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de Barcellos Filho PG, Dantzler HA, Hasser EM, Kline DD. Oxytocin and corticotropin-releasing hormone exaggerate nucleus tractus solitarii neuronal and synaptic activity following chronic intermittent hypoxia. J Physiol 2024; 602:3375-3400. [PMID: 38698722 PMCID: PMC11251298 DOI: 10.1113/jp286069] [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: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) in rodents mimics the hypoxia-induced elevation of blood pressure seen in individuals experiencing episodic breathing. The brainstem nucleus tractus solitarii (nTS) is the first site of visceral sensory afferent integration, and thus is critical for cardiorespiratory homeostasis and its adaptation during a variety of stressors. In addition, the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN), in part through its nTS projections that contain oxytocin (OT) and/or corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), contributes to cardiorespiratory regulation. Within the nTS, these PVN-derived neuropeptides alter nTS activity and the cardiorespiratory response to hypoxia. Nevertheless, their contribution to nTS activity after CIH is not fully understood. We hypothesized that OT and CRH would increase nTS activity to a greater extent following CIH, and co-activation of OT+CRH receptors would further magnify nTS activity. Our data show that compared to their normoxic controls, 10 days' CIH exaggerated nTS discharge, excitatory synaptic currents and Ca2+ influx in response to CRH, which were further enhanced by the addition of OT. CIH increased the tonic functional contribution of CRH receptors, which occurred with elevation of mRNA and protein. Together, our data demonstrate that intermittent hypoxia exaggerates the expression and function of neuropeptides on nTS activity. KEY POINTS: Episodic breathing and chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) are associated with autonomic dysregulation, including elevated sympathetic nervous system activity. Altered nucleus tractus solitarii (nTS) activity contributes to this response. Neurons originating in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN), including those containing oxytocin (OT) and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), project to the nTS, and modulate the cardiorespiratory system. Their role in CIH is unknown. In this study, we focused on OT and CRH individually and together on nTS activity from rats exposed to either CIH or normoxia control. We show that after CIH, CRH alone and with OT increased to a greater extent overall nTS discharge, neuronal calcium influx, synaptic transmission to second-order nTS neurons, and OT and CRH receptor expression. These results provide insights into the underlying circuits and mechanisms contributing to autonomic dysfunction during periods of episodic breathing.
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- Procopio Gama de Barcellos Filho
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, 1500 Research Park Dr., Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Department of Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, 1500 Research Park Dr., Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, 1500 Research Park Dr., Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Department of Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, 1500 Research Park Dr., Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, 1500 Research Park Dr., Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, 1500 Research Park Dr., Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Department of Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, 1500 Research Park Dr., Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, 1500 Research Park Dr., Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, 1500 Research Park Dr., Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Department of Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, 1500 Research Park Dr., Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Lu X, Goulding RP, Mündel T, Schlader ZJ, Cotter JD, Koga S, Fujii N, Wang IL, Liu Z, Li HY, Wang H, Zheng H, Kondo N, Gu CY, Lei TH, Wang F. Interactive effects of exercise intensity and recovery posture on postexercise hypotension. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2024; 326:R567-R577. [PMID: 38646812 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00036.2024] [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: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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Postexercise reduction in blood pressure, termed postexercise hypotension (PEH), is relevant for both acute and chronic health reasons and potentially for peripheral cardiovascular adaptations. We investigated the interactive effects of exercise intensity and recovery postures (seated, supine, and standing) on PEH. Thirteen normotensive men underwent a V̇o2max test on a cycle ergometer and five exhaustive constant load trials to determine critical power (CP) and the gas exchange threshold (GET). Subsequently, work-matched exercise trials were performed at two discrete exercise intensities (10% > CP and 10% < GET), with 1 h of recovery in each of the three postures. For both exercise intensities, standing posture resulted in a more substantial PEH (all P < 0.01). For both standing and seated recovery postures, the higher exercise intensity led to larger reductions in systolic [standing: -33 (11) vs. -21 (8) mmHg; seated: -34 (32) vs. -17 (37) mmHg, P < 0.01], diastolic [standing: -18 (7) vs. -8 (5) mmHg; seated: -10 (10) vs. -1 (4) mmHg, P < 0.01], and mean arterial pressures [-13 (8) vs. -2 (4) mmHg, P < 0.01], whereas in the supine recovery posture, the reduction in diastolic [-9 (9) vs. -4 (3) mmHg, P = 0.08) and mean arterial pressures [-7 (5) vs. -3 (4) mmHg, P = 0.06] was not consistently affected by prior exercise intensity. PEH is more pronounced during recovery from exercise performed above CP versus below GET. However, the effect of exercise intensity on PEH is largely abolished when recovery is performed in the supine posture.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The magnitude of postexercise hypotension is greater following the intensity above the critical power in a standing position.
