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Vascular adrenergic tone and structural narrowing constrain reactive hyperemia in skeletal muscle of obese Zucker rats

Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia

Submitted 28 November 2005 ; accepted in final form 20 December 2005

Previous studies have demonstrated that skeletal muscle perfusion is impaired in obese Zucker rats (OZR) under control conditions and with elevated metabolic demand versus responses in lean Zucker rats (LZR). To further our understanding of processes contributing to impaired perfusion, we determined whether hyperemic responses following periods of occlusion were altered in skeletal muscle of OZR versus LZR. In isolated hindlimbs, basal blood flow in OZR was less than in LZR, and total perfusion responses after 30, 90, and 180 s of occlusion were reduced. Treatment of animals with an antioxidant (polythethylene glycol-superoxide dismutase) had no effect on reactive hyperemia, although blockade of -adrenoreceptors (₁ > ₂) improved responses to 30 and 90 s of occlusion; responses to 180 s of occlusion were unaltered. Pump perfusion of a dilated distal hindlimb demonstrated that increased volume flow elicited a greater increase in perfusion pressure in OZR versus LZR, suggesting structural contributions to an increased vascular resistance. Responses were comparable for in situ cremaster muscle because reactive hyperemia following serial arteriolar occlusion was attenuated in OZR versus LZR, treatment with polythethylene glycol-superoxide dismutase was ineffective, and hyperemic responses were improved following inhibition of -adrenoreceptors (₁ > ₂). Treatment of cremaster muscle with adenosine (10^–3 M) caused flow to increase to a level comparable to that following 180 s of occlusion in both strains, although this level was reduced in OZR versus LZR. These results suggest that increased adrenergic tone may constrain reactive hyperemia in OZR with brief occlusion, although structural increases in vascular resistance can contribute to constrained perfusion after longer periods of occlusion.

microcirculation; blood flow regulation; rodent models of metabolic syndrome

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