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Mangner N, Winzer EB, Linke A, Adams V. Locomotor and respiratory muscle abnormalities in HFrEF and HFpEF. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1149065. [PMID: 37965088 PMCID: PMC10641491 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1149065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Heart failure (HF) is a chronic and progressive syndrome affecting worldwide billions of patients. Exercise intolerance and early fatigue are hallmarks of HF patients either with a reduced (HFrEF) or a preserved (HFpEF) ejection fraction. Alterations of the skeletal muscle contribute to exercise intolerance in HF. This review will provide a contemporary summary of the clinical and molecular alterations currently known to occur in the skeletal muscles of both HFrEF and HFpEF, and thereby differentiate the effects on locomotor and respiratory muscles, in particular the diaphragm. Moreover, current and future therapeutic options to address skeletal muscle weakness will be discussed focusing mainly on the effects of exercise training.
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Affiliation(s)
- Norman Mangner
- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Heart Center Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Dresden Cardiovascular Research Institute and Core Laboratories GmbH, Dresden, Germany
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Butenas ALE, Copp SW, Hageman KS, Poole DC, Musch TI. Effects of comorbid type II diabetes mellitus and heart failure on rat hindlimb and respiratory muscle blood flow during treadmill exercise. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2023; 134:846-857. [PMID: 36825642 PMCID: PMC10042612 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00770.2022] [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: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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In rats with type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) compared with nondiabetic healthy controls, muscle blood flow (Q̇m) to primarily glycolytic hindlimb muscles and the diaphragm muscle are elevated during submaximal treadmill running consequent to lower skeletal muscle mass, a finding that held even when muscle mass was normalized to body mass. In rats with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-rEF) compared with healthy controls, hindlimb Q̇m was lower, whereas diaphragm Q̇m is elevated during submaximal treadmill running. Importantly, T2DM is the most common comorbidity present in patients with HF-rEF, but the effect of concurrent T2DM and HF-rEF on limb and respiratory Q̇m during exercise is unknown. We hypothesized that during treadmill running (20 m·min-1; 10% incline), hindlimb and diaphragm Q̇m would be higher in T2DM Goto-Kakizaki rats with HF-rEF (i.e., HF-rEF + T2DM) compared with nondiabetic Wistar rats with HF-rEF. Ejection fractions were not different between groups (HF-rEF: 30 ± 5; HF-rEF + T2DM: 28 ± 8%; P = 0.617), whereas blood glucose was higher in HF-rEF + T2DM (209 ± 150 mg/dL) compared with HF-rEF rats (113 ± 28 mg/dL; P = 0.040). Hindlimb muscle mass normalized to body mass was lower in rats with HF-rEF + T2DM (36.3 ± 1.6 mg/g) than in nondiabetic HF-rEF counterparts (40.3 ± 2.7 mg/g; P < 0.001). During exercise, Q̇m was elevated in rats with HF-rEF + T2DM compared with nondiabetic counterparts to the hindlimb (HF-rEF: 100 ± 28; HF-rEF + T2DM: 139 ± 23 mL·min-1·100 g-1; P < 0.001) and diaphragm (HF-rEF: 177 ± 66; HF-rEF + T2DM: 215 ± 93 mL·min-1·100g-1; P = 0.035). These data suggest that the pathophysiological consequences of T2DM on hindlimb and diaphragm Q̇m during treadmill running in the GK rat persist even in the presence of HF-rEF.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Herein, we demonstrate that rats comorbid with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-rEF) and type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have a higher hindlimb and respiratory muscle blood flow during submaximal treadmill running (20 m·min-1; 10% incline) compared with nondiabetic HF-rEF counterparts. These data may carry important clinical implications for roughly half of all patients with HF-rEF who present with T2DM.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alec L E Butenas
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
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Huang J, McDonnell BJ, Lawley JS, Byrd J, Stöhr EJ, Cornwell WK. Impact of Mechanical Circulatory Support on Exercise Capacity in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure. Exerc Sport Sci Rev 2022; 50:222-229. [PMID: 36095073 PMCID: PMC9475848 DOI: 10.1249/jes.0000000000000303] [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] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Approximately 6 million individuals have heart failure in the United States alone and 15 million in Europe. Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) improve survival in these patients, but functional capacity may not fully improve. This article examines the hypothesis that patients supported by LVAD experience persistent reductions in functional capacity and explores mechanisms accounting for abnormalities in exercise tolerance.
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- Janice Huang
- Department of Medicine-Cardiology. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora CO
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- School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff UK
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- Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck Austria
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- Department of Medicine-Cardiology. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora CO
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- Faculty of Philosophical Sciences, Institute of Sport Science, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Cardiology. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora CO
- Clinical Translational Research Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora CO
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Weber RE, Schulze KM, Colburn TD, Horn AG, Hageman KS, Ade CJ, Hall SE, Sandner P, Musch TI, Poole DC. Capillary hemodynamics and contracting skeletal muscle oxygen pressures in male rats with heart failure: Impact of soluble guanylyl cyclase activator. Nitric Oxide 2022; 119:1-8. [PMID: 34871799 PMCID: PMC9469501 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2021.12.001] [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: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
In heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), nitric oxide-soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) pathway dysfunction impairs skeletal muscle arteriolar vasodilation and thus capillary hemodynamics, contributing to impaired oxygen uptake (V̇O2) kinetics. Targeting this pathway with sGC activators offers a new treatment approach to HFrEF. We tested the hypotheses that sGC activator administration would increase the O2 delivery (Q̇O2)-to-V̇O2 ratio in the skeletal muscle interstitial space (PO2is) of HFrEF rats during twitch contractions due, in part, to increases in red blood cell (RBC) flux (fRBC), velocity (VRBC), and capillary hematocrit (Hctcap). HFrEF was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats via myocardial infarction. After 3 weeks, rats were treated with 0.3 mg/kg of the sGC activator BAY 60-2770 (HFrEF + BAY; n = 11) or solvent (HFrEF; n = 9) via gavage b.i.d for 5 days prior to phosphorescence quenching (PO2is, in contracting muscle) and intravital microscopy (resting) measurements in the spinotrapezius muscle. Intravital microscopy revealed higher fRBC (70 ± 9 vs 25 ± 8 RBC/s), VRBC (490 ± 43 vs 226 ± 35 μm/s), Hctcap (16 ± 1 vs 10 ± 1%) and a greater number of capillaries supporting flow (91 ± 3 vs 82 ± 3%) in HFrEF + BAY vs HFrEF (all P < 0.05). Additionally, PO2is was especially higher during 12-34s of contractions in HFrEF + BAY vs HFrEF (P < 0.05). Our findings suggest that sGC activators improved resting Q̇O2 via increased fRBC, VRBC, and Hctcap allowing for better Q̇O2-to-V̇O2 matching during the rest-contraction transient, supporting sGC activators as a potential therapeutic to target skeletal muscle vasomotor dysfunction in HFrEF.
