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Influence of dietary nitrate supplementation on local sweating and cutaneous vascular responses during exercise in a hot environment

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posted on 2018-05-30, 15:48 authored by Tatsuro Amano, Dai Okushima, Brynmor C. Breese, Stephen BaileyStephen Bailey, Shunsaku Koga, N. Kondo
Purpose We investigated the influence of inorganic nitrate (NO−3) supplementation on local sweating and cutaneous vascular responses during exercise in hot conditions. Method Eight healthy, young subjects were assigned in a randomized, double-blind, crossover design to receive NO−3 -rich beetroot (BR) juice (140 mL/day, containing ~8 mmol of NO−3) and NO−3-depleted placebo (PL) juice (140 mL/day, containing ~0.003 mmol of NO−3) for 3 days. On day 3 of supplementation, subjects cycled at an intensity corresponding to 55% of V̇ O2max for 30 min in hot conditions (30 °C, 50% relative humidity). Chest and forearm sweat rate (SR) and skin blood flow (SkBF), were measured continuously. Cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) was calculated by SkBF/mean arterial pressure (MAP). Results Prior to exercise, plasma NO− 3 (21±6 and 581±161 µM) and nitrite (NO− 2 , 87±28 and 336±156 nM) concentrations were higher after BR compared to PL supplementation (P≤0.011, n=6). Oesophageal, mean skin, and mean body temperatures during exercise were not different between conditions. In addition, BR supplementation did not affect SR, SkBF, and CVC during exercise. A lower MAP was found after 30 min of exercise following BR supplementation (112±6 and 103±6 mmHg for PL and BR, respectively, P=0.021). Conclusion These results suggest that inorganic NO− 3 supplementation, which increases the potential for O2-independent NO production, does not affect local sweating and cutaneous vascular responses, but attenuates blood pressure in young healthy subjects exercising in a hot environment.

Funding

This study was partly supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (no. 15K14618, 17H02153, and 26882026) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan.

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

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European Journal of Applied Physiology

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AMANO, T. ... et al, 2018. Influence of dietary nitrate supplementation on local sweating and cutaneous vascular responses during exercise in a hot environment. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 118(8), pp. 1579–1588.

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2018-05-10

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2018

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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in European Journal of Applied Physiology. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00421-018-3889-9.

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1439-6319

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1439-6327

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  • en

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