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. 1997 Feb;13(1):16-7.

[The effect of endurance training and exhaustive exercise on metallothionein in rats]

[Article in Chinese]
Z Li  1 , Y Gao, S Li, K Chen, S Ge, Y Pang, C Tang
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[The effect of endurance training and exhaustive exercise on metallothionein in rats]

[Article in Chinese]
Z Li et al. Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng Li Xue Za Zhi. 1997 Feb.

Abstract

To understand physiological role of metallothionein (MT) during exercise, MT levels in liver, brain, heart, lung, blood vessel, skeletal muscle and serum were observed in rats. The results showed that the levels of MT were decreased by 13-34% in lung, liver, heart and skeletal muscle of rats trained by swimming for 10 weeks and were increased by 21%-75% in skeletal muscle, heart, brain, lung and liver of rats after exhaustive swimming respectively, compared with normal control rats. (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01). But the levels of MT in blood vessel and serum were not changed in two groups of rats by swimming for 10 weeks and acute exhaustive swimming (P > 0.05). It is suggested that the different changes of MT levels under physical training and acute exhaustive exercise may be of importance in protection against oxygen free radicals.

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