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Ratchford SM, Bunsawat K, Alpenglow JK, Zhao J, Wright JB, Ryan JJ, Wray DW. Improved vascular function and functional capacity following l-citrulline administration in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a single-arm, open-label, prospective pilot study. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2023; 134:328-338. [PMID: 36476159 PMCID: PMC9886346 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00445.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
There is accumulating evidence for both peripheral vascular dysfunction and impaired functional capacity in patients with heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Although derangements in the l-arginine-nitric oxide (l-Arg-NO) pathway are likely to contribute to these aspects of HFpEF pathophysiology, the impact of increased NO substrate on vascular health and physical capacity has not been evaluated in this patient population. Thus, using a single-arm study design, we evaluated the impact of enteral l-citrulline (l-Cit, 6 g/day for 7 days), a precursor for l-Arg biosynthesis, on vascular function [flow-mediated dilation (FMD), reactive hyperemia (RH), and passive limb movement (PLM)], functional capacity [6-min walk test (6MWT)], and biomarkers of l-Arg-NO signaling in 14 patients with HFpEF (n = 14, 4 M/10 F, 70 ± 10 yr, EF: 66 ± 7%). Compared with baseline (0d), 7 days of l-Cit administration improved FMD (0d: 2.5 ± 1.6%, 7d: 4.5 ± 2.9%), RH (0d: 468 ± 167 mL, 7d: 577 ± 199 mL), PLM blood flow area-under-the-curve (0d: 139 ± 130 mL, 7d: 198 ± 115 mL), and 6MWT distance (0d: 377 ± 27 m, 7d: 397 ± 27 m) (P < 0.05). An increase in plasma l-Cit (0d: 42 ± 11 µM/L, 7d: 369 ± 201 µM/L), l-Arg (0d: 65 ± 8 µM/L, 7d: 257 ± 25 µM/L), and the ratio of l-Arg to asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) (0d: 136 ± 13 AU, 7d: 481 ± 49 AU) (P < 0.05) was also observed. Though preliminary in nature, these functional and biomarker assessments demonstrate a potential benefit of l-Cit administration in patients with HFpEF, findings that provide new insight into the mechanisms that govern vascular and physical dysfunction in this patient group.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The current investigation has demonstrated that l-Cit administration may improve brachial artery endothelium-dependent vasodilation, upper and lower limb microvascular function, and physical capacity in patients with HFpEF, highlighting the potential therapeutic potential of interventions targeting the l-Arg-NO signaling cascade to improve outcomes in this patient group.
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- Stephen M Ratchford
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Lu YJ, Chen SY, Lai YC, Chaiyawat P, Chao YH, Chuang LM, Shih TTF, Wang HK. Muscle Microcirculatory Responses to Incremental Exercises Are Correlated with Peak Oxygen Uptake in Individuals With and Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Metab Syndr Relat Disord 2022; 20:405-413. [PMID: 35594301 DOI: 10.1089/met.2021.0101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Background: The role of impaired oxygen extraction on peak oxygen uptake (V̇O2peak) has been extensively studied using noninvasive and indirect methods in both diabetic patients and healthy participants. Methods: A total of 22 participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus [T2DM; median (range) age: 60 (47-70) years] and 22 controls [58 (52-69) years] with no history of diabetes were recruited (reference no. 201812135RINB). Subjects performed an exhaustive incremental exercise and were evaluated using a gas analyzer and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to determine V̇O2peak and changes in muscle oxygenation (SmO2) in the vastus lateralis, respectively. Measurements were taken at rest, warm-up, a period during exercise when SmO2 reached a minimum saturation plateau, and recovery. The microcirculatory responses of the vastus lateralis muscle during incremental exercise in patients with T2DM were compared with those in control individuals, and the correlation between changes in SmO2 and V̇O2peak was estimated. Results: The diabetic group demonstrated lower V̇O2peak, peak workload, peak heart rate, peak minute ventilation (all P < 0.05), and lower SmO2 during the rest, warm-up, and recovery phases (all P < 0.05) compared with the control group. A correlation was observed between the change in SmO2 between the warm-up and plateau value and the V̇O2peak (r = 0.608, P = 0.006). Conclusions: The results obtained in this study using NIRS support the feasibility of directly measuring changes in muscle SmO2 magnitudes to estimate the contributions of peripheral active muscle to systemic O2 uptake (V̇O2) during incremental exercise.
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- Yan-Jhen Lu
- School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Center of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Center of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Image and Radiology, Medical College and Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Center of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Francisco MA, Lee JF, Barrett-O'Keefe Z, Groot HJ, Ratchford SM, Bunsawat K, Alpenglow JK, Ryan JJ, Nativi JN, Richardson RS, Wray DW. Locomotor Muscle Microvascular Dysfunction in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Hypertension 2021; 78:1750-1759. [PMID: 34719934 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.121.17875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Michael A Francisco
- Department of Internal Medicine (M.A.F., J.F.L., K.B., J.J.R., J.N.N., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (M.A.F., J.F.L., Z.B.-O., H.J.G., S.M.R., J.K.A., R.S.R., D.W.W.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine (M.A.F., J.F.L., K.B., J.J.R., J.N.N., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (M.A.F., J.F.L., Z.B.-O., H.J.G., S.M.R., J.K.A., R.S.R., D.W.W.)
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology (Z.B.-O., H.J.G., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (M.A.F., J.F.L., Z.B.-O., H.J.G., S.M.R., J.K.A., R.S.R., D.W.W.)
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology (Z.B.-O., H.J.G., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (M.A.F., J.F.L., Z.B.-O., H.J.G., S.M.R., J.K.A., R.S.R., D.W.W.)
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (M.A.F., J.F.L., Z.B.-O., H.J.G., S.M.R., J.K.A., R.S.R., D.W.W.).,Department of Health and Exercise Science, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (S.M.R.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine (M.A.F., J.F.L., K.B., J.J.R., J.N.N., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (M.A.F., J.F.L., Z.B.-O., H.J.G., S.M.R., J.K.A., R.S.R., D.W.W.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine (M.A.F., J.F.L., K.B., J.J.R., J.N.N., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City
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- Department of Internal Medicine (M.A.F., J.F.L., K.B., J.J.R., J.N.N., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City
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- Department of Internal Medicine (M.A.F., J.F.L., K.B., J.J.R., J.N.N., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City.,Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology (Z.B.-O., H.J.G., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (M.A.F., J.F.L., Z.B.-O., H.J.G., S.M.R., J.K.A., R.S.R., D.W.W.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine (M.A.F., J.F.L., K.B., J.J.R., J.N.N., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City.,Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology (Z.B.-O., H.J.G., R.S.R., D.W.W.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (M.A.F., J.F.L., Z.B.-O., H.J.G., S.M.R., J.K.A., R.S.R., D.W.W.)
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Poole DC, Behnke BJ, Musch TI. The role of vascular function on exercise capacity in health and disease. J Physiol 2021; 599:889-910. [PMID: 31977068 PMCID: PMC7874303 DOI: 10.1113/jp278931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Three sentinel parameters of aerobic performance are the maximal oxygen uptake ( V ̇ O 2 max ), critical power (CP) and speed of the V ̇ O 2 kinetics following exercise onset. Of these, the latter is, perhaps, the cardinal test of integrated function along the O2 transport pathway from lungs to skeletal muscle mitochondria. Fast V ̇ O 2 kinetics demands that the cardiovascular system distributes exercise-induced blood flow elevations among and within those vascular beds subserving the contracting muscle(s). Ideally, this process must occur at least as rapidly as mitochondrial metabolism elevates V ̇ O 2 . Chronic disease and ageing create an O2 delivery (i.e. blood flow × arterial [O2 ], Q ̇ O 2 ) dependency that slows V ̇ O 2 kinetics, decreasing CP and V ̇ O 2 max , increasing the O2 deficit and sowing the seeds of exercise intolerance. Exercise training, in contrast, does the opposite. Within the context of these three parameters (see Graphical Abstract), this brief review examines the training-induced plasticity of key elements in the O2 transport pathway. It asks how structural and functional vascular adaptations accelerate and redistribute muscle Q ̇ O 2 and thus defend microvascular O2 partial pressures and capillary blood-myocyte O2 diffusion across a ∼100-fold range of muscle V ̇ O 2 values. Recent discoveries, especially in the muscle microcirculation and Q ̇ O 2 -to- V ̇ O 2 heterogeneity, are integrated with the O2 transport pathway to appreciate how local and systemic vascular control helps defend V ̇ O 2 kinetics and determine CP and V ̇ O 2 max in health and how vascular dysfunction in disease predicates exercise intolerance. Finally, the latest evidence that nitrate supplementation improves vascular and therefore aerobic function in health and disease is presented.
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- David C Poole
- Departments of Kinesiology and Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Departments of Kinesiology and Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Departments of Kinesiology and Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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Gifford JR, Bloomfield T, Davis T, Addington A, McMullin E, Wallace T, Proffit M, Hanson B. The effect of the speed and range of motion of movement on the hyperemic response to passive leg movement. Physiol Rep 2020; 7:e14064. [PMID: 31004411 PMCID: PMC6474844 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Passive leg movement (PLM)-induced hyperemia is used to assess the function of the vascular endothelium. This study sought to determine the impact of movement speed and range of motion (ROM) on the hyperemic response to PLM and determine if the currently recommended protocol of moving the leg through a 90° ROM at 180°/sec provides a peak hyperemic response to PLM. 11 healthy adults underwent multiple bouts of PLM, in which either movement speed (60-240°/sec) or ROM (30-120° knee flexion) were varied. Femoral artery blood flow (Doppler Ultrasound) and mean arterial pressure (MAP; photoplethysmography) were measured throughout. Movement speed generally exhibited positive linear relationships with the hyperemic response to PLM, eliciting ~15-20% increase in hyperemia and conductance for each 30°/sec increase in speed (P < 0.05). However, increasing the movement speed above 180°/sec was physically difficult and seemingly impractical to implement. ROM exhibited curvilinear relationships (P<0.05) with hyperemia and conductance, which peaked at 90°, such that a 30° increase or decrease in ROM from 90° resulted in a 10-40% attenuation (P < 0.05) in the hyperemic response. Alterations in the balance of antegrade and retrograde flow appear to play a role in this attenuation. Movement speed and ROM have a profound impact on PLM-induced hyperemia. When using PLM to assess vascular endothelial function, it is recommended to perform the test at the traditional 180°/sec with 90° ROM, which offers a near peak hyperemic response, while maintaining test feasibility.