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- Ramona E Weber
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Bayer AG, Cardiology Research, Wuppertal, Germany and Hannover Medical School, Department of Pharmacology, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Schulze KM, Weber RE, Colburn TD, Horn AG, Ade CJ, Hsu WW, Poole DC, Musch TI. The effects of pulmonary hypertension on skeletal muscle oxygen pressures in contracting rat spinotrapezius muscle. Exp Physiol 2021; 106:2070-2082. [PMID: 34469618 DOI: 10.1113/ep089631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? Does impairment in the dynamics of O2 transport in skeletal muscle during a series of contractions constitute a potential mechanism underlying reduced exercise capacity in pulmonary hypertension? What is the main finding and its importance? Pulmonary hypertension compromises the dynamic matching of skeletal muscle O2 delivery-to-utilization following contraction onset in the rat spinotrapezius muscle. These results implicate a role for vascular dysfunction in the slow V ̇ O 2 kinetics and exercise intolerance present in pulmonary hypertension. ABSTRACT Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by pulmonary vascular dysfunction and exercise intolerance due, in part, to compromised pulmonary and cardiac function. We tested the hypothesis that there are peripheral (i.e., skeletal muscle) aberrations in O2 delivery ( Q ̇ O 2 )-to-O2 utilization ( V ̇ O 2 ) matching and vascular control that might help to explain poor exercise tolerance in PH. Furthermore, we investigated the peripheral effects of nitric oxide (NO) in attenuating these decrements. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 21) were administered monocrotaline (MCT; 50 mg/kg, i.p.) to induce PH. Disease progression was monitored via echocardiography. Phosphorescence quenching determined the O2 partial pressure in the interstitial space ( P O 2 is ) in the spinotrapezius muscle at rest and during contractions under control (SNP-) and NO-donor (sodium nitroprusside, SNP+) conditions. MCT rats displayed right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy (right ventricle/(left ventricle + septum): 0.44 (0.13) vs. 0.28 (0.05)), pulmonary congestion, increased RV systolic pressure (48 (18) vs. 20 (8) mmHg) and arterial hypoxaemia ( P a O 2 : 64 (9) vs. 82 (9) mmHg) compared to healthy controls (HC) (P < 0.05). P O 2 is was significantly lower in MCT rats during the first 30 s of SNP- contractions. SNP superfusion elevated P O 2 is in both groups; however, MCT rats demonstrated a lower P O 2 is throughout SNP+ contractions versus HC (P < 0.05). Thus, for small muscle mass exercise in MCT rats, muscle oxygenation is impaired across the rest-to-contractions transition and exogenous NO does not raise the Q ̇ O 2 -to- V ̇ O 2 ratio in contracting muscle to the same levels as HC. These data support muscle Q ̇ O 2 -to- V ̇ O 2 mismatch as a potential contributor to slow V ̇ O 2 kinetics and therefore exercise intolerance in PH and suggest peripheral vascular dysfunction or remodelling as a possible mechanism.
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- Kiana M Schulze
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Smith JR, Berg JD, Curry TB, Joyner MJ, Olson TP. Respiratory muscle work influences locomotor convective and diffusive oxygen transport in human heart failure during exercise. Physiol Rep 2021; 8:e14484. [PMID: 32562374 PMCID: PMC7305241 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Introduction It remains unclear if naturally occurring respiratory muscle (RM) work influences leg diffusive O2 transport during exercise in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). In this retrospective study, we hypothesized that RM unloading during submaximal exercise will lead to increases in locomotor muscle O2 diffusion capacity (DMO2) contributing to the greater leg VO2. Methods Ten HFrEF patients and 10 healthy control matched participants performed two submaximal exercise bouts (i.e., with and without RM unloading). During exercise, leg blood flow was measured via constant infusion thermodilution. Intrathoracic pressure was measured via esophageal balloon. Radial arterial and femoral venous blood gases were measured and used to calculate leg arterial and venous content (CaO2 and CvO2, respectively), VO2, O2 delivery, and DMO2. Results From CTL to RM unloading, leg VO2, O2 delivery, and DMO2 were not different in healthy participants during submaximal exercise (all, p > .15). In HFrEF, leg VO2 (CTL: 0.7 ± 0.3 vs. RM unloading: 1.0 ± 0.4 L/min, p < .01), leg O2 delivery (CTL: 0.9 ± 0.4 vs. RM unloading: 1.4 ± 0.5 L/min, p < .01), and leg DMO2 (CTL: 31.5 ± 11.4 vs. RM unloading: 49.7 ± 18.6 ml min−1 mmHg−1) increased from CTL to RM unloading during submaximal exercise (all, p < .01), whereas CaO2‐CvO2 was not different (p = .51). The degree of RM unloading (i.e., % decrease in esophageal pressure‐time integral during inspiration) was related to the % increase in leg DMO2 with RM unloading (r = −.76, p = .01). Conclusion Our data suggest RM unloading leads to increased leg VO2 due to greater convective and diffusive O2 transport during submaximal exercise in HFrEF patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Joshua R Smith
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Smith JR, Hirai DM, Copp SW, Ferguson SK, Holdsworth CT, Hageman KS, Poole DC, Musch TI. Exercise training decreases intercostal and transversus abdominis muscle blood flows in heart failure rats during submaximal exercise. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2021; 292:103710. [PMID: 34091075 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103710] [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: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Diaphragm muscle blood flow (BF) and vascular conductance (VC) are elevated with chronic heart failure (HF) during exercise. Exercise training (ExT) elicits beneficial respiratory muscle and pulmonary system adaptations in HF. We hypothesized that diaphragm BF and VC would be lower in HF rats following ExT than their sedentary counterparts (Sed). Respiratory muscle BFs and mean arterial pressure were measured via radiolabeled microspheres and carotid artery catheter, respectively, during submaximal treadmill exercise (20 m/min, 5 % grade). During exercise, no differences were present between HF + ExT and HF + Sed in diaphragm BFs (201 ± 36 vs. 227 ± 44 mL/min/100 g) or VCs (both, p > 0.05). HF + ExT compared to HF + Sed had lower intercostal BF (27 ± 3 vs. 41 ± 5 mL/min/100 g) and VC (0.21 ± 0.02 vs. 0.31 ± 0.04 mL/min/mmHg/100 g) during exercise (both, p < 0.05). Further, HF + ExT compared to HF + Sed had lower transversus abdominis BF (20 ± 1 vs. 35 ± 6 mL/min/100 g) and VC (0.14 ± 0.02 vs. 0.27 ± 0.05 mL/min/mmHg/100 g) during exercise (both, p < 0.05). These data suggest that exercise training lowers the intercostal and transversus abdominis BF responses in HF rats during submaximal treadmill exercise.
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Affiliation(s)
- Joshua R Smith
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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Butenas ALE, Colburn TD, Baumfalk DR, Ade CJ, Hageman KS, Copp SW, Poole DC, Musch TI. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition improves cerebrovascular control during exercise in male rats with heart failure. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2021; 286:103613. [PMID: 33421609 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2020.103613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We investigated the effects of chronic (∼7 weeks) treatment with the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor Captopril in rats with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-rEF) on brain blood flow (BF; radiolabeled microspheres) at rest and during submaximal exercise. We hypothesized that middle cerebral, posterior cerebral, and cerebellar BF during submaximal exercise (20 m/min, 5% incline) would be reduced in rats with HF-rEF (n = 10) compared to healthy (SHAM, n = 10) controls and HF-rEF rats chronically treated with Captopril (HF-rEF + Cap., n = 20). During submaximal exercise middle cerebral (HF-rEF + Cap.: 274 ± 12; HF-rEF: 234 ± 23; SHAM: 248 ± 24 ml/min/100 g) and cerebellar (HF-rEF + Cap.: 222 ± 14; HF-rEF: 243 ± 22; SHAM: 214 ± 23 ml/min/100 g) BF increased from rest in all groups with no difference among groups (P > 0.24). Posterior cerebral BF increased from rest in all groups but was lower than SHAM (394 ± 46 ml/min/100 g; P = 0.03) in HF-rEF (298 ± 19 ml/min/100 g) but not HF-rEF + Cap. (356 ± 18 ml/min/100 g; P = 0.14), supporting the concept that ACE inhibition in HF-rEF elevates brain BF increases, at least to the posterior cerebral region, during moderate intensity exercise/physical activity.
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- Alec L E Butenas
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States.
