Effects of sildenafil citrate on peripheral fatigue and exercise performance after exhaustive swimming exercise in rats
- Authors
- Kim, Tae-Woon; Park, Sang-Seo; Kim, Bo-Kyun; Sim, Young-Je; Shin, Mal-Soon
- Issue Date
- Dec-2019
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC EXERCISE REHABILITATION
- Keywords
- Sildenafil citrate; Peripheral fatigue; Exhaustive swimming exercise; Monocarboxylate transporter; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF EXERCISE REHABILITATION, v.15, no.6, pp.751 - 756
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF EXERCISE REHABILITATION
- Volume
- 15
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 751
- End Page
- 756
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/17922
- DOI
- 10.12965/jer.1938712.356
- ISSN
- 2288-176X
- Abstract
- Sildenafil citrate is a potent and selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase type-5 used to treat erectile dysfunction. We investigated the effects of sildenafil citrate treatment on peripheral fatigue and exercise performance after exhaustive swimming exercise in rats. The rats in the sildenafil citrate-treated groups received sildenafil citrate orally once a day for 14 consecutive days at respective dosage. On the 14 days after starting experiment, each animal was submitted to swimming test with intensity equivalent to overload. The exhaustion was defined as a state in which coordinated movements did not return to the water surface for breathing within 10 sec. Western blot for monocarboxylate transporter (MCT)1, MCT4, and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) were performed. Exhaustive swimming exercise decreased time of exhaustion and increased lactate concentration, however, sildenafil citrate enhanced time of exhaustion and decreased lactate concentration. Exhaustive swimming exercise increased MCT1 and MCT4 expressions in the gastrocnemius muscles and sildenafil citrate further enhanced MCT1 and MCT4 expressions in the exhaustive swimming exercise rats. Exhaustive swimming exercise decreased nNOS expression in the gastrocnemius muscles and sildenafil citrate enhanced nNOS expression in the exhaustive swimming exercise rats. The most potent effect appeared in the 20-mg/kg sildenafil citrate. Sildenafil citrate might be proposed as a potential ergogenic aid through antiperipheral fatigue.
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