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Calbet JAL, Martín-Rodríguez S, Martin-Rincon M, Morales-Alamo D. An integrative approach to the regulation of mitochondrial respiration during exercise: Focus on high-intensity exercise. Redox Biol 2020; 35:101478. [PMID: 32156501 PMCID: PMC7284910 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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During exercise, muscle ATP demand increases with intensity, and at the highest power output, ATP consumption may increase more than 100-fold above the resting level. The rate of mitochondrial ATP production during exercise depends on the availability of O2, carbon substrates, reducing equivalents, ADP, Pi, free creatine, and Ca2+. It may also be modulated by acidosis, nitric oxide and reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS). During fatiguing and repeated sprint exercise, RONS production may cause oxidative stress and damage to cellular structures and may reduce mitochondrial efficiency. Human studies indicate that the relatively low mitochondrial respiratory rates observed during sprint exercise are not due to lack of O2, or insufficient provision of Ca2+, reduced equivalents or carbon substrates, being a suboptimal stimulation by ADP the most plausible explanation. Recent in vitro studies with isolated skeletal muscle mitochondria, studied in conditions mimicking different exercise intensities, indicate that ROS production during aerobic exercise amounts to 1-2 orders of magnitude lower than previously thought. In this review, we will focus on the mechanisms regulating mitochondrial respiration, particularly during high-intensity exercise. We will analyze the factors that limit mitochondrial respiration and those that determine mitochondrial efficiency during exercise. Lastly, the differences in mitochondrial respiration between men and women will be addressed.
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- Jose A L Calbet
- Department of Physical Education, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tafira s/n, 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Paseo Blas Cabrera Felipe "Físico" (s/n), 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain; Department of Physical Performance, The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Postboks, 4014 Ulleval Stadion, 0806 Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Physical Education, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tafira s/n, 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Paseo Blas Cabrera Felipe "Físico" (s/n), 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Department of Physical Education, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tafira s/n, 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Paseo Blas Cabrera Felipe "Físico" (s/n), 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Department of Physical Education, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tafira s/n, 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Paseo Blas Cabrera Felipe "Físico" (s/n), 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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Kasper JD, Meyer RA, Beard DA, Wiseman RW. Effects of altered pyruvate dehydrogenase activity on contracting skeletal muscle bioenergetics. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2018; 316:R76-R86. [PMID: 30462525 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00321.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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During aerobic exercise (>65% of maximum oxygen consumption), the primary source of acetyl-CoA to fuel oxidative ATP synthesis in muscle is the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) reaction. This study investigated how regulation of PDH activity affects muscle energetics by determining whether activation of PDH with dichloroacetate (DCA) alters the dynamics of the phosphate potential of rat gastrocnemius muscle during contraction. Twitch contractions were induced in vivo over a broad range of intensities to sample submaximal and maximal aerobic workloads. Muscle phosphorus metabolites were measured in vivo before and after DCA treatment by phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. At rest, DCA increased PDH activation compared with control (90 ± 12% vs. 23 ± 3%, P < 0.05), with parallel decreases in inorganic phosphate (Pi) of 17% (1.4 ± 0.2 vs. 1.7 ± 0.1 mM, P < 0.05) and an increase in the free energy of ATP hydrolysis (ΔGATP) (-66.2 ± 0.3 vs. -65.6 ± 0.2 kJ/mol, P < 0.05). During stimulation DCA increased steady-state phosphocreatine (PCr) and the magnitude of ΔGATP, with concomitant reduction in Pi and ADP concentrations. These effects were not due to kinetic alterations in PCr hydrolysis, resynthesis, or glycolytic ATP production and altered the flow-force relationship between mitochondrial ATP synthesis rate and ΔGATP. DCA had no significant effect at 1.0- to 2.0-Hz stimulation because physiological mechanisms at these high stimulation levels cause maximal activation of PDH. These data support a role of PDH activation in the regulation of the energetic steady state by altering the phosphate potential (ΔGATP) at rest and during contraction.
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- Jonathan D Kasper
- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.,Department of Radiology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan.,Department of Radiology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan
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Bouitbir J, Haegler P, Singh F, Joerin L, Felser A, Duthaler U, Krähenbühl S. Impaired Exercise Performance and Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Rats with Secondary Carnitine Deficiency. Front Physiol 2016; 7:345. [PMID: 27559315 PMCID: PMC4978712 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Purpose: The effects of carnitine depletion upon exercise performance and skeletal muscle mitochondrial function remain largely unexplored. We therefore investigated the effect of N-trimethyl-hydrazine-3-propionate (THP), a carnitine analog inhibiting carnitine biosynthesis and renal carnitine reabsorption, on physical performance and skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in rats. Methods: Male Sprague Dawley rats were treated daily with water (control rats; n = 12) or with 20 mg/100 g body weight THP (n = 12) via oral gavage for 3 weeks. Following treatment, half of the animals of each group performed an exercise test until exhaustion. Results: Distance covered and exercise performance were lower in THP-treated compared to control rats. In the oxidative soleus muscle, carnitine depletion caused atrophy (–24%) and impaired function of complex II and IV of the mitochondrial electron transport chain. The free radical leak (ROS production relative to oxygen consumption) was increased and the cellular glutathione pool decreased. Moreover, mRNA expression of markers of mitochondrial biogenesis and mitochondrial DNA were decreased in THP-treated compared to control rats. In comparison, in the glycolytic gastrocnemius muscle, carnitine depletion was associated with impaired function of complex IV and increased free radical leak, whilst muscle weight and cellular glutathione pool were maintained. Markers of mitochondrial proliferation and mitochondrial DNA were unaffected. Conclusions: Carnitine deficiency is associated with impaired exercise capacity in rats treated with THP. THP-induced carnitine deficiency is associated with impaired function of the electron transport chain in oxidative and glycolytic muscle as well as with atrophy and decreased mitochondrial DNA in oxidative muscle.
