The effects of increasing exercise intensity on muscle fuel utilisation in humans
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- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 536 (1) , 295-304
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.00295.x
Abstract
1. Contemporary stable isotope methodology was applied in combination with muscle biopsy sampling to accurately quantify substrate utilisation and study the regulation of muscle fuel selection during exercise. 2. Eight cyclists were studied at rest and during three consecutive 30 min stages of exercise at intensities of 40, 55 and 75 % maximal workload (W(max)). A continuous infusion of [U-(13)C]palmitate and [6,6-(2)H(2)]glucose was administered to determine plasma free fatty acid (FFA) oxidation and estimate plasma glucose oxidation, respectively. Biopsy samples were collected before and after each exercise stage. 3. Muscle glycogen and plasma glucose oxidation rates increased with every increment in exercise intensity. Whole-body fat oxidation increased to 32 +/- 2 kJ min(-1) at 55 % W(max), but declined at 75 % W(max) (19 +/- 2 kJ min(-1)). This decline involved a decrease in the oxidation rate of both plasma FFA and triacylglycerol fat sources (sum of intramuscular plus lipoprotein-derived triacylglycerol), and was accompanied by increases in muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activation and acetylation of the carnitine pool, resulting in a decline in muscle free carnitine concentration. 4. We conclude that the most likely mechanism for the reduction in fat oxidation during high-intensity exercise is a downregulation of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I, either by this marked decline in free carnitine availability or by a decrease in intracellular pH.Keywords
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