BACKGROUND: Exercise-induced skeletal muscle apoptosis has been referred to as the current focus of sports medicine, and the application of stem cells in athletic injury rehabilitation and prevention has been reported. However, the role of stem cells in cell apoptosis remains unclear.OBJECTIVE: To summarize the effect and mechanism of stem cells in preventing exercise-induced skeletal muscle apoptosis to provide references for scientific sports training and physical activity.METHODS: A computer-based online search of PubMed (1991-01/2009-10) and CNKI (1994-01/2009-10) was performed for related articles with the keywords ""Exercise Training, Sports, Skeletal Muscle, Apoptosis" in English and "stem cells, exercise, skeletal muscle, apoptosis," in Chinese. Inclusion criteria: ① studies on stem cells and their apoptosis in skeletal muscle cells; ②articles in the same field published recently or in the authoritative journals. Exclusion criteria: ① Repetitive articles; ② Meta analysis.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 360 articles were collected from the summary of literature through the stem cells and its application in the field of sports medicine research, and its skeletal muscle apoptosis in the changes and development trend of the application. Finally, 31 articles were included, including 21 reviews and 10 clinical or experimental studies. High-intensity exercise can cause apoptosis in skeletal muscle cells, while the use of stem cell technology can prevent apoptosis, to a certain extents by regulating Bcl-2 and Bax protein expression, thereby promoting the early recovery of skeletal muscle.

BACKGROUND: Exercise-induced myocardial cell apoptosis and signal transduction and regulation mechanisms of sports medicine research have become an important issue, but remain poorly understood. Studies concerning the protective effect of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to the exercise-induced myocardial cell apoptosis are rarely conducted.OBJECTIVE: To analyze the protective effect of MSCs on myocardial apoptosis and the exercise-induced myocardial cell apoptosis, so as to explore the pathological cause of exercise-induced myocardial apoptosis and the protective effects of MSCs on myocardial cell apoptosis induced by hypoxia, ischemia, and oxidative stress.METHODS: A computer-based online search of articles was performed in Medline database (1994-01/2009-09) with "Mesenchymal stem cells, Excessive exercise, Cardiomyocyte, Apoptosis" as key words and Chongqing PubMed Result NCBI database (1994-01/2009-09), Tsinghua Tong Fang database (1994-01/2009-06), with "bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, over-training, myocardial cells, apoptosis" as key words. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 365 articles on stem cells and exercise-induced myocardial apoptosis were collected, including 120 Chinese and 245 English. Outdate, repetitive and similar studies were excluded, and 68 were included. MSCs display a protection to myocardial cell apoptosis induced by hypoxia, ischemia and oxidative stress caused by high-intensity or overload exercise training, thereby contributing to the improvement of heart function and early rehabilitation of exercise-induced myocardial tissue diseases.

BACKGROUND: Under the pressure of mechanical action, the culture membrane will be stretched and cause the deformation of cells which adhere to the surface of culture membrane. According to this, growth regularity in different external force environments will be observed; however, how to determine the load distributions on the whole culture membrane still remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: Photomechanics method was applied for determining the out-plane displacement so as to obtain the strain distributions of the cell culture membrane. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: Contrast study was performed at the Photomechanics Laboratory, School of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology from March to August 2008. MATERIALS: Culture membrane which specially used for biomedicine was made by Dow Coming Corporation, USA and the type was Q7-4750. The dimension and mechanics properties were as follows: diameter = 100 ram, thickness = 150-160 μm, modulus of elasticity E = 2.14 MPa, and Poison's ratio = 0.48. lines per millimeter; phase shift set was controlled by manual and 5 marks equal 0.1 mm; CCD camera was used for capturing moire patterns. Finally, phase was transformed into displacement so as to obtain three-dimensional appearance and manner. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Out-plane displacement information, and deflection of culture membrane including displacement and strain. RESULTS: The three-dimensional profiles of culture membrane after deformation were constructed by image processing method and the out-plane heights could be obtained. Corresponding to the total strains of 1%, 10%, 20%, and 25% for the culture membrane, the displacement of highest point was 2.28 mm, 8.32 mm, 12.12 ram, and 13.52 mm, respectively. The error was 3.5% through comparing the measured heights of culture membrane with the heights which was known for the culture membrane. It indicated that this experiment method was highly sensitivity. According to the out-plane displacements, the strains distributions along symmetrical axis were calculated and the distributions of strain were shown by parabolic curve. displacement distributions of culture membrane is obtained and shown displacement contour. Namely, the out-plane displacement of center for the membrane has the maximum heights, and the strains distributions are shown parabolic curve.

