Vascular Structure and Function with Aging

血管结构和功能随衰老的变化

• 批准号: 7113456
• 负责人: Brad J Behnke
• 金额: $ 4.6万
• 依托单位: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-04-01 至 2009-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7113456
• 关键词: age difference; aging; angiogenesis; arterioles; blood flow measurement; blood vessel disorder; body physical activity; laboratory rat; microcirculation; muscle function; musculoskeletal circulation; postdoctoral investigator; striated muscles

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Physical capacity and muscular function are reduced with aging. Age-associated reduction in muscle blood flow and its intravascular distribution within and between skeletal muscles is thought to be linked mechanistically to muscle dysfunction in older individuals. This is supported by the observation that pulmonary gas exchange dynamics are slowed with advancing age and it is now recognized that these changes are driven by impaired muscle oxygen exchange and result in elevated metabolic perturbations within contracting muscle that limit exercise tolerance. To date, however, key structural and functional relationships within young and aged skeletal muscle remain obscure. Dr. Delp's lab has assembled a unique combination of established and state-of-the art techniques to address this problem. I plan to test the broad hypothesis that aging induces microcirculatory dysfunction that impairs oxygen transport. This work will utilize the rat model of aging, a widely accepted analog of the human condition that has the major advantage of permitting very invasive studies. Development of effective strategies to attenuate the deleterious effects of aging on physical capacity is contingent upon resolution of the mechanistic bases for muscle dysfunction in this population.

描述（由申请人提供）：随着衰老而降低身体能力和肌肉功能。骨骼肌肉内和骨骼肌之间的肌肉血流及其与年龄相关的减少被认为与老年人的肌肉功能障碍有关。观察到，随着年龄的增长，肺气体交换动力学会减慢这一支持，现在已经认识到，这些变化是由肌肉氧交换受损驱动的，并导致肌肉降低肌肉的代谢扰动升高，从而限制运动耐受性。然而，迄今为止，年轻和老年骨骼肌肉内的关键结构和功能关系仍然晦涩难懂。 Delp博士的实验室已经组装了已建立和最先进的技术来解决此问题的独特组合。我计划检验以下广泛的假设，即衰老会诱导损害氧气转运的微循环功能障碍。这项工作将利用衰老的大鼠模型，这是人类状况的广泛接受的类似物，其具有允许非常侵入性研究的主要优势。制定有效的策略来减轻衰老对身体能力的有害影响，取决于解决该人群中肌肉功能障碍的机械基础。