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Corbi G, Comegna M, Vinciguerra C, Capasso A, Onorato L, Salucci AM, Rapacciuolo A, Cannavo A. Age and sex mediated effects of estrogen and Β3-adrenergic receptor on cardiovascular pathophysiology. Exp Gerontol 2024; 190:112420. [PMID: 38588751 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2024.112420] [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: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Sex differences are consistently identified in determining the prevalence, manifestation, and response to therapies in several systemic disorders, including those affecting the cardiovascular (CV), skeletal muscle, and nervous system. Interestingly, such differences are often more noticeable as we age. For example, premenopausal women experience a lower risk of CV disease than men of the same age. While at an advanced age, with menopause, the risk of cardiovascular diseases and adverse outcomes increases exponentially in women, exceeding that of men. However, this effect appears to be reversed in diseases such as pulmonary hypertension, where women are up to seven times more likely than men to develop an idiopathic form of the disease with symptoms developing ten years earlier than their male counterparts. Explaining this is a complex question. However, several factors and mechanisms have been identified in recent decades, including a role for sex hormones, particularly estrogens and their related receptors. Furthermore, an emerging role in these sex differences has also been suggested for β-adrenergic receptors (βARs), which are essential regulators of mammalian physiology. It has in fact been shown that βARs interact with estrogen receptors (ER), providing further demonstration of their involvement in determining sexual differences. Based on these premises, this review article focused on the β3AR subtype, which shows important activities in adipose tissue but with new and interesting roles in regulating the function of cardiomyocytes and vascular cells. In detail, we examined how β3AR and ER signaling are intertwined and whether there would be sex- and age-dependent specific effects of these receptor systems.
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- Graziamaria Corbi
- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; CEINGE-Advanced Biotechnologies - Franco Salvatore, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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Hughes GW, Moore JP, Lord RN. Barosensory vessel mechanics and the vascular sympathetic baroreflex: Impact on blood pressure homeostasis. Exp Physiol 2023; 108:1245-1249. [PMID: 37031381 PMCID: PMC10988470 DOI: 10.1113/ep089686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/10/2023]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the topic of this review? We review barosensory vessel mechanics and their role in blood pressure regulation across the lifespan. What advances does it highlight? In young normotensive men, aortic unloading mechanics contribute to the resting operating point of the vascular sympathetic baroreflex; however, with advancing age, this contribution is removed. This suggests that barosensory vessel unloading mechanics are not driving the well-documented age-related increase in resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity. ABSTRACT An age-associated increase in arterial blood pressure is evident for apparently healthy humans. This is frequently attributed to stiffening of the central arteries and a concurrent increase in sympathetic outflow, potentially mediated by a reduced ability of the baroreceptive vessels to distend. This is supported, in part, by a reduced mechanical component of the vascular sympathetic baroreflex (i.e., a reduction in distension for a given pressure). Previous characterization of the mechanical component has assessed only carotid artery distension; however, evidence suggests that both the aortic and carotid baroreflexes are integral to blood pressure regulation. In addition, given that baroreceptors are located in the vessel wall, the change in wall tension, comprising diameter, pressure and vessel wall thickness, and the mechanics of this change might provide a better index of the baroreceptor stimulus than the previous method used to characterize the mechanical component that relies on diameter alone. This brief review summarizes the data using this new method of assessing barosensory vessel mechanics and their influence on the vascular sympathetic baroreflex across the lifespan.
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- Guto W. Hughes
- School of Human and Behavioural SciencesBangor UniversityBangorUK
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- Centre for Activity, Health and Wellbeing ResearchCardiff Metropolitan UniversityCardiffUK
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Bock JM, Greenlund IM, Somers VK, Baker SE. Sex Differences in Neurovascular Control: Implications for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13094. [PMID: 37685900 PMCID: PMC10487948 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241713094] [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: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have a heightened risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, namely hypertension. While seminal evidence indicates a causal role for sympathetic nerve activity in the hypertensive phenotype commonly observed in patients with OSA, no studies have investigated potential sex differences in the sympathetic regulation of blood pressure in this population. Supporting this exploration are large-scale observational data, as well as controlled interventional studies in healthy adults, indicating that sleep disruption increases blood pressure to a greater extent in females relative to males. Furthermore, females with severe OSA demonstrate a more pronounced hypoxic burden (i.e., disease severity) during rapid eye movement sleep when sympathetic nerve activity is greatest. These findings would suggest that females are at greater risk for the hemodynamic consequences of OSA and related sleep disruption. Accordingly, the purpose of this review is three-fold: (1) to review the literature linking sympathetic nerve activity to hypertension in OSA, (2) to highlight recent experimental data supporting the hypothesis of sex differences in the regulation of sympathetic nerve activity in OSA, and (3) to discuss the potential sex differences in peripheral adrenergic signaling that may contribute to, or offset, cardiovascular risk in patients with OSA.
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- Joshua M. Bock
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55901, USA; (J.M.B.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55901, USA; (J.M.B.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55901, USA; (J.M.B.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55901, USA
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van Luik EM, Vaes EWP, Vesseur MAM, Wilmes N, Meijs DAM, Laven SAJS, Mohseni-Alsalhi Z, de Haas S, Spaanderman MEA, Ghossein-Doha C. Sex Differences in the Anti-Hypertensive Effect of Calcium-Channel Blockers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Biomedicines 2023; 11:1622. [PMID: 37371717 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11061622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death worldwide, with hypertension as the leading risk factor for both sexes. As sex may affect responsiveness to antihypertensive compounds, guidelines for CVD prevention might necessitate divergence between females and males. To this end, we studied the effectiveness of calcium channel blockers (CCB) on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and cardiac function between sexes. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on studies on CCB from inception to May 2020. Studies had to present both baseline and follow-up measurements of the outcome variables of interest and present data in a sex-stratified manner. Mean differences were calculated using a random-effects model. In total, 38 studies with 8202 participants were used for this review. In females as compared to males, systolic BP decreased by -27.6 mmHg (95%CI -36.4; -18.8) (-17.1% (95%CI -22.5;-11.6)) versus -14.4 mmHg (95%CI -19.0; -9.9) (-9.8% (95%CI -12.9;-6.7)) (between-sex difference p < 0.01), diastolic BP decreased by -14.1 (95%CI -18.8; -9.3) (-15.2%(95%CI -20.3;-10.1)) versus -10.6 mmHg (95%CI -14.0; -7.3) (-11.2% (95%CI -14.8;-7.7)) (between-sex difference p = 0.24). HR decreased by -1.8 bpm (95%CI -2.5; -1.2) (-2.5% (95%CI -3.4; -1.6)) in females compared to no change in males (0.3 bpm (95% CI -1.2; 1.8)) (between-sex difference p = 0.01). In conclusion, CCB lowers BP in both sexes, but the observed effect is larger in females as compared to males.