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- Jayson R Gifford
- Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.,Program of Gerontology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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Asahara R, Ishii K, Okamoto I, Sunami Y, Hamada H, Kataoka T, Ohshita W, Watanabe T, Matsukawa K. Increased oxygenation in the non‐contracting forearm muscle during contralateral skilful hand movement. Exp Physiol 2020; 105:950-965. [DOI: 10.1113/ep088194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Ryota Asahara
- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
- Automotive Human Factors Research Center National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Ibaraki Japan
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
- Automotive Human Factors Research Center National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Ibaraki Japan
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Physical Analysis and Therapeutic Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Health Care for Adults, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Health Care for Adults, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Health Care for Adults, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
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Limberg JK, Casey DP, Trinity JD, Nicholson WT, Wray DW, Tschakovsky ME, Green DJ, Hellsten Y, Fadel PJ, Joyner MJ, Padilla J. Assessment of resistance vessel function in human skeletal muscle: guidelines for experimental design, Doppler ultrasound, and pharmacology. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2019; 318:H301-H325. [PMID: 31886718 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00649.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
The introduction of duplex Doppler ultrasound almost half a century ago signified a revolutionary advance in the ability to assess limb blood flow in humans. It is now widely used to assess blood flow under a variety of experimental conditions to study skeletal muscle resistance vessel function. Despite its pervasive adoption, there is substantial variability between studies in relation to experimental protocols, procedures for data analysis, and interpretation of findings. This guideline results from a collegial discussion among physiologists and pharmacologists, with the goal of providing general as well as specific recommendations regarding the conduct of human studies involving Doppler ultrasound-based measures of resistance vessel function in skeletal muscle. Indeed, the focus is on methods used to assess resistance vessel function and not upstream conduit artery function (i.e., macrovasculature), which has been expertly reviewed elsewhere. In particular, we address topics related to experimental design, data collection, and signal processing as well as review common procedures used to assess resistance vessel function, including postocclusive reactive hyperemia, passive limb movement, acute single limb exercise, and pharmacological interventions.
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- Jacqueline K Limberg
- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.,François M. Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.,Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science), University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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Abstract
Passive exercise/movement has a long history in both medicine and physiology. Early clinical applications of passive exercise/movement utilized pneumatic and direct limb compression to stimulate the vasculature and evoke changes in blood flow to avoid complications brought about by stasis and vascular disease. Over the last 50 years, passive exercise/movement has continued to progress and has provided physiologists with a reductionist approach to mechanistically examine the cardiorespiratory, hyperemic, and afferent responses to movement without the confounding influence of metabolism that accompanies active exercise. This review, in addition to providing an historical perspective, focuses on the recent advancements utilizing passive leg movement, and how the hyperemic response at the onset of this passive movement has evolved from a method to evaluate the central and peripheral regulation of blood flow during exercise to an innovative and promising tool to assess vascular function. As an assessment of vascular function, passive leg movement is relatively simple to perform and provides a nitric oxide-dependent evaluation of endothelial function across the lifespan that is sensitive to changes in activity/fitness and disease state (heart failure, peripheral artery disease, sepsis). The continual refinement and characterization of passive leg movement are aimed at improving our understanding of blood flow regulation and the development of a clinically ready approach to predict and monitor the progression of cardiovascular disease.
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- Joel D Trinity
- George E Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Bldg 2, RM 1D29A, 500 Foothill Dr., Salt Lake City, UT, 84148, USA.
- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- George E Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Bldg 2, RM 1D29A, 500 Foothill Dr., Salt Lake City, UT, 84148, USA
- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Hydren JR, Broxterman RM, Trinity JD, Gifford JR, Kwon OS, Kithas AC, Richardson RS. Delineating the age-related attenuation of vascular function: Evidence supporting the efficacy of the single passive leg movement as a screening tool. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2019; 126:1525-1532. [PMID: 30946637 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01084.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Continuous passive leg movement (PLM) is a promising clinical assessment of the age-related decline in peripheral vascular function. To further refine PLM, this study evaluated the efficacy of a single PLM (sPLM), a simplified variant of the more established continuous movement approach, to delineate between healthy young and old men based on vascular function. Twelve young (26 ± 5 yr) and 12 old (70 ± 7 yr) subjects underwent sPLM (a single passive flexion and extension of the knee joint through 90°), with leg blood flow (LBF, common femoral artery with Doppler ultrasound), blood pressure (finger photoplethysmography), and leg vascular conductance (LVC) assessed. A receiver operator characteristic curve analysis was used to determine an age-specific cut score, and a factor analysis was performed to assess covariance. Baseline LBF and LVC were not different between groups (P = 0.6). The high level of covariance and similar predictive value for all PLM-induced LBF and LVC responses indicates LBF, alone, can act as a surrogate variable in this paradigm. The peak sPLM-induced increase in LBF from baseline was attenuated in the old (Young: 717 ± 227, Old: 260 ± 97 ml/min, P < 0.001; cut score: 372 ml/min), as was the total LBF response (Young: 155 ± 67, Old: 26 ± 17 ml, P < 0.001; cut score: 58 ml). sPLM, a simplified version of PLM, exhibits the prerequisite qualities of a valid screening test for peripheral vascular dysfunction, as evidenced by an age-related attenuation in the peripheral hyperemic response and a clearly delineated age-specific cut score. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Single passive leg movement (sPLM) exhibits the prerequisite qualities of a valid screening test for peripheral vascular dysfunction. sPLM displayed an age-related reduction in the peripheral hemodynamic response for amplitude, duration, initial rate of change, and total change with clearly delineated age-specific cut scores. sPLM has a strong candidate variable that is a simple single numeric value, for which to appraise peripheral vascular function, the 45-s hyperemic response (leg blood flow area under the curve: 45 s).
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- Jay R Hydren
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University, Utah
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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Katulka EK, Hirt AE, Kirkman DL, Edwards DG, Witman MAH. Altered vascular function in chronic kidney disease: evidence from passive leg movement. Physiol Rep 2019; 7:e14075. [PMID: 31016878 PMCID: PMC6478620 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 04/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and is characterized by reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability and vascular dysfunction, typically assessed using brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD). It has been previously reported that passive leg movement (PLM)-induced hyperemia, an assessment of lower extremity vascular function, is highly dependent on NO, but has not yet been utilized to assess vascular function in patients with CKD. The purpose of this study was to comprehensively assess vascular function in patients with CKD using PLM, in addition to the traditional FMD technique. Assessment of vascular function via PLM and FMD was performed on 12 patients (CKD, 66 ± 3 years) and 16 age-matched healthy controls (CON, 60 ± 2 years). Blood velocity and artery diameters during PLM and FMD were measured using duplex ultrasound of the femoral and brachial arteries, respectively. Habitual physical activity, assessed by accelerometry, was performed in a subset of each group. CKD patients had reduced peak leg blood flow (LBF) (384 ± 39 vs. 569 ± 77 mL/min, P < 0.05) and change in LBF from baseline to peak (∆peakLBF) (143 ± 22 vs. 249 ± 34 mL/min, P < 0.05) during PLM compared to CON. Additionally, PLM responses were significantly associated with kidney function and physical activity levels. As anticipated, FMD was significantly attenuated in CKD patients (5.2 ± 1.1 vs. 8.8 ± 1.2%, P < 0.05). In conclusion, both upper and lower extremity measures of vascular function indicate impairment in CKD patients when compared to controls. PLM appears to be a novel and feasible approach to assessing lower extremity vascular function in CKD.
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- Elissa K. Katulka
- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDelaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDelaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Heath SciencesVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVirginia
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDelaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of DelawareNewarkDelaware
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Messere A, Pertusio R, Macrì C, Maffiodo D, Franco W, De Benedictis C, Ferraresi C, Roatta S. Delivery of customizable compressive patterns to human limbs to investigate vascular reactivity. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2018. [DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/aae5c0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Terwoord JD, Hearon CM, Luckasen GJ, Richards JC, Joyner MJ, Dinenno FA. Elevated extracellular potassium prior to muscle contraction reduces onset and steady-state exercise hyperemia in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 125:615-623. [PMID: 29722620 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00183.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The increase in interstitial potassium (K+) during muscle contractions is thought to be a vasodilatory signal that contributes to exercise hyperemia. To determine the role of extracellular K+ in exercise hyperemia, we perfused skeletal muscle with K+ before contractions, such that the effect of any endogenously-released K+ would be minimized. We tested the hypothesis that local, intra-arterial infusion of potassium chloride (KCl) at rest would impair vasodilation in response to subsequent rhythmic handgrip exercise in humans. In 11 young adults, we determined forearm blood flow (FBF) (Doppler ultrasound) and forearm vascular conductance (FVC) (FBF/mean arterial pressure) during 4 min of rhythmic handgrip exercise at 10% of maximal voluntary contraction during 1) control conditions, 2) infusion of KCl before the initiation of exercise, and 3) infusion of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) as a control vasodilator. Infusion of KCl or SNP elevated resting FVC similarly before the onset of exercise (control: 39 ± 6 vs. KCl: 81 ± 12 and SNP: 82 ± 13 ml·min-1·100 mmHg-1; both P < 0.05 vs. control). Infusion of KCl at rest diminished the hyperemic (ΔFBF) and vasodilatory (ΔFVC) response to subsequent exercise by 22 ± 5% and 30 ± 5%, respectively (both P < 0.05 vs. control), whereas SNP did not affect the change in FBF ( P = 0.74 vs. control) or FVC ( P = 0.61 vs. control) from rest to steady-state exercise. These findings implicate the K+ ion as an essential vasodilator substance contributing to exercise hyperemia in humans. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Our findings support a significant and obligatory role for potassium signaling in the local vasodilatory and hyperemic response to exercise in humans.
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- Janée D Terwoord
- Human Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Human Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado.,Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas, Texas
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- Medical Center of the Rockies Foundation, University of Colorado Health, Loveland, Colorado
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- Human Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota
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- Human Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado
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Gonzales JU, Raymond A, Ashley J, Kim Y. Does l-citrulline supplementation improve exercise blood flow in older adults? Exp Physiol 2017; 102:1661-1671. [PMID: 28940638 PMCID: PMC5999519 DOI: 10.1113/ep086587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? Does short-term supplementation with l-citrulline in order to increase l-arginine improve exercise blood flow and peripheral dilatation responses to exercise in older adults? What is the main finding and its importance? l-Citrulline increased femoral blood flow by 11% and vascular conductance by 14% during lower-limb exercise in older men, whereas no changes were observed in older women. This modest improvement in bulk muscle blood flow in older men has implications for altering muscle metabolism that may result in enhanced exercise tolerance in older adults. l-Citrulline (Cit) increases l-arginine (Arg), the primary substrate for nitric oxide biosynthesis. We tested the hypothesis that muscle blood flow during exercise would be enhanced by Cit supplementation in older adults. Femoral artery blood flow was measured during calf exercise using Doppler ultrasound, and vascular conductance (FVC) was calculated in 25 older adults (13 women and 12 men) before and after 14 days of Cit (6 g day-1 ) and placebo (maltodextrin) in a randomized, double-blind, crossover study. Plasma [Arg] and resting blood pressure were also measured before and after each condition. Women and men were analysed separately because of significant sex-by-condition interactions for the change in exercise blood flow and FVC. Plasma [Arg] was increased by 30 and 35% after Cit (P < 0.01) in women and men, respectively, with no change after placebo. Citrulline lowered diastolic blood pressure in men (75 ± 9 versus 71 ± 6 mmHg, P = 0.02), but this variable remained unchanged in women. Blood flow and FVC during exercise at higher workloads were increased after Cit in men (flow, 521 ± 134 versus 584 ± 166 ml min-1 , P = 0.04; FVC, 5.0 ± 1.5 versus 5.8 ± 1.7 m, min mmHg-1 , P = 0.01) but were not different after placebo. These variables were not altered by Cit in women. Adjusting for baseline diastolic blood pressure removed (P = 0.10) the difference in FBF and FVC following Cit in men. These results indicate that l-citrulline has a modest effect of improving muscle blood flow during submaximal exercise in older men.
