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Cerebral oxygenation decreases during exercise in humans with beta-adrenergic blockade.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19053964     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIM: Beta-blockers reduce exercise capacity by attenuated increase in cardiac output, but it remains unknown whether performance also relates to attenuated cerebral oxygenation.
METHODS: Acting as their own controls, eight healthy subjects performed a continuous incremental cycle test to exhaustion with or without administration of the non-selective beta-blocker propranolol. Changes in cerebral blood flow velocity were measured with transcranial Doppler ultrasound and those in cerebral oxygenation were evaluated using near-infrared spectroscopy and the calculated cerebral mitochondrial oxygen tension derived from arterial to internal jugular venous concentration differences.
RESULTS: Arterial lactate and cardiac output increased to 15.3 +/- 4.2 mM and 20.8 +/- 1.5 L min(-1) respectively (mean +/- SD). Frontal lobe oxygenation remained unaffected but the calculated cerebral mitochondrial oxygen tension decreased by 29 +/- 7 mmHg (P < 0.05). Propranolol reduced resting heart rate (58 +/- 6 vs. 69 +/- 8 beats min(-1)) and at exercise exhaustion, cardiac output (16.6 +/- 3.6 L min(-1)) and arterial lactate (9.4 +/- 3.7 mM) were attenuated with a reduction in exercise capacity from 239 +/- 42 to 209 +/- 31 W (all P < 0.05). Propranolol also attenuated the increase in cerebral blood flow velocity and frontal lobe oxygenation (P < 0.05) whereas the cerebral mitochondrial oxygen tension decreased to a similar degree as during control exercise (delta 28 +/- 10 mmHg; P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Propranolol attenuated the increase in cardiac output of consequence for cerebral perfusion and oxygenation. We suggest that a decrease in cerebral oxygenation limits exercise capacity.
Authors:
T Seifert; P Rasmussen; N H Secher; H B Nielsen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2008-11-28
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta physiologica (Oxford, England)     Volume:  196     ISSN:  1748-1716     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Physiol (Oxf)     Publication Date:  2009 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-06-16     Completed Date:  2010-06-22     Revised Date:  2012-03-08    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101262545     Medline TA:  Acta Physiol (Oxf)     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  295-302     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, The Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. tseifert78@gmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / pharmacology*
Adult
Blood Pressure / drug effects,  physiology
Brain / blood supply,  drug effects,  metabolism*
Carbon Dioxide / blood
Cardiac Output / drug effects,  physiology
Cerebrovascular Circulation / drug effects,  physiology
Exercise / physiology*
Exercise Test
Exercise Tolerance / drug effects,  physiology
Frontal Lobe / blood supply,  drug effects,  metabolism
Heart Rate / drug effects,  physiology
Humans
Male
Mitochondria / metabolism
Oxygen / blood,  metabolism*
Partial Pressure
Propranolol / pharmacology
Young Adult
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; 124-38-9/Carbon Dioxide; 525-66-6/Propranolol; 7782-44-7/Oxygen
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2009 Jul;196(3):279-81   [PMID:  19527226 ]
Erratum In:
Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2009 Aug;196(4):447
Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2012 Mar;204(3):460

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