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- Jamal Bouitbir
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital BaselBasel, Switzerland; Department of Biomedicine, University of BaselBasel, Switzerland; Swiss Centre of Applied Human ToxicologyBasel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital BaselBasel, Switzerland; Department of Biomedicine, University of BaselBasel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital BaselBasel, Switzerland; Department of Biomedicine, University of BaselBasel, Switzerland; Fédération de Médecine Translationelle, Faculté de Médecine, Institut de Physiologie, Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital BaselBasel, Switzerland; Department of Biomedicine, University of BaselBasel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital BaselBasel, Switzerland; Department of Biomedicine, University of BaselBasel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital BaselBasel, Switzerland; Department of Biomedicine, University of BaselBasel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital BaselBasel, Switzerland; Department of Biomedicine, University of BaselBasel, Switzerland; Swiss Centre of Applied Human ToxicologyBasel, Switzerland
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Marwood S, Constantin-Teodosiu D, Casey E, Whyte M, Boobis L, Bowtell J. No acetyl group deficit is evident at the onset of exercise at 90% of maximal oxygen uptake in humans. J Sports Sci 2015; 28:267-79. [PMID: 20087812 DOI: 10.1080/02640410903440884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The existence of an acetyl group deficit at or above 90% of maximal oxygen uptake (VO(2max)) has proved controversial, with contradictory results likely relating to limitations in previous research. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the "acetyl group deficit" occurs at the start of exercise at 90%VO(2max) in a well-controlled study. Eight male participants (age: 33.6 +/- 2.0 years; VO(2max): 3.60 +/- 0.21 litres . min(-1)) completed two exercise bouts at 90%VO(2max) for 3 min following either 30 min of saline (control) or dichloroacetate (50 mg . kg(-1) body mass) infusion, ending 15 min before exercise. Muscle biopsies were obtained immediately before and after exercise while continuous non-invasive measures of pulmonary oxygen uptake and muscle deoxygenation were made. Muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase activity was significantly higher before exercise following dichloroacetate infusion (control: 2.67 +/- 0.98 vs. dichloroacetate: 17.9 +/- 1.1 mmol acetyl-CoA . min(-1) . mg(-1) protein, P = 0.01) and resulted in higher pre- and post-exercise muscle acetylcarnitine (pre-exercise control: 3.3 +/- 0.95 vs. pre-exercise dichloroacetate: 8.0 +/- 0.88 vs. post-exercise control: 11.9 +/- 1.1 vs. post-exercise dichloroacetate: 17.2 +/- 1.1 mmol . kg(-1) dry muscle, P < 0.05). However, substrate-level phosphorylation (control: 125 +/- 20 vs. dichloroacetate: 113 +/- 13 mmol adenosine triphosphate . kg(-1) dry muscle) and VO(2) kinetics (control: 19.2 +/- 2.2 vs. dichloroacetate: 22.8 +/- 2.5 s), were unaltered. Furthermore, dichloroacetate infusion blunted the slow component of VO(2) and muscle deoxygenation and slowed muscle deoxygenation kinetics, possibly by enhancing oxygen delivery during exercise. These data support the hypothesis that the "acetyl group deficit" does not occur at or above 90%VO(2max).
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- Simon Marwood
- Health and Biology, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool
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Roberts PA, Bouitbir J, Bonifacio A, Singh F, Kaufmann P, Urwyler A, Krähenbühl S. Contractile function and energy metabolism of skeletal muscle in rats with secondary carnitine deficiency. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2015; 309:E265-74. [PMID: 26037247 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00001.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The consequences of carnitine depletion upon metabolic and contractile characteristics of skeletal muscle remain largely unexplored. Therefore, we investigated the effect of N-trimethyl-hydrazine-3-propionate (THP) administration, a carnitine analog inhibiting carnitine biosynthesis and renal reabsorption of carnitine, on skeletal muscle function and energy metabolism. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a standard rat chow in the absence (CON; n = 8) or presence of THP (n = 8) for 3 wk. Following treatment, rats were fasted for 24 h prior to excision of their soleus and EDL muscles for biochemical characterization at rest and following 5 min of contraction in vitro. THP treatment reduced the carnitine pool by ∼80% in both soleus and EDL muscles compared with CON. Carnitine depletion was associated with a 30% decrease soleus muscle weight, whereas contractile function (expressed per gram of muscle), free coenzyme A, and water content remained unaltered from CON. Muscle fiber distribution and fiber area remained unaffected, whereas markers of apoptosis were increased in soleus muscle of THP-treated rats. In EDL muscle, carnitine depletion was associated with reduced free coenzyme A availability (-25%, P < 0.05), impaired peak tension development (-44%, P < 0.05), and increased glycogen hydrolysis (52%, P < 0.05) during muscle contraction, whereas PDC activation, muscle weight, and water content remained unaltered from CON. In conclusion, myopathy associated with carnitine deficiency can have different causes. Although muscle atrophy, most likely due to increased apoptosis, is predominant in muscle composed predominantly of type I fibers (soleus), disturbance of energy metabolism appears to be the major cause in muscle composed of type II fibers (EDL).