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- Eveline M van Luik
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Greaney JL, Darling AM, Mogle J, Saunders EFH. Microvascular β-Adrenergic Receptor-Mediated Vasodilation Is Attenuated in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder. Hypertension 2022; 79:1091-1100. [PMID: 35232218 PMCID: PMC9010365 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.122.18985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with sympathetic overactivity and alterations in peripheral adrenergic receptor function; however, no studies have directly assessed vasoconstrictor responsiveness in adults with MDD. We tested the hypotheses that β-adrenergic receptor-mediated vasodilation would be blunted in adults with MDD compared with healthy nondepressed adults (HA) and would functionally contribute to exaggerated norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction. METHODS In 13 HA (8 female; 24±4 years) and in 12 adults with MDD (8 female; 22±3 yrs), red blood cell flux was measured during graded intradermal microdialysis perfusion of the β-adrenergic receptor agonist isoproterenol (10-10 to 10-4 mol/L) and, separately, during the perfusion of norepinephrine (10-12 to 10-2 mol/L), alone and in combination with the β-adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol (2 mmol/L). Nonadrenergic vasoconstriction was assessed via perfusion of angiotensin II (10-12 to 10-4 mol/L). RESULTS Isoproterenol-induced vasodilation was blunted in adults with MDD (188.9±70.1 HA versus 128.3±39.4 au MDD, P=0.025). Net norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction was exaggerated in adults with MDD (-0.16±0.54 HA versus -0.75±0.56 au MDD, P=0.014); however, there were no group differences in angiotensin II-induced vasoconstriction. Propranolol potentiated norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction in HA (-0.16±0.54 norepinephrine versus -1.60±1.40 au propranolol, P<0.01) but had no effect in adults with MDD (-0.75±0.56 norepinephrine versus -1.58±1.56 au propranolol, P=0.08). CONCLUSIONS β-adrenergic receptor-mediated microvascular vasodilation was blunted in adults with MDD and contributed to exaggerated adrenergic vasoconstriction. The relative loss of the vasoprotective effect of β-adrenergic receptor-mediated vasodilation may contribute to increased peripheral resistance, thereby driving the development of hypertension in adults with MDD.
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- Jody L. Greaney
- Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
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- Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
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- Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Limberg JK, Johansson RE, Carter KJ, Peltonen GL, Harrell JW, Kellawan JM, Eldridge MW, Sebranek JJ, Walker BJ, Schrage WG. Preserved β-adrenergic-mediated vasodilation in skeletal muscle of young adults with obesity despite shifts in cyclooxygenase and nitric oxide synthase. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2022; 322:H25-H35. [PMID: 34738833 PMCID: PMC8698505 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00449.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Central adiposity is associated with greater sympathetic support of blood pressure. β-adrenergic receptors (β-AR) buffer sympathetically mediated vasoconstriction and β-AR-mediated vasodilation is attenuated in preclinical models of obesity. With this information, we hypothesized β-AR vasodilation would be lower in obese compared with normal weight adults. Because β-AR vasodilation in normal weight adults is limited by cyclooxygenase (COX) restraint of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), we further explored the contributions of COX and NOS to β-AR vasodilation in this cohort. Forearm blood flow (FBF, Doppler ultrasound) and mean arterial blood pressure (MAP, brachial arterial catheter) were measured and forearm vascular conductance (FVC) was calculated (FVC = FBF/MAP). The rise in FVC from baseline (ΔFVC) was quantified during graded brachial artery infusion of isoproterenol (Iso, 1-12 ng/100 g/min) in normal weight (n = 36) and adults with obesity (n = 22) (18-40 yr old). In a subset of participants, Iso-mediated vasodilation was examined before and during inhibition of NOS [NG-monomethyl-l-arginine (l-NMMA)], COX (ketorolac), and NOS + COX (l-NMMA + ketorolac). Iso-mediated increases in FVC did not differ between groups (P = 0.57). l-NMMA attenuated Iso-mediated ΔFVC in normal weight (P = 0.03) but not adults with obesity (P = 0.27). In normal weight adults, ketorolac increased Iso-mediated ΔFVC (P < 0.01) and this response was lost with concurrent l-NMMA (P = 0.67). In contrast, neither ketorolac (P = 0.81) nor ketorolac + l-NMMA (P = 0.40) altered Iso-mediated ΔFVC in adults with obesity. Despite shifts in COX and NOS, β-AR vasodilation is preserved in young adults with obesity. These data highlight the presence of a compensatory shift in microvascular control mechanisms in younger humans with obesity.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We examined β-adrenergic receptor-mediated vasodilation in skeletal muscle of humans with obesity and normal weight. Results show that despite shifts in the contribution of cyclooxygenase and nitric oxide synthase, β-adrenergic-mediated vasodilation is relatively preserved in young, otherwise healthy adults with obesity. These data highlight the presence of subclinical changes in microvascular control mechanisms early in the obesity process and suggest duration of obesity and/or the addition of primary aging may be necessary for overt dysfunction.
