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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 266: H920-H929, 1994;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 3 920-H929, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society


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Inhibition of alpha 2-adrenergic vasoconstriction during contraction of glycolytic, not oxidative, rat hindlimb muscle

G. D. Thomas, J. Hansen and R. G. Victor
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9034.

Previous studies have produced conflicting evidence as to whether sympathetic vasoconstriction is impaired in active skeletal muscle. Because alpha 2-, not alpha 1-, adrenergic vasoconstriction is attenuated by mild acidosis, we hypothesized that alpha 2-mediated sympathetic vasoconstriction would be attenuated in contracting glycolytic muscle, which produces more acidosis than oxidative muscle. We compared effects of lumbar sympathetic nerve stimulation and alpha-adrenergic agonists on arterial pressure, femoral blood flow, and force output during contractions of oxidative or glycolytic muscles in anesthetized rats. We found that 1) sympathetic vasoconstriction was preserved during contractions of oxidative soleus muscle and during low-intensity contractions of glycolytic gastrocnemiusplantaris muscles but was abolished during maximal contractions of these glycolytic muscles; 2) this sympatholytic effect was caused by impaired alpha 2-, not alpha 1-, vasoconstriction; and 3) the increased muscle blood flow resulting from a combination of impaired vasconstriction and increased arterial pressure was paralleled by increased force of gastrocnemius-plantaris muscle contraction. Thus contraction-induced impairment of alpha 2-vasoconstriction can augment muscle blood flow and muscle contraction, but the degree of impairment depends on fiber type and intensity of muscle contraction.


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