Influence of Apnea-Induced Hypoxia on Catecholamine Release and Cardiovascular Dynamics
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Physiology & Biochemistry Thieme Influence of Apnea-induced Hypoxia on Catecholamine Release and Cardiovascular Dynamics Authors 53127 Bonn 1 1 1 Lars Eichhorn , Felix Erdfelder , Florian Kessler , Germany 2 2 3 Ramona C. Dolscheid-Pommerich , Berndt Zur , Uwe Hoffmann , Tel.: + 49/228/287 14114, Fax: + 49/228/287 14125 1 4 Richard K. Ellerkmann , Rainer Meyer [email protected] Affiliations 1 Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative ABSTRACT Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany Prolonged breath-hold causes complex compensatory mechanisms 2 Institut für Klinische Chemie und Klinische Pharmakologie, such as increase in blood pressure, redistribution of blood flow, and Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany bradycardia. We tested whether apnea induces an elevation of catecho- 3 Institut für Physiologie und Anatomie, Deutsche Sporthochschule lamine-concentrations in well-trained apneic divers. Köln, Köln, Germany 11 apneic divers performed maximal dry apnea in a horizontal position. 4 Physiologisches Institut 2, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Univer- Parameters measured during apnea included blood pressure, ECG, and sität Bonn, Bonn, Germany central, in addition to peripheral hemoglobin oxygenation. Peripheral arterial hemoglobin oxygenation was detected by pulse oximetry, Key words whereas peripheral (abdominal) and central (cerebral) tissue oxygena- apnea, blood pressure, catecholamine, hypoxia, NIRS, SpO2 tion was measured by Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS). Exhaled O2 accepted after revision 18.04.2016 and CO2, plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine concentrations were measured before and after apnea. Bibliography Averaged apnea time was 247 ± 76 s. Systolic blood pressure increased DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-107351 from 135 ± 13 to 185 ± 25 mmHg. End-expiratory CO2 increased from Published online: July 25, 2016 | Int J Sports Med 2017; 38: 85–91 29 ± 4 mmHg to 49 ± 6 mmHg. Norepinephrine increased from 623 ± 307 © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York to 1 826 ± 984 pg ml − 1 and epinephrine from 78 ± 22 to 143 ± 65 pg ml − 1 ISSN 0172-4622 during apnea. Heart rate reduction was inversely correlated with in- creased norepinephrine (correlation coefficient − 0.844, p = 0.001). Correspondence Central (cerebral) O2 desaturation was time-delayed compared to pe- Dr. Lars Eichhorn, MD ripheral O2 desaturation as measured by NIRSabdominal and SpO2. Universitatsklinikum Bonn Klinik und Poliklinik für Increased norepinephrine caused by apnea may contribute to blood Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin shift from peripheral tissues to the CNS and thus help to preserve cer- Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25 ebral tissue O2 saturation longer than that of peripheral tissue. Introduction Prolonged apneic diving has been performed for centuries, e. g., sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA). MSNA leads to peripheral va- for harvesting sponges, pearl shells and seafood [16]. In recent dec- soconstriction and thereby to hypertension [7, 20, 22, 28] and brad- ades, apneic diving has become more popular as a recreational ycardia [11, 15, 38] during breath holding. On the contrary, isolat- sport. Interestingly, physiological changes during apneic diving are ed hypoxia is accompanied by vasodilation and an increase in heart not yet completely understood. rate [1, 6, 7]. Bradycardia is described as an oxygen-saving mecha- To protect hypoxia sensible organs in case of extended breath- nism [2, 4, 11] and may be part of the diving response, but barore- hold, complex compensatory mechanisms exist to withstand apnea flex-activation due to increased blood pressure following acute hy- caused hypoxia [17]. The so-called diving response includes brad- percapnia [24] and stimulated chemoreceptors also seem to play ycardia [36], vasoconstriction [28], elevated mean arterial blood an important role in influencing bradycardia [29, 30]. pressure (MAP) [18], and increased cerebral blood flow (CBF) The aim of the present study was to characterize the physiolog- [23, 35, 44]. The latter is mainly caused by increased pCO2 [26, 37]. ical effects of prolonged apnea by recording heart frequency, blood Redistribution of blood aims to maintain adequate oxygen supply pressure, central and peripheral oxygen saturation, and endogen to hypoxia sensible organs such as the brain [14, 23, 29]. Addition- catecholamine concentrations. We hypothesized that dry apnea ally, the mentioned compensatory mechanisms are enhanced by might be linked to increased catecholamine levels helping to ex- water immersion of the face [3, 15, 16, 38]. plain inter-individual differences in the amount of heart rate de- The commonly seen bradycardia in apneic divers is more diffi- crease following apnea. cult to explain. Hypoxia and hypercapnia are known to increase Eichhorn L et al. Influence of Apnea-induced Hypoxia … Int J Sports Med 2017; 38: 85–91 85 Physiology & Biochemistry Thieme Material and Methods 250 150 start of apnea end of apnea The design of this study was approved by the local ethics commit- abdominal S IR 200 tee of the University of Bonn. Our study conforms to the ethical /N 2 standards in sport and exercise science research [21]. 