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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
Volume 568, Issue 3, Pages 1057-1065Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.092734
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- NCRR NIH HHS [M01 RR000051, RR00051] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG013038, R01 AG006537, AG13038, AG06537, R37 AG013038] Funding Source: Medline
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Endothelium-dependent dilatation (EDD) is impaired with ageing in sedentary, but not in regularly exercising adults. We tested the hypotheses that differences in tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) bioactivity are key mechanisms explaining the impairment in EDD with sedentary ageing, and the maintenance of EDD with ageing in regularly exercising adults. Brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), normalized for local shear stress, was measured after acute oral placebo or BH4 in young sedentary (YS) (n = 10; 22 +/- 1 years, mean S.E.M.), older sedentary (OS) (n = 9; 62 2), and older habitually aerobically trained (OT) (n = 12; 66 1) healthy men. At baseline, FMD was similar to 50% lower in OS versus YS (1.12 +/- 0.09 versus 0.57 +/- 0.09 (Delta mm (dyn cm(-2))) X 10(-2), p < 0.001; 1 dyn = 10(-5) N), but was preserved in OT (0.93 +/- 0.08 (Delta mm (dyn cm(-2))) X 10(-2)). BH4 administration improved FMD by similar to 45% in OS (1.00 +/- 0.10 (Delta mm (dyn cm(-2))) X 10(-2), p < 0.01 versus baseline), but did not affect FMD in YS or OT. Endothelium-independent dilatation neither differed between groups at baseline nor changed with BH4 administration. These results suggest that BH4 bioactivity may be a key mechanism involved in the impairment of conduit artery EDD with sedentary ageing, and the EDD-preserving effect of habitual exercise.
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