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Dempsey JA, La Gerche A, Hull JH. Is the healthy respiratory system built just right, overbuilt, or underbuilt to meet the demands imposed by exercise? J Appl Physiol (1985) 2020; 129:1235-1256. [PMID: 32790594 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00444.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In the healthy, untrained young adult, a case is made for a respiratory system (airways, pulmonary vasculature, lung parenchyma, respiratory muscles, and neural ventilatory control system) that is near ideally designed to ensure a highly efficient, homeostatic response to exercise of varying intensities and durations. Our aim was then to consider circumstances in which the intra/extrathoracic airways, pulmonary vasculature, respiratory muscles, and/or blood-gas distribution are underbuilt or inadequately regulated relative to the demands imposed by the cardiovascular system. In these instances, the respiratory system presents a significant limitation to O2 transport and contributes to the occurrence of locomotor muscle fatigue, inhibition of central locomotor output, and exercise performance. Most prominent in these examples of an "underbuilt" respiratory system are highly trained endurance athletes, with additional influences of sex, aging, hypoxic environments, and the highly inbred equine. We summarize by evaluating the relative influences of these respiratory system limitations on exercise performance and their impact on pathophysiology and provide recommendations for future investigation.
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- Jerome A Dempsey
- John Robert Sutton Professor of Population Health Sciences, John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Clinical Research Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,National Center for Sports Cardiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.,Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH), University College London, United Kingdom
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Butenas ALE, Smith JR, Copp SW, Sue Hageman K, Poole DC, Musch TI. Type II diabetes accentuates diaphragm blood flow increases during submaximal exercise in the rat. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2020; 281:103518. [PMID: 32777269 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2020.103518] [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: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
We investigated the effect of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on respiratory muscle blood flow (BF) during exercise. Using the Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat model of T2DM, we hypothesized that diaphragm, intercostal and transverse abdominis BFs (radiolabeled microspheres) would be higher in male GK rats (n = 10) compared to healthy male Wistar controls (CON; n = 8) during submaximal exercise (20 m/min, 10 % grade). Blood glucose was significantly higher in GK (246 ± 29 mg/dL) compared to CON (103 ± 4 mg/dL; P < 0.01). Respiratory muscle BFs were not different at rest (P> 0.50). From rest to submaximal exercise, respiratory muscle BFs increased in both groups to all muscles (P < 0.01). During submaximal exercise GK rats had higher diaphragm BFs (GK: 189 ± 13; CON: 138 ± 14 mL/min/100 g, P < 0.01), and vascular conductance (GK: 1.4 ± 0.1; CON: 1.0 ± 0.1 mL/min/mmHg/100 g; P < 0.01) compared to CON. There were no differences in intercostal or transverse abdominis BF or VC during exercise (P> 0.15). These findings suggest that submaximal exercise requires a higher diaphragm BF and VC in T2DM compared to healthy counterparts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alec L E Butenas
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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Cross TJ, Kim CH, Johnson BD, Lalande S. The interactions between respiratory and cardiovascular systems in systolic heart failure. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2019; 128:214-224. [PMID: 31774354 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00113.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Heart failure (HF) is a complex and multifaceted disease. The disease affects multiple organ systems, including the respiratory system. This review provides three unique examples illustrating how the cardiovascular and respiratory systems interrelate because of the pathology of HF. Specifically, these examples outline the impact of HF pathophysiology on 1) respiratory mechanics and the mechanical "cost" of breathing; 2) mechanical interactions of the heart and lungs; and on 3) abnormalities of pulmonary gas exchange during exercise, and how this may be applied to treatment. The goal of this review is to, therefore, raise the awareness that HF, though primarily a disease of the heart, is accompanied by marked pathology of the respiratory system.
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- Troy James Cross
- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota
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- Department of Kinesiology and Heath Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Welch JF, Kipp S, Sheel AW. Respiratory muscles during exercise: mechanics, energetics, and fatigue. CURRENT OPINION IN PHYSIOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2019.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Craig JC, Colburn TD, Caldwell JT, Hirai DM, Tabuchi A, Baumfalk DR, Behnke BJ, Ade CJ, Musch TI, Poole DC. Central and peripheral factors mechanistically linked to exercise intolerance in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2019; 317:H434-H444. [PMID: 31225988 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00164.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Exercise intolerance is a primary symptom of heart failure (HF); however, the specific contribution of central and peripheral factors to this intolerance is not well described. The hyperbolic relationship between exercise intensity and time to exhaustion (speed-duration relationship) defines exercise tolerance but is underused in HF. We tested the hypotheses that critical speed (CS) would be reduced in HF, resting central functional measurements would correlate with CS, and the greatest HF-induced peripheral dysfunction would occur in more oxidative muscle. Multiple treadmill-constant speed runs to exhaustion were used to quantify CS and D' (distance coverable above CS) in healthy control (Con) and HF rats. Central function was determined via left ventricular (LV) Doppler echocardiography [fractional shortening (FS)] and a micromanometer-tipped catheter [LV end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP)]. Peripheral O2 delivery-to-utilization matching was determined via phosphorescence quenching (interstitial Po2, Po2 is) in the soleus and white gastrocnemius during electrically induced twitch contractions (1 Hz, 8V). CS was lower in HF compared with Con (37 ± 1 vs. 44 ± 1 m/min, P < 0.001), but D' was not different (77 ± 8 vs. 69 ± 13 m, P = 0.6). HF reduced FS (23 ± 2 vs. 47 ± 2%, P < 0.001) and increased LVEDP (15 ± 1 vs. 7 ± 1 mmHg, P < 0.001). CS was related to FS (r = 0.72, P = 0.045) and LVEDP (r = -0.75, P = 0.02) only in HF. HF reduced soleus Po2 is at rest and during contractions (both P < 0.01) but had no effect on white gastrocnemius Po2 is (P > 0.05). We show in HF rats that decrements in central cardiac function relate directly with impaired exercise tolerance (i.e., CS) and that this compromised exercise tolerance is likely due to reduced perfusive and diffusive O2 delivery to oxidative muscles.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We show that critical speed (CS), which defines the upper boundary of sustainable activity, can be resolved in heart failure (HF) animals and is diminished compared with controls. Central cardiac function is strongly related with CS in the HF animals, but not controls. Skeletal muscle O2 delivery-to-utilization dysfunction is evident in the more oxidative, but not glycolytic, muscles of HF rats and is explained, in part, by reduced nitric oxide bioavailability.
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- Jesse C Craig
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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Craig JC, Colburn TD, Hirai DM, Musch TI, Poole DC. Sexual dimorphism in the control of skeletal muscle interstitial Po 2 of heart failure rats: effects of dietary nitrate supplementation. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2019; 126:1184-1192. [PMID: 30844332 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01004.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Sex differences in the mechanisms underlying cardiovascular pathophysiology of O2 transport in heart failure (HF) remain to be explored. In HF, nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability is reduced and contributes to deficits in O2 delivery-to-utilization matching. Females may rely more on NO for cardiovascular control and as such experience greater decrements in HF. We tested the hypotheses that moderate HF induced by myocardial infarction would attenuate the skeletal muscle interstitial Po2 response to contractions (Po2is; determined by O2 delivery-to-utilization matching) compared with healthy controls and females would express greater dysfunction than male counterparts. Furthermore, we hypothesized that 5 days of dietary nitrate supplementation (Nitrate; 1 mmol·kg-1·day-1) would raise Po2is in HF rats. Forty-two Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to healthy, HF, or HF + Nitrate groups (each n = 14; 7 female/7 male). Spinotrapezius Po2is was measured via phosphorescence quenching during electrically induced twitch contractions (180 s; 1 Hz). HF reduced resting Po2is for both sexes compared with healthy controls (P < 0.01), and females were lower than males (14 ± 1 vs. 17 ± 2 mmHg) (P < 0.05). In HF both sexes expressed reduced Po2is amplitudes following the onset of muscle contractions compared with healthy controls (female: -41 ± 7%, male: -26 ± 12%) (P < 0.01). In HF rats, Nitrate elevated resting Po2is to values not different from healthy rats and removed the sex difference. Female HF + Nitrate rats expressed greater resting Po2is and amplitudes compared with female HF (P < 0.05). In this model of moderate HF, O2 delivery-to-utilization matching in the interstitial space is diminished in a sex-specific manner and dietary nitrate supplementation may serve to offset this reduction in HF rats with greater effects in females. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Interstitial Po2 (Po2is; indicative of O2 delivery-to-utilization matching) determines, in part, O2 flux into skeletal muscle. We show that heart failure (HF) reduces Po2is at rest and during skeletal muscle contractions in rats and this negative effect is amplified for females. However, elevating NO bioavailability with dietary nitrate supplementation increases resting Po2is and alters the dynamic response with greater efficacy in female HF rats, particularly at rest and following the onset of muscle contractions.
