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The heart rate response to exercise and circulating catecholamines in heart transplant recipients.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11810205     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The plasma concentration of noradrenaline ([NA]) is higher than that of adrenaline ([A]) both in normal subjects and in heart transplant recipients (HTR). Since in both groups the myocardial density of beta1-adrenergenic receptors is much greater than that of beta2-adrenergenic receptors, the chronotropic response of a denervated heart to changes in plasma [NA] and [A] in the absence of reinnervation should be similar to that of agonist stimulation of beta1-receptors. To test this hypothesis, 17 HTR and 9 healthy subjects (CTL) performed incremental exercise on a cycle ergometer to voluntary exhaustion. Heart rate (HR) was recorded by electrocardiography. [NA] and [A] were measured by high-pressure liquid chromatography at rest and at increasing workloads (w). In both groups, HR and [NA+A] increased with w, and HR with [NA+A]. Normalized HR values, plotted against the logarithm of [NA+A], fitted significantly logistic curves. The affinity constants were different, i.e. 2599+/-350 and 487+/-37 ng.l(-1), for HTR and CTL, respectively. The chronotropic effect of changes in [NA+A] in HTR was similar to that of combined beta1- and beta2-adrenergic activation evoked by applying isoprenaline to isolated heart myocytes (Brodde OE, Pharmacol Ther 60:405-430, 1993). These findings suggest that over time sympathetic reinnervation and the modulation of beta-receptors may take place in HTR, ruling out the hypothesis of persistent heart denervation.
Authors:
Guido Ferretti; Claudio Marconi; Guido Achilli; Elisabetta Caspani; Roberto Fiocchi; Filippo Mamprin; Amando Gamba; Paolo Ferrazzi; Paolo Cerretelli
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2001-09-28
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pflügers Archiv : European journal of physiology     Volume:  443     ISSN:  0031-6768     ISO Abbreviation:  Pflugers Arch.     Publication Date:  2002 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-01-25     Completed Date:  2002-04-24     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0154720     Medline TA:  Pflugers Arch     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  370-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Département de Physiologie, Centre Médical Universitaire, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Epinephrine / blood*
Exercise / physiology*
Exercise Test
Female
Heart / innervation,  physiology
Heart Rate / physiology*
Heart Transplantation / physiology*
Humans
Male
Norepinephrine / blood*
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / physiology
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / physiology
Sympathetic Nervous System / physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1; 0/Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2; 51-41-2/Norepinephrine; 51-43-4/Epinephrine

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