[Nitric oxide synthesis during long-term adaptation to intensive muscular work in female sportsmen]

Fiziol Zh (1994). 2009;55(3):94-9.
[Article in Ukrainian]

Abstract

14 trained and 21 non-trained girls 18-22 years of age have been inspected. We found that systematically trained girls had a higher level of nitric oxide synthesis through calcium-dependent L-arginine oxidation by constitutive NO-synthase isoforms (eNOS, nNOS) and through reduction of stable oxidized NO metabolites. NO synthesized de novo in calcium-dependent pathway provides a long-term organism adaptation to physical loads of high volume and intensity at the beginning and in the middle of stress-aggravated competition period. At the end of competition period we detected significant activation of inducible calcium-independent de novo NO synthesis from L-arginine.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Arginine / metabolism
  • Athletic Performance / physiology*
  • Calcium / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Motor Activity / physiology*
  • Nitrates / blood
  • Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis*
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I / metabolism
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / metabolism
  • Nitrites / blood
  • Time Factors
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Nitrates
  • Nitrites
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Arginine
  • NOS3 protein, human
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
  • Calcium