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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 422-426Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.10.013
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nonesterified fatty acid; norepinephrine; sympathetic nervous system; hypertension; obesity
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- NCRR NIH HHS [M01-RR00042] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL18575] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [K24 AG00924] Funding Source: Medline
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Background: Sympathetic activity and renal norepinephrine spillover are increased in obese individuals. We have reported that infusion of nonesterified fatty acids increases blood pressure in animals through stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system. Methods: In this study, we assessed the effect of increasing circulating nonesterified fatty acids on systemic and renal norepinephrine kinetics in healthy adults by infusing fat emulsion and heparin for 4 h. H-3-norepinephrine was infused for 60 min before and again during the last hour of the fatty acid infusion to assess norepinephrine kinetics. Renal venous blood samples were obtained to calculate renal norepinephrine spillover. Results: Nonesterified fatty acid levels increased threefold during the first hour and remained elevated throughout the study. Arterial and renal venous plasma norepinephrine levels fell by 15% and 20%, respectively, during the infusion (P <.05 for both). Kinetic analysis indicated that systemic release of norepinephrine into an extravascular compartment decreased from 11.6 +/- 1.1 to 10.0 +/- 1.3 nmol/min/m(2) (P =.067) and renal venous norepinephrine spillover decreased from 454 +/- 54 pmol/min (P =.055). Conclusions: These results indicate that nonesterified fatty acids do not have a direct stimulating effect on wholebody or renal sympathetic activity. It is possible that increased plasma levels of fatty acids serve as a signal to decrease sympathetic tone during the fasting state. (c) 2005 American Journal of Hypertension, Ltd.
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