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- Jacqueline K. Limberg
- 1Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri,2Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- 2Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- 2Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin,3School of Nursing and Kinesiology, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico
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- 2Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin,4711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
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- 2Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin,5Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
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- 2Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin,6Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- 7Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- 7Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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Klassen SA, Joyner MJ, Baker SE. The impact of ageing and sex on sympathetic neurocirculatory regulation. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2021; 116:72-81. [PMID: 33468420 PMCID: PMC8282778 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The sympathetic nervous system represents a critical mechanism for homoeostatic blood pressure regulation in humans. This review focuses on age-related alterations in neurocirculatory regulation in men and women by highlighting human studies that examined the relationship between muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) acquired by microneurography and circulatory variables (e.g., blood pressure, vascular resistance). We frame this review with epidemiological evidence highlighting sex-specific patterns in age-related blood pressure increases in developed nations. Indeed, young women exhibit lower blood pressure than men, but women demonstrate larger blood pressure increases with age, such that by about age 60 years, blood pressure is greater in women. Sympathetic neurocirculatory mechanisms contribute to sex differences in blood pressure rises with age. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity increases with age in both sexes, but women demonstrate greater age-related increases. The circulatory adjustments imposed by MSNA - referred to as neurovascular transduction or autonomic (sympathetic) support of blood pressure - differ in men and women. For example, whereas young men demonstrate a positive relationship between resting MSNA and vascular resistance, this relationship is absent in young women due to beta-2 adrenergic vasodilation, which offsets alpha-adrenergic vasoconstriction. However, post-menopausal women demonstrate a positive relationship between MSNA and vascular resistance due to a decline in beta-2 adrenergic vasodilatory mechanisms. Emerging data suggest that greater aerobic fitness appears to modulate neurocirculatory regulation, at least in young, healthy men and women. This review also highlights recent advances in microneurographic recordings of sympathetic action potential discharge, which may nuance our understanding of age-related alterations in sympathetic neurocirculatory regulation in humans.
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- Stephen A Klassen
- Human and Integrative Physiology and Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Human and Integrative Physiology and Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Human and Integrative Physiology and Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Takeda R, Stickford ASL, Best SA, Yoo JK, Hissen SL, Liu YL, Fu Q. Impact of high-salt versus low-salt intake on the response of sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity to orthostasis in women with a history of normal pregnancy. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2021; 321:R260-R270. [PMID: 34231375 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00069.2021] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) increases during orthostatic stress in humans. We recently showed that dietary salt intake affects sympathetic neural control in healthy premenopausal women. This study aimed to determine whether salt loading versus salt reduction would impact sympathetic BRS during orthostasis in premenopausal women with a history of normal pregnancy. Nine healthy women [42 ± 3 (SD) yr] were given a standardized isocaloric high-salt (250 mEq sodium/day) or low-salt (50 mEq sodium/day) diet for 1 wk each (∼2 mo apart with the order randomized), whereas water intake was ad libitum. Laboratory testing was performed following each high- and low-salt period in the midluteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Hemodynamics and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) were measured at baseline (supine; 2 min) and during a graded head-up tilt (30° for 5 min and 60° for 20 min). Sympathetic BRS was assessed during baseline and head-up tilt. Hemodynamics were not different between salt conditions during baseline or tilt. Both supine and upright MSNA indices were lower in high salt than low salt (all P < 0.05), however, there was no interaction effect (P = 0.507-0.996). On moving from supine to upright, sympathetic BRS remained unchanged in high salt but increased in low salt (P = 0.028 for interaction). Thus, salt loading diminishes the responsiveness of sympathetic BRS during orthostasis compared with salt reduction in healthy premenopausal women with prior normal pregnancy. Whether this is one underlying mechanism for salt-induced development of hypertension during ambulation remains to be determined.
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- Ryosuke Takeda
- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW This review summarizes sex-related changes in the heart and vasculature that occur with aging, both in the presence and absence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). RECENT FINDINGS In the presence of CVD risk factors and/or overt CVD, sex-specific changes in the number of cardiomyocytes, extent of the myocardial extracellular matrix, and myocellular hypertrophy promote unique patterns of LV remodeling in men and women. In addition, age- and sex-specific vascular stiffening is also well established, driven by changes in endothelial dysfunction, elastin-collagen content, microvascular dysfunction, and neurohormonal signaling. Together, these changes in LV chamber geometry and morphology, coupled with heightened vascular stiffness, appear to drive both age-related increases in systolic function and declines in diastolic function, particularly in postmenopausal women. Accordingly, estrogen has been implicated as a key mediator, given its direct vasodilating properties, association with nitric oxide excretion, and involvement in myocellular Ca2+ handling, mitochondrial energy production, and oxidative stress. The culmination of the abovementioned sex-specific cardiac and vascular changes across the lifespan provides important insight into heart failure development, particularly of the preserved ejection fraction variety, while offering promise for future preventive strategies and therapeutic approaches.
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- Andrew Oneglia
- Applied Physiology and Advanced Imaging Lab, University of Texas at Arlington, 655 West Mitchell St, Arlington, TX, 76010, USA
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- Applied Physiology and Advanced Imaging Lab, University of Texas at Arlington, 655 West Mitchell St, Arlington, TX, 76010, USA
- Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 127 S San Vicente Blvd, AHSP Suite A3206, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA
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- Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 127 S San Vicente Blvd, AHSP Suite A3206, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
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Hissen SL, Taylor CE. Sex differences in vascular transduction of sympathetic nerve activity. Clin Auton Res 2020; 30:381-392. [PMID: 32865664 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-020-00722-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Sympathetic vasoconstriction plays a major role in the beat-to-beat control of blood pressure. To be effective and thus avoid dangerously high or low blood pressures, this mechanism relies upon transduction of sympathetic nerve activity at the level of the vasculature. However, recent evidence suggests that considerable variability exists in beat-to-beat vascular transduction, particularly between the sexes. METHODS We reviewed the methods available for quantifying beat-to-beat transduction of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and explored the recent evidence for sex differences in vascular transduction. We paid specific attention to relationships between vascular transduction and factors such as resting levels of sympathetic nerve activity and baroreflex sensitivity. RESULTS There are two dominant methods now available for the quantification of beat-to-beat transduction of muscle sympathetic nerve activity at rest. Whilst there is some evidence to suggest that young females exhibit lower levels of vascular transduction, results vary depending on the method used and the direction of change in MSNA. Evidence suggests that compensatory relationships may exist between key components of neurovascular control, such as vascular transduction and resting levels of MSNA. Also consistent is the presence of such relationships in young males but not young females. CONCLUSION The lack of significant relationships in young females may reflect the influence of vasodilator mechanisms that counteract sympathetic vasoconstriction. The assessment of vascular transduction following MSNA bursts and non-bursts in males and females, both young and older, may help to gain a mechanistic understanding of the prevalence of hypotensive and hypertensive disorders across the lifespan.