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- Jesse C Craig
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University , Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University , Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University , Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University , Manhattan, Kansas.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University , Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University , Manhattan, Kansas.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University , Manhattan, Kansas
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Smith JR, Olson TP. Ventilatory constraints influence physiological dead space in heart failure. Exp Physiol 2018; 104:70-80. [PMID: 30298957 PMCID: PMC6312456 DOI: 10.1113/ep087183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of alterations in tidal volume and alveolar volume on the elevated physiological dead space and the contribution of ventilatory constraints thereof in heart failure patients during submaximal exercise. What is the main finding and its importance? We found that physiological dead space was elevated in heart failure via reduced tidal volume and alveolar volume. Furthermore, the degree of ventilatory constraints was associated with physiological dead space and alveolar volume. ABSTRACT Patients who have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) exhibit impaired ventilatory efficiency [i.e. greater ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide ( <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub><mml:mover><mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>̇</mml:mo></mml:mover> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi></mml:msub> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:msub><mml:mover><mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>̇</mml:mo></mml:mover> <mml:mrow><mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:msub><mml:mi>O</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> ) slope] and elevated physiological dead space (VD /VT ). However, the impact of breathing strategy on VD /VT during submaximal exercise in HFrEF is unclear. The HFrEF (n = 9) and control (CTL, n = 9) participants performed constant-load cycling exercise at similar ventilation ( <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub><mml:mover><mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>̇</mml:mo></mml:mover> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi></mml:msub> </mml:math> ). Inspiratory capacity, operating lung volumes and arterial blood gases were measured during submaximal exercise. Arterial blood gases were used to derive VD /VT , alveolar volume, dead space volume, alveolar ventilation and dead space ventilation. During submaximal exercise, HFrEF patients had greater <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub><mml:mover><mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>̇</mml:mo></mml:mover> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi></mml:msub> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:msub><mml:mover><mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>̇</mml:mo></mml:mover> <mml:mrow><mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:msub><mml:mi>O</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> slope and VD /VT than CTL subjects (P = 0.01). At similar <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub><mml:mover><mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>̇</mml:mo></mml:mover> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi></mml:msub> </mml:math> , HFrEF patients had smaller tidal volumes and alveolar volumes (HFrEF 1.11 ± 0.33 litres versus CTL 1.66 ± 0.37 litres; both P ≤ 0.01), whereas dead space volume was not different (P = 0.47). The augmented breathing frequency in HFrEF patients resulted in greater dead space ventilation compared with CTL subjects (HFrEF 15 ± 4 l min-1 versus CTL 10 ± 5 l min-1 ; P = 0.048). The HFrEF patients exhibited greater increases in expiratory reserve volume and lower inspiratory capacity (as a percentage of predicted) than CTL subjects (both P < 0.05), which were significantly related to VD /VT and alveolar volume in HFrEF patients (all P < 0.03). In HFrEF, the reduced tidal volume and alveolar volume elevate physiological dead space during submaximal exercise, which is worsened in those with the greatest ventilatory constraints. These findings highlight the negative consequences of ventilatory constraints on physiological dead space during submaximal exercise in HFrEF.
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- Joshua R Smith
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Sheel AW, Boushel R, Dempsey JA. Competition for blood flow distribution between respiratory and locomotor muscles: implications for muscle fatigue. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 125:820-831. [PMID: 29878876 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00189.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Sympathetically induced vasoconstrictor modulation of local vasodilation occurs in contracting skeletal muscle during exercise to ensure appropriate perfusion of a large active muscle mass and to maintain also arterial blood pressure. In this synthesis, we discuss the contribution of group III-IV muscle afferents to the sympathetic modulation of blood flow distribution to locomotor and respiratory muscles during exercise. This is followed by an examination of the conditions under which diaphragm and locomotor muscle fatigue occur. Emphasis is given to those studies in humans and animal models that experimentally changed respiratory muscle work to evaluate blood flow redistribution and its effects on locomotor muscle fatigue, and conversely, those that evaluated the influence of coincident limb muscle contraction on respiratory muscle blood flow and fatigue. We propose the concept of a "two-way street of sympathetic vasoconstrictor activity" emanating from both limb and respiratory muscle metaboreceptors during exercise, which constrains blood flow and O2 transport thereby promoting fatigue of both sets of muscles. We end with considerations of a hierarchy of blood flow distribution during exercise between respiratory versus locomotor musculatures and the clinical implications of muscle afferent feedback influences on muscle perfusion, fatigue, and exercise tolerance.
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- A William Sheel
- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin , Madison, Wisconsin
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Smith JR, Ferguson SK, Hageman KS, Harms CA, Poole DC, Musch TI. Dietary nitrate supplementation opposes the elevated diaphragm blood flow in chronic heart failure during submaximal exercise. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2017; 247:140-145. [PMID: 29037770 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Chronic heart failure (CHF) results in a greater cost of breathing and necessitates an elevated diaphragm blood flow (BF). Dietary nitrate (NO3‾) supplementation lowers the cost of exercise. We hypothesized that dietary NO3‾ supplementation would attenuate the CHF-induced greater cost of breathing and thus the heightened diaphragm BF during exercise. CHF rats received either 5days of NO3‾-rich beetroot (BR) juice (CHF+BR, n=10) or a placebo (CHF, n=10). Respiratory muscle BFs (radiolabeled microspheres) were measured at rest and during submaximal exercise (20m/min, 5% grade). Infarcted left ventricular area and normalized lung weight were not significantly different between groups. During submaximal exercise, diaphragm BF was markedly lower for CHF+BR than CHF (CHF+BR: 195±28; CHF: 309±71mL/min/100g, p=0.04). The change in diaphragm BF from rest to exercise was less (p=0.047) for CHF+BR than CHF. These findings demonstrate that dietary NO3‾ supplementation reduces the elevated diaphragm BF during exercise in CHF rats thus providing additional support for this therapeutic intervention in CHF.
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- Joshua R Smith
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Smith JR, Hageman KS, Harms CA, Poole DC, Musch TI. Effect of chronic heart failure in older rats on respiratory muscle and hindlimb blood flow during submaximal exercise. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2017; 243:20-26. [PMID: 28495570 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Submaximal exercise diaphragm blood flow (BF) is elevated in young chronic heart failure (CHF) rats, while it is unknown if this occurs in older animals. Respiratory and hindlimb muscle BFs (radiolabeled microspheres) were measured at rest and during submaximal exercise (20m/min, 5% grade) in older healthy (n=7) and CHF (n=6) Fischer 344X Brown Norway rats (27-29 mo old). Older CHF, compared to healthy, rats had greater (p<0.01) left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and right ventricle and lung weight (normalized to body weight). During submaximal exercise, respiratory and hindlimb muscle BFs increased (p<0.02) in both groups, while diaphragm BF was higher (CHF: 257±32; healthy: 121±9mL/min/100g, p<0.01) and hindlimb BF lower (CHF: 111±10; healthy: 133±12mL/min/100g, p=0.04) in older CHF compared to healthy rats. Submaximal exercise hindlimb BF was negatively related (r=-0.93; p=0.03) to diaphragm BF in older CHF rats. During submaximal exercise, diaphragm BF is elevated in older CHF compared to healthy rats in proportion to the compromised hindlimb BF.
