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J Appl Physiol 87: 2025-2031, 1999;
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Vol. 87, Issue 6, 2025-2031, December 1999

Hypoxic pressor response, cardiac size, and natriuretic peptides are modified by long-term intermittent hypoxia

Holger Kraiczi1, Jarkko Magga2, Xiang Ying Sun1, Heikki Ruskoaho2, Xiaohe Zhao1, and Jan Hedner1

1 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden; and 2 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Oulu, FIN-90220 Oulu, Finland

We investigated whether the effect of long-term intermittent hypoxia (LTIH) on cardiovascular function may be modified by preexisting genetic traits. To induce LTIH experimentally, cycles of 90-s hypoxia (nadir 6%) followed by 90-s normoxia were applied to six Wistar-Kyoto and six spontaneously hypertensive rats during 8 h daily. Comparison with the same number of control animals after 70 days revealed no alteration of intra-arterial blood pressure or heart rate. Blood pressure responsiveness to a brief hypoxic stimulus was enhanced in the LTIH animals, regardless of strain, whereas the hypoxia-induced increase in heart rate was abolished. In the spontaneously hypertensive but not the Wistar-Kyoto rats, LTIH increased left ventricular weight-to-body weight ratio and content of atrial natriuretic peptide mRNA. Expression of B-type natriuretic peptide was unchanged (Northern blot). Slightly increased right ventricular weight-to-body weight ratios in the LTIH animals were associated with higher right ventricular atrial natriuretic peptide and B-type natriuretic peptide mRNA amounts. Consequently, the effects of LTIH on different components of cardiovascular function appear incompletely related to each other and differentially influenced by constitutional traits.

obstructive sleep apnea; blood pressure; heart hypertrophy; cardiovascular chemoreceptor reflex


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