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Background: <p>Exposure to microgravity is marked by enhanced physical inactivity, reduced gravitational loading and fluid shifts. These characteristics provide a unique model for medical research. Dry immersion is used as a ground-based model to simulate and investigate some of the physiological effects of microgravity experienced by astronauts (body fluid shifts, lack of mechanical support, unloading of the musculoskeletal system and hypokinesia). To date, there is limited knowledge about the effect of sex on cardiovascular and metabolic responses to dry immersion.</p> Methods: <p>This study integrates results from two 5-day dry immersion validation campaigns conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA): VIVALDI-1 (women, <i>n</i> = 18) and VIVALDI-2 (men, <i>n</i> = 19), where a wide range of physiological data was collected before, during, and after immersion. We investigated hormones changes and fluid redistribution, orthostatic tolerance, aerobic capacity, physical activity, muscle force, venous function, body composition, glucose tolerance, metabolic rate, lipid and bone turnover profiles, endothelial responses, with particular attention to sex-based differences.</p> Results: <p>Our findings reveal that dry immersion induces an acute multi-system deconditioning, affecting cardiovascular, metabolic, and fluid-regulation systems, which is largely comparable between men and women, although women show lower orthostatic tolerance, greater elevation of the atherogenic index, and increase in bone resorption biomarker.</p> Conclusions: <p>These results establish dry immersion as a valuable tool for studying the physiological adaptations of astronauts to microgravity and understanding sex-specific responses, while providing a comprehensive control dataset for the development of future countermeasures.</p>

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Sex-specific cardiometabolic responses during microgravity simulation in European Space Agency VIVALDI dry immersion

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    2026年3月30日

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  • Adrien Robin,
  • Nastassia Navasiolava,
  • Audrey Bergouignan,
  • Claire Laurens,
  • Lucas Frassin,
  • Dominique Larrouy,
  • Isabelle de Glisezinski,
  • Isabelle Harant-Farrugia,
  • Chantal Simon,
  • Anne Pavy-Le Traon,
  • Marc Kermorgant,
  • Laurence Vico,
  • Peter Fernandez,
  • Marie-Thérèse Linossier,
  • Angèle Chopard,
  • Guillaume Py,
  • Michael Tipton,
  • Anne Tessier,
  • Valérie Moal,
  • David Andrew Green,
  • Alexander Choukér,
  • Dominique Moser,
  • Pierre Denise,
  • Hervé Normand,
  • Elisabeth Rosnet,
  • Marie-Pierre Bareille,
  • Rebecca Billette de Villemeur,
  • Guillemette Gauquelin-Koch,
  • Ines Antunes,
  • Angelique Van Ombergen,
  • Marc-Antoine Custaud

摘要

Background:

Exposure to microgravity is marked by enhanced physical inactivity, reduced gravitational loading and fluid shifts. These characteristics provide a unique model for medical research. Dry immersion is used as a ground-based model to simulate and investigate some of the physiological effects of microgravity experienced by astronauts (body fluid shifts, lack of mechanical support, unloading of the musculoskeletal system and hypokinesia). To date, there is limited knowledge about the effect of sex on cardiovascular and metabolic responses to dry immersion.

Methods:

This study integrates results from two 5-day dry immersion validation campaigns conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA): VIVALDI-1 (women, n = 18) and VIVALDI-2 (men, n = 19), where a wide range of physiological data was collected before, during, and after immersion. We investigated hormones changes and fluid redistribution, orthostatic tolerance, aerobic capacity, physical activity, muscle force, venous function, body composition, glucose tolerance, metabolic rate, lipid and bone turnover profiles, endothelial responses, with particular attention to sex-based differences.

Results:

Our findings reveal that dry immersion induces an acute multi-system deconditioning, affecting cardiovascular, metabolic, and fluid-regulation systems, which is largely comparable between men and women, although women show lower orthostatic tolerance, greater elevation of the atherogenic index, and increase in bone resorption biomarker.

Conclusions:

These results establish dry immersion as a valuable tool for studying the physiological adaptations of astronauts to microgravity and understanding sex-specific responses, while providing a comprehensive control dataset for the development of future countermeasures.