Exercise training normalizes wall‐to‐lumen ratio of the gracilis muscle arterioles and reduces pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats
作者:
Sandra Amaral,
Telma Zorn,
Lisete Michelini,
期刊:
Journal of Hypertension
(OVID Available online 2000)
卷期:
Volume 18,
issue 11
页码: 1563-1572
ISSN:0263-6352
年代: 2000
出版商: OVID
关键词: capillaries;hemodynamics;low intensity training;myocardium;skeletal muscle
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
ObjectiveTo investigate mechanisms underlying the training-induced blood pressure-lowering effect we analyzed the hemodynamic responses and morphometric changes of the skeletal muscle microcirculation of spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and normotensive Wistar–Kyoto (WKY) rats during an exercise training program.DesignTraining (50–60% VO2 max) was performed on a treadmill for 13 weeks and control groups were kept sedentary over the same period of time. Trained and sedentary rats were chronically instrumented for hindlimb flow and arterial pressure (AP) recordings under conscious unrestrained conditions. Gracilis and myocardial muscle samples were obtained for morphometric analysis after transcardiac perfusion of fixative.ResultsSHR, when compared to WKY presented an elevated blood pressure, an increased relative hindlimb vascular resistance, capillary rarefaction in both gracilis and myocardium and an increased wall-to-lumen ratio of gracilis arterioles. Training increased significantly both capillary density and capillary/fiber ratio in the gracilis and myocardium of WKY and SHR groups, causing a complete reversal of capillary rarefaction in trained SHR. In SHR, training also reduced resting blood pressure and caused normalization of both relative hindlimb vascular resistance and gracilis arterioles wall-to-lumen ratio. Regression analysis revealed strong positive correlation between hindlimb vascular resistance and mean AP (MAP) and between arterioles wall-to-lumen ratio and MAP.ConclusionsThe results suggest that low-intensity training can significantly reduce pressure in SHR while normalizing both the arteriole morphology and the resistance of the skeletal muscle microcirculation.
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