Female distance runners show a different response to post-workout consumption of wheat gluten hydrolysate compared to their male counterparts

  • Authors:
    • Tomomi Hirao
    • Natsue Koikawa
    • Kazuhiro Aoki
    • Keishoku Sakuraba
    • Yuki Shimmura
    • Yoshio Suzuki
    • Keisuke Sawaki
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  • Published online on: January 9, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.446
  • Pages: 641-644
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Abstract

Wheat gluten hydrolysate (WGH) is rich in glutamyl residue; glutamine is considered a conditionally essential amino acid under physical stress. WGH has been reported to suppress post-exercise rises in serum creatine kinase in male distance runners. This study aimed to reproduce the effects in female distance runners under similar conditions. The study was conducted in a double-blinded crossover manner. Six female collegiate distance runners ingested WGH or a placebo after a 2-h run at an intensity estimated as 60-70% of their maximum oxygen uptake. Blood was sampled before, immediately after, and at 10 and 24 h after the run. Unlike those in male runners, serum creatine kinase (CK) increased slightly, with a peak at 10 h after the run, while plasma glutamine kept declining. The anti-inflammatory effect of WGH was not evident since the post-exercise elevation of CK was ambiguous. Plasma glutamine concentrations also showed a different kinetics from that in men.
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Hirao T, Koikawa N, Aoki K, Sakuraba K, Shimmura Y, Suzuki Y and Sawaki K: Female distance runners show a different response to post-workout consumption of wheat gluten hydrolysate compared to their male counterparts. Exp Ther Med 3: 641-644, 2012
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Hirao, T., Koikawa, N., Aoki, K., Sakuraba, K., Shimmura, Y., Suzuki, Y., & Sawaki, K. (2012). Female distance runners show a different response to post-workout consumption of wheat gluten hydrolysate compared to their male counterparts. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 3, 641-644. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.446
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Hirao, T., Koikawa, N., Aoki, K., Sakuraba, K., Shimmura, Y., Suzuki, Y., Sawaki, K."Female distance runners show a different response to post-workout consumption of wheat gluten hydrolysate compared to their male counterparts". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 3.4 (2012): 641-644.
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Hirao, T., Koikawa, N., Aoki, K., Sakuraba, K., Shimmura, Y., Suzuki, Y., Sawaki, K."Female distance runners show a different response to post-workout consumption of wheat gluten hydrolysate compared to their male counterparts". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 3, no. 4 (2012): 641-644. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2012.446