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- Joaquin U Gonzales
- Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Gifford JR, Richardson RS. CORP: Ultrasound assessment of vascular function with the passive leg movement technique. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2017; 123:1708-1720. [PMID: 28883048 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00557.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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As dysfunction of the vascular system is an early, modifiable step in the progression of many cardiovascular diseases, there is demand for methods to monitor the health of the vascular system noninvasively in clinical and research settings. Validated by very good agreement with more technical assessments of vascular function, like intra-arterial drug infusions and flow-mediated dilation, the passive leg movement (PLM) technique has emerged as a powerful, yet relatively simple, test of peripheral vascular function. In the PLM technique, the change in leg blood flow elicited by the passive movement of the leg through a 90° range of motion is quantified with Doppler ultrasound. This relatively easy-to-learn test has proven to be ≤80% dependent on nitric oxide bioavailability and is especially adept at determining peripheral vascular function across the spectrum of cardiovascular health. Indeed, multiple reports have documented that individuals with decreased cardiovascular health such as the elderly and those with heart failure tend to exhibit a substantially blunted PLM-induced hyperemic response (~50 and ~85% reduction, respectively) compared with populations with good cardiovascular health such as young individuals. As specific guidelines have not yet been put forth, the purpose of this Cores of Reproducibility in Physiology (CORP) article is to provide a comprehensive reference for the assessment and interpretation of vascular function with PLM with the aim to increase reproducibility and consistency among studies and facilitate the use of PLM as a research tool with clinical relevance.
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- Jayson R Gifford
- Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University , Provo, Utah.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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Broxterman RM, Trinity JD, Gifford JR, Kwon OS, Kithas AC, Hydren JR, Nelson AD, Morgan DE, Jessop JE, Bledsoe AD, Richardson RS. Single passive leg movement assessment of vascular function: contribution of nitric oxide. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2017; 123:1468-1476. [PMID: 28860173 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00533.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Broxterman RM, Trinity JD, Gifford JR, Kwon OS, Kithas AC, Hydren JR, Nelson AD, Morgan DE, Jessop JE, Bledsoe AD, Richardson RS. Single passive leg movement assessment of vascular function: contribution of nitric oxide. J Appl Physiol 123: 1468-1476, 2017. First published August 31, 2017; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00533.2017.-The assessment of passive leg movement (PLM)-induced leg blood flow (LBF) and vascular conductance (LVC) is a novel approach to assess vascular function that has recently been simplified to only a single PLM (sPLM), thereby increasing the clinical utility of this technique. As the physiological mechanisms mediating the robust increase in LBF and LVC with sPLM are unknown, we tested the hypothesis that nitric oxide (NO) is a major contributor to the sPLM-induced LBF and LVC response. In nine healthy men, sPLM was performed with and without NO synthase inhibition by intra-arterial infusion of NG-monomethyl-l-arginine (l-NMMA). Doppler ultrasound and femoral arterial pressure were used to determine LBF and LVC, which were characterized by the peak change (ΔLBFpeak and ΔLVCpeak) and area under the curve (LBFAUC and LVCAUC). l-NMMA significantly attenuated ΔLBFpeak [492 ± 153 (l-NMMA) vs. 719 ± 238 (control) ml/min], LBFAUC [57 ± 34 (l NMMA) vs. 147 ± 63 (control) ml], ΔLVCpeak [4.7 ± 1.1 (l-NMMA) vs. 8.0 ± 3.0 (control) ml·min-1·mmHg-1], and LVCAUC [0.5 ± 0.3 (l-NMMA) vs. 1.6 ± 0.9 (control) ml/mmHg]. The magnitude of the NO contribution to LBF and LVC was significantly correlated with the magnitude of the control responses ( r = 0.94 for ΔLBFpeak, r = 0.85 for LBFAUC, r = 0.94 for ΔLVCpeak, and r = 0.95 for LVCAUC). These data establish that the sPLM-induced hyperemic and vasodilatory response is predominantly (~65%) NO-mediated. As such, sPLM appears to be a promising, simple, in vivo assessment of NO-mediated vascular function and NO bioavailability. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Passive leg movement (PLM), a novel assessment of vascular function, has been simplified to a single PLM (sPLM), thereby increasing the clinical utility of this technique. However, the role of nitric oxide (NO) in mediating the robust sPLM hemodynamic responses is unknown. This study revealed that sPLM induces a hyperemic and vasodilatory response that is predominantly NO-mediated and, as such, appears to be a promising simple, in vivo, clinical assessment of NO-mediated vascular function and, therefore, NO bioavailability.
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- Ryan M Broxterman
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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Caldwell JT, Wardlow GC, Branch PA, Ramos M, Black CD, Ade CJ. Effect of exercise-induced muscle damage on vascular function and skeletal muscle microvascular deoxygenation. Physiol Rep 2016; 4:4/22/e13032. [PMID: 27884955 PMCID: PMC5358004 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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This paper investigated the effects of unaccustomed eccentric exercise‐induced muscle damage (EIMD) on macro‐ and microvascular function. We tested the hypotheses that resting local and systemic endothelial‐dependent flow‐mediated dilation (FMD) and microvascular reactivity would decrease, V˙O2max would be altered, and that during ramp exercise, peripheral O2 extraction, evaluated via near‐infrared‐derived spectroscopy (NIRS) derived deoxygenated hemoglobin + myoglobin ([HHb]), would be distorted following EIMD. In 13 participants, measurements were performed prior to (Pre) and 48 h after a bout of knee extensor eccentric exercise designed to elicit localized muscle damage (Post). Flow‐mediated dilation and postocclusive reactive hyperemic responses measured in the superficial femoral artery served as a measurement of local vascular function relative to the damaged tissue, while the brachial artery served as an index of nonlocal, systemic, vascular function. During ramp‐incremental exercise on a cycle ergometer, [HHb] and tissue saturation (TSI%) in the m. vastus lateralis were measured. Superficial femoral artery FMD significantly decreased following EIMD (pre 6.75 ± 3.89%; post 4.01 ± 2.90%; P < 0.05), while brachial artery FMD showed no change. The [HHb] and TSI% amplitudes were not different following EIMD ([HHb]: pre, 16.9 ± 4.7; post 17.7 ± 4.9; TSI%: pre, 71.0 ± 19.7; post 71.0 ± 19.7; all P > 0.05). At each progressive increase in workload (i.e., 0–100% peak), the [HHb] and TOI% responses were similar pre‐ and 48 h post‐EIMD (P > 0.05). Additionally, V˙O2max was similar at pre‐ (3.0 ± 0.67 L min−1) to 48 h post (2.96 ± 0.60 L min−1)‐EIMD (P > 0.05). Results suggest that moderate eccentric muscle damage leads to impaired local, but not systemic, macrovascular dysfunction.
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- Jacob T Caldwell
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas .,Department of Health and Exercise Science, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
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- Department of Health and Exercise Science, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
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- Department of Health and Exercise Science, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
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- Department of Health and Exercise Science, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
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- Department of Health and Exercise Science, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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Venturelli M, Layec G, Trinity J, Hart CR, Broxterman RM, Richardson RS. Single passive leg movement-induced hyperemia: a simple vascular function assessment without a chronotropic response. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2016; 122:28-37. [PMID: 27834672 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00806.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Passive leg movement (PLM)-induced hyperemia is a novel approach to assess vascular function, with a potential clinical role. However, in some instances, the varying chronotropic response induced by PLM has been proposed to be a potentially confounding factor. Therefore, we simplified and modified the PLM model to require just a single PLM (sPLM), an approach that may evoke a peripheral hemodynamic response, allowing a vascular function assessment, but at the same time minimizing central responses. To both characterize and assess the utility of sPLM, in 12 healthy subjects, we measured heart rate (HR), stroke volume, cardiac output (CO), mean arterial pressure (MAP), leg blood flow (LBF), and calculated leg vascular conductance (LVC) during both standard PLM, consisting of passive knee flexion and extension performed at 1 Hz for 60 s, and sPLM, consisting of only a single passive knee flexion and extension over 1 s. During PLM, MAP transiently decreased (5 ± 1 mmHg), whereas both HR and CO increased from baseline (6.0 ± 1.1 beats/min, and 0.8 ± 0.01 l/min, respectively). Following sPLM, MAP fell similarly (5 ± 2 mmHg; P = 0.8), but neither HR nor CO responses were identifiable. The peak LBF and LVC response was similar for PLM (993 ± 189 ml/min; 11.9 ± 1.5 ml·min-1·mmHg-1, respectively) and sPLM (878 ± 119 ml/min; 10.9 ± 1.6 ml·min-1·mmHg-1, respectively). Thus sPLM represents a variant of the PLM approach to assess vascular function that is more easily performed and evokes a peripheral stimulus that induces a significant hyperemia, but does not generate a potentially confounding, chronotropic response, which may make sPLM more useful clinically. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Using the single passive leg movement (PLM) technique, a variant of the vascular function assessment PLM, we have identified a novel peripheral vascular assessment method that is more easily performed than PLM, which, by not evoking potentially confounding central hemodynamic responses, may be more useful clinically.
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- Massimo Venturelli
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; .,Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; and
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- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; and.,Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Rossman MJ, Groot HJ, Garten RS, Witman MAH, Richardson RS. Vascular function assessed by passive leg movement and flow-mediated dilation: initial evidence of construct validity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2016; 311:H1277-H1286. [PMID: 27638879 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00421.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The vasodilatory response to passive leg movement (PLM) appears to provide a novel, noninvasive assessment of vascular function. However, PLM has yet to be compared with the established noninvasive assessment of vascular health, flow-mediated dilation (FMD). Therefore, as an initial evaluation of the construct validity of PLM and upright seated and supine PLM as well as brachial (BA) and superficial femoral (SFA) artery FMDs were performed in 10 young (22 ± 1) and 30 old (73 ± 2) subjects. During upright seated PLM, the peak change in leg blood flow (ΔLBF) and leg vascular conductance (ΔLVC) was significantly correlated with BA (r = 0.57 and r = 0.66) and SFA (r = 0.44 and r = 0.41, ΔLBF and ΔLVC, respectively) FMD. Furthermore, although the relationships were not as strong, the supine PLM response was also significantly correlated with BA (r = 0.38 and r = 0.35) and SFA (r = 0.39 and r = 0.35, ΔLBF and ΔLVC, respectively) FMD. Examination of the young and old separately, however, revealed that significant relationships persisted in both groups only for the upright seated PLM response and BA FMD (young: r = 0.73 and r = 0.77; old: r = 0.35 and r = 0.45, ΔLBF and ΔLVC, respectively). Normalizing FMD for shear rate during PLM abrogated all significant relationships between the PLM and FMD response, suggesting a role for nitric oxide (NO) in these associations. Collectively, these data indicate that PLM, particularly upright seated PLM, likely provides an index of vascular health analogous to the traditional FMD test. Given the relative ease of PLM implementation, these data have important positive implications for PLM as a clinical vascular health assessment.
