Abstract
Skeletal muscles are exposed to increased temperatures during intense exercise, particularly in high environmental temperatures. We hypothesized that heat may directly stimulate the reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation in diaphragm (one kind of skeletal muscle) and thus potentially play a role in contractile and metabolic activity. Laser scan confocal microscopy was used to study the conversion of hydroethidine (a probe for intracellular ROS) to ethidium (ET) in mouse diaphragm. During a 30-min period, heat (42 degrees C) increased ET fluorescence by 24 +/- 4%, whereas in control (37 degrees C), fluorescence decreased by 8 +/- 1% compared with baseline (P < 0.001). The superoxide scavenger Tiron (10 mM) abolished the rise in intracellular fluorescence, whereas extracellular superoxide dismutase (SOD; 5,000 U/ml) had no significant effect. Reduction of oxidized cytochrome c was used to detect extracellular ROS in rat diaphragm. After 45 min, 53 +/- 7 nmol cytochrome c. g dry wt(-1). ml(-1) were reduced in heat compared with 22 +/- 13 nmol. g(-1). ml(-1) in controls (P < 0.001). SOD decreased cytochrome c reduction in heat to control levels. The results suggest that heat stress stimulates intracellular and extracellular superoxide production, which may contribute to the physiological responses to severe exercise or the pathology of heat shock.
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