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- Xueer Lu
- College of Physical Education, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, People's Republic of China
- Shenzhen Nanshan Qianhai Era No.2 Kindergarten, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioral and Human Movement Sciences, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University School of Public Health Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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- School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Laboratory for Applied Human Physiology, Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Faculty of Sport and Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- College of Physical Education, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, People's Republic of China
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- College of Physical Education, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, People's Republic of China
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- College of Physical Education, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Applied Human Physiology, Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Centre for Translational Research, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Laboratory for Applied Human Physiology, Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- College of Physical Education, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, People's Republic of China
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- College of Physical Education, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Non-Communicable Diseases, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, China
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Stavres J, Faulkner B, Haynes H, Newsome TA, Dearmon M, Ladner KR, Luck JC. Additive influence of exercise pressor reflex activation on Valsalva responses in white and black adults. Eur J Appl Physiol 2023; 123:2259-2270. [PMID: 37269380 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-023-05240-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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AIM This study aimed to determine if activation of the exercise pressor reflex exerts additive or redundant influences on the autonomic responses to the Valsalva maneuver (VL), and if these responses differ between White and Black or African American (B/AA) individuals. METHODS Twenty participants (B/AA n = 10, White n = 10) performed three separate experimental trials. In the first trial, participants performed two VLs in a resting condition. In a second trial, participants performed 5 min of continuous handgrip (HG) exercise at 35% of the predetermined maximal voluntary contraction. In a third and final trial, participants repeated the 5-min bout of HG while also performing two VLs during the 4th and 5th minutes. Beat by beat blood pressure and heart rate (HR) were recorded continuously and the absolute systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), pulse pressure (PP), and heart rate (HR) responses were reported for phases I-IV of each VL. RESULTS No significant group by trial interactions or main effects of group were observed for any phase of the VL (all p ≥ 0.36). However, significant main effects of time were observed for blood pressure and heart rate during phases IIa-IV (all p ≤ 0.02). Specifically, the addition of HG exercise exaggerated the hypertensive responses during phases IIb and IV (all p ≤ 0.04) and blunted the hypotensive responses during phases IIa and III (all p ≤ 0.01). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that activation of the exercise pressor reflex exerts an additive influence on autonomic responses to the VL maneuver in both White and B/AA adults.
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- Jon Stavres
- School of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA.
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- School of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- School of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- School of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- School of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- School of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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Krzesiak A, Lavoie JL, Sebille S, Cognard C, Bosquet L, Delpech N. Post-exercise hypotension in male spontaneously hypertensive rats: The issue of calculation method. Physiol Rep 2023; 11:e15524. [PMID: 36807709 PMCID: PMC9937782 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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In spontaneously hypertensive rats, exercise can lead to a post-exercise decrease in blood pressure, named post-exercise hypotension (PEH). This can be following physical training but also after a single bout of mild to moderate exercise when measured with tail-cuff or externalized catheter methods. Our aim was to assess the PEH obtained with different calculation methods and to compare the magnitude of this effect induced by a moderate-intensity continuous exercise or a high-intensity intermittent exercise. Thirteen 16-week-old male spontaneously hypertensive rats performed two types of aerobic exercise (continuous or intermittent) on a treadmill. Arterial pressure was recorded by telemetry for 24 h which was started 3 h before physical exercise. Based on the literature, PEH was first evaluated with two different baseline values, and then with three different approaches. We observed that the identification of PEH depended on the method used to measure the rest value, and that its amplitude was also influenced by the calculation approach and the type of exercise performed. Hence, the calculation method and the amplitude of the detected PEH can significantly influence their physiological and pathophysiological inferences.
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- Amandine Krzesiak
- Laboratoire MObilité, Vieillissement et Exercice; EA 6314, Faculté des Sciences du SportPoitiersFrance,Laboratoire Signalisation & Transports Ioniques MembranairesERL CNRS/Université de Poitiers no 7368PoitiersFrance
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- Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)MontréalCanada,École de kinésiologie et des sciences de l'activité physiqueUniversité de MontréalMontréalCanada
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- Laboratoire Signalisation & Transports Ioniques MembranairesERL CNRS/Université de Poitiers no 7368PoitiersFrance
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- Laboratoire Signalisation & Transports Ioniques MembranairesERL CNRS/Université de Poitiers no 7368PoitiersFrance
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- Laboratoire MObilité, Vieillissement et Exercice; EA 6314, Faculté des Sciences du SportPoitiersFrance,École de kinésiologie et des sciences de l'activité physiqueUniversité de MontréalMontréalCanada
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- Laboratoire MObilité, Vieillissement et Exercice; EA 6314, Faculté des Sciences du SportPoitiersFrance
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Stavres J, Luck JC, Ducrocq GP, Cauffman AE, Pai S, Sinoway LI. Central and peripheral modulation of exercise pressor reflex sensitivity after nonfatiguing work. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2020; 319:R575-R583. [PMID: 32877237 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00127.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Autonomic blood pressure control is fundamentally altered during a single bout of exercise, as evidenced by the downward resetting of the baroreflex following exercise (postexercise hypotension). However, it is unclear if an acute bout of exercise is also associated with a change in the sensitivity of the exercise pressor response to a controlled stimulus, such as a static contraction. This study tested the hypothesis that the blood pressure response to a controlled static contraction would be attenuated after unilateral cycling of the contralateral (opposite) leg, but preserved after cycling of the ipsilateral (same) leg. To test this, the blood pressure response to 90 s of isometric plantar flexion [50% maximal voluntary contraction (MVC)] was compared before and after 20 min of contralateral and ipsilateral single-leg cycling at 20% peak oxygen consumption and rest (control) in 10 healthy subjects (three males and seven females). The mean arterial pressure response was significantly attenuated after contralateral single-leg cycling (+9.8 ± 7.5% ∆mmHg vs. +6.7 ± 6.6% ∆mmHg pre and postexercise, respectively, P = 0.04) and rest (+9.0 ± 7.5% ∆mmHg vs. +6.6 ± 5.2% ∆mmHg pre and postexercise, respectively, P = 0.03). In contrast, the pressor response nonsignificantly increased following ipsilateral single-leg cycling (+5.5 ± 5.2% ∆mmHg vs. +8.9 ± 7.2% ∆mmHg pre and postexercise, respectively, P = 0.08). The heart rate, leg blood flow, and leg conductance responses to plantar flexion were not affected by any condition (P ≥ 0.12). These results are consistent with the notion that peripheral, but not central mechanisms promote exercise pressor reflex sensitivity after exercise.
