Summary
Interaction between polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) and platelets is important in
the pathogenesis of thrombosis and inflammation. This study investigates how strenuous,
acute exercise affects PMN oxidative burst activity under adherence to surface-adherent
platelets. Thirty sedentary healthy men exercised strenuously (up to maximal oxygen
consumption) on a bicycle ergometer. Before and immediately after exercise, the kinetics
of oxidant production, phosphorylation of various protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms,
and translocation of p47phox in PMNs under adherence to surface-adherent platelets were measured using fluorescence
microscopy combined with computerized image analysis. Analytical results can be summarized
as follows: (i) either treating the platelet with P-selectin (CD62P) and glycoprotein
IIb/IIIa (CD41) antibodies or treating the PMN with β2-integrin (CD18) and Mac-1 (CD11b)
antibodies and PKCζpseudosubstrate effectively inhibits platelet-promoted oxidant
production of PMN; (ii) PMNs adhesion to surface-adherent platelets is associated
with a higher amount of phospho-PKCζand a larger ratio of membrane to cytosolic p47phox than suspended PMNs; (iii) strenuous, acute exercise decreases platelet-promoted
oxidant production of PMN and is accompanied by suppressed phosphorylation of PKCζ,
translocation of p47phox, and inhibition of PKCζpseudosubstrate to oxidant production; (iv) no significant
changes occur in PKCα/βII and δ phosphorylation of adherent PMNs following this exercise.
Therefore, we conclude that strenuous, acute exercise suppresses platelet-promoted
oxidative burst of PMN, possibly by reducing phosphorylation of PKCζand translocation
of the cytosolic p47phox to the plasma membrane, thus inhibiting the assembly and activation of NADPH oxidase
in PMN.
Keywords
Exercise - respiratory burst - PKCζ - p47
phox