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- Sarah L Hissen
- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown Campus, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, Sydney, NSW, 2751, Australia.
- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
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Fujii N, McGarr GW, Amano T, Sigal RJ, Boulay P, Nishiyasu T, Kenny GP. Ageing augments β-adrenergic cutaneous vasodilatation differently in men and women, with no effect on β-adrenergic sweating. Exp Physiol 2020; 105:1720-1729. [PMID: 32818310 DOI: 10.1113/ep088583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? β-Adrenergic receptor activation modulates cutaneous vasodilatation and sweating in young adults. In this study, we assessed whether age-related differences in β-adrenergic regulation of these responses exist and whether they differ between men and women. What is the main finding and its importance? We showed that ageing augmented β-adrenergic cutaneous vasodilatation, although the pattern of response differed between men and women. Ageing had no effect on β-adrenergic sweating in men or women. Our findings advance our understanding of age-related changes in the regulation of cutaneous vasodilatation and sweating and provide new directions for research on the significance of enhanced β-adrenergic cutaneous vasodilatation in older adults. ABSTRACT β-Adrenergic receptor agonists, such as isoprenaline, can induce cutaneous vasodilatation and sweating in young adults. Given that cutaneous vasodilatation and sweating responses to whole-body heating and to pharmacological agonists, such as acetylcholine, ATP and nicotine, can differ in older adults, we assessed whether ageing also modulates β-adrenergic cutaneous vasodilatation and sweating and whether responses differ between men and women. In the context of the latter, prior reports showed that the effects of ageing on cutaneous vasodilatation (evoked with ATP and nicotine) and sweating (stimulated by acetylcholine) were sex dependent. Thus, in the present study, we assessed the role of β-adrenergic receptor activation on forearm cutaneous vasodilatation and sweating in 11 young men (24 ± 4 years of age), 11 young women (23 ± 5 years of age), 11 older men (61 ± 8 years of age) and 11 older women (60 ± 8 years of age). Initially, a high dose (100 µm) of isoprenaline was administered via intradermal microdialysis for 5 min to induce maximal β-adrenergic sweating. Approximately 60 min after the washout period, three incremental doses of isoprenaline were administered (1, 10 and 100 µm, each for 25 min) to assess dose-dependent cutaneous vasodilatation. Isoprenaline-mediated cutaneous vasodilatation was greater in both older men and older women relative to their young counterparts. Augmented cutaneous vasodilatory responses were observed at 1 and 10 µm in women and at 100 µm in men. Isoprenaline-mediated sweating was unaffected by ageing, regardless of sex. We show that ageing augments β-adrenergic cutaneous vasodilatation differently in men and women, without influencing β-adrenergic sweating.
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- Naoto Fujii
- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Physiology, Faculty of Education, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata, Japan
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- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Physical Activity Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Takeda R, Stickford AS, Best SA, Yoo JK, Fu Q. Salt intake impacts sympathetic neural control but not morning blood pressure surge in premenopausal women with a history of normal pregnancy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 319:H571-H581. [PMID: 32734815 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00197.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Salt intake may alter blood pressure (BP) regulation, but no study has investigated the impact of salt reduction versus salt loading on morning blood pressure surge (MBPS) and sympathetic neural control in premenopausal women with a history of normal pregnancy. Nine healthy women (42 ± 3 yr; mean ± SD) were given a low-salt diet (LS; 50 mEq sodium/day) and high-salt diet (HS; 250 mEq sodium/day) for 1 wk each (~2 mo apart with the order randomized), while water intake was ad libitum. Ambulatory BP at 24 h was measured, and the percent change in blood volume (BV) was calculated following LS and HS. MBPS was defined as the morning systolic BP (averaged for 2 h after wake-up) minus the lowest nocturnal systolic BP. Beat-by-beat BP, heart rate, and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) were measured during supine rest. Signal averaging was used to characterize changes in beat-by-beat mean arterial pressure and total vascular conductance following spontaneous MSNA bursts to assess sympathetic vascular transduction. Ambulatory BP and MBPS (32 ± 7 vs. 26 ± 12 mmHg, P = 0.208) did not differ between LS and HS. From LS to HS, BV increased by 4.3 ± 3.7% (P = 0.008). MSNA (30 ± 20 vs. 18 ± 13 bursts/100 heartbeats, P = 0.005) was higher, whereas sympathetic vascular transduction was lower in LS than HS (both, P < 0.01). Changes in MSNA from LS to HS were correlated to percent changes in BV (r = -0.673; P = 0.047). Thus, salt intake affects sympathetic neural control but not MBPS in premenopausal women with a history of normal pregnancy. The underlying mechanisms remain unknown; however, alterations in sympathetic vascular transduction may, in part, contribute.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This is the first study to demonstrate that MBPS and ambulatory BP were not affected by salt intake despite a significant change in sympathetic outflow in healthy premenopausal women with a history of normal pregnancy. This may be due to compensatory adaptations in MSNA and sympathetic vascular transduction during salt reduction versus salt loading.