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- Jon Stavres
- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Brasileiro-Santos MDS, Santos ADC. Neural mechanismsand post-exercise hypotension: The importance of experimental studies. MOTRIZ: REVISTA DE EDUCACAO FISICA 2017. [DOI: 10.1590/s1980-6574201700si0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Lawrence MM, Cooley ID, Huet YM, Arthur ST, Howden R. Factors influencing isometric exercise training-induced reductions in resting blood pressure. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2014; 25:131-42. [DOI: 10.1111/sms.12225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- M. M. Lawrence
- Laboratory of Systems Physiology; Department of Kinesiology; University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Charlotte North Carolina USA
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- Laboratory of Systems Physiology; Department of Kinesiology; University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Charlotte North Carolina USA
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- Laboratory of Systems Physiology; Department of Kinesiology; University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Charlotte North Carolina USA
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- Laboratory of Systems Physiology; Department of Kinesiology; University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Charlotte North Carolina USA
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- Laboratory of Systems Physiology; Department of Kinesiology; University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Charlotte North Carolina USA
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Blood pressure regulation X: what happens when the muscle pump is lost? Post-exercise hypotension and syncope. Eur J Appl Physiol 2013; 114:561-78. [PMID: 24197081 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-013-2761-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Syncope which occurs suddenly in the setting of recovery from exercise, known as post-exercise syncope, represents a failure of integrative physiology during recovery from exercise. We estimate that between 50 and 80% of healthy individuals will develop pre-syncopal signs and symptoms if subjected to a 15-min head-up tilt following exercise. Post-exercise syncope is most often neurally mediated syncope during recovery from exercise, with a combination of factors associated with post-exercise hypotension and loss of the muscle pump contributing to the onset of the event. One can consider the initiating reduction in blood pressure as the tip of the proverbial iceberg. What is needed is a clear model of what lies under the surface; a model that puts the observational variations in context and provides a rational framework for developing strategic physical or pharmacological countermeasures to ultimately protect cerebral perfusion and avert loss of consciousness. This review summarizes the current mechanistic understanding of post-exercise syncope and attempts to categorize the variation of the physiological processes that arise in multiple exercise settings. Newer investigations into the basic integrative physiology of recovery from exercise provide insight into the mechanisms and potential interventions that could be developed as countermeasures against post-exercise syncope. While physical counter maneuvers designed to engage the muscle pump and augment venous return are often found to be beneficial in preventing a significant drop in blood pressure after exercise, countermeasures that target the respiratory pump and pharmacological countermeasures based on the involvement of histamine receptors show promise.
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Halliwill JR, Buck TM, Lacewell AN, Romero SA. Postexercise hypotension and sustained postexercise vasodilatation: what happens after we exercise? Exp Physiol 2012; 98:7-18. [PMID: 22872658 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.058065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A single bout of aerobic exercise produces a postexercise hypotension associated with a sustained postexercise vasodilatation of the previously exercised muscle. Work over the last few years has determined key pathways for the obligatory components of postexercise hypotension and sustained postexercise vasodilatation and points the way to possible benefits that may result from these robust responses. During the exercise recovery period, the combination of centrally mediated decreases in sympathetic nerve activity with a reduced signal transduction from sympathetic nerve activation into vasoconstriction, as well as local vasodilator mechanisms, contributes to the fall in arterial blood pressure seen after exercise. Important findings from recent studies include the recognition that skeletal muscle afferents may play a primary role in postexercise resetting of the baroreflex via discrete receptor changes within the nucleus tractus solitarii and that sustained postexercise vasodilatation of the previously active skeletal muscle is primarily the result of histamine H(1) and H(2) receptor activation. Future research directions include further exploration of the potential benefits of these changes in the longer term adaptations associated with exercise training, as well as investigation of how the recovery from exercise may provide windows of opportunity for targeted interventions in patients with hypertension and diabetes.
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- John R Halliwill
- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1240, USA.
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A single bout of exercise can lead to a postexercise decrease in blood pressure in hypertensive individuals, called postexercise hypotension. Compelling evidence suggests that the central baroreflex pathway plays a crucial role in the development of postexercise hypotension. This review focuses on the exercise-induced changes in brainstem nuclei involved in blood pressure regulation.
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- Chao-Yin Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) are important for the prevention and management of, as well as adjuncts to, pharmacotherapy of hypertension. This article reviews relevant TLC and their effects on blood pressure (BP) levels, with emphasis on exercise and dietary habits. Regular, moderate-intensity (40%-70% of heart rate reserve) aerobic exercise training for 30 to 60 minutes, 3 to 5 times per week, can lower systolic and diastolic BP levels, with a greater reduction observed in patients with hypertension compared with those with normal BP levels. A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, with a moderate intake of fat-free or low-fat dairy products, and low in saturated and total fat, sodium, and alcohol, such as the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating pattern, also significantly reduces BP levels. A TLC program including regular exercise and dietary modifications along with weight management appears to result in a greater BP reduction than either intervention alone. TLC can also significantly reduce other risk factors for cardiovascular disease commonly accompanying hypertension. Multiple mechanisms appear to contribute to BP reduction by dietary intervention (reduced weight, sodium, and alcohol and increased calcium, potassium, and magnesium). For exercise, these include improvements in arterial endothelial function and compliance, left ventricular structure and function, and perhaps vascular blood supply with increased cardiorespiratory endurance. The available evidence is robust in support of TLC for management of elevated BP and for the primary prevention of hypertension, supporting the recommendations by the Joint National Committee Seventh Report on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.
