The influence of aging on the human sympathetic nervous system and brain norepinephrine turnover

被引:84
作者
Esler, M
Hastings, J
Lambert, G
Kaye, D
Jennings, G
Seals, DR
机构
[1] Baker Med Res Inst, Melbourne, Vic 8008, Australia
[2] Univ Colorado, Dept Kinesiol & Appl Physiol, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
关键词
epinephrine; heart; kidneys; adrenal medulla;
D O I
10.1152/ajpregu.00335.2001
中图分类号
Q4 [生理学];
学科分类号
071003 ;
摘要
Investigating aging effects on the sympathetic nervous system and ascertaining underlying central nervous system (CNS) mechanisms mediating sympathetic stimulation is clinically pertinent because of the possible interconnection of cardiovascular disease development with age-dependent sympathetic nervous changes. Because of previous evidence linking human CNS neuronal noradrenergic function and sympathetic activity, we investigated the influence of aging on brain norepinephrine turnover in 22 healthy men aged 20-30 yr and 16 healthy men aged 60-75 yr by measuring the internal jugular venous overflow of norepinephrine and its lipophilic metabolites. Sympathoneural and adrenal medullary function was also studied, using plasma catecholamine isotope dilution methodology and regional central venous sampling. In the older men there was increased norepinephrine turnover in suprabulbar subcortical brain regions, 317 +/- 50 ng/min compared with 107 +/- 18 ng/min in younger men. A differentiated sympathetic nervous activation was also present in older men. Overall, levels of both cardiac and hepatomesenteric norepinephrine spillover were directly correlated with subcortical norepinephrine turnover. These findings suggest that in sympathetic nervous activation accompanying aging, as has previously been demonstrated with the sympathetic nervous stimulation in human hypertension and heart failure, there is an underlying sympathoexcitatory influence of noradrenergic projections to suprabulbar subcortical regions.
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