scholarly journals Effect of acute sympathetic activation on leg vasodilation before and after endurance exercise

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (0) ◽  
pp. 53-67
Author(s):  
Alessandro Gentilin ◽  
Cantor Tarperi ◽  
Kristina Skroce ◽  
Antonio Cevese ◽  
Federico Schena
2007 ◽  
Vol 293 (6) ◽  
pp. R2336-R2342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela C. Devries ◽  
Stuart A. Lowther ◽  
Alexander W. Glover ◽  
Mazen J. Hamadeh ◽  
Mark A. Tarnopolsky

Women use more fat during endurance exercise as evidenced by a lower respiratory exchange ratio (RER). The contribution of intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) to lipid oxidation during endurance exercise is controversial, and studies investigating sex differences in IMCL utilization have found conflicting results. We determined the effect of sex on net IMCL use during an endurance exercise bout using an ultrastructural evaluation. Men ( n = 17) and women ( n = 19) completed 90-min cycling at 63% V̇o2peak. Biopsies were taken before and after exercise and fixed for electron microscopy to determine IMCL size, # IMCL/area, IMCL area density, and the % IMCL touching mitochondria. Women had a lower RER and carbohydrate oxidation rate and a higher lipid oxidation rate during exercise ( P < 0.05), compared with men. Women had a higher # IMCL/area and IMCL area density ( P < 0.05), compared with men. Women, but not men, had a higher % IMCL touching mitochondria postexercise ( P = 0.03). Exercise decreased IMCL area density ( P = 0.01), due to a decrease in the # IMCL/area ( P = 0.02). There was no sex difference in IMCL size or net use. In conclusion, women have higher IMCL area density compared with men, due to an increased # IMCL and not an increased IMCL size, as well as an increased % IMCL touching mitochondria postexercise. Endurance exercise resulted in a net decrease in IMCL density due to decreased number of IMCL, not decreased IMCL size, in both sexes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Moshkani Farahani ◽  
M Shirdel

Abstract Introduction With regular and long-term exercises, the heart undergoes changes that are called the adaptation of the heart in response to exercise or physiological changes, which contrasts with the pathological changes caused by hypertension and aortic valve stenosis. However, the exact effects of exercise on the structure and function of the heart depend on the type, intensity and duration of exercise, the amount of physical fitness, inheritance, and gender. Materials and Methods In this prospective clinical trial study, 40 subjects, including 20 in the endurance exercise group and 20 in the exercise group, were evaluated. Echocardiography was performed for all of these subjects before and after the exercises that was performed professionally for 8 weeks under the supervision of the trainer and the changes were recorded. The data were analyzed statistically by SPSS20 software. A significant level of 0.05 was considered. Results The mean ± standard deviation of the age was 20/80 ± 1/42 years. Significant decrease in mean RVSM was observed only in the strength group (P = 0.008). There was no significant difference in the endurance group . There was no significant difference between the two groups before the test in the mean TAPSE (P = 0.46). The mean of TAPSE in the endurance group was 0.22 ± 1.99 and in the strength group was 0.31 ± 1.95. There was no significant difference between the two groups (P 0.46). There was no significant difference between the two groups before the test in the mean E / e (P = 0.51). The mean E / e "in the endurance group was 0.47 ± 4.75 and in the strength group was 0.54 ± 5.50, and there was a significant difference between the two groups (P &lt;0.001). The mean SWDT in the endurance group was 0.12 ± 0.95 and in the strength group was 0.11 ± 1.06, and there was a significant difference between the two groups (P = 0.002). There was a significant increase in mean SWDT in the strength group after the test (P &lt;0.001) .There was a significant increase in mean PAP in the strength group (P = 0.007) . There was a significant increase in mean LV mass index in the strength group (P &lt;0.001),with no significant difference between the two groups in mean FAC. Conclusion It seems that any kind of strength and endurance exercise affects the performance status, however, strength exercises have more effects which causes RV dysfunction. All indexes measured changed within normal level except for PAP that had abnormal changes after endurance exercise .


