Author:
Ramsey Michael W.,Behnke Bradley J.,Prisby Rhonda D.,Delp Michael D.
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to determine mean arterial pressure (MAP) and regional vascular conductance responses in young and aged Fisher-344 rats during orthostatic stress, i.e., 70° head-up tilt (HUT). Both groups demonstrated directionally different changes in MAP during HUT (young, 7% increase; aged, 7% decrease). Vascular conductance during HUT in young rats decreased in most tissues but largely remained unchanged in the aged animals. Based on the higher vascular conductance of white adipose tissue from aged rats during HUT, resistance arteries from white visceral fat were isolated and studied in vitro. There was diminished maximal vasoconstriction to phenylephrine and norepinephrine (NE: young, 42 ± 5%; old, 18 ± 6%) in adipose resistance arteries from aged rats. These results demonstrate that aging reduces the ability to maintain MAP during orthostatic stress, and this is associated with a diminished vasoconstriction of adipose resistance arteries.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Physiology
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