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- Joshua R Smith
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA; Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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Smith JR, Hageman KS, Harms CA, Poole DC, Musch TI. Respiratory muscle blood flow during exercise: Effects of sex and ovarian cycle. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2017; 122:918-924. [PMID: 28126910 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01007.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Sex and ovarian cycle have been speculated to modify respiratory muscle blood flow control during exercise, but the findings are inconclusive. We tested the hypotheses that females would have higher respiratory muscle blood flow and vascular conductance (VC) compared with males during exercise and that this difference would be accentuated in proestrus vs. ovariectomized (OVA) females. Mean arterial pressure (carotid artery catheter) and respiratory muscle blood flow (radiolabeled microspheres) were measured during moderate-intensity (24 m/min, 10% grade) exercise in male (n = 9), female (n = 9), and OVA female (n = 7) rats and near-maximal (60 m/min, 5% grade) exercise in male (n = 5) and female (n = 7) rats. At rest, diaphragm, intercostal, and transversus abdominis blood flow were not different (P = 0.33) among groups. During moderate-intensity exercise, diaphragm (M: 124 ± 16; F: 140 ± 14; OVA: 140 ± 20 ml·min-1·100 g-1), intercostal (M: 33 ± 5; F: 34 ± 5; OVA: 30 ± 5 ml·min-1·100 g-1), and transversus abdominis blood flow (M: 24 ± 4; F: 35 ± 7; OVA: 35 ± 9 ml·min-1·100 g-1) significantly increased in all groups compared with rest but were not different (P = 0.12) among groups. From rest to moderate-intensity exercise, diaphragm (P < 0.03) and transversus abdominis (P < 0.04) VC increased in all groups, whereas intercostal VC increased only for males and females (P = 0.01). No differences (P > 0.13) existed in VC among groups. During near-maximal exercise, diaphragm (M: 304 ± 62; F: 283 ± 17 ml·min-1·100 g-1), intercostal (M: 29 ± 8; F: 40 ± 6 ml·min-1·100 g-1), and transversus abdominis (M: 85 ± 14; F: 86 ± 9 ml·min-1·100 g-1) blood flow and VC were not different (P > 0.27) between males and females. These data demonstrate that respiratory muscle blood flow and vascular conductance at rest and during exercise are not affected by sex or ovarian cycle in rats.NEW & NOTEWORTHY It has been proposed that sex and ovarian cycle modulate respiratory muscle blood flow control during exercise. We demonstrate herein that neither sex nor ovarian cycle influences respiratory muscle blood flow or vascular conductance at rest or during exercise in rats.
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- Joshua R Smith
- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas; and
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas; and
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas; and.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas; and.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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Kennel PJ, Mancini DM, Schulze PC. Skeletal Muscle Changes in Chronic Cardiac Disease and Failure. Compr Physiol 2015; 5:1947-69. [PMID: 26426472 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c110003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Peak exercise performance in healthy man is limited not only by pulmonary or skeletal muscle function but also by cardiac function. Thus, abnormalities in cardiac function will have a major impact on exercise performance. Many cardiac diseases affect exercise performance and indeed for some cardiac conditions such as atherosclerotic heart disease, exercise testing is frequently used not only to measure functional capacity but also to make a diagnosis of heart disease, evaluate the efficacy of treatment, and predict prognosis. Early in the course of cardiac diseases, exercise performance will be minimally affected but with disease progression impairment in exercise capacity will become apparent. Ejection fraction, that is, the percent of blood volume ejected with each cardiac cycle is often used as a measure of cardiac performance but frequently there is a dissociation between the ejection fraction and exercise capacity in patients with heart disease. How abnormalities in cardiac function impacts the muscles, vasculature, and lungs to impact exercise performance will here be reviewed. The focus of this work will be on patients with systolic heart failure as the incidence and prevalence of heart failure is reaching epidemic proportions and heart failure is the end result of many other chronic cardiac diseases. The prognostic role of exercise and benefits of exercise training will also be discussed.
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- Peter J Kennel
- Center for Advanced Cardiac Care, Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
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- Center for Advanced Cardiac Care, Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
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- Center for Advanced Cardiac Care, Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
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Hirai DM, Musch TI, Poole DC. Exercise training in chronic heart failure: improving skeletal muscle O2 transport and utilization. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2015; 309:H1419-39. [PMID: 26320036 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00469.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Chronic heart failure (CHF) impairs critical structural and functional components of the O2 transport pathway resulting in exercise intolerance and, consequently, reduced quality of life. In contrast, exercise training is capable of combating many of the CHF-induced impairments and enhancing the matching between skeletal muscle O2 delivery and utilization (Q̇mO2 and V̇mO2 , respectively). The Q̇mO2 /V̇mO2 ratio determines the microvascular O2 partial pressure (PmvO2 ), which represents the ultimate force driving blood-myocyte O2 flux (see Fig. 1). Improvements in perfusive and diffusive O2 conductances are essential to support faster rates of oxidative phosphorylation (reflected as faster V̇mO2 kinetics during transitions in metabolic demand) and reduce the reliance on anaerobic glycolysis and utilization of finite energy sources (thus lowering the magnitude of the O2 deficit) in trained CHF muscle. These adaptations contribute to attenuated muscle metabolic perturbations (e.g., changes in [PCr], [Cr], [ADP], and pH) and improved physical capacity (i.e., elevated critical power and maximal V̇mO2 ). Preservation of such plasticity in response to exercise training is crucial considering the dominant role of skeletal muscle dysfunction in the pathophysiology and increased morbidity/mortality of the CHF patient. This brief review focuses on the mechanistic bases for improved Q̇mO2 /V̇mO2 matching (and enhanced PmvO2 ) with exercise training in CHF with both preserved and reduced ejection fraction (HFpEF and HFrEF, respectively). Specifically, O2 convection within the skeletal muscle microcirculation, O2 diffusion from the red blood cell to the mitochondria, and muscle metabolic control are particularly susceptive to exercise training adaptations in CHF. Alternatives to traditional whole body endurance exercise training programs such as small muscle mass and inspiratory muscle training, pharmacological treatment (e.g., sildenafil and pentoxifylline), and dietary nitrate supplementation are also presented in light of their therapeutic potential. Adaptations within the skeletal muscle O2 transport and utilization system underlie improvements in physical capacity and quality of life in CHF and thus take center stage in the therapeutic management of these patients.
