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Total Sleep Deprivation Elevates Blood Pressure Through Arterial Baroreflex Resetting: a Study with Microneurographic Technique

Ogawa, Yuriko, Kanbayashi, Takashi, Saito, Yasushi, Takahashi, Yuji, Kitajima, Tsuyoshi, Takahashi, Kenichi, Hishikawa, Yasuo, Shimizu, Tetsuo·2003·SLEEP

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STUDY OBJECTIVES: Sleep deprivation has a profound effect on cardiovascular regulation through the autonomic nervous system. This study examined the effect of 24-hour total sleep deprivation on muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA), which is a direct measurement of the postganglionic sympathetic efferent innervating the vascular bed in the skeletal muscle and other circulatory structures. DESIGN: The study was performed on 6 young healthy men. The factors exerting influence on MSNA, such as aging, obesity, body posture, activity, intensity of illumination, and food and beverage consumption were strictly controlled. Burst rate and burst incidence were used as parameters of MSNA. The burst rate, burst incidence, heart rate, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure were measured after total sleep deprivation and control sleep. To perform a linear regression analysis of arterial baroreflex (ABR), the incidence of MSNA bursts corresponding to a given diastolic blood pressure (%MSNA) was examined. MEASUREMENT AND RESULTS: The diastolic blood pressure was significantly higher after total sleep deprivation than after control sleep (66.5 +/- 1.7 vs 57.4 +/- 3.3 mm Hg). The burst rate (9.6 +/- 1.8 vs 13.3 +/- 2.7 bursts/min) and burst incidence (21.6 +/- 4.5 vs 30.3 +/- 8.9 bursts/100 heart beats) of MSNA were significantly lower after total sleep deprivation than after control sleep (P < .05). Analysis of the ABR disclosed a significant linear regressive relation between %MSNA and diastolic blood pressure in every subject after both total sleep deprivation and control sleep. This result implies that the ABR regulates the occurrence of MSNA bursts under different diastolic blood pressure conditions. The threshold (X-axis intercept) of the blood pressure regression line (ie, an indicator of the ABR set point) shifted by 12 +/- 4.3 mm Hg toward a higher blood pressure level after total sleep deprivation (P < .05). The ABR sensitivity, or the slope of the regression line, tended to be less steep after total sleep deprivation than after control sleep, although it was not statistically significant (P = .09). CONCLUSIONS: The diastolic blood pressure increased and both burst rate and burst incidence of MSNA decreased after total sleep deprivation. The results show that resetting of the ABR toward a higher blood pressure level occurred after total sleep deprivation. This ABR resetting probably brings about an increase in arterial blood pressure after total sleep deprivation.

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  • In 6 healthy men, total sleep deprivation increased diastolic blood pressure (p=0.02) and increased arterial baroreflex set-point by 12 mm Hg (p<0.05); no changes in morning plasma catecholamines, including epinephrine and norepinephrine, dopamine, or cortisol were recorded.

    “In another study of 6 healthy men, TSD increased diastolic BP (p=0.02) and increased arterial baroreflex set-point by 12 mm Hg (p<0.05) [66]. No changes in morning plasma catecholamines, including epinephrine and norepinephrine, dopamine, or cortisol were recorded.”
  • These two studies attribute the effects of sleep deprivation on baroreflex to changes in peripheral and central mechanisms but did not observe an increase in their measures of sympathetic nervous activity.

    “These two studies attribute the effects of sleep deprivation on baroreflex to changes in peripheral and central mechanisms but did not observe an increase in their measures of sympathetic nervous activity.”

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  1. Lusardi P, Zoppi A, Preti P, Pesce R, Piazza E, Fogari R. Effects of insufficient sleep on blood pressure in hypertensive patients. Am J Hypertens 1999;12:63-8.

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Authors
Ogawa, Y., Kanbayashi, T., Saito, Y., Takahashi, Y., Kitajima, T., Takahashi, K., Hishikawa, Y., & Shimizu, T.
Affiliations
  • Akita University (JP)
  • Fujita Health University (JP)
Corresponding author
Ogawa, Yuriko
Venue
SLEEP
Published
2003-12
Volume
26
Issue
8
Pages
986-989
ISSN
  • 0161-8105 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-9109
OpenAlex
W2165678311
Cited by
235
References
18
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FWCI
6.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • SLEEP (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
Keywords
total sleep deprivation, arterial baroreflex, baroreflex sensitivity, muscle sympathetic nerve activity, blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, sympathetic nervous system, autonomic regulation, microneurography, burst frequency, cardiovascular regulation, young men, healthy men
MeSH terms
Adult, Blood Glucose, Body Weight, Dopamine, Electrocardiography, Electroencephalography, Electrophysiology, Epinephrine, Glucagon, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Hypertension, Insulin, Male, Norepinephrine, Posture, Sleep Deprivation, Thyrotropin, Polysomnography, Baroreflex

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