Brachial artery responses to acute hypercapnia: The roles of shear stress and adrenergic tone
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Brachial artery responses to acute hypercapnia: The roles of shear stress and adrenergic tone. / Carr, Jay M J R; Ainslie, Philip N; Howe, Connor A; Gibbons, Travis D; Tymko, Michael M; Steele, Andrew R; Hoiland, Ryan L; Vizcardo-Galindo, Gustavo A; Patrician, Alex; Brown, Courtney V; Caldwell, Hannah Grace; Tremblay, Joshua C.
In: Experimental Physiology, Vol. 107, No. 12, 2022, p. 1440-1453.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Brachial artery responses to acute hypercapnia: The roles of shear stress and adrenergic tone
AU - Carr, Jay M J R
AU - Ainslie, Philip N
AU - Howe, Connor A
AU - Gibbons, Travis D
AU - Tymko, Michael M
AU - Steele, Andrew R
AU - Hoiland, Ryan L
AU - Vizcardo-Galindo, Gustavo A
AU - Patrician, Alex
AU - Brown, Courtney V
AU - Caldwell, Hannah Grace
AU - Tremblay, Joshua C
N1 - © 2022 The Authors. Experimental Physiology © 2022 The Physiological Society.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We aimed to assess the shear stress dependency of brachial artery (BA) responses to hypercapnia, and the α₁-adrenergic restraint of these responses. We hypothesized that elevated shear stress during hypercapnia would cause BA vasodilatation, but where shear stress was prohibited (via arterial compression), the BA would not vasodilate (study 1); and, in the absence of α₁-adrenergic activity, blood flow, shear stress and BA vasodilatation would increase (study 2). In study 1, 14 healthy adults (7/7 male/female, 27 ± 4 years) underwent bilateral BA duplex ultrasound during hypercapnia (partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide, +10.2 ± 0.3 mmHg above baseline, 12 min) via dynamic end-tidal forcing, and shear stress was reduced in one BA using manual compression (compression vs. control arm). Neither diameter nor blood flow was different between baseline and the last minute of hypercapnia (P = 0.423, P = 0.363, respectively) in either arm. The change values from baseline to the last minute, in diameter (%; P = 0.201), flow (ml/min; P = 0.234) and conductance (ml/min/mmHg; P = 0.503) were not different between arms. In study 2, 12 healthy adults (9/3 male/female, 26 ± 4 years) underwent the same design with and without α₁-adrenergic receptor blockade (prazosin; 0.05 mg/kg) in a placebo-controlled, double-blind and randomized design. BA flow, conductance and shear rate increased during hypercapnia in the prazosin control arm (interaction, P < 0.001), but in neither arm during placebo. Even in the absence of α₁-adrenergic restraint, downstream vasodilatation in the microvasculature during hypercapnia is insufficient to cause shear-mediated vasodilatation in the BA.
AB - We aimed to assess the shear stress dependency of brachial artery (BA) responses to hypercapnia, and the α₁-adrenergic restraint of these responses. We hypothesized that elevated shear stress during hypercapnia would cause BA vasodilatation, but where shear stress was prohibited (via arterial compression), the BA would not vasodilate (study 1); and, in the absence of α₁-adrenergic activity, blood flow, shear stress and BA vasodilatation would increase (study 2). In study 1, 14 healthy adults (7/7 male/female, 27 ± 4 years) underwent bilateral BA duplex ultrasound during hypercapnia (partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide, +10.2 ± 0.3 mmHg above baseline, 12 min) via dynamic end-tidal forcing, and shear stress was reduced in one BA using manual compression (compression vs. control arm). Neither diameter nor blood flow was different between baseline and the last minute of hypercapnia (P = 0.423, P = 0.363, respectively) in either arm. The change values from baseline to the last minute, in diameter (%; P = 0.201), flow (ml/min; P = 0.234) and conductance (ml/min/mmHg; P = 0.503) were not different between arms. In study 2, 12 healthy adults (9/3 male/female, 26 ± 4 years) underwent the same design with and without α₁-adrenergic receptor blockade (prazosin; 0.05 mg/kg) in a placebo-controlled, double-blind and randomized design. BA flow, conductance and shear rate increased during hypercapnia in the prazosin control arm (interaction, P < 0.001), but in neither arm during placebo. Even in the absence of α₁-adrenergic restraint, downstream vasodilatation in the microvasculature during hypercapnia is insufficient to cause shear-mediated vasodilatation in the BA.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Autonomic control
KW - Blood flow
KW - Carbon dioxide
KW - Vascular function
U2 - 10.1113/EP090690
DO - 10.1113/EP090690
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36114662
VL - 107
SP - 1440
EP - 1453
JO - Experimental Physiology
JF - Experimental Physiology
SN - 0958-0670
IS - 12
ER -
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