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- Paul A Roberts
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biomedicine, and
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biomedicine, and
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biomedicine, and
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biomedicine, and
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biomedicine, and
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- Department of Biomedicine, and Department of Anesthesia, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biomedicine, and
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Wall BT, Stephens FB, Constantin-Teodosiu D, Marimuthu K, Macdonald IA, Greenhaff PL. Chronic oral ingestion of L-carnitine and carbohydrate increases muscle carnitine content and alters muscle fuel metabolism during exercise in humans. J Physiol 2011; 589:963-73. [PMID: 21224234 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.201343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that insulin increases muscle total carnitine (TC) content during acute i.v. l-carnitine infusion. Here we determined the effects of chronic l-carnitine and carbohydrate (CHO; to elevate serum insulin) ingestion on muscle TC content and exercise metabolism and performance in humans. On three visits, each separated by 12 weeks, 14 healthy male volunteers (age 25.9 ± 2.1 years, BMI 23.0 ± 0.8 kg m−2) performed an exercise test comprising 30 min cycling at 50% , 30 min at 80% , then a 30 min work output performance trial. Muscle biopsies were obtained at rest and after exercise at 50% and 80% on each occasion. Following visit one, volunteers ingested either 80 g of CHO (Control) or 2 g of l-carnitine-l-tartrate and 80 g of CHO (Carnitine) twice daily for 24 weeks in a randomised, double blind manner. All significant effects reported occurred after 24 weeks. Muscle TC increased from basal by 21% in Carnitine (P < 0.05), and was unchanged in Control. At 50% , the Carnitine group utilised 55% less muscle glycogen compared to Control (P < 0.05) and 31% less pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) activation compared to before supplementation (P < 0.05). Conversely, at 80% , muscle PDC activation was 38% higher (P < 0.05), acetylcarnitine content showed a trend to be 16% greater (P < 0.10), muscle lactate content was 44% lower (P < 0.05) and the muscle PCr/ATP ratio was better maintained (P < 0.05) in Carnitine compared to Control. The Carnitine group increased work output 11% from baseline in the performance trial, while Control showed no change. This is the first demonstration that human muscle TC can be increased by dietary means and results in muscle glycogen sparing during low intensity exercise (consistent with an increase in lipid utilisation) and a better matching of glycolytic, PDC and mitochondrial flux during high intensity exercise, thereby reducing muscle anaerobic ATP production. Furthermore, these changes were associated with an improvement in exercise performance.
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- Benjamin T Wall
- Department of Human Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6200 MD, the Netherlands.
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Mercken EM, Calvert LD, Singh SJ, Hageman GJ, Schols AM, Steiner MC. Dichloroacetate Modulates the Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Response to Exercise in COPD. Chest 2009; 136:744-751. [DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Gurd BJ, Peters SJ, Heigenhauser GJF, LeBlanc PJ, Doherty TJ, Paterson DH, Kowalchuk JM. Prior heavy exercise elevates pyruvate dehydrogenase activity and muscle oxygenation and speeds O2 uptake kinetics during moderate exercise in older adults. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 297:R877-84. [PMID: 19605760 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90848.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The adaptation of pulmonary oxygen uptake (VO(2)(p)) kinetics during the transition to moderate-intensity exercise is slowed in older compared with younger adults; however, this response is faster following a prior bout of heavy-intensity exercise. We have examined VO(2)(p) kinetics, pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activation, muscle metabolite contents, and muscle deoxygenation in older adults [n = 6; 70 +/- 5 (67-74) yr] during moderate-intensity exercise (Mod(1)) and during moderate-intensity exercise preceded by heavy-intensity warm-up exercise (Mod(2)). The phase 2 VO(2)(p) time constant (tauVO(2)(p)) was reduced (P < 0.05) in Mod(2) (29 +/- 5 s) compared with Mod(1) (39 +/- 14 s). PDH activity was elevated (P < 0.05) at baseline prior to Mod(2) (2.1 +/- 0.6 vs. 1.2 +/- 0.3 mmol acetyl-CoA x min(-1) x kg wet wt(-1)), and the delay in attaining end-exercise activity was abolished. Phosphocreatine breakdown during exercise was reduced (P < 0.05) at both 30 s and 6 min in Mod(2) compared with Mod(1). Near-infrared spectroscopy-derived indices of muscle oxygenation were elevated both prior to and throughout Mod(2), while muscle deoxygenation kinetics were not different between exercise bouts consistent with elevated perfusion and O(2) availability. These results suggest that in older adults, faster VO(2)(p) kinetics following prior heavy-intensity exercise are likely a result of prior activation of mitochondrial enzyme activity in combination with elevated muscle perfusion and O(2) availability.
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- Brendon J Gurd
- Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9
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Marwood S, Bowtell J. No effect of glutamine supplementation and hyperoxia on oxidative metabolism and performance during high-intensity exercise. J Sports Sci 2009; 26:1081-90. [PMID: 18608833 DOI: 10.1080/02640410801930200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Glutamine enhances the exercise-induced expansion of the tricarboxylic acid intermediate pool. The aim of the present study was to determine whether oral glutamine, alone or in combination with hyperoxia, influenced oxidative metabolism and cycle time-trial performance. Eight participants consumed either placebo or 0.125 g kg body mass(-1) of glutamine in 5 ml kg body mass(-1) placebo 1 h before exercise in normoxic (control and glutamine respectively) or hyperoxic (FiO(2) = 50%; hyperoxia and hyperoxia + glutamine respectively) conditions. Participants then cycled for 6 min at 70% maximal oxygen uptake (VO(2max)) immediately before completing a brief high-intensity time-trial (approximately 4 min) during which a pre-determined volume of work was completed as fast as possible. The increment in pulmonary oxygen uptake during the performance test (DeltaVO(2max), P = 0.02) and exercise performance (control: 243 s, s(x) = 7; glutamine: 242 s, s(x) = 3; hyperoxia: 231 s, s(x) = 3; hyperoxia + glutamine: 228 s, s(x) = 5; P < 0.01) were significantly improved in hyperoxic conditions. There was some evidence that glutamine ingestion increased DeltaVO(2max) in normoxia, but not hyperoxia (interaction drink/FiO(2), P = 0.04), but there was no main effect or impact on performance. Overall, the data show no effect of glutamine ingestion either alone or in combination with hyperoxia, and thus no limiting effect of the tricarboxylic acid intermediate pool size, on oxidative metabolism and performance during maximal exercise.