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- Ulf G. Bronas
- School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
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- Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science, School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Williamson JW, Querry R, McColl R, Mathews D. Are decreases in insular regional cerebral blood flow sustained during postexercise hypotension? Med Sci Sports Exerc 2009; 41:574-80. [PMID: 19204594 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31818b98c8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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UNLABELLED Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in the insular cortex (IC), a well-recognized site for central blood pressure (BP) modulation, is decreased at minute 10 during postexercise hypotension (PEH). PURPOSE To determine whether exercise-induced decreases in IC rCBF are associated with BP changes throughout PEH. METHODS Ten subjects were studied on three different days using a counterbalanced design with a randomized order for conditions; all were tested during a resting baseline and then at two of three time points postexercise: 10, 30, and 60 min. Data were collected for HR, mean BP, and rCBF using single-photon emission computed tomography as an index of brain activation. RESULTS Using ANOVA across conditions, there were differences (P < 0.05; mean +/- SD) for HR from baseline at minute 10 (+15 +/- 4 bpm) and minute 30 (+6 +/- 3 bpm) and for mean BP at minute 10 (-11 +/- 4 mm Hg) and minute 30 (-5 +/- 3 mm Hg). There were significant decreases (P < 0.05) in rCBF at both minutes 10 and 30 after exercise in the inferior thalamus and the right inferior IC regions. Although there were no decreases in BP or IC activity at minute 60, changes in right inferior posterior IC activity and BP were strongly correlated (r2 = 0.74; P < 0.05) postexercise. CONCLUSIONS Findings show that exercise-induced decreases in IC and thalamic activity may be a significant neural factor contributing to at least the first 30 min of PEH.
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- Jon W Williamson
- Department of Health Care Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9082, USA.
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Exercise reduces GABA synaptic input onto nucleus tractus solitarii baroreceptor second-order neurons via NK1 receptor internalization in spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Neurosci 2009; 29:2754-61. [PMID: 19261870 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4413-08.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A single bout of mild to moderate exercise can lead to a postexercise decrease in blood pressure in hypertensive subjects, namely postexercise hypotension (PEH). The full expression of PEH requires a functioning baroreflex, hypertension, and activation of muscle afferents (exercise), suggesting that interactions in the neural networks regulating exercise and blood pressure result in this fall in blood pressure. The nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) is the first brain site that receives inputs from nerves carrying blood pressure and muscle activity information, making it an ideal site for integrating cardiovascular responses to exercise. During exercise, muscle afferents excite NTS GABA neurons via substance P and microinjection of a substance P-neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1-R) antagonist into the NTS attenuates PEH. The data suggest that an interaction between the substance P NK1-R and GABAergic transmission in the NTS may contribute to PEH. We performed voltage clamping on NTS baroreceptor second-order neurons in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). All animals were killed within 30 min and the patch-clamp recordings were performed 2-8 h after the sham/exercise protocol. The data showed that a single bout of exercise reduces (1) the frequency but not the amplitude of GABA spontaneous IPSCs (sIPSCs), (2) endogenous substance P influence on sIPSC frequency, and (3) sIPSC frequency response to exogenous application of substance P. Furthermore, immunofluorescence labeling in NTS show an increased substance P NK1-R internalization on GABA neurons. The data suggest that exercise-induced NK1-R internalization results in a reduced intrinsic inhibitory input to the neurons in the baroreflex pathway.
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Ciolac EG, Guimarães GV, D'Avila VM, Bortolotto LA, Doria EL, Bocchi EA. Acute aerobic exercise reduces 24-h ambulatory blood pressure levels in long-term-treated hypertensive patients. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2008; 63:753-8. [PMID: 19060996 PMCID: PMC2664274 DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322008000600008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2008] [Accepted: 08/20/2008] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Even with anti-hypertensive therapy, it is difficult to maintain optimal systemic blood pressure values in hypertensive patients. Exercise may reduce blood pressure in untreated hypertensive, but its effect when combined with long-term anti-hypertensive therapy remains unclear. Our purpose was to evaluate the acute effects of a single session of aerobic exercise on the blood pressure of long-term-treated hypertensive patients. METHODS Fifty treated hypertensive patients (18/32 male/female; 46.5+/-8.2 years; Body mass index: 27.8+/-4.7 kg/m(2)) were monitored for 24 h with respect to ambulatory (A) blood pressure after an aerobic exercise session (post-exercise) and a control period (control) in random order. Aerobic exercise consisted of 40 minutes on a cycle-ergometer, with the mean exercise intensity at 60% of the patient's reserve heart rate. RESULTS Post-exercise ambulatory blood pressure was reduced for 24 h systolic (126+/-8.6 vs. 123.1+/-8.7 mmHg, p=0.004) and diastolic blood pressure (81.9+/-8 vs. 79.8+/-8.5 mmHg, p=0.004), daytime diastolic blood pressure (85.5+/-8.5 vs. 83.9+/-8.8 mmHg, p=0.04), and nighttime S (116.8+/-9.9 vs. 112.5+/-9.2 mmHg, p<0.001) and diastolic blood pressure (73.5+/-8.8 vs. 70.1+/-8.4 mmHg, p<0.001). Post-exercise daytime systolic blood pressure also tended to be reduced (129.8+/-9.3 vs. 127.8+/-9.4 mmHg, p=0.06). These post-exercise decreases in ambulatory blood pressure increased the percentage of patients displaying normal 24h systolic blood pressure (58% vs. 76%, p=0.007), daytime systolic blood pressure (68% vs. 82%, p=0.02), and nighttime diastolic blood pressure (56% vs. 72%, p=0.02). Nighttime systolic blood pressure also tended to increase (58% vs. 80%, p=0.058). CONCLUSION A single bout of aerobic exercise reduced 24h ambulatory blood pressure levels in long-term-treated hypertensive patients and increased the percentage of patients reaching normal ambulatory blood pressure values. These effects suggest that aerobic exercise may have a potential role in blood pressure management of long-term-treated hypertensive.