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- Daniel M Hirai
- Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and
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- Departments of Anatomy and Physiology and Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Departments of Anatomy and Physiology and Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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Katayama K, Itoh Y, Saito M, Koike T, Ishida K. Sympathetic vasomotor outflow and blood pressure increase during exercise with expiratory resistance. Physiol Rep 2015; 3:3/5/e12421. [PMID: 26019293 PMCID: PMC4463841 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the effect of increasing expiratory muscle work on sympathetic vasoconstrictor outflow and arterial blood pressure (BP) during dynamic exercise. We hypothesized that expiratory muscle fatigue would elicit increases in sympathetic vasomotor outflow and BP during submaximal exercise. The subjects performed four submaximal exercise tests; two were maximal expiratory pressure (PEmax) tests and two were muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) tests. In each test, the subjects performed two 10-min exercises at 40% peak oxygen uptake using a cycle ergometer in a semirecumbent position [spontaneous breathing for 5 min and voluntary hyperpnoea with and without expiratory resistive breathing for 5 min (breathing frequency: 60 breaths/min, inspiratory and expiratory times were set at 0.5 sec)]. PEmax was estimated before and immediately after exercises. MSNA was recorded via microneurography of the right median nerve at the elbow. PEmax decreased following exercise with expiratory resistive breathing, while no change was found without resistance. A progressive increase in MSNA burst frequency (BF) appeared during exercise with expiratory resistance (MSNA BF, without resistance: +22 ± 5%, with resistance: +44 ± 8%, P < 0.05), accompanied by an augmentation of BP (mean BP, without resistance: +5 ± 2%, with resistance: +29 ± 5%, P < 0.05). These results suggest that an enhancement of expiratory muscle activity leads to increases in sympathetic vasomotor outflow and BP during dynamic leg exercise.
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- Keisho Katayama
- Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Faculty of Psychological and Physical Science, Aichigakuin University, Nisshin, Japan
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- Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Dempsey JA. New perspectives concerning feedback influences on cardiorespiratory control during rhythmic exercise and on exercise performance. J Physiol 2012; 590:4129-44. [PMID: 22826128 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.233908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The cardioaccelerator and ventilatory responses to rhythmic exercise in the human are commonly viewed as being mediated predominantly via feedforward 'central command' mechanisms, with contributions from locomotor muscle afferents to the sympathetically mediated pressor response. We have assessed the relative contributions of three types of feedback afferents on the cardiorespiratory response to voluntary, rhythmic exercise by inhibiting their normal 'tonic' activity in healthy animals and humans and in chronic heart failure. Transient inhibition of the carotid chemoreceptors during moderate intensity exercise reduced muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and increased limb vascular conductance and blood flow; and reducing the normal level of respiratory muscle work during heavier intensity exercise increased limb vascular conductance and blood flow. These cardiorespiratory effects were prevented via ganglionic blockade and were enhanced in chronic heart failure and in hypoxia. Blockade of μ opioid sensitive locomotor muscle afferents, with preservation of central motor output via intrathecal fentanyl: (a) reduced the mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), heart rate and ventilatory responses to all steady state exercise intensities; and (b) during sustained high intensity exercise, reduced O(2) transport, increased central motor output and end-exercise muscle fatigue and reduced endurance performance. We propose that these three afferent reflexes - probably acting in concert with feedforward central command - contribute significantly to preserving O(2) transport to locomotor and to respiratory muscles during exercise. Locomotor muscle afferents also appear to provide feedback concerning the metabolic state of the muscle to influence central motor output, thereby limiting peripheral fatigue development.
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- Jerome A Dempsey
- John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1300 University Ave, Room 4245 MSC, Madison, WI 53706-1532, USA.
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Poole DC, Hirai DM, Copp SW, Musch TI. Muscle oxygen transport and utilization in heart failure: implications for exercise (in)tolerance. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 302:H1050-63. [PMID: 22101528 PMCID: PMC3311454 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00943.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 11/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The defining characteristic of chronic heart failure (CHF) is an exercise intolerance that is inextricably linked to structural and functional aberrations in the O(2) transport pathway. CHF reduces muscle O(2) supply while simultaneously increasing O(2) demands. CHF severity varies from moderate to severe and is assessed commonly in terms of the maximum O(2) uptake, which relates closely to patient morbidity and mortality in CHF and forms the basis for Weber and colleagues' (167) classifications of heart failure, speed of the O(2) uptake kinetics following exercise onset and during recovery, and the capacity to perform submaximal exercise. As the heart fails, cardiovascular regulation shifts from controlling cardiac output as a means for supplying the oxidative energetic needs of exercising skeletal muscle and other organs to preventing catastrophic swings in blood pressure. This shift is mediated by a complex array of events that include altered reflex and humoral control of the circulation, required to prevent the skeletal muscle "sleeping giant" from outstripping the pathologically limited cardiac output and secondarily impacts lung (and respiratory muscle), vascular, and locomotory muscle function. Recently, interest has also focused on the dysregulation of inflammatory mediators including tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β as well as reactive oxygen species as mediators of systemic and muscle dysfunction. This brief review focuses on skeletal muscle to address the mechanistic bases for the reduced maximum O(2) uptake, slowed O(2) uptake kinetics, and exercise intolerance in CHF. Experimental evidence in humans and animal models of CHF unveils the microvascular cause(s) and consequences of the O(2) supply (decreased)/O(2) demand (increased) imbalance emblematic of CHF. Therapeutic strategies to improve muscle microvascular and oxidative function (e.g., exercise training and anti-inflammatory, antioxidant strategies, in particular) and hence patient exercise tolerance and quality of life are presented within their appropriate context of the O(2) transport pathway.
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- David C Poole
- Departments of Anatomy and Physiology, and Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5802, USA.
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Accumulating evidence over the past 25 years depicts the healthy pulmonary system as a limiting factor of whole-body endurance exercise performance. This brief overview emphasizes three respiratory system-related mechanisms which impair O(2) transport to the locomotor musculature [arterial O(2) content (C(aO(2))) × leg blood flow (Q(L))], i.e. the key determinant of an individual's aerobic capacity and ability to resist fatigue. First, the respiratory system often fails to prevent arterial desaturation substantially below resting values and thus compromises C(aO(2)). Especially susceptible to this threat to convective O(2) transport are well-trained endurance athletes characterized by high metabolic and ventilatory demands and, probably due to anatomical and morphological gender differences, active women. Second, fatiguing respiratory muscle work (W(resp)) associated with strenuous exercise elicits sympathetically mediated vasoconstriction in limb-muscle vasculature, which compromises Q(L). This impact on limb O(2) transport is independent of fitness level and affects all individuals, but only during sustained, high-intensity endurance exercise performed above ∼85% maximal oxygen uptake. Third, excessive fluctuations in intrathoracic pressures accompanying W(resp) can limit cardiac output and therefore Q(L). Exposure to altitude exacerbates the respiratory system limitations observed at sea level, further reducing C(aO(2)) and substantially increasing exercise-induced W(resp). Taken together, the intact pulmonary system of healthy endurance athletes impairs locomotor muscle O(2) transport during strenuous exercise by failing to ensure optimal arterial oxygenation and compromising Q(L). This respiratory system-related impact exacerbates the exercise-induced development of fatigue and compromises endurance performance.
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- Markus Amann
- University of Utah, Department of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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Guenette JA, Henderson WR, Dominelli PB, Querido JS, Brasher PM, Griesdale DEG, Boushel R, Sheel AW. Blood flow index using near-infrared spectroscopy and indocyanine green as a minimally invasive tool to assess respiratory muscle blood flow in humans. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2011; 300:R984-92. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00739.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in combination with indocyanine green (ICG) dye has recently been used to measure respiratory muscle blood flow (RMBF) in humans. This method is based on the Fick principle and is determined by measuring ICG in the respiratory muscles using transcutaneous NIRS in relation to the [ICG] in arterial blood as measured using photodensitometry. This method is invasive since it requires arterial cannulation, repeated blood withdrawals, and reinfusions. A less invasive alternative is to calculate a relative measure of blood flow known as the blood flow index (BFI), which is based solely on the NIRS ICG curve, thus negating the need for arterial cannulation. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to determine whether BFI can be used to measure RMBF at rest and during voluntary isocapnic hyperpnea at 25, 40, 55, and 70% of maximal voluntary ventilation in seven healthy humans. BFI was calculated as the change in maximal [ICG] divided by the rise time of the NIRS-derived ICG curve. Intercostal and sternocleidomastoid muscle BFI were correlated with simultaneously measured work of breathing and electromyography (EMG) data from the same muscles. BFI showed strong relationships with the work of breathing and EMG for both respiratory muscles. The coefficients of determination ( R2) comparing BFI vs. the work of breathing for the intercostal and sternocleidomastoid muscles were 0.887 ( P < 0.001) and 0.863 ( P < 0.001), respectively, whereas the R2 for BFI vs. EMG for the intercostal and sternocleidomastoid muscles were 0.879 ( P < 0.001) and 0.930 ( P < 0.001), respectively. These data suggest that the BFI closely reflects RMBF in conscious humans across a wide range of ventilations and provides a less invasive and less technically demanding alternative to measuring RMBF.