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- Simon Marwood
- Health and Biology, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK.
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Calvert LD, Shelley R, Singh SJ, Greenhaff PL, Bankart J, Morgan MD, Steiner MC. Dichloroacetate Enhances Performance and Reduces Blood Lactate during Maximal Cycle Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008; 177:1090-4. [DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200707-1032oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bowtell JL, Marwood S, Bruce M, Constantin-Teodosiu D, Greenhaff PL. Tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediate pool size: functional importance for oxidative metabolism in exercising human skeletal muscle. Sports Med 2008; 37:1071-88. [PMID: 18027994 DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737120-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is the major final common pathway for oxidation of carbohydrates, lipids and some amino acids, which produces reducing equivalents in the form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and flavin adenine dinucleotide that result in production of large amounts of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) via oxidative phosphorylation. Although regulated primarily by the products of ATP hydrolysis, in particular adenosine diphosphate, the rate of delivery of reducing equivalents to the electron transport chain is also a potential regulatory step of oxidative phosphorylation. The TCA cycle is responsible for the generation of approximately 67% of all reducing equivalents per molecule of glucose, hence factors that influence TCA cycle flux will be of critical importance for oxidative phosphorylation. TCA cycle flux is dependent upon the supply of acetyl units, activation of the three non-equilibrium reactions within the TCA cycle, and it has been suggested that an increase in the total concentration of the TCA cycle intermediates (TCAi) is also necessary to augment and maintain TCA cycle flux during exercise. This article reviews the evidence of the functional importance of the TCAi pool size for oxidative metabolism in exercising human skeletal muscle. In parallel with increased oxidative metabolism and TCA cycle flux during exercise, there is an exercise intensity-dependent 4- to 5-fold increase in the concentration of the TCAi. TCAi concentration reaches a peak after 10-15 minutes of exercise, and thereafter tends to decline. This seems to support the suggestion that the concentration of TCAi may be of functional importance for oxidative phosphorylation. However, researchers have been able to induce dissociations between TCAi pool size and oxidative energy provision using a variety of nutritional, pharmacological and exercise interventions. Brief periods of endurance training (5 days or 7 weeks) have been found to result in reduced TCAi pool expansion at the start of exercise (same absolute work intensity) in parallel with either equivalent or increased oxidative energy provision. Cycloserine inhibits alanine aminotransferase, which catalyses the predominant anaplerotic reaction in exercising human muscle. When infused into contracting rat hindlimb muscle, TCAi pool expansion was reduced by 25% with no significant change in oxidative energy provision or power output. Glutamine supplementation has been shown to enhance TCAi pool expansion at the start of exercise with no increase in oxidative energy provision. In summary, there is a consistent dissociation between the extent of TCAi pool expansion at the onset of exercise and oxidative energy provision. At the other end of the spectrum, the parallel loss of TCAi, glycogen and adenine nucleotides and accumulation of inosine monophosphate during prolonged exercise has led to the suggestion that there is a link between muscle glycogen depletion, reduced TCA cycle flux and the development of fatigue. However, analysis of serial biopsies during prolonged exercise demonstrated dissociation between muscle TCAi content and both muscle glycogen content and muscle oxygen uptake. In addition, the delay in fatigue development achieved through increased carbohydrate availability does not attenuate TCAi reduction during prolonged exercise. Therefore, TCAi concentration in whole muscle homogenate does not seem to be of functional importance. However, TCAi content can currently only be measured in whole muscle homogenate rather than the mitochondrial subfraction where TCA cycle reactions occur. In addition, anaplerotic flux rather than TCAi content per se is likely to be of greater importance in determining TCA cycle flux, since TCAi content is probably merely reflective of anaplerotic substrate concentration. Methodological advances are required to allow researchers to address the questions of whether oxidative phosphorylation is limited by mitochondrial TCAi content and/or anaplerotic flux.
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- Joanna L Bowtell
- Academy of Sport, Physical Activity and Wellbeing, London South Bank University, London, UK.
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Gurd BJ, Peters SJ, Heigenhauser GJF, LeBlanc PJ, Doherty TJ, Paterson DH, Kowalchuk JM. O2uptake kinetics, pyruvate dehydrogenase activity, and muscle deoxygenation in young and older adults during the transition to moderate-intensity exercise. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 294:R577-84. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00537.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The adaptation of pulmonary O2uptake (V̇o2p) kinetics is slowed in older compared with young adults during the transition to moderate-intensity exercise. In this study, we examined the relationship between V̇o2pkinetics and mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activity in young ( n = 7) and older ( n = 6) adults. Subjects performed cycle exercise to a work rate corresponding to ∼90% of estimated lactate threshold. Phase 2 V̇o2pkinetics were slower ( P < 0.05) in older (τ = 40 ± 17 s) compared with young (τ = 21 ± 6 s) adults. Relative phosphocreatine (PCr) breakdown was greater ( P < 0.05) at 30 s in older compared with young adults. Absolute PCr breakdown at 6 min was greater ( P < 0.05) in older compared with young adults. In young adults, PDH activity increased ( P < 0.05) from baseline to 30 s, with no further change observed at 6 min. In older adults, PDH activity during baseline exercise was similar to that seen in young adults. During the exercise transition, PDH activity did not increase ( P > 0.05) at 30 s of exercise but was elevated ( P < 0.05) after 6 min. The change in deoxyhemoglobin (HHb) was greater for a given V̇o2pin older adults, and there was a similar time course of HHb accompanying the slower V̇o2pkinetics in the older adults, suggesting a slower adaptation of bulk O2delivery in older adults. In conclusion, the slower adaptation of V̇o2pin older adults is likely a result of both an increased metabolic inertia and lower O2availability.
