Myles W O'Brien1, Diane Ramsay1, William Johnston1, Derek S Kimmerly2. 1. Autonomic Cardiovascular Control and Exercise Laboratory, Division of Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, 6230 South Street, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada. 2. Autonomic Cardiovascular Control and Exercise Laboratory, Division of Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, 6230 South Street, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada. dskimmerly@dal.ca.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Lower aerobic fitness increases the risk of developing hypertension. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) is important for the beat-by-beat regulation of blood pressure. Whether the cardiovascular consequences of lower aerobic fitness are due to augmented transduction of MSNA into vascular responses is unclear. We tested the hypothesis that aerobic fitness is inversely related to peak increases in total peripheral resistance (TPR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) in response to spontaneous MSNA bursts in young males. METHODS: Relative peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak, indirect calorimetry) was assessed in 18 young males (23 ± 3 years; 41 ± 8 ml/kg/min). MSNA (microneurography), cardiac intervals (electrocardiogram) and arterial pressure (finger photoplethysmography) were recorded continuously during supine rest. Stroke volume and cardiac output (CO) were estimated via the ModelFlow method. TPR was calculated as MAP/CO. Changes in TPR and MAP were tracked for 12 cardiac cycles following heartbeats associated with or without spontaneous bursts of MSNA. RESULTS: Overall, aerobic fitness was inversely correlated to the peak ΔTPR (0.8 ± 0.7 mmHg/l/min; R = - 0.61, P = 0.007) and ΔMAP (2.3 ± 0.8 mmHg; R = - 0.69, P < 0.001), but not with the peak ΔCO (0.2 ± 0.1 l/min; P = 0.50), MSNA burst frequency (14 ± 5 bursts/min; P = 0.43) or MSNA relative burst amplitude (65 ± 12%; P = 0.13). Heartbeats without an associated burst of MSNA did not increase TPR, MAP or CO. CONCLUSION: Although unrelated to traditional MSNA characteristics, aerobic fitness was inversely associated with spontaneous sympathetic neurovascular transduction in young males. This may be a potential mechanism by which aerobic fitness modulates the regulation of arterial blood pressure through the sympathetic nervous system.
PURPOSE: Lower aerobic fitness increases the risk of developing hypertension. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) is important for the beat-by-beat regulation of blood pressure. Whether the cardiovascular consequences of lower aerobic fitness are due to augmented transduction of MSNA into vascular responses is unclear. We tested the hypothesis that aerobic fitness is inversely related to peak increases in total peripheral resistance (TPR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) in response to spontaneous MSNA bursts in young males. METHODS: Relative peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak, indirect calorimetry) was assessed in 18 young males (23 ± 3 years; 41 ± 8 ml/kg/min). MSNA (microneurography), cardiac intervals (electrocardiogram) and arterial pressure (finger photoplethysmography) were recorded continuously during supine rest. Stroke volume and cardiac output (CO) were estimated via the ModelFlow method. TPR was calculated as MAP/CO. Changes in TPR and MAP were tracked for 12 cardiac cycles following heartbeats associated with or without spontaneous bursts of MSNA. RESULTS: Overall, aerobic fitness was inversely correlated to the peak ΔTPR (0.8 ± 0.7 mmHg/l/min; R = - 0.61, P = 0.007) and ΔMAP (2.3 ± 0.8 mmHg; R = - 0.69, P < 0.001), but not with the peak ΔCO (0.2 ± 0.1 l/min; P = 0.50), MSNA burst frequency (14 ± 5 bursts/min; P = 0.43) or MSNA relative burst amplitude (65 ± 12%; P = 0.13). Heartbeats without an associated burst of MSNA did not increase TPR, MAP or CO. CONCLUSION: Although unrelated to traditional MSNA characteristics, aerobic fitness was inversely associated with spontaneous sympathetic neurovascular transduction in young males. This may be a potential mechanism by which aerobic fitness modulates the regulation of arterial blood pressure through the sympathetic nervous system.
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