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  • Title: Interaction of gender and exercise training: vasomotor reactivity of porcine skeletal muscle arteries.
    Author: Laughlin MH, Schrage WG, McAllister RM, Garverick HA, Jones AW.
    Journal: J Appl Physiol (1985); 2001 Jan; 90(1):216-27. PubMed ID: 11133913.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of the present study was to test the hypothesis that gender influences exercise training-induced adaptations of vascular reactivity of porcine arteries that provide blood flow to skeletal muscle and femoral and brachial arteries. Male and female Yucatan miniature swine were exercise trained on a motor-driven treadmill or cage confined for 16-20 wk. Contractile responses of arterial rings were evaluated in vitro by determining concentration-response curves for endothelin-1 (ET-1; 10(-10) to 10(-7) M) and norepinephrine (NE; 10(-10) to 10(-4) M). Relaxation responses of arteries precontracted with 30 microM PGF(2alpha) were examined for endothelium-dependent agents [bradykinin (BK; 10(-11) to 10(-6) M), ACh (10(-10) to 10(-4) M), and a Ca(2+) ionophore, A-23187 (10(-6) M)] and a endothelium-independent agent [sodium nitroprusside (10(-10) to 10(-4) M)]. Arteries from female pigs developed greater contractile force in response to ET-1 than arteries from male pigs, whereas contractile responses to NE and KCl were similar in arteries from both genders. Femoral arteries from females exhibited greater endothelium-mediated vasorelaxation (BK and ACh) than did those from males. In contrast, brachial arteries of males were more responsive to BK and ACh than brachial arteries of females. Exercise training increased ET-1-induced contractions in arteries from males (without endothelium) but not in arteries from females. Training had no effect on endothelium-dependent relaxation in arteries from males but increased relaxation responses in brachial arteries from females. We conclude that both gender and anatomic origin of the artery influence exercise training-induced adaptations of vascular reactivity of porcine skeletal muscle conduit arteries.
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