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- Matthew J Rossman
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; .,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and.,Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Joyner MJ, Casey DP. Regulation of increased blood flow (hyperemia) to muscles during exercise: a hierarchy of competing physiological needs. Physiol Rev 2015; 95:549-601. [PMID: 25834232 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00035.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 426] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This review focuses on how blood flow to contracting skeletal muscles is regulated during exercise in humans. The idea is that blood flow to the contracting muscles links oxygen in the atmosphere with the contracting muscles where it is consumed. In this context, we take a top down approach and review the basics of oxygen consumption at rest and during exercise in humans, how these values change with training, and the systemic hemodynamic adaptations that support them. We highlight the very high muscle blood flow responses to exercise discovered in the 1980s. We also discuss the vasodilating factors in the contracting muscles responsible for these very high flows. Finally, the competition between demand for blood flow by contracting muscles and maximum systemic cardiac output is discussed as a potential challenge to blood pressure regulation during heavy large muscle mass or whole body exercise in humans. At this time, no one dominant dilator mechanism accounts for exercise hyperemia. Additionally, complex interactions between the sympathetic nervous system and the microcirculation facilitate high levels of systemic oxygen extraction and permit just enough sympathetic control of blood flow to contracting muscles to regulate blood pressure during large muscle mass exercise in humans.
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- Michael J Joyner
- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Trinity JD, Groot HJ, Layec G, Rossman MJ, Ives SJ, Morgan DE, Gmelch BS, Bledsoe A, Richardson RS. Passive leg movement and nitric oxide-mediated vascular function: the impact of age. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2015; 308:H672-9. [PMID: 25576629 PMCID: PMC4360052 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00806.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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In young healthy men, passive leg movement (PLM) elicits a robust nitric oxide (NO)-dependent increase in leg blood flow (LBF), thus providing a novel approach to assess NO-mediated vascular function. While the magnitude of the LBF response to PLM is markedly reduced with age, the role of NO in this attenuated response in the elderly is unknown. Therefore, this study sought to determine the contribution of NO in the PLM-induced LBF with age. Fourteen male subjects (7 young, 24 ± 1 yr; and 7 old, 75 ± 3 yr) underwent PLM with and without NO synthase (NOS) inhibition achieved by intra-arterial infusion of N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA). LBF was determined second-by-second by Doppler ultrasound, and central hemodynamics were measured by finger photoplethysmography. NOS inhibition blunted the PLM-induced peak increase in LBF in the young (control: 668 ± 106; L-NMMA 431 ± 95 Δml/min; P = 0.03) but had no effect in the old (control: 266 ± 98; L-NMMA 251 ± 92 Δml/min; P = 0.59). Likewise, the magnitude of the reduction in the overall (i.e., area under the curve) PLM-induced LBF response to NOS inhibition was less in the old (LBF: -31 ± 18 ml) than the young (LBF: -129 ± 21 ml; P < 0.01). These findings suggest that the age-associated reduction in PLM-induced LBF in the elderly is primarily due to a reduced contribution to vasodilation from NO and therefore support the use of PLM as a novel approach to assess NO-mediated vascular function across the lifespan.
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- Joel D Trinity
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, George E. Wahlen, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah;
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- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, George E. Wahlen, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Health and Exercise Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
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- Department of Anesthesia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and
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- Department of Anesthesia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and
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- Department of Anesthesia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and
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- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, George E. Wahlen, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Credeur DP, Holwerda SW, Restaino RM, King PM, Crutcher KL, Laughlin MH, Padilla J, Fadel PJ. Characterizing rapid-onset vasodilation to single muscle contractions in the human leg. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2014; 118:455-64. [PMID: 25539935 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00785.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Rapid-onset vasodilation (ROV) following single muscle contractions has been examined in the forearm of humans, but has not yet been characterized in the leg. Given known vascular differences between the arm and leg, we sought to characterize ROV following single muscle contractions in the leg. Sixteen healthy men performed random ordered single contractions at 5, 10, 20, 40, and 60% of their maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) using isometric knee extension made with the leg above and below heart level, and these were compared with single isometric contractions of the forearm (handgrip). Single thigh cuff compressions (300 mmHg) were utilized to estimate the mechanical contribution to leg ROV. Continuous blood flow was determined by duplex-Doppler ultrasound and blood pressure via finger photoplethysmography (Finometer). Single isometric knee extensor contractions produced intensity-dependent increases in peak leg vascular conductance that were significantly greater than the forearm in both the above- and below-heart level positions (e.g., above heart level: leg 20% MVC, +138 ± 28% vs. arm 20% MVC, +89 ± 17%; P < 0.05). Thigh cuff compressions also produced a significant hyperemic response, but these were brief and smaller in magnitude compared with single isometric contractions in the leg. Collectively, these data demonstrate the presence of a rapid and robust vasodilation to single muscle contractions in the leg that is largely independent of mechanical factors, thus establishing the leg as a viable model to study ROV in humans.
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- Daniel P Credeur
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; and Department of Child Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri;
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Ishii K, Matsukawa K, Liang N, Endo K, Idesako M, Hamada H, Kataoka T, Ueno K, Watanabe T, Takahashi M. Differential contribution of ACh-muscarinic and β-adrenergic receptors to vasodilatation in noncontracting muscle during voluntary one-legged exercise. Physiol Rep 2014; 2:e12202. [PMID: 25413322 PMCID: PMC4255809 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Revised: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We have demonstrated the centrally induced cholinergic vasodilatation in skeletal muscle at the early period of voluntary one-legged exercise and during motor imagery in humans. The purpose of this study was to examine whether central command may also cause β-adrenergic vasodilatation during the exercise and motor imagery. Relative changes in oxygenated hemoglobin concentration (Oxy-Hb) of bilateral vastus lateralis (VL) muscles, as index of tissue blood flow, and femoral blood flow to nonexercising limb were measured during one-legged cycling and mental imagery of the exercise for 1 min before and after propranolol (0.1 mg/kg iv). The Oxy-Hb of noncontracting muscle increased (P < 0.05) at the early period of exercise and the increase was sustained throughout exercise, whereas the Oxy-Hb of contracting muscle increased at the early period but thereafter decreased. We subtracted the Oxy-Hb response with propranolol from the control response in individual subjects to identify the propranolol-sensitive component of the Oxy-Hb response during exercise. In both noncontracting and contracting VL muscles, the increase in Oxy-Hb at the early period of one-legged exercise did not involve a significant propranolol-sensitive component. However, as the exercise proceeded, the propranolol-sensitive component of the Oxy-Hb response was developed during the later period of exercise. Propranolol also failed to affect the initial increases in femoral blood flow and vascular conductance of nonexercising leg but significantly attenuated (P < 0.05) their later increases during exercise. Subsequent atropine (10-15 μg/kg iv) abolished the initial increases in Oxy-Hb of both VL muscles. Mental imagery of the one-legged exercise caused the bilateral increases in Oxy-Hb, which were not altered by propranolol but abolished by subsequent atropine. It is likely that the rapid cholinergic and delayed β-adrenergic vasodilator mechanisms cooperate to increase muscle blood flow during exercise.
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- Kei Ishii
- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Physical Analysis and Therapeutic Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Health Care for Adults, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Health Care for Adults, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Health Care for Adults, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biomechanics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Layland J, Carrick D, Lee M, Oldroyd K, Berry C. Adenosine. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2014; 7:581-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Venturelli M, Amann M, Layec G, McDaniel J, Trinity JD, Fjeldstad AS, Ives SJ, Yonnet G, Richardson RS. Passive leg movement-induced hyperaemia with a spinal cord lesion: evidence of preserved vascular function. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 210:429-39. [PMID: 24119139 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Revised: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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UNLABELLED A spinal cord injury (SCI) clearly results in greater cardiovascular risk; however, accompanying changes in peripheral vascular structure below the lesion mean that the real impact of a SCI on vascular function is unclear. AIM Therefore, utilizing passive leg movement-induced (PLM) hyperaemia, an index of nitric oxide (NO)-dependent vascular function and the central hemodynamic response to this intervention, we studied eight individuals with a SCI and eight age-matched controls (CTRL). METHODS Specifically, we assessed heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), mean arterial pressure (MAP), leg blood flow (LBF) and thigh composition. RESULTS In CTRL, passive movement transiently decreased MAP and increased HR and CO from baseline by 2.5 ± 1 mmHg, 7 ± 2 bpm and 0.5 ± 0.1 L min(-1) respectively. In SCI, HR and CO responses were unidentifiable. LBF increased to a greater extent in CTRL (515 ± 41 ∆mL min(-1)) compared with SCI, (126 ± 25 ∆mL min(-1)) (P < 0.05). There was a strong relationship between ∆LBF and thigh muscle volume (r = 0.95). After normalizing ∆LBF for this strong relationship (∆LBF/muscle volume), there was evidence of preserved vascular function in SCI (CTRL: 120 ± 9; SCI 104 ± 11 mL min(-1) L(-1)). A comparison of ∆LBF in the passively moved and stationary leg, to partition the contribution of the blood flow response, implied that 35% of the hyperaemia resulted from cardioacceleration in the CTRL, whereas all the hyperaemia appeared peripheral in origin in the SCI. CONCLUSION Thus, utilizing PLM-induced hyperaemia as marker of vascular function, it is evident that peripheral vascular impairment is not an obligatory accompaniment to a SCI.