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- Jordan A. Guenette
- School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- UBC Program of Critical Care Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- UBC Program of Critical Care Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and
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- Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Olson TP, Joyner MJ, Dietz NM, Eisenach JH, Curry TB, Johnson BD. Effects of respiratory muscle work on blood flow distribution during exercise in heart failure. J Physiol 2010; 588:2487-501. [PMID: 20457736 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.186056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Heart failure (HF) patients have a reduced cardiac reserve and increased work of breathing. Increased locomotor muscle blood flow demand may result in competition between respiratory and locomotor vascular beds. We hypothesized that HF patients would demonstrate improved locomotor blood flow with respiratory muscle unloading during activity. Ten patients (ejection fraction = 31 +/- 3%) and 10 controls (CTL) underwent two cycling sessions (60% peak work). Session 1 (S1): 5 min of normal breathing (NB), 5 min respiratory muscle unloading with a ventilator, and 5 min of NB. Session 2 (S2): 5 min NB, 5 min of respiratory muscle loading with inspiratory resistance, and 5 min of NB. Measurements included: leg blood flow (LBF, thermodilution), cardiac output (Q), and oesophageal pressure (P(pl), index of pleural pressure). S1: P(pl) was reduced in both groups (HF: 73 +/- 8%; CTL: 60 +/- 13%, P < 0.01). HF: Q increased (9.6 +/- 0.4 vs. 11.3 +/- 0.8 l min(-1), P < 0.05) and LBF increased (4.8 +/- 0.8 vs. 7.3 +/- 1.1 l min(-1), P < 0.01); CTL: no changes in Q (14.7 +/- 1.0 vs. 14.8 +/- 1.6 l min(-1)) or LBF (10.9 +/- 1.8 vs. 10.3 +/- 1.7 l min(-1)). S2: P(pl) increased in both groups (HF: 172 +/- 16%, CTL: 220 +/- 40%, P < 0.01). HF: no change was observed in Q(10.0 +/- 0.4 vs. 10.3 +/- 0.8 l min(-1)) or LBF (5.0 +/- 0.6 vs. 4.7 +/- 0.5 l min(-1)); CTL: increased (15.4 +/- 1.4 vs. 16.9 +/- 1.5 l min(-1), P < 0.01) and LBF remained unchanged (10.7 +/- 1.5 vs. 10.3 +/- 1.8 l min(-1)). These data suggest HF patients preferentially steal blood flow from locomotor muscles to accommodate the work of breathing during activity. Further, HF patients are unable to vasoconstrict locomotor vascular beds beyond NB when presented with a respiratory load.
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- Thomas P Olson
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Laveneziana P, O'Donnell DE, Ofir D, Agostoni P, Padeletti L, Ricciardi G, Palange P, Duranti R, Scano G. Effect of biventricular pacing on ventilatory and perceptual responses to exercise in patients with stable chronic heart failure. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 106:1574-83. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90744.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Despite the growing evidence supporting the use of biventricular cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), the mechanisms whereby acute hemodynamic improvements lead to improved exertional dyspnea are not precisely known. We hypothesized that improved cardiac function and ventilation-perfusion relations following CRT would reduce ventilatory demand, thereby improving dynamic operating lung volumes and enhancing tidal volume expansion during exercise. This, in turn, would be expected to reduce perceived exertional dyspnea and contribute to improved exercise performance. In a randomized, double-blind, crossover study, we compared cardiovascular, metabolic, ventilatory responses (breathing pattern, operating lung volumes, pulmonary gas exchange) and exertional symptoms in seven stable CHF patients who undertook incremental cardiopulmonary cycle exercise test with CRT switched to the “on” (CRTon) or “off” (CRToff) modality. Following CRTon, peak oxygen uptake was significantly increased by 15%, and dyspnea ratings were lower for a given work rate (at work rate of 40 W, dyspnea = 1 ± 0.4 vs. 2.5 ± 0.9 Borg units, P < 0.05) and ventilation (at ventilation of 31 l/min, dyspnea = 2 ± 0.7 vs. 3.3 ± 1.1 Borg units, P < 0.05). CRTon was associated with improvements in ventilatory threshold, oxygen pulse, and oxygen uptake/work rate relationships (10.2 ± 1 vs. 7.9 ± 1.3 ml·min−1·W−1, P < 0.05). CRTon reduced the ventilatory requirement during exercise as well as the steepness of ventilation-CO2 production slope (35 ± 4 vs. 45 ± 7, P < 0.05). Changes in end-expiratory lung volume during exercise were less with CRTon than with CRToff (0.12 vs. 0.37 liter, P < 0.05), and breathing pattern was correspondingly slower and deeper. Biventricular pacing improved all noninvasive indexes of cardiac function and oxygen delivery during exercise. The decreased ventilatory demand, improved dynamic operating lung volumes, and the increased ability to expand tidal volume during exercise are potential factors in the reduction of exertional dyspnea.
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Borghi-Silva A, Carrascosa C, Oliveira CC, Barroco AC, Berton DC, Vilaça D, Lira-Filho EB, Ribeiro D, Nery LE, Neder JA. Effects of respiratory muscle unloading on leg muscle oxygenation and blood volume during high-intensity exercise in chronic heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 294:H2465-72. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.91520.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Blood flow requirements of the respiratory muscles (RM) increase markedly during exercise in chronic heart failure (CHF). We reasoned that if the RM could subtract a fraction of the limited cardiac output (QT) from the peripheral muscles, RM unloading would improve locomotor muscle perfusion. Nine patients with CHF (left ventricle ejection fraction = 26 ± 7%) undertook constant-work rate tests (70-80% peak) receiving proportional assisted ventilation (PAV) or sham ventilation. Relative changes (Δ%) in deoxy-hemoglobyn, oxi-Hb ([O2Hb]), tissue oxygenation index, and total Hb ([HbTOT], an index of local blood volume) in the vastus lateralis were measured by near infrared spectroscopy. In addition, QT was monitored by impedance cardiography and arterial O2 saturation by pulse oximetry (SpO2). There were significant improvements in exercise tolerance (Tlim) with PAV. Blood lactate, leg effort/Tlim and dyspnea/Tlim were lower with PAV compared with sham ventilation ( P < 0.05). There were no significant effects of RM unloading on systemic O2 delivery as QT and SpO2 at submaximal exercise and at Tlim did not differ between PAV and sham ventilation ( P > 0.05). Unloaded breathing, however, was related to enhanced leg muscle oxygenation and local blood volume compared with sham, i.e., higher Δ[O2Hb]% and Δ[HbTOT]%, respectively ( P < 0.05). We conclude that RM unloading had beneficial effects on the oxygenation status and blood volume of the exercising muscles at similar systemic O2 delivery in patients with advanced CHF. These data suggest that blood flow was redistributed from respiratory to locomotor muscles during unloaded breathing.
