TY - JOUR
T1 - Age- and sex-related differences in sympathetic vascular transduction and neurohemodynamic balance in humans
AU - D’Souza, Andrew W.
AU - Hissen, Sarah L.
AU - Manabe, Kazumasa
AU - Takeda, Ryosuke
AU - Washio, Takuro
AU - Coombs, Geoff B.
AU - Sanchez, Belinda
AU - Fu, Qi
AU - Shoemaker, J. Kevin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 the American Physiological Society.
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Bursts of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and the ensuing vasoconstriction are pivotal determinants of beat-by-beat blood pressure regulation. Although age and sex impact blood pressure regulation, how these factors affect the central and peripheral arcs of the baroreflex remains unclear. In 27 young [25 (SD 3) yr] males (YM; n = 14) and females (YF; n = 13) and 23 older [71 (SD 5) yr] males (OM; n = 11) and females (OF; n = 12), femoral artery blood flow, blood pressure, and MSNA were recorded for 10 min of supine rest. Sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity (i.e., central arc) was quantified as the relationship between diastolic blood pressure and MSNA burst incidence. Signal averaging was used to determine sympathetic vascular transduction into leg vascular conductance (LVC) for 12 cardiac cycles following MSNA bursts (i.e., peripheral arc). Older adults demonstrated attenuated sympathetic transduction into LVC (both P < 0.001) following MSNA bursts, and smaller increases in sympathetic transduction as a function of MSNA burst size and firing pattern compared with young adults (range, P = 0.004–0.032). YM (r2 = 0.36; P = 0.032) and OM (r2 = 0.51; P = 0.014) exhibited an inverse relationship between the central and peripheral arcs of the baroreflex, whereas females did not (YF, r2 = 0.03, P = 0.621; OF, r2 = 0.06, P = 0.445). MSNA burst incidence was inversely related to sympathetic transduction in YM and OF (range, P = 0.03–0.046) but not in YF or OM (range, P = 0.360–0.603). These data indicate that age is associated with attenuated sympathetic vascular transduction, whereas age- and sex-specific changes are present in the relationship between the central and peripheral arcs of the baroreflex regulation of blood pressure.
AB - Bursts of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and the ensuing vasoconstriction are pivotal determinants of beat-by-beat blood pressure regulation. Although age and sex impact blood pressure regulation, how these factors affect the central and peripheral arcs of the baroreflex remains unclear. In 27 young [25 (SD 3) yr] males (YM; n = 14) and females (YF; n = 13) and 23 older [71 (SD 5) yr] males (OM; n = 11) and females (OF; n = 12), femoral artery blood flow, blood pressure, and MSNA were recorded for 10 min of supine rest. Sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity (i.e., central arc) was quantified as the relationship between diastolic blood pressure and MSNA burst incidence. Signal averaging was used to determine sympathetic vascular transduction into leg vascular conductance (LVC) for 12 cardiac cycles following MSNA bursts (i.e., peripheral arc). Older adults demonstrated attenuated sympathetic transduction into LVC (both P < 0.001) following MSNA bursts, and smaller increases in sympathetic transduction as a function of MSNA burst size and firing pattern compared with young adults (range, P = 0.004–0.032). YM (r2 = 0.36; P = 0.032) and OM (r2 = 0.51; P = 0.014) exhibited an inverse relationship between the central and peripheral arcs of the baroreflex, whereas females did not (YF, r2 = 0.03, P = 0.621; OF, r2 = 0.06, P = 0.445). MSNA burst incidence was inversely related to sympathetic transduction in YM and OF (range, P = 0.03–0.046) but not in YF or OM (range, P = 0.360–0.603). These data indicate that age is associated with attenuated sympathetic vascular transduction, whereas age- and sex-specific changes are present in the relationship between the central and peripheral arcs of the baroreflex regulation of blood pressure.
KW - aging
KW - blood pressure
KW - microneurography
KW - muscle sympathetic nerve activity
KW - vasoconstriction
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpheart.00301.2023
DO - 10.1152/ajpheart.00301.2023
M3 - Article
C2 - 37594483
AN - SCOPUS:85171901469
SN - 0363-6135
VL - 325
SP - H917-H932
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
IS - 4
ER -