1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (3) ◽  
pp. H842-H847 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. DiCarlo ◽  
V. S. Bishop

This study was designed to determine whether cardiac vagal afferents exert an inhibitory influence on increases in regional vascular resistance during exercise and to determine whether endurance exercise training enhances the inhibitory influence of cardiac vagal afferents. We measured changes in regional vascular resistance in 12 rabbits at rest and during running at 12.6 m/min, 20% grade, before and after reversible denervation of cardiac afferents (intrapericardial procainamide HCl, 2%). In addition, these procedures were repeated in five of these rabbits following an 8-wk endurance exercise training program. Because intrapericardial injections of procainamide anesthetize both the efferent as well as the afferent innervation to the heart, it was necessary to determine the effects of blocking the efferent innervation on the regulation of regional vascular resistance during exercise. Rabbits were instrumented with Doppler ultrasonic flow probes around the renal (R), mesenteric (M), ascending, and terminal aortic (TA) arteries. Catheters were positioned in the central ear artery and vein and pericardial sac. Mean arterial pressure, heart rate, cardiac output, R, M, TA, and systemic (S) resistances were determined. Exercise changed R (+37 +/- 4%), M (+88 +/- 9%), TA (-62 +/- 6%), and S (-34 +/- 3) resistances. Subsequent cardiac efferent blockade alone had no significant effect on regional vascular resistance during exercise. Combined efferent and afferent blockade resulted in significant increases in R (+62 +/- 6%) and M resistance (+134 +/- 13%) but did not alter TA (-51 +/- 4%) or S (-27 +/- 2%) resistance during exercise. Exercise training significantly enhanced the inhibitory influence of cardiac afferents on R and M regional vascular resistance.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1995 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjell Larsson ◽  
Per Carlens ◽  
Sture Bevegård ◽  
Paul Hjemdahl

1. Bronchoconstriction does not seem to be a stimulus for sympathoadrenal activation, as judged by venous plasma concentrations of noradrenaline, adrenaline or neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity. However, venous measurements have methodological drawbacks. In the present study arterial and mixed venous (pulmonary arterial) levels of these variables were determined before and after histamine-induced bronchoconstriction in non-medicated asthmatic subjects. In addition, noradrenaline kinetics in plasma (isotope dilution) and the pulmonary overflows of noradrenaline and neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity were determined. 2. Histamine inhalation induced bronchoconstriction; forced expiratory volume in 1 s decreased by 38.7% ± 4.1% (SE) and arterial Po2 by 3.0 ± 0.9 kPa. This acute bronchoconstriction induced significant elevations of arterial and mixed venous plasma noradrenaline from ≤1.18 nmol/l to ≥1.40 nmol/l. The clearance of NA from plasma increased marginally. Thus, the arterial plasma NA response was due to increased spillover of noradrenaline to plasma (from 1.80 ± 0.18 to 2.52 ± 0.36 mmol min−1/m2 at maximal bronchoconstriction, with a subsequent further increase). There were no elevations of adrenaline or neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity in arterial plasma. 3. No sympathetic activation could be demonstrated in the lungs (pulmonary noradrenaline or neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity overflow), and no alterations in pulmonary vascular resistance or cardiac output were observed. Neither arterial nor mixed venous plasma concentrations of adrenaline were influenced by bronchoconstriction. 4. Acute bronchoconstriction thus leads to peripheral sympathetic activation (possibly due to the increased work of breathing) which does not involve the lungs. Adrenaline is not secreted in response to induced bronchoconstriction, and thus is of no functional importance as a counter-regulatory hormone in this situation.