11 static ap- 100 150 2 neic divers were included in the study measuring various physio- HR/SpO O logical parameters during the complete time course of apnea. To rS 100 clearly distinguish apneic-induced effects (i. e., hypoxia and hyper- 50 capnia) from bradycardia-inducing effects such as face immersion 50 [25] or immersion, we chose a static dry apnea setup in a horizon- tal position. Apnea by the individual subject was performed as long 0 blood pressure [mmHg/ as possible. 0 200 400 time [sec] 15 s before initiation of apnea, one breath was analyzed for O2- systoic blood pressure cerebral rSO2 SpO2 [%] and CO2-levels and taken as a baseline. For this, participants ex- NIRSabdominal heart rate [bpm] haled air in a breathing mask connected to the Dräger Scio 4 Oxi plus (Dräger Medical AG&Co.KG, Lübeck, Germany). Immediately ▶Fig. 1 Raw data of one subject. Total apnea time was 411 s. after apnea, the first 5 breaths were analyzed for pO2 and pCO2 Subject exhibited an earlier decrease in NIRSabdominal and SpO2 than breath by breath, and the mean was taken as post-apnea measure- in cerebral rSO2. This subject desaturated steadily (defined as ment. fall > 2 % of baseline-level) in SpO2 after 181 s and in rSO2 after 240 s. Desaturation of NIRS started after 21 s. Re-saturation was Heart rate was continuously measured by a 5-lead electrocardi- abdominal observed in NIRS after 19 s, in rSO after 5 s and in SpO after ® abdominal 2 2 ogram (Dräger monitor system: Infinity M540 Monitor and Infin- 29 s. ity M500 Docking Station). Peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) was measured Masimo (SHP ACC MCABLE-Masimo Set, OEM part- ners of Dräger Medical AG&Co.KG, Lübeck, Germany). Central (cer- creasing cerebral rSO2 vs. SpO2 and NIRSabdominal values following ebral) oxygen saturation (rSO2) and peripheral tissue oxygen satu- apnea onset and the corresponding increases following restart of ration (NIRSabdominal) were measured by Near Infrared Spectrosco- respiration were investigated using Repeated Measures ANOVA py (NONIN Medical’s EQUANOX™, Model 7 600 Regional Oximeter with Greenhouse-Geisser correction followed by Bonferroni’s Mul- System, Plymouth, USA). NIRS diodes (EQUANOX Advance™ Sen- tiple Comparison Test. sor, Model 8004CA, suited for measuring cerebral and somatic ox- Total increase of end-expiratory CO2 measurements and total ygen-saturation) were placed on the right forehead and above the decrease of end-expiratory O2 were tested for significance. This dif- right musculus obliquus externus abdominis (2 cm above iliac ference was investigated using 2-tailed paired t-tests after check- crest). ing for violation of the distributional assumptions for increase of Changes in blood pressure were measured beat-to-beat using CO2 (Shapiro-Wilk W = 0.920, p = 0.318), as well as for decrease of ® a finger-cuff blood pressure sensor on the right hand (Infinity O2 (Shapiro-Wilk W = 0.947, p = 0.611). CNAP™ SmartPod® system, Dräger Medical AG&Co.KG, Lübeck, The statistical association between changes in heart rate (i. e., Germany). heart rate prior to apnea – heart rate at the end of apnea) and NONIN Medical’s EQUANOX™ calculates the normalized hemo- serum norepinephrine/epinephrine concentration (i. e., catecho- globin index (HBI) from the NIRS recordings. HBI may be taken as lamine concentration prior to apnea – catecholamine concentra- a hint for increased tissue perfusion [41]. tion at the end of apnea) was assessed using Spearman’s rank cor- For catecholamine analysis, venous blood samples were drawn relation analysis. Changes in heart rate and systolic blood pressure from every participant 3 min prior to and directly after apnea. Anal- were calculated in the same way. yses were performed in a specialized laboratory, which was reac- The continuous 5-lead ECG was stored automatically with a tem- credited by the German accreditation body DAkkS (accreditation poral resolution of 1 s, therefore a beat-to-beat variability in R-R in- numbers D-ML-13403-01-00 and D-PL-13403-01-00). terval was not possible. We decided to compare the heart rate de- viation in each participant during the first minute of apnea with Data analysis methods that of the last, because both are not influenced by the respiratory Changes in MAP during apnea were investigated using Repeated sinus arrhythmia. This comparison was performed by a 2 tailed, Measures ANOVA with Greenhouse-Geisser correction followed by paired t-test. Dunnett’s Multiple Comparison Test comparing the MAP at 20, 40, All results are given with standard deviation ( ± ) and statistical 60 and 100 % of the total apnea time with the MAP before onset of analyses were performed using SPSS 22 software (IBM SPSS, Chi- apnea. cago/IL, USA). The start point of cerebral rSO2, NIRSabdominal and SpO2-decrease during apnea was defined as a drop of > 2 % compared to stable pre-apneic measurements followed by a monotonic decreasing Results time course.