Effects of acetate infusion and hyperoxia on muscle substrate phosphorylation after onset of moderate exercise
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This study investigated whether increased muscle acetylcarnitine provision (acetate infusion) or hyperoxia (100% O2) would increase the rate of oxidative phosphorylation and reduce the reliance on muscle substrate phosphorylation after the onset of moderate exercise. Eight subjects completed three randomized trials, each separated by 1 wk: 1) saline infusion for 1 h before exercise, while breathing room air for 20 min before exercise and during 120 s of cycling at 65% maximal exercise (V˙o2 max) (CON), 2) saline infusion with 4 mmol/kg body wt sodium acetate, while breathing room air before and during exercise (ACE), and 3) saline infusion and breathing 100% O2before and during exercise (HYP). Muscle biopsies were sampled at rest and after 30 and 120 s of exercise. ACE increased muscle acetyl-CoA and acetylcarnitine contents at rest vs. CON and HYP [22.9 ± 2.8 vs. 8.9 ± 2.4 and 10.5 ± 1.8 μmol/kg dry muscle (dm); 11.0 ± 1.2 vs. 3.5 ± 1.3 and 4.0 ± 1.2 mmol/kg dm]. Acetate had no effect on resting pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in the active form (PDHa) among CON, ACE, and HYP. During exercise, acetyl-CoA and acetylcarnitine were unchanged in ACE but increased over time in the CON and HYP trials, and PDHaincreased similarly in all trials. Muscle phosphocreatine use, lactate accumulation, and substrate phosphorylation energy provision after 30 or 120 s of exercise were similar in all trials. In summary, increased acetylcarnitine availability did not accelerate the rate of oxidative phosphorylation at the onset of exercise, suggesting that this is not a site of extra substrate. Hyperoxia had no effect on substrate phosphorylation, suggesting that O2availability does not limit oxidative phsophorylation at the onset of moderate exercise.
