Electrical stimulation of ventral roots at 3 and 5 Hz increased mean arterial pressure by 13±2 and 16±3 mmHg and increased ATP concentration in contracting muscle by 150% and 200% (P<0.05).
Does muscle contraction evoked by electrical stimulation increase interstitial ATP concentrations in skeletal muscle?
Muscle contraction increases interstitial ATP concentrations, suggesting ATP is released from contracting skeletal muscle cells and may play a role in the exercise pressor reflex.
p-value: p=<0.05
Previous studies have suggested that activation of ATP-sensitive P2X receptors in skeletal muscle play a role in mediating the exercise pressor reflex (Li J and Sinoway LI. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H2636-H2643, 2002). To determine the role ATP plays in this reflex, it is necessary to examine whether muscle interstitial ATP (ATPi) concentrations rise with muscle contraction. Accordingly, in this study, muscle contraction was evoked by electrical stimulation of the L7 and S1 ventral roots of the spinal cord in 12 decerebrate cats. Muscle ATPi was collected from microdialysis probes inserted in the muscle. ATP concentrations were determined by the HPLC method. Electrical stimulation of the ventral roots at 3 and 5 Hz increased mean arterial pressure by 13 +/- 2 and 16 +/- 3 mmHg (P < 0.05), respectively, and it increased ATP concentration in contracting muscle by 150% (P < 0.05) and 200% (P < 0.05), respectively. ATP measured in the opposite control limb did not rise with ventral root stimulation. Section of the L7 and S1 dorsal roots did not affect the ATPi seen with 5-Hz ventral root stimulation. Finally, ventral roots stimulation sufficient to drive motor nerve fibers did not increase ATP in previously paralyzed cats. Thus ATPi is not largely released from sympathetic or motor nerves and does not require an intact afferent reflex pathway. We conclude that ATPi is due to the release of ATP from contracting skeletal muscle cells.
Li et al. (Fri,) conducted a other in Animal model (decerebrate cats) (n=12). Electrical stimulation of the L7 and S1 ventral roots vs. Opposite control limb and previously paralyzed cats was evaluated on Muscle interstitial ATP concentration and mean arterial pressure (p=<0.05). Electrical stimulation of ventral roots at 3 and 5 Hz increased mean arterial pressure by 13±2 and 16±3 mmHg and increased ATP concentration in contracting muscle by 150% and 200% (P<0.05).
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