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- Emmanuel G Ciolac
- Faculdade de Medicina, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Lamb K, Gallagher K, McColl R, Mathews D, Querry R, Williamson JW. Exercise-induced decrease in insular cortex rCBF during postexercise hypotension. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2007; 39:672-9. [PMID: 17414805 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31802f04e0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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UNLABELLED The insular cortex (IC), a region of the brain involved in blood pressure (BP) modulation, shows decreases in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during postexercise hypotension (PEH). PURPOSE To determine whether changes in IC neural activity were caused by prior exercise or by changes in BP, this investigation compared patterns of rCBF during periods of hypotension, which was induced by prior exercise (i.e., PEH) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) infusion and a cold pressor (CP), to restore BP. METHODS Ten subjects were studied on three different days with randomly assigned conditions: i) resting baseline; ii) PEH; and iii) SNP-induced hypotension (matched to the PEH BP decrease). Data were collected for heart rate (HR) and mean BP, and rCBF was assessed using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) as an index of brain activation. RESULTS Using ANOVA across conditions, there were differences (P<0.05; mean +/- SD) from baseline during PEH for HR (+12 +/- 3 bpm) and mean BP (-8 +/- 2 mm Hg) and during SNP-induced hypotension (HR = +15 +/- 4 bpm; MBP = -9 +/- 2 mm Hg), with no differences between PEH and SNP. After exercise, there were decreases (P<0.05) in the leg sensorimotor area, anterior cingulate, and the right and left inferior thalamus, right inferior insula, and left anterior insular regions. During SNP-induced hypotension, there were significant increases in the right and left inferior thalamus and the right and left inferior anterior IC. CP during PEH increased BP and IC activity. CONCLUSIONS Data show that reductions in IC neural activity are not caused by acute BP decreases. Findings suggest that exercise can lead to a temporary decrease in IC neural activity, which may be a significant neural factor contributing to PEH.
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- Kala Lamb
- Department of Health Care Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
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Li G, Abdel-Rahman AA. Direct evidence for imidazoline (I1) receptor modulation of ethanol action on norepinephrine-containing neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2007; 31:684-93. [PMID: 17374048 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00353.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Enhancement of the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) presympathetic (norepinephrine, NE) neuronal activity represents a neurochemical mechanism for the pressor effect of ethanol. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that ethanol action on RVLM presympathetic neurons is selectively influenced by the signaling of the local imidazoline (I1) receptor. To support a neuroanatomical and an I1-signaling selectivity of ethanol, and to circumvent the confounding effects of anesthesia, the dose-related neurochemical and blood pressure effects of ethanol were investigated in the presence of selective pharmacological interventions that cause reduction in the activity of RVLM or nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) NE neurons via local activation of the I1 or the alpha2-adrenergic receptor in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats. RESULTS Local activation of the I1 receptor by rilmenidine (40 nmol) or by the I1/alpha2 receptor mixed agonist clonidine (1 nmol), and local activation of the alpha2-adrenergic receptor (alpha2AR) by the pure alpha2AR agonist alpha-methylnorepinephrine (alpha-MNE, 10 nmol) caused reductions in RVLM NE, and blood pressure. Intra-RVLM ethanol (1, 5, or 10 microg), microinjected at the nadir of the neurochemical and hypotensive responses, elicited dose-dependent increments in RVLM NE and blood pressure in the presence of local I1--but not alpha2-receptor activation. Only intra-NTS alpha-MNE, but not rilmenidine or clonidine, elicited reductions in local NE and blood pressure; ethanol failed to elicit any neurochemical or blood pressure responses in the presence of local activation of the alpha2AR within the NTS. CONCLUSION The findings support the neuroanatomical selectivity of ethanol, and support the hypothesis that the neurochemical (RVLM NE), and the subsequent cardiovascular, effects of ethanol are selectively modulated by I1 receptor signaling in the RVLM.
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- Guichu Li
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
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Kimmerly DS, Wong SW, Salzer D, Menon R, Shoemaker JK. Forebrain regions associated with postexercise differences in autonomic and cardiovascular function during baroreceptor unloading. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H299-306. [PMID: 17351074 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00044.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The cortical regions representing peripheral autonomic reactions in humans are poorly understood. This study examined whether changes in forebrain activity were associated with the altered physiological responses to lower body negative pressure (LBNP) following a single bout of dynamic exercise (POST-EX). We hypothesized that, compared with the nonexercised condition (NO-EX), POST-EX would elicit greater reductions in stroke volume (SV) and larger increases in heart rate (HR) and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) during LBNP (5, 15, and 35 mmHg). Forebrain neural activity (n = 11) was measured using blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging. HR, SV, arterial blood pressure (ABP), and MSNA were collected separately. Compared with NO-EX, baseline ABP was reduced, whereas HR and total vascular conductance (TVC) were elevated in POST-EX (P < 0.05). In both conditions, 5 mmHg LBNP did not elicit a change (from baseline) in any physiological parameter. Compared with NO-EX, 35 mmHg LBNP-mediated decreases in SV and TVC produced greater increases in HR and MSNA during POST-EX (P < 0.05). The right posterior insula and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex demonstrated a larger decrease in BOLD at 5 mmHg LBNP but greater BOLD increase at 15 and 35 mmHg LBNP POST-EX vs. NO-EX (P < 0.005). Conversely, the thalamus and ventral medial prefrontal cortex displayed the opposite BOLD activity pattern (i.e., larger increase at 5 mmHg LBNP but greater decrease at 15 and 35 mmHg LBNP POST-EX vs. NO-EX). Our findings suggest that discrete forebrain regions may be involved with the generation of baroreflex-mediated sympathetic and cardiovascular responses elicited by moderate LBNP.
