Plasma renin activity and aldosterone and vasopressin concentrations during incremental treadmill exercise in horses

Six untrained mares were subjected to incremental treadmill exercise to examine exercise-induced changes in plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma aldosterone (ALDO) and plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP) concentrations. Plasma renin activity, ALDO and AVP concentrations, and heart rate (HR) were mea...

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Published inAmerican journal of veterinary research Vol. 53; no. 8; p. 1290
Main Authors McKeever, K H, Hinchcliff, K W, Schmall, L M, Reed, S M, Lamb, D R, Muir, 3rd, W W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1992
Subjects
Aldosterone - blood
Animals
Arginine Vasopressin - blood
Exercise Test - veterinary
Female
Heart Rate
Horses - blood
Physical Exertion - physiology
Renin - blood
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Summary:Six untrained mares were subjected to incremental treadmill exercise to examine exercise-induced changes in plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma aldosterone (ALDO) and plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP) concentrations. Plasma renin activity, ALDO and AVP concentrations, and heart rate (HR) were measured at each step of an incremental maximal exercise test. Mares ran up a 6 degree slope on a treadmill set at an initial speed of 4 m/s. Speed was increased 1 m/s each minute until HR reached a plateau. Plasma obtained was stored at -80 C and later was thawed, extracted, and assayed for PRA and ALDO and AVP values by use of radioimmunoassay. Exercise caused significant increase in HR from 40 +/- 2 beats/min (mean +/- SEM) at rest to 206 +/- 4 beats/min (HRmax) at speed of 9 m/s. Plasma renin activity increased from 1.9 +/- 1.0 ng/ml/h at rest to a peak of 5.2 +/- 1.0 ng/ml/h at 9 m/s, paralleling changes in HR. Up to treadmill speed of 9 m/s, strong linear correlations were obtained between exercise intensity (and duration) and HR (r = 0.87, P less than 0.05) and PRA (r = 0.93, P less than 0.05). Heart rate and PRA reached a plateau and did not increase when speed was increased from 9 to 10 m/s. Plasma ALDO concentration increased from 48 +/- 16 pg/ml at rest to 191 +/- 72 pg/ml at speed of 10 m/s. Linear relation was found between exercise intensity (and duration) and ALDO concentration (r = 0.97, P less than 0.05).
ISSN:0002-9645
DOI:10.2460/ajvr.1992.53.08.1290