Bryan Thomas Haddock1, Susan T Francis2, Henrik B W Larsson1, Ulrik B Andersen3. 1. Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; and. 2. Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. 3. Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; and ulba@regionh.dk.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Renal flow abnormalities are believed to play a central role in the pathogenesis of nephropathy and in primary and secondary hypertension, but are difficult to measure in humans. Handgrip exercise is known to reduce renal arterial flow (RAF) by means of increased renal sympathetic nerve activity. METHODS: To monitor medullary and cortical oxygenation under handgrip exercise-reduced perfusion, we used contrast- and radiation-free magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure regional changes in renal perfusion and blood oxygenation in ten healthy normotensive individuals during handgrip exercise. We used phase-contrast MRI to measure RAF, arterial spin labeling to measure perfusion, and both changes in transverse relaxation time (T2*) and dynamic blood oxygenation level-dependent imaging to measure blood oxygenation. RESULTS: Handgrip exercise induced a significant decrease in RAF. In the renal medulla, this was accompanied by an increase of oxygenation (reflected by an increase in T2*) despite a significant drop in medullary perfusion; the renal cortex showed a significant decrease in both perfusion and oxygenation. We also found a significant correlation (R 2=0.8) between resting systolic BP and the decrease in RAF during handgrip exercise. CONCLUSIONS: Renal MRI measurements in response to handgrip exercise were consistent with a sympathetically mediated decrease in RAF. In the renal medulla, oxygenation increased despite a reduction in perfusion, which we interpreted as the result of decreased GFR and a subsequently reduced reabsorptive workload. Our results further indicate that the renal flow response's sensitivity to sympathetic activation is correlated with resting BP, even within a normotensive range.
BACKGROUND:Renal flow abnormalities are believed to play a central role in the pathogenesis of nephropathy and in primary and secondary hypertension, but are difficult to measure in humans. Handgrip exercise is known to reduce renal arterial flow (RAF) by means of increased renal sympathetic nerve activity. METHODS: To monitor medullary and cortical oxygenation under handgrip exercise-reduced perfusion, we used contrast- and radiation-free magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure regional changes in renal perfusion and blood oxygenation in ten healthy normotensive individuals during handgrip exercise. We used phase-contrast MRI to measure RAF, arterial spin labeling to measure perfusion, and both changes in transverse relaxation time (T2*) and dynamic blood oxygenation level-dependent imaging to measure blood oxygenation. RESULTS: Handgrip exercise induced a significant decrease in RAF. In the renal medulla, this was accompanied by an increase of oxygenation (reflected by an increase in T2*) despite a significant drop in medullary perfusion; the renal cortex showed a significant decrease in both perfusion and oxygenation. We also found a significant correlation (R 2=0.8) between resting systolic BP and the decrease in RAF during handgrip exercise. CONCLUSIONS: Renal MRI measurements in response to handgrip exercise were consistent with a sympathetically mediated decrease in RAF. In the renal medulla, oxygenation increased despite a reduction in perfusion, which we interpreted as the result of decreased GFR and a subsequently reduced reabsorptive workload. Our results further indicate that the renal flow response's sensitivity to sympathetic activation is correlated with resting BP, even within a normotensive range.
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