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- D S Kimmerly
- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences and School of Kinesiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Minami N, Mori N, Nagasaka M, Ito O, Kurosawa H, Kanazawa M, Kaku K, Lee E, Kohzuki M. Mechanism behind Augmentation in Baroreflex Sensitivity after Acute Exercise in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Hypertens Res 2006; 29:117-22. [PMID: 16755145 DOI: 10.1291/hypres.29.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A single bout of dynamic exercise increases baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). We examined whether change in hemodynamics (increases in blood pressure and heart rate) associated with dynamic exercise contribute to the post-exercise modulation of BRS. SHR aged 12 weeks were chronically instrumented with a carotid artery catheter and jugular vein catheter. They were then allocated to three groups submitted to 40 min of 1) running on a treadmill at 12 m/min (Run), 2) concomitant infusion of isoproterenol and a relatively high dose of phenylephrine (Iso+Phe(high)), or 3) concomitant infusion of isoproterenol and a relatively low dose of phenylephrine (Iso+Phe(low)). Arterial pressure and heart rate were continuously recorded throughout the experiments. BRS estimated by heart rate responses to phenylephrine injection and systolic blood pressure-low frequency power amplitude (SBP-LFamp) evaluated by power spectral analysis of SBP, a marker of sympathetic activity, were examined before and after running (Run group), or administration of drugs (Iso+Phe(high) or Iso+Phe(low) groups). BRS increased significantly from 1.4 to 1.9 bpm/mmHg after running, but not after administration of Iso+Phe(high) or Iso+Phe(low). Blood pressure and SBP-LFamp significantly decreased in each of the Run, Iso+Phe(high) and Iso+Phe(low) groups. These results suggest that hemodynamic change alone does not contribute to post-exercise modulation of BRS, while hemodynamic change or sympathetic activation during exercise contributes to post-exercise hypotension associated with a reduction of sympathetic activity.
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- Naoyoshi Minami
- Department of Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
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Harvey PJ, Morris BL, Kubo T, Picton PE, Su WS, Notarius CF, Floras JS. Hemodynamic after-effects of acute dynamic exercise in sedentary normotensive postmenopausal women. J Hypertens 2005; 23:285-92. [PMID: 15662216 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200502000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine, in sedentary normotensive postmenopausal women, the after-effects of exercise on systemic and regional hemodynamics, and whether changes in total peripheral conductance after exercise relate to changes in brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD). METHODS In 13 sedentary postmenopausal women, the blood pressure (BP), cardiac output, total peripheral resistance and total peripheral conductance, calf vascular resistance and FMD were measured during baseline rest, and again commencing 45 min after treadmill exercise. Fourteen premenopausal women completed the identical protocol to obtain reference values for the after-effects of exercise in healthy females. RESULTS In postmenopausal women, exercise was followed by falls in systolic BP (P < 0.01) and diastolic BP (P < 0.001). BP did not fall after exercise in premenopausal women. In both groups the cardiac output (P < 0.01) increased and the calf vascular resistance (P < 0.01) and total peripheral resistance (P < 0.05) decreased after exercise, but resistance fell more (P < 0.05) in postmenopausal women. Baseline FMD was greater in premenopausal women (12.1 +/- 1.5 versus 5.3 +/- 1.3%, P < 0.01), and similar before and after exercise, whereas prior exercise nearly doubled the FMD of postmenopausal women (to 9.9 +/- 1.4%, P < 0.01). These increases in FMD correlated with baseline values (r = -0.75, P < 0.01) and with relative changes in total peripheral conductance (r = 0.72, P < 0.02). The latter relationship was absent in premenopausal women (r = -0.29). CONCLUSIONS In postmenopausal women, acute dynamic exercise elicits sustained increases in FMD that could facilitate post-exercise hypotension in this population. These observations reinforce the concept of exercise as an important non-pharmacological intervention to modify cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women.
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- Paula J Harvey
- Division of Cardiology, University Health Network, Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Li G, Wang X, Abdel-Rahman AA. Brainstem norepinephrine neurons mediate ethanol-evoked pressor response but not baroreflex dysfunction. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005; 29:639-47. [PMID: 15834230 DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000160083.72579.ec] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ethanol elicits strain-dependent blood pressure and baroreflex sensitivity responses in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats; the mechanisms underlying these divergent effects are not clear. The authors tested the hypothesis that differential neuronal actions of ethanol may account for these strain-dependent responses. To this end, the authors investigated the direct effects of ethanol on norepinephrine (NE)-containing neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), which modulate sympathetic neuronal activity, and on c-Jun-expressing neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), whose activity is inversely correlated with baroreflex sensitivity. METHODS In a newly developed model system in conscious, freely moving rats, the effect of intra-RVLM or intra-NTS ethanol was investigated on neuronal NE at the microinjection site (in vivo electrochemistry), blood pressure, heart rate, spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity, and c-Jun expression in the NTS. RESULTS Ethanol (1, 5, or 10 microg) microinjection into the RVLM elicited dose-dependent increases in RVLM NE and blood pressure in SHRs but not in WKY rats. Ethanol had no effect on the activity of the NE-containing neurons in the NTS of either strain. However, baroreflex dysfunction elicited by intra-NTS ethanol in conscious WKY rats was associated with enhanced expression of c-Jun in the NTS. CONCLUSIONS (1) Ethanol activation of the NE-containing neurons in the RVLM of SHRs contributes to the centrally mediated pressor response, (2) the NE-containing neurons in the NTS are not involved in ethanol-induced baroreflex dysfunction, and (3) direct activation of the c-Jun-containing neurons in the NTS is implicated in baroreflex dysfunction elicited by ethanol in normotensive rats.