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Patients with heart failure develop various ventilatory abnormalities, including reduced ventilatory reserves, increased ventilatory demands, and high work and cost of breathing. They tend to breathe with a rapid-shallow pattern, have low end-expiratory lung volumes, and may develop rhythmic oscillations in ventilation and tidal volume. These abnormalities likely contribute to exercise limitations and are associated with a worsening prognosis.
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- Thomas P Olson
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Miller JD, Smith CA, Hemauer SJ, Dempsey JA. The effects of inspiratory intrathoracic pressure production on the cardiovascular response to submaximal exercise in health and chronic heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 292:H580-92. [PMID: 16997896 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00211.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We sought to determine whether the normal inspiratory intrathoracic pressures (P(ITP)) produced during exercise contribute to the blunted cardiac output and locomotor limb blood flow responses observed in chronic heart failure (CHF). Five chronically instrumented dogs exercised on a treadmill at 2.5 mile/h at 5% grade while healthy or after the induction of tachycardia-induced CHF. We observed several key differences in the cardiovascular responses to changes in the inspiratory P(ITP) excursion between health and CHF; namely, 1) removing approximately 70% of the normally produced inspiratory P(ITP) excursion during exercise (with 15 cmH(2)O inspiratory positive pressure ventilation) significantly reduced stroke volume (SV) in healthy animals by 5 +/- 2% (P < 0.05) but significantly increased SV and cardiac output (Q(TOT)) in animals with CHF by 5 +/- 1% (P < 0.05); 2) doubling the magnitude of the inspiratory P(ITP) excursion had no effect on SV or Q(TOT) in healthy animals but significantly reduced steady-state Q(TOT) and SV in animals with CHF by -4 +/- 3% and -10 +/- 3%, respectively; 3) removing the majority of the normally produced inspiratory P(ITP) excursion had no effect on blood flow distribution in healthy animals but increased hindlimb blood flow (9 +/- 3%, P < 0.05) out of proportion to the increases in Q(TOT); and 4) the only similarity between healthy and CHF animals was that increasing the inspiratory P(ITP) excursion significantly reduced steady-state locomotor limb blood flow by 5 +/- 2% and 6 +/- 3%, respectively (P < 0.05 for both). We conclude that 1) the normally produced inspiratory P(ITP) excursions are required for a maximal SV response to submaximal exercise in healthy animals but detrimental to the SV and Q(TOT) responses to submaximal exercise in CHF, 2) the respiratory muscle ergoreflex tonically restrains locomotor limb blood flow during submaximal exercise in CHF, and 3) excessive inspiratory muscle work further compromises cardiac function and blood flow distribution in both health and CHF.
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- Jordan D Miller
- Univ. of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr., 340B Eckstein Medical Research Bldg., Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Miller JD, Hemauer SJ, Smith CA, Stickland MK, Dempsey JA. Expiratory threshold loading impairs cardiovascular function in health and chronic heart failure during submaximal exercise. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 101:213-27. [PMID: 16575025 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00862.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We determined the effects of augmented expiratory intrathoracic pressure (PITP) production on cardiac output (QTOT) and blood flow distribution in healthy dogs and dogs with chronic heart failure (CHF). From a control expiratory PITP excursion of 7 ± 2 cmH2O, the application of 5, 10, or 15 cmH2O expiratory threshold loads increased the expiratory PITP excursion by 47 ± 23, 67 ± 32, and 118 ± 18% ( P < 0.05 for all). Stroke volume (SV) rapidly decreased (onset <10 s) with increases in the expiratory PITP excursion (−2.1 ± 0.5%, −2.4 ± 0.9%, and −3.6 ± 0.7%, P < 0.05), with slightly smaller reductions in QTOT (0.8 ± 0.6, 1.0 ± 1.1, and 1.8 ± 0.8%, P < 0.05) owing to small increases in heart rate. Both QTOT and SV were restored to control levels when the inspiratory PITP excursion was augmented by the addition of an inspiratory resistive load during 15 cmH2O expiratory threshold loading. The highest level of expiratory loading significantly reduced hindlimb blood flow by −5 ± 2% owing to significant reductions in vascular conductance (−7 ± 2%). After the induction of CHF by 6 wk of rapid cardiac pacing at 210 beats/min, the expiratory PITP excursions during nonloaded breathing were not significantly changed (8 ± 2 cmH2O), and the application of 5, 10, and 15 cmH2O expiratory threshold loads increased the expiratory PITP excursion by 15 ± 7, 23 ± 7, and 31 ± 7%, respectively ( P < 0.05 for all). Both 10 and 15 cmH2O expiratory threshold loads significantly reduced SV (−3.5 ± 0.7 and −4.2 ± 0.7%, respectively) and QTOT (−1.7 ± 0.4 and −2.5 ± 0.4%, P < 0.05) after the induction of CHF, with the reductions in SV predominantly occurring during inspiration. However, the augmentation of the inspiratory PITP excursion now elicited further decreases in SV and QTOT. Only the highest level of expiratory loading significantly reduced hindlimb blood flow (−4 ± 2%) as a result of significant reductions in vascular conductance (−5 ± 2%). We conclude that increases in expiratory PITP production-similar to those observed during severe expiratory flow limitation-reduce cardiac output and hindlimb blood flow during submaximal exercise in health and CHF.
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- Jordan D Miller
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, USA.
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Tikunov B, Levine S, Mancini D. Chronic congestive heart failure elicits adaptations of endurance exercise in diaphragmatic muscle. Circulation 1997; 95:910-6. [PMID: 9054750 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.95.4.910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND During rest and exercise, patients with heart failure hyperventilate; therefore, the diaphragm can be viewed as undergoing constant moderate-intensity exercise. Accordingly, we hypothesized that heart failure elicits adaptations in the diaphragm similar to those elicited by endurance exercise in the limb muscles of normal subjects. METHODS AND RESULTS Costal diaphragmatic biopsy samples were obtained from 7 normal subjects (age, 36 +/- 20 years) and 10 patients (age, 50 +/- 6 years; left ventricular ejection fraction, 18 +/- 8%) at the time of transplant or left ventricular assist-device placement. We measured the distribution of myosin heavy chain isoforms I, IIa, and IIb by SDS gel electrophoresis. We also measured the activities of the following enzymes: citrate synthase, a marker of oxidative metabolism; beta-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, a marker of lipolytic metabolism; and lactate dehydrogenase, a marker of glycolytic metabolism. In normal subjects, the distribution of myosin heavy chain isoforms I, IIa, and IIb was 43 +/- 2%, 40 +/- 2%, and 17 +/- 1%, respectively. In contrast, in heart failure subjects, the fiber distribution was 55 +/- 2%, 38 +/- 2%, and 7 +/- 2% for types I, IIa, and IIb, respectively. Therefore, in heart failure, myosin heavy chain I is increased (P < .0001) and myosin heavy chain IIb decreased from normal levels (P < .001). Additionally, citrate synthase activity (normal, 0.33 +/- 0.14; heart failure, 0.54 +/- 0.21 mumol.min-1.mg protein-1; P < .05) and beta-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase activity (normal, 0.27 +/- 0.04; heart failure, 0.38 +/- 0.02 mumol.min-1.mg protein-1; P < .05) were greater in heart failure patients than in normal subjects, whereas lactate dehydrogenase activity was significantly less in heart failure patients than in normal subjects (normal, 11.6 +/- 4.6; heart failure,: 4.3 +/- 2.2 mumol.min-1.mg protein-1; P < .01). CONCLUSIONS In the diaphragm in heart failure, there is a shift from fast to slow myosin heavy chain isoforms with an increase in oxidative capacity and a decrease in glycolytic capacity. These diaphragmatic muscle changes are consistent with those elicited by endurance training of the limb muscles in normal subjects.
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- B Tikunov
- Department of Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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