Differentiated norepinephrine spillover in human skeletal muscle.
Differentiated norepinephrine spillover in human skeletal muscle.
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人体骨骼肌中分化的去甲肾上腺素溢出。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.1.r16
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发表时间:
1997
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Peter Friberg
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作者:
A. Karlsson;Mikael Elam;Peter Lönnroth;L. Sullivan;Peter Friberg
Most neurophysiological studies have shown similar sympathetic outflow to arm and leg. However, some direct microneurographic recordings indicate differentiated sympathetic outflow to limbs both at rest and during mental stress. Hence, differentiated levels of norepinephrine (NE) spillover could prevail. By steady-state infusion of [3H]NE and body composition determination by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-scan, we simultaneously assessed arm and leg NE spillover related to 100 g tissue and total limb weight. NE spillover was lower in leg than arm (0.26 vs. 1.51 pmol.min-1.100 g-1, P < 0.05), and the difference remained when expressed as a function of total limb weight (66 vs. 137 pmol/min, P < 0.05). Fractional extraction of [3H]NE was similar in arm and leg. Neuronal uptake blockade by desipramine was more effective in leg than arm; fractional extraction in leg decreased by 32% (P < 0.05) but was unaltered in arm. Thus a lower NE spillover was observed from leg than arm, possibly reflecting a lower sympathetic outflow and a more neuronally dependent reuptake.