"Stress is Detrimental and Moderate Exercise is Beneficial to Lupus Nephritis Pathogenesis: Extra-Medicinal Influences on Chronic Autoimmune Inflammation"
Presented this work as a poster tour presentation at The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual European Congress of Rheumatology meeting June 10-13, 2015 in Rome, Italy. Awarded a travel bursary to attend this conference.
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"Stress is Detrimental and Moderate Exercise is Beneficial to Lupus Nephritis Pathogenesis: Extra-Medicinal Influences on Chronic Autoimmune Inflammation"
1. Stress is Detrimental and
Moderate Exercise is Beneficial to
Lupus Nephritis Pathogenesis:
Extra-Medicinal Influences on
Chronic Autoimmune Inflammation
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2. Chronic inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of many
diseases
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Chronic
inflammation
CVD
Atherosclerosis
Cardiomyopathy
Heart failure
Stroke
Autoimmunity
Rheumatoid arthritis
Lupus
Sjogren’s syndrome
Diabetes
IBD
Psoriasis
Cancer
Lung
Colon
Pancteatic
lymphoma
Neurological
Disorders
Alzheimer’s
Parkinson’s
ALS
Metabolic Disorder
Complications
Fatty liver disease
Heart disease
Bone, musculoskeletal
disease
Osteoporosis
Osteoarthritis
Muscular dystrophy
3. Background
The effect of exercise over inflammatory diseases
remains unclear
Model displaying the systemic effects of exercise is
lacking
Hypothesis: exercise can suppress inflammation
systemically, but its effects are lost over time
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4. Background
Exercise could be a very potent therapeutic intervention to control
inflammatory disease
Underutilized in clinical practice
Exercise is a robust systemic biological response modifier
regulating inflammatory responses
Effects of exercise are transient
Lost after 36-48 hours
Suggests greatest benefits achieved with daily exercise
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5. BUN Levels Increase and Weight Decreases in
NZM Mice with Disease Progression
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NZM 2410 Mouse
(develops lupus
nephritis from 22-
40 weeks of age)
-0.5
0.5
1.5
2.5
3.5
4.5
5.5
6.5
23 25 27 29 31 33
BUNandWeight
RelativetoBaseline
Age (Weeks)
Weight
BUN
Removal Criteria
Mice that lost 20% or
more of their body weight
and found to have BUN
levels over 50 mg/dL
were sacrificed.
6. Effects of exercise on lupus nephritis
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Exercise =
45 min 9
M/min daily
Submandibular bleeds,
biweekly, 100µL of
blood collected, serum
isolated. Mice were
weighed weekly.
Blood Urea
Nitrogen tests
were completed
biweekly using
Bioo Scientific
BUN Enzymatic
Kit
7. 7
Effects of Exercise in Lupus Nephritis
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
BUNLevelRelativetoBaseline
Blood Urea Nitrogen
Levels at 32 Weeks
Exercise
Non-Exercise
*
11. Effects of social stress on lupus nephritis
Aggressor mouse
introduced into
cage of NZM 2410
males for 2 hours
everyday for 6
days.
Submandibular bleeds,
weekly, 100µL of blood
collected, serum
isolated. Mice were
weighed weekly.
Blood Urea
Nitrogen tests
were completed
biweekly using
Bioo Scientific
BUN Ezymatic Kit
14. • Chronic levels of inflammation lead to
autoimmune disease pathogenesis
• exercise and stress reduction could be a very
potent therapeutic intervention to control the
inflammation
• therapeutic to control disease activity
• Use in conjunction with clinical treatments
could offer greater success in the
management of chronic inflammation in LN
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CONCLUSIONS
15. Future studies
• IL-6 ELISA analysis
• Expand these cohorts and repeat/validate data
• IRB study to investigate the effects of yoga
• , known to be both moderate exercise and stress
reduction
• Arthritis Foundation
• therapeutic effects of exercise in animal models of
rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and lupus
• AstraZeneca
• effects of exercise in an animal model of gout
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Editor's Notes
It is well-known that chronic levels of inflammation (both low and high levels) are present and contributing factors leading to the pathogenesis of many diseases. These disorders cover a broad spectrum and include cardiovascular disease (CVD), autoimmune disorders, neurological disorders, bone and musculoskeletal diseases, complications associated with metabolic disorders, and even cancer. Furthermore, many studies have shown the positive effects of exercise in the management and clinical outcome of many of these same diseases.
Despite this strong correlation between inflammation and exercise, the exact explanation of how exercise is effecting these diseases still remains unclear. Additionally, an animal model to study the systemic effects of exercise over inflammation is currently lacking. Thus, we set out to explore the following hypothesis in this study: that exercise can regulate inflammation by systemic suppression and that this effect would eventually be lost over time.
In conclusion, we suggest that moderate exercise could therefore be a very potent therapeutic intervention to be used to control the inflammation associated with a variety of different diseases, but is unfortunately a tremendously underutilized therapeutic modality in clinical practice today. Also, we have demonstrated that exercise is a robust and systemic biological response modifier that can subsequently serve to regulate inflammation. Lastly, we have shown that the effects of exercise in modulating these responses are completely lost after 36-48 hours, which suggests that the greatest benefits may be achieved with a daily exercise routine.