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Effect of Magnesium Sulfate Infusion on Circulating Levels of Noradrenaline and Neuropeptide-Y-Like Immunoreactivity in Patients with Primary Raynaud's Phenomenon

Department of Research, IAMU, University of Uppsala, Central Hospital, Västerås

Urban Myrdal

Department of Research, IAMU, University of Uppsala, Central Hospital, Västerås

Thomas Hedner

Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg

Lars Edvinsson

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Lund, Lund

Zofia Tracz

Family Practice, Västra Sjukhuset, Västerås, Sweden

Ivar Ringqvist

Department of Research, IAMU, University of Uppsala, Central Hospital, Västerås

The effect of a short-term magnesium sulfate (MgSO₄) infusion on venous plasma concen tration of noradrenaline (NA) and neuropeptide-Y-like immunoreactivity (NPY-LI) was investigated in 12 women with primary Raynaud's phenomenon (PRP) and in 12 healthy matched controls.

The Raynaud's patients did not demonstrate any significant changes in mean basal plasma NA concentration (0.29 ±0.15 vs 0.37 ±0.09 ng/mL, ns) after MgSO₄ infusion. However, in the controls there was more than twice the amount of circulating nora drenaline (cNA) (0.21 ±0.14 vs 0.54 ±0.22 ng/mL, P < 0.001) after MgSO₄ infusion, compared with the preinfusion value. Measurements during the cold pressor test prior to the MgSO₄ infusion showed a significant increase of cNA in both the PRP group and the control group (from 0.29 ±0.15 to 0.33 ±0.16 ng/mL, P < 0.05, and from 0.21 ±0.14 to 0.29 ±0.16 ng/mL, P < 0.005, respectively). After MgSO₄ infusion the levels of cNA during the cold pressor test increased significantly only in the PRP group (from 0.37 ±0.09 to 0.41 ±0.11 ng/mL, P < 0.05).

Circulating NPY-LI concentrations increased significantly during MgSO₄ infusion in the Raynaud's patients as well as in the controls from 105 ±21 to 127 ±23 pmol/L, P<0.05, and from 107 ±17 to 132 ±27 pmol/L, P<0.01, respectively. There were no detectable changes during the cold pressor tests in either group. In healthy women short-term MgSO₄ infusion induced a sympathetic response, shown by the increased concentration of cNA and NPY-LI, while in PRP patients there was only an increase in NPY-LI. The discrepancy between PRP patients and healthy controls supports the view of a so-called "local fault" in the sympathetic nerve terminal of arterial/arteriolar walls in Raynaud's patients.

Angiology, Vol. 45, No. 7, 637-645 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979404500707


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