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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 320, Issue 3, Pages R307-R316Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00297.2020
Keywords
blood pressure; cold pressor test; muscle sympathetic nerve activity; salt; women with a history of normal pregnancy
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- Harry S. Moss Heart Trust Award
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This study investigated the impact of salt loading versus salt reduction on hemodynamic and sympathetic neural responses during the cold pressor test in premenopausal women with a history of normal pregnancy. The results showed that salt loading increased sympathetic neural reactivity to the cold stimulus with similar pressor responses compared to salt reduction, possibly due to a blunted neurovascular transduction.
Excessive salt intake is considered a risk factor for the development of hypertension. Additionally, aberrant neurocirculatory responses to a cold stimulus are associated with an increased risk of hypertension. This study aimed to determine whether salt loading versus salt reduction would impact hemodynamic and sympathetic neural responses during the cold pressor test (CPT) in premenopausal women with a history of normal pregnancy. Nine healthy premenopausal women [42?3 (SD) yr] were given a standardized isocaloric high-salt (HS; 250 mEq sodium/day) or low-salt (LS; 50 mEq sodium/day) diet for 1-wk each (-2 mo apart with the order randomized), while water intake was ad libitum. Laboratory testing was performed following each HS and LS period in the mid-luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Subjects were in the supine position and beat-by-beat blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) were continuously measured during 1-min baseline followed by 2min CPT, and 3-min recovery. BP and HR increased during the CPT (both P < 0.001); the responses were similar between HS and LS. MSNA increased during the CPT, but the increment (D) was greater during HS than LS (29?6 vs. 15?4 bursts/min; P < 0.001). The transduction of MSNA for vasoconstriction during the CPT was lower in HS (P < 0.05). Thus, salt loading augments sympathetic neural reactivity to the cold stimulus with similar pressor responses compared with salt reduction, which may be attributed to the blunted neurovascular transduction?a compensatory mechanism for hemodynamic homeostasis in premenopausal women with a history of normal pregnancy.
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