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- M. Venturelli
- Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences; University of Verona; Verona Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatrics; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatrics; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; George E. Whalen VA Medical Center; Salt Lake City UT USA
- Department of Exercise and Sport Science; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatrics; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatrics; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; George E. Whalen VA Medical Center; Salt Lake City UT USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatrics; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; George E. Whalen VA Medical Center; Salt Lake City UT USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatrics; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatrics; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; George E. Whalen VA Medical Center; Salt Lake City UT USA
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- Department of Neurology; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatrics; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; George E. Whalen VA Medical Center; Salt Lake City UT USA
- Department of Exercise and Sport Science; University of Utah; Salt Lake City UT USA
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Ishii K, Matsukawa K, Liang N, Endo K, Idesako M, Hamada H, Ueno K, Kataoka T. Evidence for centrally induced cholinergic vasodilatation in skeletal muscle during voluntary one-legged cycling and motor imagery in humans. Physiol Rep 2013; 1:e00092. [PMID: 24303156 PMCID: PMC3831904 DOI: 10.1002/phy2.92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Revised: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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We have recently reported that central command contributes to increased blood flow in both noncontracting and contracting vastus lateralis (VL) muscles at the early period of voluntary one-legged cycling. The purpose of this study was to examine whether sympathetic cholinergic vasodilatation mediates the increases in blood flows of both muscles during one-legged exercise. Following intravenous administration of atropine (10 μg/kg), eight subjects performed voluntary 1-min one-legged cycling (at 35% of maximal voluntary effort) and mental imagery of the exercise. The relative concentrations of oxygenated- and deoxygenated-hemoglobin (Oxy- and Deoxy-Hb) in the bilateral VL were measured as an index of muscle tissue blood flow with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). The Oxy-Hb in both noncontracting and contracting VL increased at the early period of one-legged cycling, whereas the Deoxy-Hb did not alter at that period. Atropine blunted (P < 0.05) the Oxy-Hb responses of both VL muscles but did not affect the Deoxy-Hb responses. The time course and magnitude of the atropine-sensitive component in the Oxy-Hb response were quite similar between the noncontracting and contracting VL muscles. With no changes in the Deoxy-Hb and hemodynamics, imagery of one-legged cycling induced the bilateral increases in the Oxy-Hb, which were completely abolished by atropine. In contrast, imagery of a circle (with no relation to exercise) did not alter the NIRS signals, irrespective of the presence or absence of atropine. It is concluded that central command evokes cholinergic vasodilatation equally in bilateral VL muscles during voluntary one-legged cycling and motor imagery.
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- Kei Ishii
- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University Hiroshima, Japan
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Wray DW, Witman MAH, Ives SJ, McDaniel J, Trinity JD, Conklin JD, Supiano MA, Richardson RS. Does brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation provide a bioassay for NO? Hypertension 2013; 62:345-51. [PMID: 23774225 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.113.01578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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This study sought to better define the role of NO in brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) in young, healthy humans. Brachial artery blood velocity and diameter were determined (ultrasound Doppler) in 8 volunteers (26 ± 1 year) before and after 5-minute forearm circulatory occlusion with and without intra-arterial infusion of the endothelial NO synthase inhibitor N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA; 0.48 mg/dL per minute). Control (CON) and L-NMMA trials were performed with the occlusion cuff placed in the traditional distal position, as well as proximal to the measurement site. FMD was significantly reduced, but not abolished, by L-NMMA in the distal cuff trial (8.9 ± 1.3%-6.0 ± 0.7%, CON versus L-NMMA; P=0.02), with no effect of L-NMMA on FMD with proximal cuff placement (10.6 ± 1.2%-12.4 ± 1.7%, CON versus L-NMMA; P=0.39). When the reduction in shear stimulus after L-NMMA was taken into account, no drug difference was observed for either distal (0.26 ± 0.02-0.23 ± 0.03, CON versus L-NMMA; P=0.40) or proximal (0.23 ± 0.08-0.23 ± 0.03, CON versus L-NMMA; P=0.89) FMD trials. These findings challenge the assertion that NO is obligatory for brachial artery FMD and call into question the sensitivity of this procedure for noninvasive determination of NO bioavailability in young, healthy humans.
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- D Walter Wray
- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, VAMC SLC, GRECC 182, Bldg 2 Rm 1C03, 500 Foothill Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
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Ross GA, Mihok ML, Murrant CL. Extracellular adenosine initiates rapid arteriolar vasodilation induced by a single skeletal muscle contraction in hamster cremaster muscle. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2013; 208:74-87. [PMID: 23297742 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Revised: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM Recent studies suggest that adenosine (ADO) can be produced extracellularly in response to skeletal muscle contraction. We tested the hypothesis that a single muscle contraction produces extracellular ADO rapidly enough and in physiologically relevant concentrations to be able to contribute to the rapid vasodilation that occurs at the onset of muscle contraction. METHODS We stimulated four to five skeletal muscle fibres in the anaesthetized hamster cremaster preparation in situ and measured the change in diameter of arterioles at a site of overlap with the stimulated muscle fibres before and after a single contraction (stimulus frequencies: 4, 20 and 60 Hz; 250 ms train duration). Muscle fibres were stimulated in the absence and presence of non-specific ADO membrane receptor antagonists 8-phenyltheophylline (8-PT, 10(-6) M) or xanthine amine congener (XAC, 10(-6) M) or an inhibitor of an extracellular source of ADO, ecto-5'-nucleotidase inhibitor α,β-methylene adenosine 5'-diphosphate (AMPCP, 10(-5) M). RESULTS We observed that the dilatory event at 4 s following a single contraction was significantly inhibited at all stimulus frequencies by an average of 63.9 ± 2.6% by 8-PT. The 20-s dilatory event that occurred at 20 and 60 Hz was significantly inhibited by 53.6 ± 2.6 and 73.8 ± 2.3% by 8-PT and XAC respectively. Further, both the 4- and 20-s dilatory events were significantly inhibited by AMPCP by 78.6 ± 6.6 and 67.1 ± 1.5%, respectively, at each stimulus frequency tested. CONCLUSIONS Our data show that ADO is produced extracellularly during a single muscle contraction and that it is produced rapidly enough and in physiologically relevant concentrations to contribute to the rapid vasodilation in response to muscle contraction.
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- G. A. Ross
- Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Science; University of Guelph; Guelph; ON; Canada
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- Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Science; University of Guelph; Guelph; ON; Canada
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- Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Science; University of Guelph; Guelph; ON; Canada
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Matsukawa K, Ishii K, Liang N, Endo K. Have we missed that neural vasodilator mechanisms may contribute to exercise hyperemia at onset of voluntary exercise? Front Physiol 2013; 4:23. [PMID: 23422870 PMCID: PMC3573268 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2012] [Accepted: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Whether neurally-mediated vasodilatation may contribute to exercise hyperemia has not been completely understood. Bülbring and Burn (1935) found for the first time the existence of sympathetic cholinergic nerve to skeletal muscle contributing to vasodilatation in animals. Blair et al. (1959) reported that atropine-sensitive vasodilatation in skeletal muscle appeared during arousal behavior or mental stress in humans. However, such sympathetic vasodilator mechanism for muscle vascular bed in humans is generally denied at present, because surgical sympathectomy, autonomic blockade, and local anesthesia of sympathetic nerves cause no substantial influence on vasodilatation in muscle not only during mental stress but also during exercise. On the other hand, neural mechanisms may play an important role in regulating blood flow to non-contracting muscle. Careful consideration of the neural mechanisms may lead us to an insight about a possible neural mechanism responsible for exercise hyperemia in contracting muscle. Referring to our recent study measuring muscle tissue blood flow with higher time resolution, this review has focused on whether or not central command may transmit vasodilator signal to skeletal muscle especially at the onset of voluntary exercise.
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- Kanji Matsukawa
- Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
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Groot HJ, Trinity JD, Layec G, Rossman MJ, Ives SJ, Richardson RS. Perfusion pressure and movement-induced hyperemia: evidence of limited vascular function and vasodilatory reserve with age. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 304:H610-9. [PMID: 23262136 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00656.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To better understand the mechanisms contributing to reduced blood flow with age, this study sought to elucidate the impact of altered femoral perfusion pressure (FPP) on movement-induced hyperemia. Passive leg movement was performed in 10 young (22 ± 1 yr) and 12 old (72 ± 2 yr) healthy men for 2 min, with and without a posture-induced change in FPP (~7 ± 1 ΔmmHg). Second-by-second measurements of central and peripheral hemodynamic responses were acquired noninvasively (finger photoplethysmography and Doppler ultrasound, respectively), with FPP confirmed in a subset of four young and four old subjects with arterial and venous catheters. Central hemodynamic responses (heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, mean arterial pressure) were not affected by age or position. The young exhibited a ~70% greater movement-induced peak change in leg blood flow (ΔLBF(peak)) in the upright-seated posture (supine: 596±68 ml/min; upright: 1,026 ± 85 ml/min). However, in the old the posture change did not alter ΔLBF(peak) (supine: 417±42 ml/min; upright: 412±56 ml/min), despite the similar increases in FPP. Similarly, movement-induced peak change in leg vascular conductance was ~80% greater for the young in the upright-seated posture (supine: 7.1 ± 0.8 ml·min(-1)·mmHg(-1); upright: 12.8 ± 1.3 ml·min(-1)·mmHg(-1)), while the old again exhibited no difference between postures (supine: 4.7 ± 0.4 ml·min(-1)·mmHg(-1); upright: 4.8 ± 0.5 ml·min(-1)·mmHg(-1)). Thus this study reveals that, unlike the young, increased FPP does not elicit an increase in movement-induced hyperemia or vasodilation in the old. In light of recent evidence that the majority of the first minute of passive movement-induced hyperemia is predominantly nitric oxide (NO) dependent in the young, these findings in the elderly may be largely due to decreased NO bioavailability, but this remains to be definitively determined.
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- H Jonathan Groot
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA
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Ives SJ, McDaniel J, Witman MAH, Richardson RS. Passive limb movement: evidence of mechanoreflex sex specificity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 304:H154-61. [PMID: 23086995 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00532.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previous studies have determined that premenopausal women exhibit an attenuated metaboreflex; however, little is known about sex specificity of the mechanoreflex. Thus, we sought to determine if sex differences exist in the central and peripheral hemodynamic responses to passive limb movement. Second-by-second measurements of heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output (CO), mean arterial pressure, and femoral artery blood flow (FBF) were recorded during 3 min of supine passive knee extension in 24 young healthy subjects (12 women and 12 men). Normalization of CO and stroke volume to body surface area, expressed as cardiac index and stroke index, eliminated differences in baseline central hemodynamics, whereas, peripherally, basal FBF and femoral vascular conductance were similar between the sexes. In response to passive limb movement, women displayed significantly attenuated peak central hemodynamic responses compared with men (heart rate: 9.0 ± 1 vs. 14.8 ± 2% change, stroke index: 4.5 ± 0.6 vs. 7.8 ± 1.2% change, cardiac index: 9.6 ± 1 vs. 17.2 ± 2% change, all P < 0.05), whereas movement induced similar increases in peak FBF (167 ± 32 vs. 193 ± 17% change) and femoral vascular conductance (172 ± 31 vs. 203 ± 16% change) in both sexes (women vs. men, respectively). Additionally, there was a significant positive relationship between individual peak FBF and peak CO response to passive movement in men but not in women. Thus, although both sexes exhibited similar movement-induced hyperemia and peripheral vasodilatory function, the central hemodynamic response was blunted in women, implying an attenuated mechanoreflex. Therefore, this study reveals that, as already recognized with the metaboreflex, there is likely a sex-specific attenuation of the mechanoreflex in women.
