Abstract

Ascorbic acid (AA) may contribute to restoring hemostatic balance after mental stress (MS) in overweight/obese adults. We aimed to determine the effects of AA administration on hemostatic responses to MS in overweight/obese men. Fourteen overweight/obesity men (27 ± 7 years; BMI: 29.7 ± 2.6 kg m−2) performed the Stroop color-word stress task for 5 min after non-simultaneous infusion of placebo (PL, 0.9% NaCl) and AA (3 g). Blood was collected at baseline, during MS, and 60 min after MS to measure: activated partial thromboplastin time, prothrombin time, and fibrinogen concentration, by coagulometer; platelet-derived microvesicles (PMV, mv/μL), by flow cytometry; nitrite (μM), by chemiluminescence. In PL session, MS led to decreases in PTs (stress, p = 0.03; 60 min, p < 0.001), PT-INR (stress, p < 0.001; 60 min, p < 0.01), aPTTs (60 min, p = 0.03), aPTT ratio (60 min, p = 0.04) and fibrinogen (60 min, p = 0.04), while increased PT activity (60 min, p = 0.01) when compared to baseline. Furthermore, AA increased PTs (60 min, p < 0.001), PT-INR (60 min, p = 0.03) and decreased PT activity (60 min, p < 0.001) and fibrinogen (stress, p = 0.04) when compared to PL. Nitrite was increased in response to stress during AA session (p < 0.001 vs PL). There was no difference in PMV. Ascorbic acid prevented the impaired hemostatic profile and improved nitrite response to stress in the overweight and obese adults.

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Title
Ascorbic acid prevents stress-induced hypercoagulability in overweight and obese individuals
Author
Rocha, Helena N. M. 1 ; Velasco, Larissa L. 2 ; Batista, Gabriel M. S. 2 ; Storch, Amanda S. 2 ; Garcia, Vinicius P. 1 ; Teixeira, Gabriel F. 2 ; Mentzinger, Juliana 2 ; da Nóbrega, Antonio C. L. 1 ; Rocha, Natália G. 1 

 Fluminense Federal University, Laboratory of Exercise Sciences, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Niterói, Brazil (GRID:grid.411173.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2184 6919); Fluminense Federal University, Laboratory of Integrative Cardiometabology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Niterói, Brazil (GRID:grid.411173.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2184 6919); National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT) - Physical (In)Activity and Exercise, Niterói, Brazil (GRID:grid.450640.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2189 2026) 
 Fluminense Federal University, Laboratory of Exercise Sciences, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Niterói, Brazil (GRID:grid.411173.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2184 6919); Fluminense Federal University, Laboratory of Integrative Cardiometabology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Niterói, Brazil (GRID:grid.411173.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2184 6919) 
Pages
3122
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2923180773
Copyright
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