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- Ryosuke Takeda
- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.,University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Harvey RE, Ranadive SM, Limberg JK, Baker SE, Nicholson WT, Curry TB, Barnes JN, Joyner MJ. Forearm vasodilatation to a β 2 -adrenergic receptor agonist in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Exp Physiol 2020; 105:886-892. [PMID: 32170888 DOI: 10.1113/ep088452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? What is the role of β2 -adrenergic receptor (β2 AR) vasodilatation in older postmenopausal women as compared to premenopausal women and the role of nitric oxide (NO) in β2 AR-mediated vasodilatation in both groups of women? What is the main finding and its importance? β2 AR responsiveness is blunted in postmenopausal women compared to young premenopausal women. Additionally, NO may contribute to β2 AR-mediated vasodilatation in young premenopausal women. ABSTRACT β2 -Adrenergic receptor (β2 AR)-mediated vasodilatation, which is partially dependent on nitric oxide (NO) formation, is blunted in men at risk for developing hypertension. However, the role of β2 AR vasodilatation in hypertension pathophysiology in ageing postmenopausal women is unclear. Therefore, the goals of this study were to determine if forearm vasodilatation to the selective β2 AR agonist terbutaline is blunted in older postmenopausal women (59 ± 4 years) compared to young premenopausal women (27 ± 3 years) and to assess NO contribution to β2 AR-mediated vasodilatation in both groups of women. Forearm blood flow (FBF) and forearm vascular conductance (FVC) were measured using venous occlusion plethysmography at baseline and during intra-arterial infusions of terbutaline at 0.1-2.0 µg (100 ml tissue)-1 min-1 with and without the NO synthase inhibitor l-NG -monomethylarginine (l-NMMA). Mean arterial pressure was significantly greater in postmenopausal women than in young women at baseline (P = 0.01). Baseline FBF and FVC did not differ between young and postmenopausal women (P > 0.05) and rose significantly within each group during terbutaline infusion (P < 0.05). There were significant group × dose interactions for FBF (P = 0.01) and FVC (P = 0.001), indicating vasodilator responses were lower in postmenopausal women. In young women, FVC response to the highest dose of terbutaline tended to be lower with l-NMMA co-infusion vs. without l-NMMA (P = 0.05). There were no significant decreases in FBF or FVC responses to terbutaline in postmenopausal women with l-NMMA co-infusion (P > 0.05 for all). These data suggest that β2 AR responsiveness is blunted in postmenopausal women compared to young premenopausal women, and that NO may contribute to β2 AR-mediated vasodilatation in young premenopausal women.
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- Ronée E Harvey
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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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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Riedel K, Deussen AJ, Tolkmitt J, Weber S, Schlinkert P, Zatschler B, Friebel C, Müller B, El-Armouche A, Morawietz H, Matschke K, Kopaliani I. Estrogen determines sex differences in adrenergic vessel tone by regulation of endothelial β-adrenoceptor expression. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2019; 317:H243-H254. [PMID: 31149843 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00456.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vessels of female rats constrict less and relax more to adrenergic stimulation than vessels of males. Although we have reported that these sex-specific differences rely on endothelial β-adrenoceptors, the role of sex hormones in β-adrenoceptor expression and related vessel tone regulation is unknown. We investigated the role of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone on β-adrenoceptor expression and adrenergic vessel tone regulation, along with sex-specific differences in human mammary arteries. The sex-specific differences in vasoconstriction and vasorelaxation in rat vessels were eliminated after ovariectomy in females. Ovariectomy increased vessel vasoconstriction to norepinephrine more than twofold. Vasorelaxations by isoprenaline and a β3-agonist were reduced after ovariectomy. Estrogen, but not progesterone substitution, restored sex-specific differences in vasoconstriction and vasorelaxation. Vascular mRNA levels of β1- and β3- but not β2-adrenoreceptors were higher in vessels of females compared with males. Ovariectomy reduced these differences by decreasing β1- and β3- but not β2-adrenoreceptor expression in females. Consistently, estrogen substitution restored β1- and β3-adrenoreceptor expression. Orchiectomy or testosterone treatment affected neither vasoconstriction and vasorelaxation nor β-adrenoceptor expression in vessels of male rats. In human mammary arteries, sex-specific differences in vasoconstriction and vasorelaxation were reduced after removal of endothelium or treatment with l-NMMA. Vessels of women showed higher levels of β1- and β3-adrenoceptors than in men. In conclusion, the sex-specific differences in vasoconstriction and vasorelaxation are common for rat and human vessels. In rats, these differences are estrogen but not testosterone or progesterone dependent. Estrogen determines these differences via regulation of vascular endothelial β1- and β3-adrenoreceptor expression. NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study proposes a mechanistic concept regulating sex-specific differences in adrenergic vasoconstriction and vasorelaxation. Estrogen increases vascular β1- and β3-adrenoceptor expression in female rats. This and our previous studies demonstrate that these receptors are located primarily on endothelium and when activated by norepinephrine act via nitric oxide (NO). Therefore, β-adrenergic stimulation leads to a more pronounced vasorelaxation in females. Coactivation of endothelial β1- and β3-adrenoreceptors leads to higher NO release in vessels of females, ultimately blunting vasoconstriction triggered by activation of smooth muscle α-adrenoceptors.
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- Kristin Riedel
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Division of Vascular Endothelium and Microcirculation, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Division of Vascular Endothelium and Microcirculation, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Herzzentrum Dresden, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden , Germany
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Fu Q. Sex differences in sympathetic activity in obesity and its related hypertension. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2019; 1454:31-41. [PMID: 31087350 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing in the United States, particularly among women. Approximately 60-70% of hypertension in adults may be directly attributed to obesity. In addition, maternal obesity is a major risk factor for hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. The underlying mechanisms for the association between obesity and cardiovascular risk are multifactorial, but activation of the sympathetic nervous system is one significant contributing factor. This brief review summarizes the current knowledge on sex differences in sympathetic activity in obesity and its related hypertension, with a focus on studies in humans. Evidence suggests that abdominal visceral fat, rather than subcutaneous fat, is related to augmented sympathetic activity regardless of sex. Race/ethnicity may affect the relationship between obesity and sympathetic activity. Obesity-related hypertension has an important neurogenic component, which is characterized by sympathetic overactivity. However, sex may influence the association between hypertension and sympathetic overactivity in obese people. Finally, both body weight and sympathetic overactivity seem to be involved in the development of gestational hypertensive disorders in women. Chronic hyperinsulinemia due to insulin resistance, high plasma levels of leptin, and/or obstructive sleep apnea may be responsible for sympathetic overactivity in obesity-related hypertension.