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Stephens FB, Constantin-Teodosiu D, Greenhaff PL. New insights concerning the role of carnitine in the regulation of fuel metabolism in skeletal muscle. J Physiol 2007; 581:431-44. [PMID: 17331998 PMCID: PMC2075186 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.125799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In skeletal muscle, carnitine plays an essential role in the translocation of long-chain fatty-acids into the mitochondrial matrix for subsequent beta-oxidation, and in the regulation of the mitochondrial acetyl-CoA/CoASH ratio. Interest in these vital metabolic roles of carnitine in skeletal muscle appears to have waned over the past 25 years. However, recent research has shed new light on the importance of carnitine as a regulator of muscle fuel selection. It has been established that muscle free carnitine availability may be limiting to fat oxidation during high intensity submaximal exercise. Furthermore, increasing muscle total carnitine content in resting healthy humans (via insulin-mediated stimulation of muscle carnitine transport) reduces muscle glycolysis, increases glycogen storage and is accompanied by an apparent increase in fat oxidation. By increasing muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) activity and acetylcarnitine content at rest, it has also been established that PDC flux and acetyl group availability limits aerobic ATP re-synthesis at the onset of exercise (the acetyl group deficit). Thus, carnitine plays a vital role in the regulation of muscle fuel metabolism. The demonstration that its availability can be readily manipulated in humans, and impacts on physiological function, will result in renewed business and scientific interest in this compound.
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- Francis B Stephens
- Centre for Integrated Systems Biology and Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
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Marwood S, Bowtell JL. Effects of glutamine and hyperoxia on pulmonary oxygen uptake and muscle deoxygenation kinetics. Eur J Appl Physiol 2006; 99:149-61. [PMID: 17115180 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0324-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to determine whether glutamine ingestion, which has been shown to enhance the exercise-induced increase in the tricarboxylic acid intermediate (TCAi) pool size, resulted in augmentation of the rate of increase in oxidative metabolism at the onset of exercise. In addition, the potential interaction with oxygen availability was investigated by completing exercise in both normoxic and hyperoxic conditions. Eight male cyclists cycled for 6 min at 70% VO2max following consumption of a drink (5 ml kg body mass(-1)) containing a placebo or 0.125 g kg body mass(-1) of glutamine in normoxic (CON and GLN respectively) and hyperoxic (HYP and HPG respectively) conditions. Breath-by-breath pulmonary oxygen uptake and continuous, non-invasive muscle deoxygenation (via near infrared spectroscopy: NIRS) data were collected throughout exercise. The time constant of the phase II component of pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics was unchanged between trials (CON: 21.5 +/- 3.0 vs. GLN: 18.2 +/- 1.3 vs. HYP: 18.9 +/- 2.0 vs. HPG: 18.6 +/- 1.2 s). There was also no alteration of the kinetics of relative muscle deoxygenation as measured via NIRS (CON: 5.9 +/- 0.7 vs. GLN: 7.3 +/- 0.8 vs. HYP: 6.5 +/- 0.9 vs. HPG: 5.2 +/- 0.4 s). Conversely, the mean response time of pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics was faster (CON: 33.4 +/- 1.2 vs. GLN: 29.8 +/- 2.3 vs. HYP: 33.2 +/- 2.6 vs. HPG: 31.6 +/- 2.6 s) and the time at which muscle deoxygenation increased above pre-exercise values was earlier (CON: 9.6 +/- 0.9 vs. GLN: 8.7 +/- 1.1 vs. HYP: 8.5 +/- 0.8 vs. HPG: 8.4 +/- 0.7 s) following glutamine ingestion. In normoxic conditions, plasma lactate concentration was lower following glutamine ingestion compared to placebo. Whilst the results of the present study provide some support for the present hypothesis, the lack of any alteration in the time constant of pulmonary oxygen uptake and muscle deoxygenation kinetics suggest that the normal exercise induced expansion of the TCAi pool size is not limiting to oxidative metabolism at the onset of cycle exercise at 70% VO2max.
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- Simon Marwood
- Academy of Sport, Physical Activity and Well-being, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London, SE1 0AA, UK.
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Gurd BJ, Peters SJ, Heigenhauser GJF, LeBlanc PJ, Doherty TJ, Paterson DH, Kowalchuk JM. Prior heavy exercise elevates pyruvate dehydrogenase activity and speeds O2 uptake kinetics during subsequent moderate-intensity exercise in healthy young adults. J Physiol 2006; 577:985-96. [PMID: 16990406 PMCID: PMC1890376 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.112706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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The adaptation of pulmonary oxygen uptake (.VO2) during the transition to moderate-intensity exercise (Mod) is faster following a prior bout of heavy-intensity exercise. In the present study we examined the activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDHa) during Mod both with and without prior heavy-intensity exercise. Subjects (n = 9) performed a Mod(1)-heavy-intensity-Mod(2) exercise protocol preceded by 20 W baseline. Breath-by-breath .VO2 kinetics and near-infrared spectroscopy-derived muscle oxygenation were measured continuously, and muscle biopsy samples were taken at specific times during the transition to Mod. In Mod(1), PDHa increased from baseline (1.08 +/- 0.2 mmol min(-1) (kg wet wt)(-1)) to 30 s (2.05 +/- 0.2 mmol min(-1) (kg wet wt)(-1)), with no additional change at 6 min exercise (2.07 +/- 0.3 mmol min(-1) (kg wet wt)(-1)). In Mod(2), PDHa was already elevated at baseline (1.88 +/- 0.3 mmol min(-1) (kg wet wt)(-1)) and was greater than in Mod(1), and did not change at 30 s (1.96 +/- 0.2 mmol min(-1) (kg wet wt)(-1)) but increased at 6 min exercise (2.70 +/- 0.3 mmol min(-1) (kg wet wt)(-1)). The time constant of .VO2 was lower in Mod(2) (19 +/- 2 s) than Mod(1) (24 +/- 3 s). Phosphocreatine (PCr) breakdown from baseline to 30 s was greater (P < 0.05) in Mod(1) (13.6 +/- 6.7 mmol (kg dry wt)(-1)) than Mod(2) (6.5 +/- 6.2 mmol (kg dry wt)(-1)) but total PCr breakdown was similar between conditions (Mod(1), 14.8 +/- 7.4 mmol (kg dry wt)(-1); Mod(2), 20.1 +/- 8.0 mmol (kg dry wt)(-1)). Both oxyhaemoglobin and total haemoglobin were elevated prior to and throughout Mod(2) compared with Mod(1). In conclusion, the greater PDHa at baseline prior to Mod(2) compared with Mod(1) may have contributed in part to the faster .VO2 kinetics in Mod(2). That oxyhaemoglobin and total haemoglobin were elevated prior to Mod(2) suggests that greater muscle perfusion may also have contributed to the observed faster .VO2 kinetics. These findings are consistent with metabolic inertia, via delayed activation of PDH, in part limiting the adaptation of pulmonary .VO2 and muscle O2 consumption during the normal transition to exercise.