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- Stephen J Ives
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
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Mortensen SP, Askew CD, Walker M, Nyberg M, Hellsten Y. The hyperaemic response to passive leg movement is dependent on nitric oxide: a new tool to evaluate endothelial nitric oxide function. J Physiol 2012; 590:4391-400. [PMID: 22733658 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.235952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Passive leg movement is associated with a ∼3-fold increase in blood flow to the leg but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. The objective of the present study was to examine the role of nitric oxide (NO) for the hyperaemia observed during passive leg movement. Leg haemodynamics and metabolites of NO production (nitrite and nitrate; NOx) were measured in plasma and muscle interstitial fluid at rest and during passive leg movement with and without inhibition of NO formation in healthy young males. The hyperaemic response to passive leg movement and to ACh was also assessed in elderly subjects and patients with peripheral artery disease. Passive leg movement (60 r.p.m.) increased leg blood flow from 0.3 ± 0.1 to 0.9 ± 0.1 litre min(-1) at 20 s and 0.5 ± 0.1 litre min(-1) at 3 min (P < 0.05). Mean arterial pressure remained unchanged during the trial. When passive leg movement was performed during inhibition of NO formation (N(G)-mono-methyl-l-arginine; 29-52 mg min(-1)), leg blood flow and vascular conductance were increased after 20 s (P < 0.05) and then returned to baseline levels, despite an increase in arterial pressure (P < 0.05). Passive leg movement increased the femoral venous NOx levels from 35 ± 5 at baseline to 62 ± 11 μmol l(-1) during passive leg movement (P < 0.05), whereas muscle interstitial NOx levels remained unchanged. The hyperaemic response to passive leg movement were correlated with the vasodilatation induced by ACh (r(2) = 0.704, P < 0.001) and with age (r(2) = 0.612, P < 0.001). Leg blood flow did not increase during passive leg movement in individuals with peripheral arterial disease. These results suggest that the hypaeremia induced by passive leg movement is NO dependent and that the source of NO is likely to be the endothelium. Passive leg movement could therefore be used as a non-invasive tool to evaluate NO dependent endothelial function of the lower limb.
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- Stefan P Mortensen
- Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre and Centre of Inflammation & Metabolism, Rigshospitalet, Section 7641, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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Ishii K, Liang N, Oue A, Hirasawa A, Sato K, Sadamoto T, Matsukawa K. Central command contributes to increased blood flow in the noncontracting muscle at the start of one-legged dynamic exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2012; 112:1961-74. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00075.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Whether neurogenic vasodilatation contributes to exercise hyperemia is still controversial. Blood flow to noncontracting muscle, however, is chiefly regulated by a neural mechanism. Although vasodilatation in the nonexercising limb was shown at the onset of exercise, it was unclear whether central command or muscle mechanoreflex is responsible for the vasodilatation. To clarify this, using voluntary one-legged cycling with the right leg in humans, we measured the relative changes in concentrations of oxygenated-hemoglobin (Oxy-Hb) of the noncontracting vastus lateralis (VL) muscle with near-infrared spectroscopy as an index of tissue blood flow and femoral blood flow to the nonexercising leg. Oxy-Hb in the noncontracting VL and femoral blood flow increased ( P < 0.05) at the start period of voluntary one-legged cycling without accompanying a rise in arterial blood pressure. In contrast, no increases in Oxy-Hb and femoral blood flow were detected at the start period of passive one-legged cycling, suggesting that muscle mechanoreflex cannot explain the initial vasodilatation of the noncontracting muscle during voluntary one-legged cycling. Motor imagery of the voluntary one-legged cycling increased Oxy-Hb of not only the right but also the left VL. Furthermore, an increase in Oxy-Hb of the contracting VL, which was observed at the start period of voluntary one-legged cycling, had the same time course and magnitude as the increase in Oxy-Hb of the noncontracting muscle. Thus it is concluded that the centrally induced vasodilator signal is equally transmitted to the bilateral VL muscles, not only during imagery of exercise but also at the start period of voluntary exercise in humans.
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- Kei Ishii
- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
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- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
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- Research Institute of Physical Fitness, Japan Women's College of Physical Education, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Institute of Physical Fitness, Japan Women's College of Physical Education, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Institute of Physical Fitness, Japan Women's College of Physical Education, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Institute of Physical Fitness, Japan Women's College of Physical Education, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
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Trinity JD, Groot HJ, Layec G, Rossman MJ, Ives SJ, Runnels S, Gmelch B, Bledsoe A, Richardson RS. Nitric oxide and passive limb movement: a new approach to assess vascular function. J Physiol 2012; 590:1413-25. [PMID: 22310310 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.224741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Passive limb movement elicits a robust increase in limb blood flow (LBF) and limb vascular conductance (LVC), but the peripheral vascular mechanisms associated with this increase in LBF and LVC are unknown. This study sought to determine the contribution of nitric oxide (NO) to movement-induced LBF and LVC and document the potential for passive-limb movement to assess NO-mediated vasodilatation and therefore NO bioavailability. Six subjects underwent passive knee extension with and without nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition via intra-arterial infusion of N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA). LBF was determined second-by-second by Doppler ultrasound, and central haemodynamics were measured by finger photoplethysmography. Although L-NMMA did not alter the immediate increase (initial ∼9 s) in LBF and LVC, NOS blockade attenuated the peak increase in LBF (control: 653 ± 81; L-NMMA: 399 ± 112 ml(−1) min(−1), P = 0.03) and LVC (control: 7.5 ± 0.8; L-NMMA: 4.1 ± 1.1 ml min(−1) mmHg(−1), P = 0.02) and dramatically reduced the overall vasodilatory and hyperaemic response (area under the curve) by nearly 80% (LBF: control: 270 ± 51; L-NMMA: 75 ± 32 ml, P = 0.001; LVC: control: 2.9 ± 0.5; L-NMMA: 0.8 ± 0.3 ml mmHg(−1), P < 0.001). Passive movement in control and L-NMMA trials evoked similar increases in heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output and a reduction in mean arterial pressure. As movement-induced increases in LBF and LVC are predominantly NO dependent, passive limb movement appears to have significant promise as a new approach to assess NO-mediated vascular function, an important predictor of cardiovascular disease risk.
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- Joel D Trinity
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA.
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Venturelli M, Amann M, McDaniel J, Trinity JD, Fjeldstad AS, Richardson RS. Central and peripheral hemodynamic responses to passive limb movement: the role of arousal. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 302:H333-9. [PMID: 22003056 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00851.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The exact role of arousal in central and peripheral hemodynamic responses to passive limb movement in humans is unclear but has been proposed as a potential contributor. Thus, we used a human model with no lower limb afferent feedback to determine the role of arousal on the hemodynamic response to passive leg movement. In nine people with a spinal cord injury, we compared central and peripheral hemodynamic and ventilatory responses to one-leg passive knee extension with and without visual feedback (M+VF and M-VF, respectively) as well as in a third trial with no movement or visual feedback but the perception of movement (F). Ventilation (Ve), heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, mean arterial pressure, and leg blood flow (LBF) were evaluated during the three protocols. Ve increased rapidly from baseline in M+VF (55 ± 11%), M-VF (63 ± 13%), and F (48 ± 12%) trials. Central hemodynamics (heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, and mean arterial pressure) were unchanged in all trials. LBF increased from baseline by 126 ± 18 ml/min in the M+VF protocol and 109 ± 23 ml/min in the M-VF protocol but was unchanged in the F protocol. Therefore, with the use of model that is devoid of afferent feedback from the legs, the results of this study reveal that, although arousal is invoked by passive movement or the thought of passive movement, as evidenced by the increase in Ve, there is no central or peripheral hemodynamic impact of this increased neural activity. Additionally, this study revealed that a central hemodynamic response is not an obligatory component of movement-induced LBF.
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- Massimo Venturelli
- Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological, and Movement Sciences University of Verona, Italy
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Trinity JD, McDaniel J, Venturelli M, Fjeldstad AS, Ives SJ, Witman MAH, Barrett-O'Keefe Z, Amann M, Wray DW, Richardson RS. Impact of body position on central and peripheral hemodynamic contributions to movement-induced hyperemia: implications for rehabilitative medicine. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 300:H1885-91. [PMID: 21357514 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00038.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study used alterations in body position to identify differences in hemodynamic responses to passive exercise. Central and peripheral hemodynamics were noninvasively measured during 2 min of passive knee extension in 14 subjects, whereas perfusion pressure (PP) was directly measured in a subset of 6 subjects. Movement-induced increases in leg blood flow (LBF) and leg vascular conductance (LVC) were more than twofold greater in the upright compared with supine positions (LBF, supine: 462 ± 6, and upright: 1,084 ± 159 ml/min, P < 0.001; and LVC, supine: 5.3 ± 1.2, and upright: 11.8 ± 2.8 ml·min⁻¹ ·mmHg⁻¹, P < 0.002). The change in heart rate (HR) from baseline to peak was not different between positions (supine: 8 ± 1, and upright: 10 ± 1 beats/min, P = 0.22); however, the elevated HR was maintained for a longer duration when upright. Stroke volume contributed to the increase in cardiac output (CO) during the upright movement only. CO increased in both positions; however, the magnitude and duration of the CO response were greater in the upright position. Mean arterial pressure and PP were higher at baseline and throughout passive movement when upright. Thus exaggerated central hemodynamic responses characterized by an increase in stroke volume and a sustained HR response combined to yield a greater increase in CO during upright movement. This greater central response coupled with the increased PP and LVC explains the twofold greater and more sustained increase in movement-induced hyperemia in the upright compared with supine position and has clinical implications for rehabilitative medicine.
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- Joel D Trinity
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
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McDaniel J, Hayman MA, Ives S, Fjeldstad AS, Trinity JD, Wray DW, Richardson RS. Attenuated exercise induced hyperaemia with age: mechanistic insight from passive limb movement. J Physiol 2010; 588:4507-17. [PMID: 20876201 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.198770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The influence of age on the central and peripheral contributors to exercise-induced hyperaemia is unclear. Utilizing a reductionist approach, we compared the peripheral and central haemodynamic responses to passive limb movement (exercise without an increase in metabolism) in 11 old (71 ± 9 years of age S.D.) and 11 young (24 ± 2 years of age) healthy subjects. Cardiac output (CO), heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and femoral blood flow of the passively moved and control legs were evaluated second-by-second during 2 min of passive knee extension at a rate of 1 Hz. Compared to the young, the old group exhibited a significantly attenuated increase in HR (7 ± 4% vs. 13 ± 7% S.D.), CO (10 ± 6% vs. 18 ± 8%) and femoral blood flow in the passively moved (123 ± 55% vs. 194 ± 57%) and control legs (47 ± 43% vs. 77 ± 96%). In addition, the change in vascular conductance in the passively moving limb was also significantly attenuated in the old (2.4 ± 1.2 ml min(-1) mmHg(-1)) compared to the young (4.3 ± 1.7 ml min(-1) mmHg(-1)). In both groups all main central and peripheral changes that occurred at the onset of passive knee extension were transient, lasting only 45 s. In a paradigm where metabolism does not play a role, these data reveal that both central and peripheral haemodynamic mechanisms are likely to be responsible for the 30% reduction in exercise-induced hyperaemia with age.
