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Li P, Sun S, Zhang W, Ouyang W, Li X, Yang K. The Effects of L-citrulline Supplementation on the Athletic Performance, Physiological and Biochemical Parameters, Antioxidant Capacity, and Blood Amino Acid and Polyamine Levels in Speed-Racing Yili Horses. Animals (Basel) 2024; 14:2438. [PMID: 39199970 PMCID: PMC11350874 DOI: 10.3390/ani14162438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2024] [Revised: 08/12/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024] Open
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of pre-exercise L-citrulline supplementation on the athletic performance of Yili speed-racing horses during a high-intensity exercise. On the 20th day of the experiment, blood samples were collected at 3 h and 6 h post-supplementation to measure the amino acid and polyamine concentrations. On the 38th day of the experiment, the horses participated in a 2000 m speed race, and three distinct blood samples were gathered for assessing blood gases, hematological parameters, the plasma biochemistry, antioxidant parameters, and NO concentrations. The results indicate that the L-citrulline group showed a significant increase in the plasma citrulline and arginine concentrations. Conversely, the concentrations of alanine, serine, and threonine were significantly decreased. The glycine concentration decreased significantly, while there was a trend towards an increase in the glutamine concentration. Additionally, the levels of putrescine and spermidine in the plasma of the L-citrulline group were significantly increased. In terms of exercise performance, L-citrulline can improve the exercise performance of sport horses, significantly reduce the immediate post-race lactate levels in Yili horses, and accelerate the recovery of blood gas levels after an exercise. Furthermore, in the L-citrulline group of Yili horses, The levels of the total protein of plasma, superoxide dismutase, catalase, and lactate dehydrogenase were significantly increased both 2 h before and 2 h after the race. The total antioxidant capacity showed a highly significant increase, while the malondialdehyde content significantly decreased. In the immediate post-race period, the creatinine content in the L-citrulline group significantly increased. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that L-citrulline supplementation can influence the circulating concentrations of L-citrulline and arginine in Yili horses, enhance the antioxidant capacity, reduce lactate levels, and improve physiological and biochemical blood parameters, thereby having a beneficial effect on the exercise performance of athletic horses.
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- Peiyao Li
- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Herbivore Nutrition for Meat & Milk Production, College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China; (P.L.); (S.S.); (W.Z.)
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Herbivore Nutrition for Meat & Milk Production, College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China; (P.L.); (S.S.); (W.Z.)
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Herbivore Nutrition for Meat & Milk Production, College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China; (P.L.); (S.S.); (W.Z.)
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- Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Zhaosu Racecourse, Yining 835000, China;
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Herbivore Nutrition for Meat & Milk Production, College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China; (P.L.); (S.S.); (W.Z.)
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Herbivore Nutrition for Meat & Milk Production, College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China; (P.L.); (S.S.); (W.Z.)
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Poole DC, Ferguson SK, Musch TI, Porcelli S. Role of nitric oxide in convective and diffusive skeletal microvascular oxygen kinetics. Nitric Oxide 2022; 121:34-44. [PMID: 35123062 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2022.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Progress in understanding physiological mechanisms often consists of discrete discoveries made across different models and species. Accordingly, understanding the mechanistic bases for how altering nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability impacts exercise tolerance (or not) depends on integrating information from cellular energetics and contractile regulation through microvascular/vascular control of O2 transport and pulmonary gas exchange. This review adopts state-of-the-art concepts including the intramyocyte power grid, the Wagner conflation of perfusive and diffusive O2 conductances, and the Critical Power/Critical Speed model of exercise tolerance to address how altered NO bioavailability may, or may not, affect physical performance. This question is germane from the elite athlete to the recreational exerciser and particularly the burgeoning heart failure (and other clinical) populations for whom elevating O2 transport and/or exercise capacity translates directly to improved life quality and reduced morbidity and mortality. The dearth of studies in females is also highlighted, and areas of uncertainty and questions for future research are identified.
