Effects of Spa therapy on anti-oxidative status, inflammation,
immune system
Prof. Dr. M. Zeki Karagülle
Symposium on Research in Spa MedicineAix-les-Bains - November 17th 2006
Department of Medical Ecology & Hydroclimatology Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University
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Spa therapy and Balneotherapy
• Do they have biologic effects on Immune system and Inflammation
• and Oxidation ?
• Which mechanisms and mediators are involved?
Terminology
• Spa therapy ; a complex intervention at a spa resort, (balneotherapy + others)
• Balneotherapy ; Mineral/thermal water therapy (Bathing + Drinking + Inhalation)
Inflammation
• the first response of the immune system to infection or irritation characterised by the following quintet:
• redness (rubor), • heat (calor), • swelling (tumor), • pain (dolor) • dysfunction of the organs involved (functio laesa)• The first four characteristics have been known since
ancient times and are attributed to Celsus; functio laesa was added to the definition of inflammation by Rudolf Virchow in 1858.
Immune System
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a T-lymphocyte (right), a platelet (center), and a red blood cell (left).Image: The National Cancer Institute at FrederickImage: The National Cancer Institute at Frederick
Choy E and Panayi G. N Engl J Med 2001;344:907-916
Cytokine Signaling Pathways Involved in Inflammatory Arthritis
Chrousos G. N Engl J Med 1995;332:1351-1363
Cytokines and Other Mediators of Inflammation That Influence the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
Spa- and Balneotherapy Studies on Anti-oxidative status
• Anti-oxidant status in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis after Spa Therapy M KARAGÜLLE, MZ KARAGÜLLE , O KARAGÜLLE, A AVCI , İ DURAK 35th Congress of ISMH, June 6-10, 2006, Istanbul
• The Effect of Balneotherapy on Oxidant-Antioxidant Systems in Primary OsteoarthritisHN AKSOY, N ERDOĞAN, Ö AKSOY, GÖ ERATA, AH KAYAR, MZ KARAGÜLLE 35th Congress of ISMH, June 6-10, 2006, Istanbul
Malondialdehyde (MDA) nmol/mL
0
0,5
1
1,5
2
2,5
3
3,5
4
before after
SPA Control After 2-week spa therapy;
• increased in SPA group, decreased in control group
• No statistically significant change intergroup (p=0.5) and between group (p=0.2) comparisons
Nonenzymatic Superoxide Radical Scavenger Activity (NSSA) U/mL
7,6
7,8
8
8,2
8,4
8,6
8,8
before after
SPA Control After 2-week spa therapy;
• increased in both groups
• Statisticaly significant increase in SPA group (p<0,05)
Antioxidant Defense Potential (AOP) U/mL
10
10,5
11
11,5
12
12,5
13
13,5
14
before after
SPA Control After 2-week spa therapy; • increased in both groups
İn spa group agreater extend but , not statistically significant
Discussions
Increased levels of MDA (although not statistically significant) suggests that;
• Per-oxidation reactions are accelerated during or after spa therapy
• spa therapy may cause an extra oxidative stress
Discussions
Increased levels of NSSA (statistically significant) and AOP suggests that;
• antioxidant potential and activity are improved
• Decrease in MDA levels in patients with high MDA levels
• Increase in MDA levels in patients with low MDA levels
• Increase in TAA levels in male patients
• Decrease in TAA levels in females (menopause-estrogens deficiency?)
The Effect of Balneotherapy on Oxidant-Antioxidant Systems in Primary Osteoarthritis
HN AKSOY, N ERDOĞAN, Ö AKSOY, GÖ ERATA, AH KAYAR, MZ KARAGÜLLE
35th Congress of ISMH, June 6-10, 2006, Istanbul
• Spa therapy decreases oxidant stress ?!• Decrease in oxidant stress is more prominent• Increase of antioxidant defence is less manifest
The Effect of Balneotherapy on Oxidant-Antioxidant Systems in Primary Osteoarthritis
HN AKSOY, N ERDOĞAN, Ö AKSOY, GÖ ERATA, AH KAYAR, MZ KARAGÜLLE
35th Congress of ISMH, June 6-10, 2006, Istanbul
Free radicals and thermal water-controlled pilot study T BENDER,G NAGY,J BARISKA,R VÁGHY,R GOMEZ,I KOVÁCS
4.Turkish-Hungarian Balneological Meeting, 25-26 January, Izmir, 2006
• Patients: Spondylosis lumbalis N:30(10 in each group)• They got no NSAID and steroids, no other disease• Duration of the bath 30 minutes, at 34°C• Blood samples were taken before the first bath, after the
first bath and at end of 10 baths
MDA Protein Glutathione peroxidase
Superoxid dismutase
Catalase
Debrecen S N.S N.S S Mórahalom S S S S Cserkeszölő S S S S
Free radicals and thermal water-controlled pilot study T BENDER,G NAGY,J BARISKA,R VÁGHY,R GOMEZ,I KOVÁCS
4.Turkish-Hungarian Balneological Meeting, 25-26 January, Izmir, 2006
• There is difference between tap water and mineral water therapy concerning the effects on the free radicals
• The changes during tap water therapy may be due to the thermal effect
• Effect of sulfur baths on antioxidative defense systems, peroxide concentrations and lipid levels in patients with degenerative osteoarthritis.
• Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2002 Aug;9(4):216-20.
• Ekmekcioglu C, Strauss-Blasche G, Holzer F, Marktl W.
• Effect of 3-week spa therapy, two groups of patients with and without sulfur baths
• Sulfur bath therapy could cause a reduction in oxidative stress, alterations of SOD activities
• [Effect of sulfur administration on lipid levels, antioxidant status and peroxide concentration in health resort patients] [Article in German]
• Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2000 Apr;7(2):75-8.
• Scheidleder B, Holzer F, Marktl W.
• Effect of a 3-week spa therapy, two groups of patients with and without drinking sulphurous
• In both groups similar alterations of the activities of antioxidative enzymes as well as peroxide concentrations could be detected.
Spa- and Balneotherapy Studies on Inflammation, Immune System
• Physiological effects studies in healthy subjects• In-vitro studies in cell cultures• Experimental (animal) models of arthritis studies• Therapeutic affects studies in patients groups;
ie in patients with rheumatic or dermatological diseases
The decrease in paw volume in adjuvant injected paws at the end of
the experiment was the greatest in the sulfur group followed by tap water group.
There was not any significant difference between the two experiment and the
control groups.
The chronic arthritis which developed in the non-injected left hind paws reached
maximum severity on the 9th day after CFA injection in tap water and control
groups and not before the 19th day in the sulfur group.
Later on, edema in the sulfur group decreased statistically more rapidly (p
<0.001) compared to the other two groups.
Mud-bath applications reduced inflammation at day 20, at the end of the treatment, the paw volume was significantly reduced in comparison to the controls (p<0.01) Indomethacin therapy caused a more rapid reduction of paw volume, significant both at day 15 and at day 20 (p<0.05)
Studies in patient groups
• Rheumatic diseases– Osteoarthritis– Ankylosing Spondylitis – Fibromyalgia
• Dermatological diseasesDermatological diseases– PsoriasisPsoriasis– Atopic dermatitisAtopic dermatitis
• Why does a 3-week spa therapy, in addition to drug treatment and weekly group physical therapy alone, provide beneficial effects that may last for at least 40 weeks, in patients with AS?
• Why spa therapy in addition to medical therapy has both short- and long-term beneficial effects in female patients with Fibromyalgia ?
Conclusions
The results of the published clinical, experimental, in-vitro and in-vivo studies suggests that;
• Spa therapy and balneotherapy provide • Anti-inflammatory • Immunosuppressive • Immunomodulatory • Anti-oxidativeeffects
Cytokines influenced by spa-and balneotherapy
• TNF-α• IL-1α • IL-1β• IL-6• IFN-γ • IL-2• IL-4• EGF• TGF- β1
Matrix Metalloproteinases influenced by spa-and
balneotherapy
• MMP-1
• MMP-2
• MMP-3
• MMP-8
• MMP-9
Cell Populations influenced by balneotherapy
• Langerhans cells
• T- and B-cells
• CD4+, CD4- cells
• CD8+, CD8- cells
Conclusions
• There is high level (1A and 1B) clinical evidence that spa therapy and balneotherapy are effective interventions in the management of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia and ankylosing spondylitis,
• The mechanisms involved in this efficacy are probably via cytokines and other inflammatory mediators
• The anti-oxidative mechanisms may be also involved !
Perspectives
• The favorable effects of spa and balneotherapy on the cytokines and other mediators of inflammation may create an interesting future for these interventions in the anti-cytokine / ‘‘biologic’’ therapy era.
Perspectives
• The favorable effects of spa and balneotherapy on oxidative stress and anti-oxidative status suggest that they may have an important role to play in the rheumatic diseases, as they lower the oxidative stress and the resultant inflammatory damage.
Conclusions
• These effects of balneo- and spa therapy seems to differ among different patient groups, but may be also different among spa resorts, thermal/mineral waters used and type of spa treatments provided
Questions to be answered
• What are the values of different mineral waters and the specific chemical constituents of mineral waters in observed effects of balneotherapy on inflammatory and oxidative processes?
Questions to be answered
• Do exercise, massage and other therapeutic modalities administered during spa therapy course besides balneotherapy, contribute to the overall favorable effects of spa therapy on inflammation and immune processes?
Questions to be answered
• If yes, to what extend?
• And then, how many spa treatments and/or what treatments when combined with balneotherapy constitute the optimal effect ?
Spa therapy and Balneotherapy
• Do they have biologic effects
• on Immune system and Inflammation
• and Oxidation ?
• Answer seems to be yes;
• Which mechanisms and mediators are involved?
• It is not completely understood yet
• in search of reaching a comprehensive understanding of the ways and mechanisms
• how the biomarkers, cytokines, hormones and other mediators of inflammation and immune system and oxidative stress and anti-oxidation status are involved,
• and the roles they play in the effectiveness of spa and balneotherapy
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