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- John McDaniel
- George E. Whalen VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148, USA.
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Hayman MA, Nativi JN, Stehlik J, McDaniel J, Fjeldstad AS, Ives SJ, Walter Wray D, Bader F, Gilbert EM, Richardson RS. Understanding exercise-induced hyperemia: central and peripheral hemodynamic responses to passive limb movement in heart transplant recipients. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H1653-9. [PMID: 20833963 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00580.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To better characterize the contribution of both central and peripheral mechanisms to passive limb movement-induced hyperemia, we studied nine recent (<2 yr) heart transplant (HTx) recipients (56 ± 4 yr) and nine healthy controls (58 ± 5 yr). Measurements of heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and femoral artery blood flow were recorded during passive knee extension. Peripheral vascular function was assessed using brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD). During passive limb movement, the HTx recipients lacked an HR response (0 ± 0 beats/min, Δ0%) but displayed a significant increase in CO (0.4 ± 0.1 l/min, Δ5%) although attenuated compared with controls (1.0 ± 0.2 l/min, Δ18%). Therefore, the rise in CO in the HTx recipients was solely dependent on increased SV (5 ± 1 ml, Δ5%) in contrast with the controls who displayed significant increases in both HR (6 ± 2 beats/min, Δ11%) and SV (5 ± 2 ml, Δ7%). The transient increase in femoral blood volume entering the leg during the first 40 s of passive movement was attenuated in the HTx recipients (24 ± 8 ml) compared with controls (93 ± 7 ml), whereas peripheral vascular function (FMD) appeared similar between HTx recipients (8 ± 2%) and controls (6 ± 1%). These data reveal that the absence of an HR increase in HTx recipients significantly impacts the peripheral vascular response to passive movement in this population and supports the concept that an increase in CO is a major contributor to exercise-induced hyperemia.
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- Melissa A Hayman
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, George E.Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Trinity JD, Amann M, McDaniel J, Fjeldstad AS, Barrett-O'Keefe Z, Runnels S, Morgan DE, Wray DW, Richardson RS. Limb movement-induced hyperemia has a central hemodynamic component: evidence from a neural blockade study. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H1693-700. [PMID: 20802133 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00482.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The purpose of this investigation was to partially remove feedback from type III/IV skeletal muscle afferents and determine how this feedback influences the central and peripheral hemodynamic responses to passive leg movement. Heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), mean arterial pressure, leg vascular conductance (LVC), and leg blood flow (LBF) were measured during 2 min of passive knee extension in eight young men before and after intrathecal fentanyl injection. Passive movement increased HR by 14 beats/min from baseline to maximal response during control (CON) (65 ± 4 to 79 ± 5 beats/min, P < 0.05), whereas HR did not significantly increase with the fentanyl block (BLK). LBF and LVC increased in both conditions; however, these increases were attenuated and delayed during BLK [%change from baseline to maximum, LBF: CON 295 ± 109 vs. BLK 210 ± 86%, (P < 0.05); LVC: CON 322 ± 40% vs. BLK 231 ± 32%, (P < 0.04)]. In CON, HR, SV, CO, and LVC increased contributing to the hyperemic response. However, under BLK conditions, statistically insignificant increases in HR and SV combined to yield a small, but significant, increase in CO and an attenuated hyperemic response. Therefore, partially blocking skeletal muscle afferent feedback blunts the central hemodynamic response due to passive limb movement, which then results in an attenuated and delayed movement-induced hyperemia. In combination, these findings provide evidence that limb movement-induced hyperemia has a significant central hemodynamic component induced by peripheral nerve activation.
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- Joel D Trinity
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
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Donato AJ, Uberoi A, Bailey DM, Wray DW, Richardson RS. Exercise-induced brachial artery vasodilation: effects of antioxidants and exercise training in elderly men. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 298:H671-8. [PMID: 19966056 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00761.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Aging, vascular function, and exercise are thought to have a common link in oxidative stress. Of the 28 subjects studied (young, 26 +/- 2 yr; old, 71 +/- 6 yr), 12 took part in a study to validate an antioxidant cocktail (AOC: vitamins C, E, and alpha-lipoic acid), while the remaining 8 young and 8 old subjects performed submaximal forearm handgrip exercise with placebo or AOC. Old subjects repeated forearm exercise with placebo or AOC following knee-extensor (KE) exercise training. Brachial arterial diameter and blood velocity (Doppler ultrasound) were measured at rest and during exercise. During handgrip exercise, brachial artery vasodilation in the old subjects was attenuated compared with that in young subjects following placebo (maximum = approximately 3.0 and approximately 6.0%, respectively). In contrast to the previously documented attenuation in exercise-induced brachial artery vasodilation in the young group with AOC, in the old subjects the AOC restored vasodilation (maximum = approximately 7.0%) to match the young. KE training also improved exercise-induced brachial artery vasodilation. However, in the trained state, AOC administration no longer augmented brachial artery vasodilation in the elderly, but rather attenuated it. These data reveal an age-related pro-/antioxidant imbalance that impacts vascular function and show that exercise training is capable of restoring equilibrium such that vascular function is improved and the AOC-mediated reduction in free radicals now negatively impacts brachial artery vasodilation, as seen in the young.
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- Anthony J Donato
- Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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McDaniel J, Fjeldstad AS, Ives S, Hayman M, Kithas P, Richardson RS. Central and peripheral contributors to skeletal muscle hyperemia: response to passive limb movement. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 108:76-84. [PMID: 19910331 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00895.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The central and peripheral contributions to exercise-induced hyperemia are not well understood. Thus, utilizing a reductionist approach, we determined the sequential peripheral and central responses to passive exercise in nine healthy men (33 +/- 9 yr). Cardiac output, heart rate, stroke volume, mean arterial pressure, and femoral blood flow of the passively moved leg and stationary (control) leg were evaluated second by second during 3 min of passive knee extension with and without a thigh cuff that occluded leg blood flow. Without the thigh cuff, significant transient increases in cardiac output (1.0 +/- 0.6 l/min, Delta15%), heart rate (7 +/- 4 beats/min, Delta12%), stroke volume (7 +/- 5 ml, Delta7%), passive leg blood flow (411 +/- 146 ml/min, Delta151%), and control leg blood flow (125 +/- 68 ml/min, Delta43%) and a transient decrease in mean arterial pressure (3 +/- 3 mmHg, 4%) occurred shortly after the onset of limb movement. Although the rise and fall rates of these variables differed, they all returned to baseline values within 45 s; therefore, continued limb movement beyond 45 s does not maintain an increase in cardiac output or net blood flow. Similar changes in the central variables occurred when blood flow to the passively moving leg was occluded. These data confirm the role of peripheral factors and reveal an essential supportive role of cardiac output in the hyperemia at the onset of passive limb movement. This cardiac output response provides an important potential link between the physiology of active and passive exercise.
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- John McDaniel
- VA Medical Center, Bldg 2, 500 Foothill Dr., Salt Lake City, Utah 84148, USA.
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Effect of muscle mass on muscle mechanoreflex-mediated heart rate increase at the onset of dynamic exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol 2009; 108:429-34. [DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1237-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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González-Alonso J, Mortensen SP, Jeppesen TD, Ali L, Barker H, Damsgaard R, Secher NH, Dawson EA, Dufour SP. Haemodynamic responses to exercise, ATP infusion and thigh compression in humans: insight into the role of muscle mechanisms on cardiovascular function. J Physiol 2008; 586:2405-17. [PMID: 18339690 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.152058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The muscle pump and muscle vasodilatory mechanism are thought to play important roles in increasing and maintaining muscle perfusion and cardiac output ((.)Q) during exercise, but their actual contributions remain uncertain. To evaluate the role of the skeletal muscle pump and vasodilatation on cardiovascular function during exercise, we determined leg and systemic haemodynamic responses in healthy men during (1) incremental one-legged knee-extensor exercise, (2) step-wise femoral artery ATP infusion at rest, (3) passive exercise (n=10), (4)femoral vein or artery ATP infusion (n=6), and (5) cyclic thigh compressions at rest and during passive and voluntary exercise (n=7). Incremental exercise resulted in progressive increases in leg blood flow (DeltaLBF 7.4 +/- 0.7 l min(-1)), cardiac output (Delta (.)Q 8.7 +/- 0.7 l min(-1)), mean arterial pressure (DeltaMAP 51 +/- 5 mmHg), and leg and systemic oxygen delivery and (.)VO2 . Arterial ATP infusion resulted in similar increases in (.)Q , LBF, and systemic and leg oxygen delivery, but central venous pressure and muscle metabolism remained unchanged and MAP was reduced. In contrast,femoral vein ATP infusion did not alter LBF, (.)Q or MAP. Passive exercise also increased blood flow (DeltaLBF 0.7 +/- 0.1 l min(-1)), yet the increase in muscle and systemic perfusion, unrelated to elevations in aerobic metabolism, accounted only for approximately 5% of peak exercise hyperaemia.Likewise, thigh compressions alone or in combination with passive exercise increased blood flow (DeltaLBF 0.5-0.7 l min(-1)) without altering (.)Q, MAP or (.)VO2. These findings suggest that the skeletal muscle pump is not obligatory for sustaining venous return, central venous pressure,stroke volume and (.)Q or maintaining muscle blood flow during one-legged exercise in humans.Further, its contribution to muscle and systemic peak exercise hyperaemia appears to be minimal in comparison to the effects of muscle vasodilatation.
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- José González-Alonso
- Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 PH3, UK.
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Newcomer SC, Sauder CL, Kuipers NT, Laughlin MH, Ray CA. Effects of posture on shear rates in human brachial and superficial femoral arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 294:H1833-9. [PMID: 18245564 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01108.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Shear rate is significantly lower in the superficial femoral compared with the brachial artery in the supine posture. The relative shear rates in these arteries of subjects in the upright posture (seated and/or standing) are unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to test the hypothesis that upright posture (seated and/or standing) would produce greater shear rates in the superficial femoral compared with the brachial artery. To test this hypothesis, Doppler ultrasound was used to measure mean blood velocity (MBV) and diameter in the brachial and superficial femoral arteries of 21 healthy subjects after being in the supine, seated, and standing postures for 10 min. MBV was significantly higher in the brachial compared with the superficial femoral artery during upright postures. Superficial femoral artery diameter was significantly larger than brachial artery diameter. However, posture had no significant effect on either brachial or superficial femoral artery diameter. The calculated shear rate was significantly greater in the brachial (73 +/- 5, 91 +/- 11, and 97 +/- 13 s(-1)) compared with the superficial femoral (53 +/- 4, 39 +/- 77, and 44 +/- 5 s(-1)) artery in the supine, seated, and standing postures, respectively. Contrary to our hypothesis, our current findings indicate that mean shear rate is lower in the superficial femoral compared with the brachial artery in the supine, seated, and standing postures. These findings of lower shear rates in the superficial femoral artery may be one mechanism for the higher propensity for atherosclerosis in the arteries of the leg than of the arm.
