Exercise as a Modulator of Immune Risk Factors for Ischemic Heart Disease

Study Overview
=================
Brief Summary
-----------------
A before and after study involving 43 adult subjects at risk of having ischemic heart disease. Subjects underwent 6 months of supervised moderate intensity aerobic and resistive exercise training. Blood samples were obtained at entry and at 6 months for measurement of complement (C3), CRP, blood lipid levels, lymphocyte phenotypes, and for the isolation, culture, and measurement of the spontaneous and phytohemagglutinin-induced secretion of proatherogenic and antiatherogenic cytokines by their peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC).

Detailed Description
-----------------
A before and after study involving 43 adult subjects at risk of having ischemic heart disease. Subjects underwent 6 months of supervised moderate intensity aerobic and resistive exercise training. Blood samples were obtained at entry and at 6 months for measurement of complement (C3), CRP, blood lipid levels, lymphocyte phenotypes, and for the isolation, culture, and measurement of the spontaneous and phytohemagglutinin-induced secretion of proatherogenic and antiatherogenic cytokines by their peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC

Official Title
-----------------
Exercise as a Modulator of Immune Risk Factors for Ischemic Heart Disease

Conditions
-----------------
Heart Diseases

Intervention / Treatment
-----------------
* Other: Exercise training


Participation Criteria
=================
Eligibility Criteria
-----------------
Inclusion criteria: normal EKG normal stress test Exclusion Criteria: abnormal EKG abnormal stress test presence of a chronic inflammatory disease presence of malignancy immunosuppressive therapy

Ages Eligible for Study
-----------------
Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
-----------------
All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
-----------------
Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
=================
How is the study designed?
-----------------

Design Details

Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Before and after study
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Exercise<br>6 moths of supervised moderate intensity aerobic and resistive exercise training | Other: Exercise training<br> <br> |

What is the study measuring?
-----------------
Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Effect of exercise on atherogenic cytokine production by mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells | Pre- and post-exercise peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) preparations are isolated from venous blood, washed three times at 10 degrees C with sterile phosphate buffered saline (pH 7.4, 0.1 M) and suspended at a concentration of 2 million cells/uL in RPMI-1640. Preparations are incubated under 5% CO2 at 37 degrees C for 48 hours with phytohemagglutinin (5 ug/ml). Culture supernatants are rendered cell-free and supernatants assayed for Interleukin (IL)-1α, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and interferon (IFN)-γ using solid phase enzyme linked immunoassay kits. | 1 year | 
| Effect of exercise on plasma lipids and oxidizable low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels | Pre- and post-exercise fasting plasma levels of total cholesterol (TC), very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels are measured using g-Max Quick-Seal tubes and potassium bromide (KBr) (d=1.006 g/mL). Tubes are centrifuged for 120 minutes at 68,000 rpm at 14 degrees C. The top layer (VLDL) is harvested, the bottom 3.7 mL adjusted to a density of 1.063 g/mL with KBr, and the tubes centrifuged for 150 minutes at 68,000 rpm at 14 degrees C to float the LDL-C. The bottom layer contains the HDL-C. TC, VLDL-C, LDL-C, and HDL concentrations are measured colorimetrically. LDL oxidizability is measured by oxidizing LDL-C (0.05 g/L) with 50 ug/mL Cu++ at 30 degrees C and measuring diene levels spectrometrically at 234 nm. | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Effect of exercise on blood lymphocyte phenotypes | Pre- and post-exercise blood samples are immunophenotyped using lysed whole blood, a FACScan flow cytometer, and fluorescein- and phycoerythrin-labeled murine monoclonal IgG antibodies to measure levels of T lymphocytes (CD3+), T helper lymphocytes (CD4+), T cytotoxic lymphocytes (CD8+), and T lymphocytes displaying MHC class II antigen (DR+), vascular adhesion molecule-4 (VLA-4) (CD49d+), lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) (CD11a+), Fas antigen (CD95+), and gamma-delta T cell receptors (TCR gamma-delta+). Also measured are B lymphocytes (CD3-CD19+), B1 lymphocytes (CD3-CD19+CD5+) and natural killer cells (NK cells) (CD3-CD16+CD56+). | 1 year | 

 Terms related to the study
=================
Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
-----------------
exercise, hyperlipidemia, TNF-alpha, atherogenesis, LDL-cholesterol, oxidized LDL-C