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- Qi Fu
- Women's Heart Health Laboratory, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Robinson AT, Babcock MC, Watso JC, Brian MS, Migdal KU, Wenner MM, Farquhar WB. Relation between resting sympathetic outflow and vasoconstrictor responses to sympathetic nerve bursts: sex differences in healthy young adults. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2019; 316:R463-R471. [PMID: 30794437 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00305.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Previous studies have demonstrated an inverse relation between resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and vasoconstrictor responsiveness (i.e., sympathetic transduction), such that those with high resting MSNA have low vascular responsiveness, and vice versa. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether biological sex influences the balance between resting MSNA and beat-to-beat sympathetic transduction. We measured blood pressure (BP) and MSNA during supine rest in 54 healthy young adults (27 females: 23 ± 4 yr, 107 ± 8/63 ± 8 mmHg; 27 males: 25 ± 3 yr, 115 ± 11/64 ± 7 mmHg; means ± SD). We quantified beat-to-beat fluctuations in mean arterial pressure (MAP, mmHg) and limb vascular conductance (LVC, %) for 10 cardiac cycles after each MSNA burst using signal averaging, an index of sympathetic vascular transduction. In females, there was no correlation between resting MSNA (burst incidence; burst/100 heartbeats) and peak ΔMAP (r = -0.10, P = 0.62) or peak ΔLVC (r = -0.12, P = 0.63). In males, MSNA was related to peak ΔMAP (r = -0.50, P = 0.01) and peak ΔLVC (r = 0.49, P = 0.03); those with higher resting MSNA had blunted increases in MAP and reductions in LVC in response to a burst of MSNA. In a sub-analysis, we performed a median split between high- versus low-MSNA status on ΔMAP and ΔLVC within each sex and found that only males demonstrated a significant difference in ΔMAP and ΔLVC between high- versus low-MSNA groups. These findings support an inverse relation between resting MSNA and sympathetic vascular transduction in males only and advance our understanding on the influence of biological sex on sympathetic nervous system-mediated alterations in beat-to-beat BP regulation.
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- Austin T Robinson
- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware.,Department of Health and Human Performance, Plymouth State University , Plymouth, New Hampshire
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware
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Hellsten Y, Gliemann L. Limb vascular function in women-Effects of female sex hormones and physical activity. TRANSLATIONAL SPORTS MEDICINE 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/tsm2.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Y. Hellsten
- Department of Nutrition Exercise and Sports; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Nutrition Exercise and Sports; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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Al-Gburi S, Deussen A, Zatschler B, Weber S, Künzel S, El-Armouche A, Lorenz K, Cybularz M, Morawietz H, Kopaliani I. Sex-difference in expression and function of beta-adrenoceptors in macrovessels: role of the endothelium. Basic Res Cardiol 2017; 112:29. [PMID: 28389717 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-017-0617-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Estrogen modulates adrenergic reactivity of macrovessels, resulting in weaker α-adrenergic vasoconstriction in females than males. However, the mechanisms governing this important sex-specific difference are not well understood. We hypothesized that vessels of females express more dilatory β-adrenoceptors, which counteract constrictive effects of α-adrenoceptors. This hypothesis was tested using aortas of normotensive (WKY) and hypertensive rats (SHR), along with human mammary artery. Selective blockade of β1 (CGP20712) or β3 (SR59230A), but not β2 (ICI118,551) adrenoceptors, greatly increased α-adrenergic constriction (norepinephrine) of aorta in female SHRs, but not in male SHRs at 12 weeks of age. Consistently, the selective β1/β2 (isoproterenol) and β3-adrenergic (BRL37344) relaxation was stronger in female SHRs than in males. Removal of endothelium and use of L-NMMA abolished sex-difference in α-adrenergic constriction and β-adrenergic relaxation. Immunostainings revealed endothelial localization of β1- and β3-adrenoceptors. mRNA levels of aortic β1- and β3-, but not β2-adrenoceptors were markedly higher in female than in male SHRs. The sex-specific differences in α-adrenergic constriction and β-adrenoceptor mRNA levels were age-dependent, predominantly present up to 29 weeks and disappeared at 36 weeks of age. The sex-specific difference was not strain-dependent and was similarly present in normotensive WKY rats. Human mammary artery of women showed a weaker α-adrenergic constriction than arteries of men. This sex-specific difference was prominent at 45-65 years and disappeared with aging. Our results convincingly demonstrate that female macrovessels express more dilatory β1- and β3-adrenoreceptors than male vessels with a predominant endothelial localization. This sex-specific difference is functionally relevant in young adults and is attenuated with aging.