BACKGROUND:Many studies concerning influence of traditional Chinese medicine on animal movement capacity have been conducted.However,studies on the improvement of exercise capacity by traditional Chinese medicine are few,especially comparisons among traditional Chinese medicineOBJECTIVE:To explore the influence of different traditional Chinese medicine preparations on the exercise capacity in mice to screen compound preparations with precise effects.METHOD:A total of 80 8-week-old pure male Kunming mice were randomly assigned to 8 groups(n=10):control and compound 1-7 groups.There were no significant differences in body mass of all groups The compound 1 comprised Xuejie and Shexiang;compound 2 comprised Qingui,Baizhu and Baishao;compound 3 comprised Baizhu,Baizhi and Sanqi;compound 4 comprised Baizhi,Ruxiang,Danggui and Radix glycryrrhizae;compound 5 comprised Guiwei;compound 6 comprised Sichuan Honghua and Danshen;compound 7 comprised Danggui and Shexiang.Of the 7 prescriptions,compound 1-5 were empirical formula,compound 6 was common medicine used during training,and compound 7 was prescription of traditional Chinese medicine The 7 compound groupswere respectivelytreatedwith 1.17,0.78,0.78,1.17,7.02,5.53,and 11.70 g/kg per day for 4 weeks,and control group was intragastrically infused with normal saline.From day 4 to 6,load-free swimming training was performed 20 minutes a day for 3 days,followed by swimming for 6 days a week after 1 day of rest.The intensity was gradually increased frOm 30 minutes per day by 10 minutes per day for 2 hours,followed by loading swimming with load of 2%of the body mass,increased by 1%per day until the final experiment.During the entire procedure,a great intensity swimming training was performed every week to make the mice exhausted.Mice training and serum creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase 4 weeks following treatment were observed.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:A total of 80 mice were included in the final analysis The compounds showed little influence on mice body mass;the compound 2 and compound 6 groups had longest exhaustive time All compounds inhibited serum creatine kinase activity following exercise,in particular compound 6 and 2(P＜0.05).Compared with control group,the serum lactate dehydrogenase activity of each compound group was decreased,in particular,compound 2 and 6 groups showed significant differences(P＜0.05).Compound 2 and 6 significantly enhanced the exercise capacity of mice and delayed injury of body.The mechanism may highly relate to components in the compounds,Danggui,Sichuan Honghua and Danshen.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Dietary pattern and its association with cardio-cerebrovascular disease have not been studied in Baoji city by now. This study was aimed to identify the dietary patterns among Chinese adults in Baoji, and explore the association between these dietary patterns and cardio-cerebrovascular disease. SUBJECTS/METHODS: A total of 4,968 participants were included in this study at 12 counties. With multistage stratified random sampling and semi quantitative food frequency questionnaire, the prevalence of cardio-cerebrovascular disease and dietary intake were investigated in 2013. We used factor analysis to establish dietary patterns. RESULTS: A total of 4,968 participants over 15 years old were included in this study. Five dietary patterns were identified in Baoji: protein, balanced, beans, prudent, and traditional patterns. The protein dietary pattern mainly included animal and plant proteins and was negatively associated with hypertension as well as stroke. The balanced pattern included carbohydrates, protein, and fat and was negatively associated with hypertension as well as stroke. The beans pattern was mainly beans and beans products and was negatively associated with hypertension. The prudent pattern only included staple foods and pickled vegetables and was positively associated with hypertension as well as coronary heart disease. The traditional pattern was representative of local Baoji traditional recipes and was positively associated with hypertension. CONCLUSIONS: The protein, balanced, and beans dietary patterns showed many protective effects on cardio-cerebrovascular disease. Based on these results, Baoji city residents should be encouraged to choose protein, balanced, and beans dietary patterns and abandon prudent and traditional patterns to prevent incidence of hypertension, coronary heart disease, and stroke.
Adult ; Animals ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Carbohydrates ; Coronary Disease ; Fabaceae ; Factor Analysis, Statistical ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Incidence ; Plant Proteins ; Prevalence ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Stroke ; Vegetables