2002 ◽  
Vol 92 (6) ◽  
pp. 2368-2374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette N. Senitko ◽  
Nisha Charkoudian ◽  
John R. Halliwill

In sedentary individuals, postexercise hypotension after a single bout of aerobic exercise is due to a peripheral vasodilation. Endurance exercise training has the potential to modify this response and perhaps reduce the degree of postexercise hypotension. We tested the hypothesis that endurance exercise-trained men and women would have blunted postexercise hypotension compared with sedentary subjects but that the mechanism of hypotension would be similar (i.e., vasodilation). We studied 16 endurance-trained and 16 sedentary men and women. Arterial pressure, cardiac output, and total peripheral resistance were determined before and after a single 60-min bout of exercise at 60% peak oxygen consumption. All groups exhibited a similar degree of postexercise hypotension (∼4–5 mmHg; P < 0.05 vs. preexercise). In sedentary men and women, hypotension was the result of vasodilation (Δresistance: −8.9 ± 2.2%). In endurance-trained women, hypotension was also the result of vasodilation (−8.1 ± 4.1%). However, in endurance-trained men, hypotension was the result of a reduced cardiac output (−5.2 ± 2.4%; P < 0.05 vs. all others) and vasodilation was absent (−0.7 ± 3.3%; P < 0.05 vs. all others). Thus we conclude the magnitude of postexercise hypotension is similar in sedentary and endurance-trained men and women but that endurance-trained men and women achieve this fall in pressure via different mechanisms.


2011 ◽  
Vol 300 (3) ◽  
pp. H813-H819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison E. DeVan ◽  
Daniel Umpierre ◽  
Michelle L. Harrison ◽  
Hsin-Fu Lin ◽  
Takashi Tarumi ◽  
...  

Advancing age is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease. Endothelial dysfunction accompanied by increased oxidative stress and inflammation with aging may predispose older arteries to greater ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Because coronary artery ischemia cannot be induced safely, the effects of age and habitual endurance exercise on endothelial I/R injury have not been determined in humans. Using the brachial artery as a surrogate model of the coronary arteries, endothelial function, assessed by brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD), was measured before and after 20 min of continuous forearm occlusion in young sedentary ( n = 10, 24 ± 2 yr) and middle-aged ( n = 9, 48 ± 2 yr) sedentary adults to gain insight into the effects of primary aging on endothelial I/R injury. Young ( n = 9, 25 ± 1 yr) and middle-aged endurance-trained ( n = 9, 50 ± 2 yr) adults were also studied to determine whether habitual exercise provides protection from I/R injury. Fifteen minutes after ischemic injury, FMD decreased significantly by 37% in young sedentary, 35% in young endurance-trained, 68% in middle-aged sedentary, and 50% in middle-aged endurance-trained subjects. FMD returned to baseline levels within 30 min in young sedentary and endurance-trained subjects but remained depressed in middle-aged sedentary and endurance-trained subjects. Circulating markers of antioxidant capacity and inflammation were not related to FMD. In conclusion, advancing age is associated with a greater magnitude and delayed recovery from endothelial I/R injury in humans. Habitual endurance exercise may provide partial protection to the endothelium against this form of I/R injury with advancing age.


Author(s):  
Markus Herrmann ◽  
Jürgen Scharhag ◽  
Marga Sand-Hill ◽  
Wilfried Kindermann ◽  
Wolfgang Herrmann

AbstractPurpose: Mechanical manipulation of the prostate is a generally accepted interfering factor for the measurement of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). However, only few studies have focused on common daily mechanical manipulations, such as bicycle riding. Furthermore, physical exercise is also supposed to modulate PSA serum concentration. Long-distance mountain biking is an excellent model to study the combined effect of mechanical prostate manipulation by bicycle riding and strenuous endurance exercise on total, free and complexed PSA (tPSA, fPSA, cPSA). Materials and methods: We investigated tPSA, fPSA and cPSA in 42 healthy male cyclists (mean age 35±6 years) before and after a 120 km off-road mountain bike race. Blood sampling was done before, 15 min and 3 h after the race. Results: Mean race time was 342±65 min. All athletes had normal serum levels of tPSA, fPSA or cPSA. None of these parameters was modified by the race. Conclusions: In healthy men the measurement of tPSA, fPSA and cPSA is not disturbed by preceding long distance mountain biking or endurance exercise. Based on the present data, there is no evidence for a recommendation to limit bicycle riding or physical activity before the measurement of tPSA, fPSA or cPSA.


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