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- Suzan Al-Gburi
- Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
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- Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut fuer Analytische Wissenschaften, ISAS, e.V, Dortmund, Germany
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- Division of Vascular Endothelium and Microcirculation, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Vascular Endothelium and Microcirculation, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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Peinado AB, Harvey RE, Hart EC, Charkoudian N, Curry TB, Nicholson WT, Wallin BG, Joyner MJ, Barnes JN. Neural control of blood pressure in women: differences according to age. Clin Auton Res 2017; 27:157-165. [PMID: 28205011 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-017-0403-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE The blood pressure "error signal" represents the difference between an individual's mean diastolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure at which 50% of cardiac cycles are associated with a muscle sympathetic nerve activity burst (the "T50"). In this study we evaluated whether T50 and the error signal related to the extent of change in blood pressure during autonomic blockade in young and older women, to study potential differences in sympathetic neural mechanisms regulating blood pressure before and after menopause. METHODS We measured muscle sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure in 12 premenopausal (25 ± 1 years) and 12 postmenopausal women (61 ± 2 years) before and during complete autonomic blockade with trimethaphan camsylate. RESULTS At baseline, young women had a negative error signal (-8 ± 1 versus 2 ± 1 mmHg, p < 0.001; respectively) and lower muscle sympathetic nerve activity (15 ± 1 versus 33 ± 3 bursts/min, p < 0.001; respectively) than older women. The change in diastolic blood pressure after autonomic blockade was associated with baseline T50 in older women (r = -0.725, p = 0.008) but not in young women (r = -0.337, p = 0.29). Women with the most negative error signal had the lowest muscle sympathetic nerve activity in both groups (young: r = 0.886, p < 0.001; older: r = 0.870, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that there are differences in baroreflex control of muscle sympathetic nerve activity between young and older women, using the T50 and error signal analysis. This approach provides further information on autonomic control of blood pressure in women.
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- Ana B Peinado
- LFE Research Group, Department of Health and Human Performance, Technical University of Madrid, Martín Fierro, 7, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgren Academy at Gothenburg University, Gotheborg, Sweden
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Fujii N, McNeely BD, Kenny GP. Nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase modulate β-adrenergic cutaneous vasodilatation and sweating in young men. J Physiol 2017; 595:1173-1184. [PMID: 27779753 DOI: 10.1113/jp273502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS β-Adrenergic receptor agonists such as isoproterenol induce cutaneous vasodilatation and sweating in humans, but the mechanisms underpinning this response remain unresolved. Using intradermal microdialysis, we evaluated the roles of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX) in β-adrenergic cutaneous vasodilatation and sweating elicited by administration of isoproterenol. We show that while NOS contributes to β-adrenergic cutaneous vasodilatation, COX restricts cutaneous vasodilatation. We also show that combined inhibition of NOS and COX augments β-adrenergic sweating These new findings advance our basic knowledge regarding the physiological control of cutaneous blood flow and sweating, and provide important and new information to better understand the physiological significance of β-adrenergic receptors in the skin. ABSTRACT β-Adrenergic receptor agonists such as isoproterenol can induce cutaneous vasodilatation and sweating in humans, but the mechanisms underpinning this response remain unresolved. We evaluated the hypotheses that (1) nitric oxide synthase (NOS) contributes to β-adrenergic cutaneous vasodilatation, whereas cyclooxygenase (COX) limits the vasodilatation, and (2) COX contributes to β-adrenergic sweating. In 10 young males (25 ± 5 years), cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) and sweat rate were evaluated at four intradermal forearm skin sites infused with (1) lactated Ringer solution (control), (2) 10 mm Nω -nitro-l-arginine (l-NNA), a non-specific NOS inhibitor, (3) 10 mm ketorolac, a non-specific COX inhibitor, or (4) a combination of l-NNA and ketorolac. All sites were co-administered with a high dose of isoproterenol (100 μm) for 3 min to maximally induce β-adrenergic sweating (β-adrenergic sweating is significantly blunted by subsequent activations). Approximately 60 min after the washout period, three incremental doses of isoproterenol were co-administered (1, 10 and 100 μm each for 25 min). Increases in CVC induced by the first and second 100 μm isoproterenol were attenuated by l-NNA alone, and those in response to all doses of isoproterenol were reduced by l-NNA with co-infusion of ketorolac (all P ≤ 0.05). Ketorolac alone augmented increases in CVC induced by 10 μm and by the second 100 μm isoproterenol (both P ≤ 0.05). While isoproterenol-induced sweating was not affected by the separate administration of l-NNA or ketorolac (all P > 0.05), their combined administration augmented sweating elicited by the first 3 min of 100 μm isoproterenol (P = 0.05). We show that while NOS contributes to β-adrenergic cutaneous vasodilatation, COX restrains the vasodilatation. Finally, combined inhibition of NOS and COX augments β-adrenergic sweating.
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- Naoto Fujii
- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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Baker SE, Limberg JK, Ranadive SM, Joyner MJ. Neurovascular control of blood pressure is influenced by aging, sex, and sex hormones. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2016; 311:R1271-R1275. [PMID: 27856414 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00288.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this review, we highlight that the relationship between muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and mean arterial pressure is complex, differs by sex, and changes with age. In young men there is an inverse relationship between MSNA and cardiac output where high MSNA is compensated for by low cardiac output. This inverse relationship is not seen in older men. In young women sympathetic vasoconstriction is offset by β-adrenoreceptor mediated vasodilation, limiting the ability of young women to maintain blood pressure in response to orthostatic stress. However, β-mediated dilation in women is attenuated with age, leading to unopposed α-adrenergic vasoconstriction and a rise in the direct transduction of MSNA into increases in blood pressure. We propose that these changes with age and menopausal status are major contributing factors in the increased prevalence of hypertension in older women. In addition to aging, we highlight that changes in sex hormones in young women (across the menstrual cycle, with oral contraceptive use, or with pregnancy) influence MSNA and the transduction of MSNA into increases in blood pressure. It is likely that the β-adrenergic receptors and/or changes in baroreflex sensitivity play a large role in these sex differences and changes with alterations in sex hormones.
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- Sarah E Baker
- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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This brief review highlights new ideas about the role of the sympathetic nervous system in human blood pressure regulation. We emphasize how this role varies with age and sex and use our findings to raise questions about the sympathetic nervous system and hypertension in humans. We also focus on three additional areas, including (1) novel ideas about the carotid body and sympathoexcitation as it relates to hypertension, (2) clinical trials of renal denervation that attempted to treat hypertension by reducing ongoing sympathoexcitation, and (3) new ideas about resistant hypertension and cerebral blood flow. We further highlight that success of device-based therapy to modulate the sympathetic nervous system relies heavily on patient selection. Furthermore, data suggest that the majority of patients respond to anti-hypertensive therapy and the major cause of "resistant" hypertension is poor patient adherence. While the enthusiasm for device therapy or perhaps even "precision medicine" is high, it is likely that by far the most benefit to the most patients will occur via better screening, more aggressive therapy, and the development of strategies that improve patient adherence to medication regimens and lifestyle changes.
