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1. Sex-related differences in sweat gland cholinergic sensitivity exist irrespective of differences in aerobic capacity.

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Madeira LG, da Fonseca MA, Fonseca IA, de Oliveira KP, Passos RL, Machado-Moreira CA, and Rodrigues LO

Subjects
Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Sex Factors, Sweat Glands physiology, Young Adult, Exercise, Muscarinic Agonists pharmacology, Oxygen Consumption, Pilocarpine pharmacology, Sweat Glands drug effects, Sweating drug effects
Abstract

Mechanisms accounting for sex-related differences in the sweat response remain to be elucidated. In the present study, we focused on differences in sweat gland cholinergic sensitivity between males and females. Since, males usually possess higher aerobic capacity than females, we investigated sweating in males and females grouped according to aerobic capacity (.VO(2peak)). Forty-four subjects were assigned to four groups: males with higher (MH) and lower (ML), and females with higher (FH) and lower (FL) .VO(2peak). Forearm sweating was induced by iontophoretic administration (1.5 mA, 60 muA cm(-2), 5 min) of pure water or varying concentrations of pilocarpine hydrochloride (0.125, 0.250, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0%). Local sweat rate (absorbent paper) and the number of activated sweat glands (iodine impregnated paper) were computed. Maximal pilocarpine-induced sweat rate (SR(max)) and the pilocarpine concentration which elicited 50% of maximal sweating response (K (m)) were calculated. Sweat rate and active gland density increased in response to greater doses of pilocarpine (p < 0.05). Inter-group differences were evident: SR(max) was greatest for MH and lowest for FL (p < 0.05), but no significant differences were observed between ML and FH (p = 0.24). Higher SR(max) were observed, within-sex, for those with greater aerobic capacity (p < 0.05). Furthermore, males' K (m) values were higher than females', indicating greater sweat gland affinity for pilocarpine even for groups having similar aerobic capacity (p < 0.05). In summary, we confirmed that the human sudomotor response is affected by aerobic capacity but, also, that sex-related differences in sweat gland cholinergic sensitivity exist and are not necessarily associated with the typical differences in .VO(2peak) observed between sexes.

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2010
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2. Diabetes mellitus tipo 1 na ausência de neuropatia autonômica não altera a taxa de sudorese no exercício

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Rocha, Cristiane Martins, Madeira, Luciana Gonçalves, Sá, Kátia Regina, Lopes, Luciana Napoleão, Albuquerque, Daniel Peixoto de, Diniz, Leonardo Maurício, and Rodrigues, Luiz Oswaldo Carneiro

Subjects
neuropatia autonômica diabética, thermoregulation, diabetic autonomic neuropathy, termorregulação, exercício, glândula sudorípara, sudorese, sweat glands
Abstract

A sudorese é o principal mecanismo autonômico termorregulatório na espécie humana. A taxa de sudorese (TS) durante o exercício pode ser influenciada por diversos fatores, entre eles doenças, como o diabetes mellitus tipo 1, cujos pacientes são vítimas potenciais de distúrbios termorregulatórios. Os exercícios regulares são recomendados para diabéticos e, inclusive, alguns deles tornam-se atletas. No entanto, ainda não foi medida a TS de diabéticos durante exercício progressivo até a exaustão (GXT) e comparada com a de indivíduos sadios com características antropométricas semelhantes. O presente estudo comparou a TS de sete voluntários diabéticos (DM) e sete controles (GC), semelhantes quanto à idade, gênero, composição corporal e capacidade aeróbica. Antes e após o GXT, foram medidos a gravidade específica da urina (GEU), o peso e a glicemia capilar. A TS global foi calculada dividindo-se a variação do peso pelo tempo de coleta e área de superfície corporal. A TS local do antebraço foi calculada utilizando-se a variação do peso de um filtro absorvente corrigido pela sua área e tempo de coleta. As TS locais do antebraço e da perna foram induzidas por iontoforese com pilocarpina (0,5%) no grupo DM. A freqüência cardíaca (FC) foi registrada antes, durante e após GXT. A temperatura média da pele (TMP) e as condições térmicas ambientais foram medidas durante o experimento. A glicemia capilar foi maior no DM, como o esperado. As TS global e local foram semelhantes entre os grupos, enquanto que a FC no repouso e a TMP no repouso e no exercício foram maiores no DM. Não houve diferença entre as TS do antebraço e da perna no DM com a pilocarpina. Concluiu-se que a resposta sudorípara foi semelhante entre diabéticos jovens e grupo controle durante exercício progressivo em ambiente temperado. Sudoresis is the main autonomic human thermoregulatory mechanism. It can be influenced by several factors, including diseases, among them diabetes mellitus Type 1 (DM1), whose patients are potential victims of thermoregulatory disturbances. Regular physical exercises are recommended to diabetic people and some of them even become athletes. However, up to now, the sweat rate (SR) of diabetic patients during graded exercise until exhaustion (GXT) has not been compared to the SR of healthy individuals with similar physical characteristics. The present study measured global (SRglobal) and local (SRlocal) sweat rates during GXT in 14 diabetic (DM) and control subjects (CG), similar in age, gender, body composition and aerobic capacity. Urine specific gravity (Gu), body mass and blood glucose (Gblood) were measured before and after GXT. Besides that, Srlocal (forearm and leg) was measured by iontophoresis with pilocarpine (0.5%) in the DM group. Heart rate (HR), skin temperature (Tsk) and environmental thermal conditions were measured during the experiment. Both initial and final Gblood were higher in the DM, as expected. The Gu were similar between groups. Exercise induced similar SRglobal and SRlocal in both groups, whereas the rest HR and rest and exercise Tsk were higher in the DM. Forearm and leg SR were not different in the DM. It was concluded that the sweating response was not different between young diabetic patients and control group during GXT in a temperate environment.

Published
2009

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