses studied alternately in remission and while symptomatic. We also investigated the possible correlations between ET levels and pulmonary function tests during the study. While exercise did not affect the ET levels recovered in BALF among controls, it caused a significant increase (P = 0.02) among symptomatic COPD horses. During remission, wide variations of ET levels among horses, at rest and during exercise, made any significant interpretation difficult. No correlation could be found between exercise-induced changes in ET concentrations and pulmonary function tests or changes in arterial oxygen tension with exercise. We conclude that exercise appears to affect the release of ET by the airways in COPD horses, in contrast to healthy horses. It is still unclear, however, whether these differences relate to adjustments of lung function during exercise.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Benamou, A. E.
Art, Tatiana ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Phys. neuro-muscul., de l'effort - Méd. sport. des animaux
Marlin, David J
Roberts, C. A.
Lekeux, Pierre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Physiologie - Doyen de la Faculté de Médecine vétérinaire
Language :
English
Title :
Effects of exercise on concentrations of immunoreactive endothelin in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of normal horses and horses with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Publication date :
1999
Journal title :
Equine Veterinary Journal
ISSN :
0425-1644
eISSN :
2042-3306
Publisher :
Equine Veterinary Journal Ltd, Newmarket Suffolk, United Kingdom
Volume :
30
Pages :
92-95
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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