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- Guichu Li
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, 27858, USA
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Li G, Wang X, Abdel-Rahman AA. Neuronal Norepinephrine Responses of the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla and Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Neurons Distinguish the I1- from the α2-Receptor-Mediated Hypotension in Conscious SHRs. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2005; 46:52-62. [PMID: 15965355 DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000162773.54915.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that the I1 receptor mediates the reduction in rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) neuronal norepinephrine (NE; index of sympathetic activity) that leads to hypotension independent of other brainstem areas or the alpha2-adrenergic receptor. To this end, we developed a model that permitted measurement of real-time changes in neuronal NE in the RVLM or nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) along with blood pressure and heart rate in the conscious SHR in response to localized microinjections of selective I1 (rilmenidine) or alpha2-adrenergic (alpha-methylnorepinephrine; alpha-MNE) agonist versus the mixed I1/alpha2 agonist clonidine. To further support the hypothesis, we investigated the effects of localized selective alpha2- (SK&F86466) or I1 (efaroxan) blockade on the reductions in neuronal NE and blood pressure elicited by intra-RVLM rilmenidine. In the latter experiment, changes in RVLM neuronal c-Fos (another marker of sympathetic neural activity) were also investigated. Intra-RVLM rilmenidine (40 nmol) or clonidine (1 nmol) similarly reduced RVLM NE and blood pressure; these responses were approximately 2-fold greater than those elicited by the pure alpha2-adrenergic agonist alpha-MNE (10 nmol). By contrast, intra-NTS rilmenidine or clonidine had no effect on NTS NE or blood pressure versus significant reductions in both parameters by alpha-MNE. Intra-RVLM rilmenidine decreased c-Fos expression, and these responses were abolished by efaroxan but not by SK&F 86466. These findings suggest: (1) in the RVLM, I1-receptor signaling suppresses cardiovascular neuron activity, which leads to lowering of blood pressure; (2) although the alpha2-adrenergic receptor in the RVLM serves a similar role, it does not exert a tonic neuronal inhibitory effect and is not essential, as a downstream signaling entity, for the I1-evoked neurobiological effects in the brainstem. The potential confounding effects of anesthetics on the I1 and/or alpha2 receptor-mediated neuronal and cardiovascular responses were circumvented in the present study.
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- Guichu Li
- Department of Pharmacology, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353, USA
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Pescatello LS, Franklin BA, Fagard R, Farquhar WB, Kelley GA, Ray CA. American College of Sports Medicine position stand. Exercise and hypertension. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004; 36:533-53. [PMID: 15076798 DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000115224.88514.3a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1025] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Hypertension (HTN), one of the most common medical disorders, is associated with an increased incidence of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Lifestyle modifications are advocated for the prevention, treatment, and control of HTN, with exercise being an integral component. Exercise programs that primarily involve endurance activities prevent the development of HTN and lower blood pressure (BP) in adults with normal BP and those with HTN. The BP lowering effects of exercise are most pronounced in people with HTN who engage in endurance exercise with BP decreasing approximately 5-7 mm HG after an isolated exercise session (acute) or following exercise training (chronic). Moreover, BP is reduced for up to 22 h after an endurance exercise bout (e.g.postexercise hypotension), with greatest decreases among those with highest baseline BP. The proposed mechanisms for the BP lowering effects of exercise include neurohumoral, vascular, and structural adaptations. Decreases in catecholamines and total peripheral resistance, improved insulin sensitivity, and alterations in vasodilators and vasoconstrictors are some of the postulated explanations for the antihypertensive effects of exercise. Emerging data suggest genetic links to the BP reductions associated with acute and chronic exercise. Nonetheless, definitive conclusions regarding the mechanisms for the BP reductions following endurance exercise cannot be made at this time. Individuals with controlled HTN and no CVD or renal complications may participated in an exercise program or competitive athletics, but should be evaluated, treated and monitored closely. Preliminary peak or symptom-limited exercise testing may be warranted, especially for men over 45 and women over 55 yr planning a vigorous exercise program (i.e. > or = 60% VO2R, oxygen uptake reserve). In the interim, while formal evaluation and management are taking place, it is reasonable for the majority of patients to begin moderate intensity exercise (40-<60% VO2R) such as walking. When pharmacological therapy is indicated in physically active people it should be, ideally: a) lower BP at rest and during exertion; b) decrease total peripheral resistance; and, c) not adversely affect exercise capacity. For these reasons, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (or angiotensin II receptor blockers in case of ACE inhibitor intolerance) and calcium channel blockers are currently the drugs of choice for recreational exercisers and athletes who have HTN. Exercise remains a cornerstone therapy for the primary prevention, treatment, and control of HTN. The optimal training frequency, intensity, time, and type (FITT) need to be better defined to optimize the BP lowering capacities of exercise, particularly in children, women, older adults, and certain ethnic groups. based upon the current evidence, the following exercise prescription is recommended for those with high BP: Frequency: on most, preferably all, days of the week. Intensity: moderate-intensity (40-<60% VO2R). Time: > or = 30 min of continuous or accumulated physical activity per day. Type: primarily endurance physical activity supplemented by resistance exercise.