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- S C Newcomer
- Purdue University, Dept. of Health and Kinesiology, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Parker BA, Smithmyer SL, Pelberg JA, Mishkin AD, Proctor DN. Sex-specific influence of aging on exercising leg blood flow. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 104:655-64. [PMID: 18162481 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01150.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Our previous work suggests that healthy human aging is associated with sex-specific differences in leg vascular responses during large muscle mass exercise (2-legged cycling) (Proctor DN, Parker BA. Microcirculation 13: 315-327, 2006). The present study determined whether age x sex interactions in exercising leg hemodynamics persist during small muscle mass exercise that is not limited by cardiac output. Thirty-one young (20-30 yr; 15 men/16 women) and 31 older (60-79 yr; 13 men/18 women) healthy, normally active adults performed graded single-leg knee extensions to maximal exertion. Femoral artery blood velocity and diameter (Doppler ultrasound), heart rate (ECG), and beat-to-beat arterial blood pressure (mean arterial pressure, radial artery tonometry) were measured during each 3-min work rate (4.8 and 8 W/stage for women and men, respectively). The results (means +/- SE) were as follows. Despite reduced resting leg blood flow and vascular conductance, older men exhibited relatively preserved exercising leg hemodynamic responses. Older women, by contrast, exhibited attenuated hyperemic (young: 52 +/- 3 ml.min(-1).W(-1); vs. older: 40 +/- 4 ml.min(-1).W(-1); P = 0.02) and vasodilatory responses (young: 0.56 +/- 0.06 ml.min(-1).mmHg(-1).W(-1) vs. older: 0.37 +/- 0.04 ml.min(-1).mmHg(-1) W(-1); P < 0.01) to exercise compared with young women. Relative (percentage of maximal) work rate comparisons of all groups combined also revealed attenuated vasodilator responses in older women (P < 0.01 for age x sex x work rate interaction). These sex-specific age differences were not abolished by consideration of hemoglobin, quadriceps muscle, muscle recruitment, and mechanical influences on muscle perfusion. Collectively, these findings suggest that local factors contribute to the sex-specific effects of aging on exercising leg hemodynamics in healthy adults.
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- Beth A Parker
- Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-6900, USA
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DeLorey DS, Paterson DH, Kowalchuk JM. Effects of ageing on muscle O2 utilization and muscle oxygenation during the transition to moderate-intensity exercise. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2007; 32:1251-62. [DOI: 10.1139/h07-121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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At the onset of exercise, an increase in muscle and pulmonary O2 consumption is met by increases in muscle O2 delivery and muscle O2 extraction. Thus, the study of pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics reflects the integrated response between the convective and diffusive O2 delivery systems and the muscle metabolic machinery (i.e., mitochondrial enzyme activation and provision of acetyl groups to the tricarboxcylic acid cycle) to increase muscle O2 consumption. Pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics are slowed in older adults compared with young adults and previous studies suggest that the slower O2 uptake kinetics may be the result of an age-associated decline in the ability of older adults to increase O2 delivery to active muscles. However, an inherent limitation to understanding the control of and limitations to pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics is that it is methodologically difficult to examine the adaptation of muscle perfusion and O2 delivery and muscle O2 utilization in the muscle microcirculation of active muscles in the dynamically exercising human. In this review, we provide an overview of the effect of ageing on pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics (reflecting the activation of muscle O2 consumption) during the transition to moderate-intensity exercise. Age-related changes in O2 delivery systems and muscle oxidative capacity are examined as potential limitations to pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics. We then review recent studies from our laboratory that have investigated the control of pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics at the level of the muscle microcirculation by examining the adaptation of muscle O2 delivery and muscle O2 utilization using near-infrared spectroscopy during the transition to exercise in healthy young and older adults.
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- Darren S. DeLorey
- Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H9
- Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7
- School of Kinesiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7
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- Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H9
- Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7
- School of Kinesiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7
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- Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H9
- Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7
- School of Kinesiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7
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Parker BA, Smithmyer SL, Pelberg JA, Mishkin AD, Herr MD, Proctor DN. Sex differences in leg vasodilation during graded knee extensor exercise in young adults. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 103:1583-91. [PMID: 17717115 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00662.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Limb vascular conductance responses to pharmacological and nonexercise vasodilator stimuli are generally augmented in women compared with men. In the present investigation, we tested the hypothesis that exercise-induced vasodilator responses are also greater in women than men. Sixteen women and 15 men (20–30 yr) with similar fitness and activity levels performed graded quadriceps exercise (supine, single-leg knee extensions, 40 contractions/min) to maximal exertion. Active limb hemodynamics (left common femoral artery diameter and volumetric blood flow), heart rate (ECG), and beat-to-beat mean arterial blood pressure (MAP; radial artery tonometry) were measured during each 3-min workload (4.8 and 8 W/stage for women and men, respectively). The hyperemic response to exercise (slope of femoral blood flow vs. workload) was greater ( P < 0.01) in women as was femoral blood flow at workloads >15 W. The leg vasodilatory response to exercise (slope of calculated femoral vascular conductance vs. absolute workload) was also greater in women than in men ( P < 0.01) because of the sex difference in hyperemia and the women's lower MAP (∼10–15 mmHg) at all workloads ( P < 0.05). The femoral artery dilated to a significantly greater extent in the women (∼0.5 mm) than in the men (∼0.1 mm) across all submaximal workloads. At maximal exertion, femoral vascular conductance was lower in the men (men, 18.0 ± 0.6 ml·min−1·mmHg−1; women, 22.6 ± 1.4 ml·min−1·mmHg−1; P < 0.01). Collectively, these findings suggest that the vasodilatory response to dynamic leg exercise is greater in young women vs. men.
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- Beth A Parker
- Dept. of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State Univ., 105 Noll Laboratory, Univ. Park, PA 16802-6900, USA
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Richardson RS, Donato AJ, Uberoi A, Wray DW, Lawrenson L, Nishiyama S, Bailey DM. Exercise-induced brachial artery vasodilation: role of free radicals. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 292:H1516-22. [PMID: 17114239 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01045.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Originally thought of as simply damaging or toxic “accidents” of in vivo chemistry, free radicals are becoming increasingly recognized as redox signaling molecules implicit in cellular homeostasis. Indeed, at the vascular level, it is plausible that oxidative stress plays a regulatory role in normal vascular function. Using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, we sought to document the ability of an oral antioxidant cocktail (vitamins C, E, and α-lipoic acid) to reduce circulating free radicals, and we employed Doppler ultrasound to examine the consequence of an antioxidant-mediated reduction in oxidative stress on exercise-induced vasodilation. A total of 25 young (18–31 yr) healthy male subjects partook in these studies. EPR spectroscopy revealed a reduction in circulating free radicals following antioxidant administration at rest (∼98%) and as a consequence of exercise (∼85%). Plasma total antioxidant capacity and vitamin C both increased following the ingestion of the antioxidant cocktail, whereas vitamin E levels were not influenced by the ingestion of the antioxidants. Brachial artery vasodilation during submaximal forearm handgrip exercise was greater with the placebo (7.4 ± 1.8%) than with the antioxidant cocktail (2.3 ± 0.7%). These data document the efficacy of an oral antioxidant cocktail in reducing free radicals and suggest that, in a healthy state, the aggressive disruption of the delicate balance between pro- and antioxidant forces can negatively impact vascular function. These findings implicate an exercise-induced reliance upon pro-oxidant-stimulated vasodilation, thereby revealing an important and positive vascular role for free radicals.
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- Russell S Richardson
- Dept of Medicine, Physiology Division, Univ of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0623, USA.
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Lee TK, Lois JH, Troupe JH, Wilson TD, Yates BJ. Transneuronal tracing of neural pathways that regulate hindlimb muscle blood flow. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 292:R1532-41. [PMID: 17158263 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00633.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Despite considerable interest in the neural mechanisms that regulate muscle blood flow, the descending pathways that control sympathetic outflow to skeletal muscles are not adequately understood. The present study mapped these pathways through the transneuronal transport of two recombinant strains of pseudorabies virus (PRV) injected into the gastrocnemius muscles in the left and right hindlimbs of rats: PRV-152 and PRV-BaBlu. To prevent PRV from being transmitted to the brain stem via motor circuitry, a spinal transection was performed just below the L2 level. Infected neurons were observed bilaterally in all of the areas of the brain that have previously been shown to contribute to regulating sympathetic outflow: the medullary raphe nuclei, rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), rostral ventromedial medulla, A5 adrenergic cell group region, locus coeruleus, nucleus subcoeruleus, and the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. The RVLM, the brain stem region typically considered to play the largest role in regulating muscle blood flow, contained neurons infected following the shortest postinoculation survival times. Approximately half of the infected RVLM neurons were immunopositive for tyrosine hydroxylase, indicating that they were catecholaminergic. Many (47%) of the RVLM neurons were dually infected by the recombinants of PRV injected into the left and right hindlimb, suggesting that the central nervous system has a limited capacity to independently regulate blood flow to left and right hindlimb muscles.
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- T-K Lee
- University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Eye and Ear Institute, Rm. 519, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Armstrong ML, Dua AK, Murrant CL. Time course of vasodilation at the onset of repetitive skeletal muscle contractions. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 292:R505-15. [PMID: 16931651 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00381.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To characterize the vasodilatory response in the transition from a single skeletal contraction to a series of contractions, we measured the response of hamster cremaster muscle arterioles associated with four to five skeletal muscle fibers stimulated to contract for one, two, three, or four contractions (250-ms train duration) at 4-s intervals [15 contractions per minute (CPM)] for up to 12 s, at stimulus frequencies of 4, 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, and 80 Hz. To investigate the contribution of contraction frequency, we stimulated muscle fiber bundles at 30 or 60 CPM for 12 s at stimulus frequencies of 4, 20, and 60 Hz. Arteriolar diameters at the site of overlap with the stimulated muscle fibers were measured before and after each contraction. At 15 CPM at 4, 20, and 60 Hz, we observed a peak change in diameter following the first contraction of 1.1 +/- 0.1, 1.6 +/- 0.2, and 2.1 +/- 0.2 mum that almost doubled in response to the second contraction (2.0 +/- 0.1, 3.0 +/- 0.1, and 3.8 +/- 0.1 mum, respectively), but there was no further dilation following the third or fourth contraction. A similar response occurred at all stimulus and contraction frequencies tested. At 30 and 60 CPM at 60 Hz, the plateau after two contractions was followed by a further increase in diameter to a second plateau at 7-8 s. Therefore, the vasodilatory response in the transition from single to multiple contractions had components that were stimulation parameter dependent and independent and showed a plateauing behavior indicative of rapid changes in either the nature and/or concentration of vasodilators released or changes in vascular reactivity.
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- Marika L Armstrong
- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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