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- B J Gurd
- Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, HSB 411C, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9
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Jones AM, Poole DC. Oxygen uptake dynamics: from muscle to mouth--an introduction to the symposium. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2006; 37:1542-50. [PMID: 16177607 DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000177466.01232.7e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the study of oxygen uptake (VO(2)) dynamics or kinetics. Following the onset of exercise, both muscle and pulmonary VO(2) rise in a near-exponential fashion towards the anticipated "steady-state" VO(2) demand. However, it can take 2-4 min, or even longer at higher work rates, before this steady state is attained. Slow VO(2) kinetics increase the so-called O(2) deficit and obligate a greater contribution from anaerobic mechanisms of ATP production (involving the breakdown of muscle high energy phosphates and lactate production from glycogen) to meet the ATP requirement of the exercise task. A primary goal in this area of research is therefore to elucidate the physiological mechanisms which control and/or limit the rate at which muscle VO(2) increases following the onset of exercise. At higher intensities of exercise, a continued increase in both muscle and pulmonary VO(2) is observed with time despite the external work rate remaining constant. This continued rise in VO(2), beyond the anticipated steady-state requirement for the work rate, has been termed the VO(2) "slow component," and establishing the mechanistic basis for this phenomenon is another important goal of research in this field. This paper provides an overview of some of the factors which might contribute to both the fundamental and slow phases of the VO(2) kinetics and, in so doing, provides general background material for the more specific papers that follow.
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- Andrew M Jones
- School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, St. Luke's Campus,
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Roberts PA, Loxham SJG, Poucher SM, Constantin-Teodosiu D, Greenhaff PL. Acetyl-CoA provision and the acetyl group deficit at the onset of contraction in ischemic canine skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2005; 288:E327-34. [PMID: 15454400 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00441.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We examined the effects of increasing acetylcarnitine and acetyl-CoA availability at rest, independent of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) activation, on energy production and tension development during the rest-to-work transition in canine skeletal muscle. We aimed to elucidate whether the lag in PDC-derived acetyl-CoA delivery toward the TCA cycle at the onset of exercise can be overcome by increasing acetyl group availability independently of PDC activation or is intimately dependent on PDC-derived acetyl-CoA. Gracilis muscle pretreated with saline or sodium acetate (360 mg/kg body mass) (both n = 6) was sampled repeatedly during 5 min of ischemic contraction. Acetate increased acetylcarnitine and acetyl-CoA availability (both P < 0.01) above control at rest and throughout contraction (P < 0.05), independently of differences in resting PDC activation between treatments. Acetate reduced oxygen-independent ATP resynthesis approximately 40% (P < 0.05) during the first minute of contraction. No difference in oxygen-independent ATP resynthesis existed between treatments from 1 to 3 min of contraction; however, energy production via this route increased approximately 25% (P < 0.05) above control in the acetate-treated group during the final 2 min of contraction. Tension development was approximately 20% greater after 5-min contraction after acetate treatment than in control (P < 0.05). In conclusion, at the immediate onset of contraction, when PDC was largely inactive, increasing cellular acetyl group availability overcame inertia in mitochondrial ATP regeneration. However, after the first minute, when PDC was near maximally activated in both groups, it appears that PDC-derived acetyl-CoA, rather than increased cellular acetyl group availability per se, dictated mitochondrial ATP resynthesis.
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- Paul A Roberts
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, Basel CH-4031, Switzerland.
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Timmons JA, Constantin-Teodosiu D, Poucher SM, Greenhaff PL. Acetyl group availability influences phosphocreatine degradation even during intense muscle contraction. J Physiol 2004; 561:851-9. [PMID: 15498812 PMCID: PMC1665386 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.069419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We previously established that activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) using dichloroacetate (DCA) reduced the reliance on substrate-level phosphorylation (SLP) at the onset of exercise, with normal and reduced blood flow. PDC activation also reduced fatigue development during contraction with reduced blood flow. Since these observations, several studies have re-evaluated our observations. One study demonstrated a performance benefit without a reduction in SLP, raising a question mark over PDC's role in the regulation of ATP regeneration and our interpretation of fatigue mechanisms. Using a model of muscle contraction similar to the conflicting study (i.e. tetanic rather than twitch stimulation), we re-examined this question. Using canine skeletal muscle, one group was infused with saline while the other was pretreated with 300 mg (kg body mass)(-1) DCA. Muscle biopsies were taken at rest, peak tension (1 min) and after 6 min of tetanic electrical stimulation (75 ms on-925 ms off per second) and blood flow was limited to 25% of normal values observed during contraction. DCA reduced phosphocreatine (PCr) degradation by 40% during the first minute of contraction, but did not prevent the almost complete depletion of PCr stores at 6 min, while muscle fatigue did not differ between the two groups. During intermittent tetanic stimulation PCr degradation was 75% greater than with our previous 3 Hz twitch contraction protocol, despite a similar rate of oxygen consumption at 6 min. Thus, in the present study enhanced acetyl group availability altered the time course of PCr utilization but did not prevent the decline towards depletion. Consistent with our earlier conclusions, DCA pretreatment reduces muscle fatigue only when SLP is attenuated. The present study and our met-analysis indicates that enhanced acetyl group availability results in a readily measurable reduction in SLP when the initial rate of PCr utilization is approximately 1 mmol (kg dry mass)(-1) s(-1) or less (depending on intrinsic mitochondrial capacity). When measured early during an uninterrupted period of muscle contraction, acetyl group availability is likely to influence SLP under any condition where mitochondria are responsible for a significant proportion of ATP regeneration.
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- James A Timmons
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Berzelius Väg 13, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Koppo K, Wilkerson DP, Bouckaert J, Wilmshurst S, Campbell IT, Jones AM. Influence of DCA on Pulmonary &OV0312;O2 Kinetics during Moderate-Intensity Cycle Exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004; 36:1159-64. [PMID: 15235319 DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000132271.24629.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To test the hypothesis that pharmacological activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme complex (PDC) with dichloroacetate (DCA) would speed phase II pulmonary oxygen uptake ((.-)V(O2)) kinetics after the onset of subsequent moderate-intensity (40-45% ((.-)V(O2)) peak) cycle exercise. METHODS Seven healthy males (mean +/- SD age 25 +/- 4 yr, body mass 75.3 +/- 9.4 kg) performed four "square-wave" transitions from unloaded cycling to a work rate requiring 90% of the predetermined gas exchange threshold either with or without prior infusion of DCA (50 mg x kg body mass in 50 mL saline). Pulmonary ((.-)V(O2)) was measured breath-by-breath in all tests and ((.-)V(O2)) kinetics were determined from the averaged individual response to each condition using nonlinear regression techniques. RESULTS The blood [lactate] measured immediately before the onset of exercise was significantly reduced in the DCA condition (C: 1.1 +/- 0.3 vs DCA: 0.6 +/- 0.3 mM; P < 0.01) consistent with successful activation of the PDC. However, DCA had no discernible effect on the rate at which ((.-)V(O2)) increased toward the steady state after the onset of exercise as reflected in the phase II time constant (C: 28.5 +/- 11.8 vs DCA: 29.4 +/- 14.9 s). CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that PDC activation does not represent a principal intramuscular limitation to ((.-)V(O2)) kinetics after the onset of moderate-intensity exercise.
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- Katrien Koppo
- Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
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Greenhaff PL, Campbell-O'Sullivan SP, Constantin-Teodosiu D, Poucher SM, Roberts PA, Timmons JA. Metabolic inertia in contracting skeletal muscle: a novel approach for pharmacological intervention in peripheral vascular disease. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2004; 57:237-43. [PMID: 14998419 PMCID: PMC1884458 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2003.01989.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is generally accepted to result in the failure of skeletal muscle blood flow to increase adequately at the onset of muscular work. There are currently no routine pharmacological interventions towards the treatment of PVD, however, recent Phase III trials in the USA have demonstrated the clinical potential of the phosphodiesterase III inhibitor Cilostazol for pain-free and maximal walking distances in patients with intermittent claudication. PVD is characterized by a marked reliance on oxygen-independent routes of ATP regeneration (phosphocreatine hydrolysis and glycolysis) in skeletal muscle during contraction and the rapid onset of muscular pain and fatigue. The accumulation of metabolic by-products of oxygen-independent ATP production (hydrogen and lactate ions and inorganic phosphate) has long been associated with an inhibition in contractile function in both healthy volunteers and PVD patients. Therefore, any strategy that could reduce the reliance upon ATP re-synthesis from oxygen-independent routes, and increase the contribution of oxygen-dependent (mitochondrial) ATP re-synthesis, particularly at the onset of exercise, might be expected to improve functional capacity and be of considerable therapeutic value. Historically, the increased contribution of oxygen-independent ATP re-synthesis to total ATP generation at the onset of exercise has been attributed to a lag in muscle blood flow limiting oxygen delivery during this period. However, recent evidence suggests that limited inertia is present at the level of oxygen delivery, whilst considerable inertia exists at the level of mitochondrial enzyme activation and substrate supply. In support of this latter hypothesis, we have reported on a number of occasions that activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, using pharmacological interventions, can markedly reduce the dependence on ATP re-synthesis from oxygen-independent routes at the onset of muscle contraction. This review will focus on these findings and will highlight the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex as a novel therapeutic target towards the treatment of peripheral vascular disease, or any other disease state where premature muscular fatigue is prevalent due to metabolite accumulation.
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- P L Greenhaff
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Integrated Systems Biology and Medicine, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
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Jones AM, Wilkerson DP, Koppo K, Wilmshurst S, Campbell IT. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase by L-NAME speeds phase II pulmonary .VO2 kinetics in the transition to moderate-intensity exercise in man. J Physiol 2003; 552:265-72. [PMID: 12897178 PMCID: PMC2343309 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.045799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2003] [Accepted: 07/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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There is evidence that the rate at which oxygen uptake (.VO2) rises at the transition to higher metabolic rates within the moderate exercise intensity domain is modulated by oxidative enzyme inertia, and also that nitric oxide regulates mitochondrial function through competitive inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase in the electron transport chain. We therefore hypothesised that inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) by nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) would alleviate the inhibition of mitochondrial .VO2 by nitric oxide and result in a speeding of .VO2 kinetics at the onset of moderate-intensity exercise. Seven males performed square-wave transitions from unloaded cycling to a work rate requiring 90 % of predetermined gas exchange threshold with and without prior intravenous infusion of L-NAME (4 mg kg-1 in 50 ml saline over 60 min). Pulmonary gas exchange was measured breath-by-breath and .VO2 kinetics were determined from the averaged response to four exercise bouts performed in each condition using a mono-exponential function following elimination of the phase I response. There were no significant differences between the control and L-NAME conditions for baseline .VO2 (means +/- S.E.M. 797 +/- 32 vs. 794 +/- 29), the duration of phase I (15.4 +/- 0.8 vs. 17.2 +/- 0.6), or the steady-state increment in .VO2 above baseline (1000 +/- 83 vs. 990 +/- 85 ml min-1), respectively. However, the phase II time constant of the .VO2 response was significantly smaller following L-NAME infusion (22.1 +/- 2.4 vs. 17.9 +/- 2.3; P < 0.05). These data indicate that inhibition of NOS by L-NAME results in a significant (19 %) speeding of pulmonary .VO2 kinetics in the transition to moderate-intensity cycle exercise in man. At least part of the intrinsic inertia to oxidative metabolism at the onset of moderate-intensity exercise may result from competitive inhibition of mitochondrial .VO2 by nitric oxide at cytochrome c oxidase, although other mechanisms for the effect of L-NAME on .VO2 kinetics remain to be explored.
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- Andrew M Jones
- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Hassall Road, Alsager ST7 2HL, UK.
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Rossiter HB, Ward SA, Howe FA, Wood DM, Kowalchuk JM, Griffiths JR, Whipp BJ. Effects of dichloroacetate on VO2 and intramuscular 31P metabolite kinetics during high-intensity exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2003; 95:1105-15. [PMID: 12754181 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00964.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Traditional control theories of muscle O2 consumption are based on an "inertial" feedback system operating through features of the ATP splitting (e.g., [ADP] feedback, where brackets denote concentration). More recently, however, it has been suggested that feedforward mechanisms (with respect to ATP utilization) may play an important role by controlling the rate of substrate provision to the electron transport chain. This has been achieved by activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex via dichloroacetate (DCA) infusion before exercise. To investigate these suggestions, six men performed repeated, high-intensity, constant-load quadriceps exercise in the bore of an magnetic resonance spectrometer with each of prior DCA or saline control intravenous infusions. O2 uptake (Vo2) was measured breath by breath (by use of a turbine and mass spectrometer) simultaneously with intramuscular phosphocreatine (PCr) concentration ([PCr]), [Pi], [ATP], and pH (by 31P-MRS) and arterialized-venous blood sampling. DCA had no effect on the time constant (tau) of either Vo2 increase or PCr breakdown [tauVo2 45.5 +/- 7.9 vs. 44.3 +/- 8.2 s (means +/- SD; control vs. DCA); tauPCr 44.8 +/- 6.6 vs. 46.4 +/- 7.5 s; with 95% confidence intervals averaging < +/-2 s]. DCA, however, resulted in significant (P < 0.05) reductions in 1). end-exercise [lactate] (-1.0 +/- 0.9 mM), intramuscular acidification (pH, +0.08 +/- 0.06 units), and [Pi] (-1.7 +/- 2.1 mM); 2). the amplitude of the fundamental components for [PCr] (-1.9 +/- 1.6 mM) and Vo2 (-0.1 +/- 0.07 l/min, or 8%); and 3). the amplitude of the Vo2 slow component. Thus, although the DCA infusion lessened the buildup of potential fatigue metabolites and reduced both the aerobic and anaerobic components of the energy transfer during exercise, it did not enhance either tauVo2 or tau[PCr], suggesting that feedback, rather than feedforward, control mechanisms dominate during high-intensity exercise.
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- H B Rossiter
- St George;s Medical School, Department of Physiology, London SW17 ORE, United Kingdom
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Jones AM, Koppo K, Burnley M. Effects of Prior Exercise on Metabolic and Gas Exchange Responses to Exercise. Sports Med 2003; 33:949-71. [PMID: 14606924 DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200333130-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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'Warm-up' activity is almost universally performed by athletes prior to their participation in training or competition. However, relatively little is known about the optimal intensity and duration for such exercise, or about the potential mechanisms primed by warm-up that might enhance performance. Recent studies demonstrate that vigorous warm-up exercise that normally results in an elevated blood and presumably muscle lactate concentration has the potential to increase the aerobic energy turnover in subsequent high-intensity exercise. The reduced oxygen deficit is associated with a reduction in both the depletion of the intramuscular phosphocreatine stores and the rate at which lactic acid is produced. Furthermore, the oxygen uptake 'slow component' that develops during high-intensity, ostensibly submaximal, exercise is attenuated. These factors would be hypothesised to predispose to increased exercise tolerance. Interestingly, the elevation of muscle temperature by prior exercise does not appear to be implicated in the altered metabolic and gas exchange responses observed during subsequent exercise. The physiological mechanism(s) that limit the rate and the extent to which muscle oxygen uptake increases following the onset of exercise, and which are apparently altered by the performance of prior heavy exercise, are debated. However, these mechanisms could include oxygen availability, enzyme activity and/or availability of metabolic substrate, and motor unit recruitment patterns. Irrespective of the nature of the control mechanisms that are influenced, 'priming' exercise has the potential to significantly enhance exercise tolerance and athletic performance. The optimal combination of the intensity, duration and mode of 'warm-up' exercise, and the recovery period allowed before the criterion exercise challenge, remain to be determined.
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- Andrew M Jones
- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Alsager, UK.
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