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Williamson JW, McColl R, Mathews D. Changes in regional cerebral blood flow distribution during postexercise hypotension in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2004; 96:719-24. [PMID: 14555688 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00911.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This investigation compared patterns of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during exercise recovery both with and without postexercise hypotension (PEH). Eight subjects were studied on 3 days with randomly assigned conditions: 1) after 30 min of rest; 2) after 30 min of moderate exercise (M-Ex) at 60-70% heart rate (HR) reserve during PEH; and 3) after 30 min of light exercise (L-Ex) at 20% HR reserve with no PEH. Data were collected for HR, mean blood pressure (MBP), and ratings of perceived exertion and relaxation, and rCBF was assessed by use of single-photon-emission computed tomography. With the use of ANOVA across conditions, there were differences ( P < 0.05; mean ± SD) from rest during exercise recovery from M-Ex (HR = +12 ± 3 beats/min; MBP = -9 ± 2 mmHg), but not from L-Ex (HR = +2 ± 2 beats/min; MBP = -2 ± 2 mmHg). After M-Ex, there were decreases ( P < 0.05) for the anterior cingulate (-6.7 ± 2%), right and left inferior thalamus (-10 ± 3%), right inferior insula (-13 ± 3%), and left inferior anterior insula (-8 ± 3%), not observed after L-Ex. There were rCBF decreases for leg sensorimotor regions after both M-Ex (-15 ± 4%) and L-Ex (-12 ± 3%) and for the left superior anterior insula (-7 ± 3% and -6 ± 3%), respectively. Data show that there are rCBF reductions within specific regions of the insular cortex and anterior cingulate cortex coupled with a postexercise hypotensive response after M-Ex. Findings suggest that these cerebral cortical regions, previously implicated in cardiovascular regulation during exercise, may also be involved in PEH.
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- J W Williamson
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75235-8876, USA.
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Joad JP, Munch PA, Bric JM, Evans SJ, Pinkerton KE, Chen CY, Bonham AC. Passive smoke effects on cough and airways in young guinea pigs: role of brainstem substance P. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 169:499-504. [PMID: 14644932 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200308-1139oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Children raised with extended exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) experience increased cough and wheeze. This study was designed to determine whether extended ETS exposure enhances citric acid-induced cough and bronchoconstriction in young guinea pigs via a neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor mechanism at the first central synapse of lung afferent neurons, the nucleus tractus solitarius. Guinea pigs were exposed to ETS from 1 to 6 weeks of age. At 5 weeks of age, guide cannulae were implanted bilaterally in the medial nucleus tractus solitarius at a site that produced apnea in response to the glutamate agonist D,L-homocysteic acid. At 6 weeks of age, either vehicle or a NK-1 receptor antagonist, SR 140333, was injected into the nucleus tractus solitarius of the conscious guinea pigs who were then exposed to citric acid aerosol. ETS exposure significantly enhanced citric acid-induced cough by 56% and maximal Penh (a measure of airway obstruction) by 43%, effects that were attenuated by the NK-1 receptor antagonist in the nucleus tractus solitarius. We conclude that in young guinea pigs extended exposure to ETS increases citric acid-induced cough and bronchoconstriction in part by an NK-1 receptor mechanism in the nucleus tractus solitarius.
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- Jesse P Joad
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
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Abdala APL, Haibara AS, Colombari E. Cardiovascular responses to substance P in the nucleus tractus solitarii: microinjection study in conscious rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2003; 285:H891-8. [PMID: 12738616 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00869.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The cardiovascular effects of substance P (SP) microinjections in the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) were evaluated in conscious rats. We chose this model because it is an effective way to access some of the cardiovascular effects of neurotransmitters in the NTS without the inconvenience of blunting pathways with anesthetic agents or removing forebrain projections by decerebration. The cardiovascular responses to SP injections were also evaluated after chronic nodose ganglionectomy. We found that, in conscious rats, SP microinjections into the NTS induced hypertension and tachycardia. Unilateral and bilateral SP injections into the NTS caused a slow increase in blood pressure and heart rate that peaked 1.5-5 min after injection and lasted for 20-30 min. Nodose ganglionectomy increased the duration of the pressor and tachycardic effects of SP and enhanced the pressor response. These data show that SP in the NTS is involved in pressor pathways. The supersensitivity to SP seen after nodose ganglionectomy suggests that vagal afferent projections are involved in those pressor pathways activated by SP in the NTS.
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- Ana Paula L Abdala
- Department of Physiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/EPM, São Paulo, SP 04023-062 Brazil
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Barnes KL, DeWeese DM, Andresen MC. Angiotensin potentiates excitatory sensory synaptic transmission to medial solitary tract nucleus neurons. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 284:R1340-53. [PMID: 12531785 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00505.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [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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Femtomole doses of angiotensin (ANG) II microinjected into nucleus tractus solitarii (nTS) decrease blood pressure and heart rate, mimicking activation of the baroreflex, whereas higher doses depress this reflex. ANG II might generate cardioinhibitory responses by augmenting cardiovascular afferent synaptic transmission onto nTS neurons. Intracellular recordings were obtained from 99 dorsal medial nTS region neurons in rat medulla horizontal slices to investigate whether ANG II modulated short-latency excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) evoked by solitary tract (TS) stimulation. ANG II (200 fmol) increased TS-evoked EPSP amplitudes 20-200% with minimal membrane depolarization in 12 neurons excited by ANG II and glutamate, but not substance P (group A). Blockade of non-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors eliminated TS-evoked EPSPs and responses to ANG II. ANG II did not alter TS-evoked EPSPs in 14 other neurons depolarized substantially by ANG II and substance P (group B). ANG II appeared to selectively augment presynaptic sensory transmission in one class of nTS neurons but had only postsynaptic effects on another group of cells. Thus ANG II is likely to modulate cardiovascular function by more than one nTS neuronal pathway.
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- Karen L Barnes
- Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
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