Dietary nitrate supplementation effect on dynamic cerebral autoregulation in normoxia and acute hypoxia
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We tested the hypothesis that increasing the nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability by dietary nitrate would recover the hypoxic-induced reduction in dynamic CA. Twelve healthy males (age 21 ± 2 years) completed four days of dietary supplementation with a placebo or inorganic nitrate drink (140-ml beetroot juice) followed by 60-min of normoxia or hypoxia (fraction of inspired oxygen [FiO2] = 13%). Duplex ultrasonography was used to perform volumetric change-based assessment of dynamic CA in the internal carotid artery (ICA). Dynamic CA was assessed by rate of regulation (RoR) of vascular conductance using the thigh-cuff method. Four days of beetroot supplementation increased circulating nitrate by 208 [171,245] M (mean difference [95% confidence interval]) compared with placebo. Dynamic CA was lower in hypoxia than normoxia (RoR Δ-0.085 [-0.116, -0.054]). Compared with placebo, nitrate did not alter dynamic CA in normoxia (RoR Δ-0.022 [-0.060, 0.016]) or hypoxia (RoR Δ0.017 [-0.019, 0.053]). Further, nitrate did not affect ICA vessel diameter, blood velocity or flow in either normoxia or hypoxia. Increased bioavailability of NO through dietary nitrate supplementation did not recover the hypoxia-induced reduction in dynamic CA. This suggests the mechanism of hypoxia-induced reduction in dynamic CA does not relate to the availability of NO.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 486-494 |
Journal | Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 9 Mar 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2022 |
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