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J Appl Physiol 67: 2335-2342, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 6 2335-2342, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Influences of exogenous insulin on arterial blood pressure measurements of the rat

J. G. Edwards and C. M. Tipton
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.

Studies were undertaken with adult male rats to test the hypothesis that euglycemic hyperinsulinemia would alter mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) relationships by activation of the sympathetic nervous system. Conscious rats were infused either with insulin or control vehicle (0, 0.47, 1.5, 4.7, 15.0 mU.kg-1.min-1) for 75 min before injection of hexamethonium. Compared with the control period, insulin infusion significantly increased MAP by 7.1 +/- 0.1, 12.7 +/- 2.0, and 19.7 +/- 0.3 (SE) mmHg and HR by 44 +/- 8.4, 66 +/- 10.3, and 95 +/- 6.3 beats/min, respectively, during the three highest rates of infusion. The dose-dependent increases in MAP and HR were due to increases in the activity of hexamethonium-sensitive pathways. In chemically sympathectomized rats, insulin infusion did not produce a significant increase in either MAP or HR. The influence of exogenous norepinephrine on MAP and HR was also studied after insulin infusion. Compared with the insulin-vehicle infusion, insulin infusion significantly depressed (P less than 0.05) the norepinephrine dose-response increase in MAP. In addition, isolated smooth muscle strips were studied to determine the influence of insulin on their in vitro responses to increasing doses of norepinephrine. Although insulin did not alter contractility, it significantly (P less than 0.05) decreased the sensitivity of the vascular strips to norepinephrine. Collectively, the data from these euglycemic experiments indicated that infusions of insulin caused increases in HR and MAP because of activation of the sympathetic nervous system, even though the responsiveness of the vascular smooth muscle was depressed.


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