title: Plasma and platelet catecholamine and catecholamine sulfate response to various exercise tests.
abstract: We tested the hypothesis that platelet and plasma catecholamine sulfates (CA-S) and platelet catecholamines (CA) reflect the overall sympathoadrenergic activation by exercise of 1 h duration. Ten well-trained subjects performed a low-intensity [62% maximum O2 consumption (VO2max); LI] and a high-intensity exercise test (77% VO2max; HI) and two tests at a similar average power output that consisted of 20 min at 77% VO2max and 40 min at 62% VO2max (HI/LI) and vice versa (LI/HI). Plasma norepinephrine sulfate (NE-S) increased to higher levels after HI than after LI exercise (15.5 +/- 2.1 vs. 8.9 +/- 0.7 nmol/l). Immediately after HI/LI and LI/HI plasma NE-S was similarly increased (9.59 +/- 1.1 vs. 9.96 +/- 1.3 nmol/l), whereas norepinephrine was higher after LI/HI than after HI/LI (23.0 +/- 3.2 vs. 15.7 +/- 2.3 nmol/l). Platelet CA and CA-S were increased only after HI. In conclusion, the plasma NE-S response to exercise parallels the overall sympathetic activation. These results support the hypothesis that plasma NE-S measured immediately after exercise reflects the overall sympathoadrenergic activity over prolonged periods of exercise. Platelet CA and CA-S poorly reflect sympathoadrenergic activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sports Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strobel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Friedmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jost
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bärtsch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood*; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D005082:Physical Exertion; D010949:Plasma / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines