Effect of muscle mass on lactate formation during exercise in humans |
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Authors: | Mats Jensen-Urstad Jan Svedenhag Kent Sahlin |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Clinical Physiology, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institute, S-11883 Stockholm, Sweden;(2) Department of Clinical Physiology, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden;(3) Department of Physiology III, Karolinska Institute and Department of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Sports, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | To elucidate the mechanisms of lactate formation during submaximal exercise, eight men were studied during one- (1-LE) and two-leg (2-LE) exercise (approximately 11-min cycling) using the catheterization technique and muscle biopsies (quadriceps femoris muscle). The absolute exercise intensity and thus the energy demand for the exercising limb was the same mean 114 (SEM 7) W] during both 1-LE and 2-LE. At the end of exercise partial pressure of O2 and O2 saturation in femoral venous blood were lower and arterial adrenaline and noradrenaline were higher during 2-LE than during 1-LE. Mean arterial blood lactate concentration increased to 10.8 (SEM 0.8) (2-LE) and 5.2 (SEM 0.4) mmol · 1–1 (1-LE) after 10 min of exercise. The intramuscular metabolic response to exercise was attenuated during 1-LE mean, lactate = 49 (SEM 9); glucose 6-P = 3.3 (SEM 0.3); nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, reduced = 0.17 (SEM 0.02); adenosine 5 -diphosphate 2.7 (SEM 0.1) mmol · kg dry mass–1] compared to 2-LE 76 (SEM 6); 6.1 (SEM 0.7); 0.21 (SEM 0.02); 3.0 (SEM 0.1) mmol · kg dry mass–1, respectively]. To elucidate whether the lower plasma adrenaline concentration could contribute to the attenuated metabolic response, additional experiments were performed on four of the eight subjects with infusion of adrenaline during 1-LE (1-LEE). Average plasma adrenaline concentration was increased during 1-LEE and reached 2–4 times higher levels than during 2-LE. Post-exercise muscle lactate and glucose 6-P contents were higher during 1-LEE than during 1-LE and were similar to those during 2-LE. Also, leg lactate release was elevated during 1-LEE versus 1-LE. It was concluded that during submaximal dynamic exercise the intramuscular metabolic response not only depended on the muscle power output, but also on the total muscle mass engaged. Plasma adrenaline concentrations and muscle oxygenation were found to be dependent upon the working muscle mass and both may have affected the metabolic response during exercise. |
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Keywords: | Adrenaline Exercise Hexosephosphates Lactate Oxygen consumption |
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