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- Michael J Joyner
- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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Limberg JK, Peltonen GL, Johansson RE, Harrell JW, Kellawan JM, Eldridge MW, Sebranek JJ, Walker BJ, Schrage WG. Greater Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Mediated Vasodilation in Women Using Oral Contraceptives. Front Physiol 2016; 7:215. [PMID: 27375493 PMCID: PMC4896959 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background: β-adrenergic receptors play an important role in mitigating the pressor effects of sympathetic nervous system activity in young women. Based on recent data showing oral contraceptive use in women abolishes the relationship between muscle sympathetic nervous system activity and blood pressure, we hypothesized forearm blood flow responses to a β-adrenergic receptor agonist would be greater in young women currently using oral contraceptives (OC+, n = 13) when compared to those not using oral contraceptives (OC–, n = 10). Methods: Women (18–35 years) were studied during the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle (days 1–5) or placebo phase of oral contraceptive use. Forearm blood flow (FBF, Doppler ultrasound) and mean arterial blood pressure (MAP, brachial arterial catheter) were measured at baseline and during graded brachial artery infusion of the β-adrenergic receptor agonist, Isoproterenol (ISO), as well as Acetylcholine (ACH, endothelium-dependent vasodilation) and Nitroprusside (NTP, endothelium-independent vasodilation). Forearm vascular conductance was calculated (FVC = FBF/MAP, ml/min/100 mmHg) and the rise in FVC from baseline during infusion quantified vasodilation (ΔFVC = FVCinfusion − FVCbaseline). Results: ISO increased FVC in both groups (p < 0.01) and ISO-mediated ΔFVC was greater in OC+ compared to OC– (Main effect of group, p = 0.02). Expressing data as FVC and FBF resulted in similar conclusions. FVC responses to both ACH and NTP were also greater in OC+ compared to OC–. Conclusions: These data are the first to demonstrate greater β-adrenergic receptor-mediated vasodilation in the forearm of women currently using oral contraceptives (placebo phase) when compared to those not using oral contraceptives (early follicular phase), and suggest oral contraceptive use influences neurovascular control.
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, USA
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Limberg JK, Johansson RE, Peltonen GL, Harrell JW, Kellawan JM, Eldridge MW, Sebranek JJ, Schrage WG. β-Adrenergic-mediated vasodilation in young men and women: cyclooxygenase restrains nitric oxide synthase. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2016; 310:H756-64. [PMID: 26747505 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00886.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We tested the hypothesis that women exhibit greater vasodilator responses to β-adrenoceptor stimulation compared with men. We further hypothesized women exhibit a greater contribution of nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase to β-adrenergic-mediated vasodilation compared with men. Forearm blood flow (Doppler ultrasound) was measured in young men (n = 29, 26 ± 1 yr) and women (n = 33, 25 ± 1 yr) during intra-arterial infusion of isoproterenol (β-adrenergic agonist). In subset of subjects, isoproterenol responses were examined before and after local inhibition of nitric oxide synthase [N(G)-monomethyl-l-arginine (l-NMMA); 6 male/10 female] and/or cyclooxygenase (ketorolac; 5 male/5 female). Vascular conductance (blood flow ÷ mean arterial pressure) was calculated to assess vasodilation. Vascular conductance increased with isoproterenol infusion (P < 0.01), and this effect was not different between men and women (P = 0.41). l-NMMA infusion had no effect on isoproterenol-mediated dilation in men (P > 0.99) or women (P = 0.21). In contrast, ketorolac infusion markedly increased isoproterenol-mediated responses in both men (P < 0.01) and women (P = 0.04) and this rise was lost with subsequent l-NMMA infusion (men, P < 0.01; women, P < 0.05). β-Adrenergic vasodilation is not different between men and women and sex differences in the independent contribution of nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase to β-mediated vasodilation are not present. However, these data are the first to demonstrate β-adrenoceptor activation of cyclooxygenase suppresses nitric oxide synthase signaling in human forearm microcirculation and may have important implications for neurovascular control in both health and disease.
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; and
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin;
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Ross AJ, Gao Z, Pollock JP, Leuenberger UA, Sinoway LI, Muller MD. β-Adrenergic receptor blockade impairs coronary exercise hyperemia in young men but not older men. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2014; 307:H1497-503. [PMID: 25239806 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00584.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Patients with coronary artery disease have attenuated coronary vasodilator responses to physiological stress, which is partially attributed to a β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR)-mediated mechanisms. Whether β-ARs contribute to impaired coronary vasodilation seen with healthy aging is unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of β-ARs in coronary exercise hyperemia in healthy humans. Six young men (26 ± 1 yr) and seven older men (67 ± 4 yr) performed isometric handgrip exercise at 30% maximal voluntary contraction for 2 min after receiving intravenous propranolol, a β-AR antagonist, and no treatment. Isoproterenol, a β-AR agonist, was infused to confirm the β-AR blockade. Blood pressure and heart rate were monitored continuously, and coronary blood flow velocity (CBV, left anterior descending artery) was measured by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography. Older men had an attenuated ΔCBV to isometric exercise (3.8 ± 1.3 vs. 9.7 ± 2.1 cm/s, P = 0.02) compared with young men. Propranolol decreased the ΔCBV at peak handgrip exercise in young men (9.7 ± 2.1 vs. 2.7 ± 0.9 cm/s, P = 0.008). However, propranolol had no effect on ΔCBV in older men (3.8 ± 1.3 vs. 4.2 ± 1.9 cm/s, P = 0.9). Older men also had attenuated coronary hyperemia to low-dose isoproterenol. These data indicate that β-AR control of coronary blood flow is impaired in healthy older men.
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- Amanda J Ross
- Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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