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- David C Poole
- Departments of Kinesiology and Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Exercise Science, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, 96720, USA
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- Departments of Kinesiology and Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
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Drescher U. Impact of venous return on pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics during dynamic exercise: in silico time series analyses from muscles to lungs. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 125:1150-1164. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01058.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to investigate whether a single-compartment (SCM) and a multi-compartment (MCM) venous return model will produce significantly different time-delaying and distortive effects on pulmonary oxygen uptake (V̇o2pulm) responses with equal cardiac outputs (Q̇) and muscle oxygen uptake (V̇o2musc) inputs. For each model, 64 data sets were simulated with alternating Q̇ and V̇o2musc kinetics—time constants (τ) ranging from 10 to 80 s—as responses to pseudorandom binary sequence work rate (WR) changes. Kinetic analyses were performed by using cross-correlation functions (CCFs) between WR with V̇o2pulm and V̇o2musc. Higher maxima of the CCF courses indicate faster system responses—equal to smaller τ values of the variables of interest (e.g., τV̇o2musc). The models demonstrated a highly significant relationship for the resulting V̇o2pulm responses ( r = 0.976, P < 0.001, n = 64). Both models showed significant differences between V̇o2pulm and V̇o2musc kinetics for τV̇o2musc ranging from 10 to 30 s ( P < 0.05 each). In addition, a significant difference in V̇o2pulm kinetics ( P < 0.05) between the models was observed for very fast V̇o2musc kinetics (τ = 10 s). The combinations of fast Q̇ dynamics and slow V̇o2musc kinetics yield distinct deviations in the resultant V̇o2pulm responses compared with V̇o2musc kinetics. Therefore, the venous return models should be used with care and caution if the aim is to infer V̇o2musc by means of V̇o2pulm kinetics. Finally, the resultant V̇o2pulm responses seem to be complex and most likely unpredictable if no cardiodynamic measurements are available in vivo. NEW & NOTEWORTHY A single-compartment and a multi-compartment venous return model were tested to see whether they result in different pulmonary oxygen uptake (V̇o2pulm) kinetics from equal cardiac output and muscle oxygen uptake (V̇o2musc) kinetics. To infer V̇o2musc kinetics by means of V̇o2pulm kinetics, both models should only be used for V̇o2musc time constants ranging from 40 to 80 s. The resultant V̇o2pulm responses seem to be complex and most likely unpredictable if no cardiodynamic measurements are available.
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- Uwe Drescher
- Institute of Physiology and Anatomy, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Heinonen I, Boushel R, Hellsten Y, Kalliokoski K. Regulation of bone blood flow in humans: The role of nitric oxide, prostaglandins, and adenosine. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2018; 28:1552-1558. [PMID: 29377406 DOI: 10.1111/sms.13064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The mechanisms that regulate bone blood flow (BBF) in humans are largely unknown. Animal studies suggest that nitric oxide (NO) could be involved, and in this study, we investigated the effects of inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) alone and in combination with inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme, thus prostaglandin (PG) synthesis on femoral bone marrow blood flow by positron emission tomography in healthy young men at rest and during one-leg dynamic exercise. In an additional group of healthy men, the role of adenosine (ADO) in the regulation of BBF during exercise was investigated by use of an adenosine receptor blocker (aminophylline). Inhibitors were directly infused into the femoral artery. Resting BBF was 1.1 ± 0.4 mL 100 g-1 min-1 and increased to almost sixfold in response to exercise (6.3 ± 1.5 mL 100 g-1 min-1 ). Inhibition of NOS reduced BBF at rest to 0.7 ± 0.3 mL 100 g-1 min-1 (P = .036), but did not affect BBF significantly during exercise (5.5 ± 1.4 mL 100 g-1 min-1 , P = .25). On the other hand, while combined NOS and COX inhibition did not cause any further reduction of blood flow at rest (0.6 ± 0.2 mL 100 g-1 min-1 ), the combined blockade reduced BBF during exercise by ~21%, to 5.0 ± 1.8 mL 100 g-1 min-1 (P = .014). Finally, the ADO inhibition during exercise reduced BBF from 5.5 ± 1.9 mL 100 g-1 min-1 to 4.6 ± 1.2 mL 100 g-1 min-1 (P = .045). In conclusion, our results support the view that NO is involved in controlling bone marrow blood flow at rest, and NO, PG, and ADO play important roles in controlling human BBF during exercise.
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- I Heinonen
- Turku PET Centre, Turku, Finland.,Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Division of Experimental Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Exercise and Sport Sciences, Section of Human Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Poole D, Sexton W. Howard H. Erickson: contributions to equine exercise physiology and veterinary medicine. COMPARATIVE EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.3920/cep160001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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For over four and a half decades Howard Erickson has been at the forefront of scientific discovery. As a veterinary cardiovascular specialist with the United States Air Force he made fundamental progress to developing a working artificial heart. Subsequently as a retired US Air Force Colonel and Professor at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Erickson detected the immensely high pulmonary vascular pressures in the horse during exercise. These observations were essential to resolving the mechanistic bases for exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia and pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) that afflict all racehorses. Subsequently, Erickson pioneered the scientific proof-of-concept of the equine Nasal Strip™ which reduces lung damage and epistaxis, and constitutes the only effective non-pharmaceutical treatment for EIPH available today. We owe much of our understanding of equine cardiorespiratory physiology to this remarkable scientist.
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- D.C. Poole
- Departments of Kinesiology, Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A.T. Still University, Kirksville, MO 63501, USA
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Dietary nitrate is growing in popularity as a sports nutrition supplement. This article reviews the evidence base for the potential of inorganic nitrate to enhance sports and exercise performance. Inorganic nitrate is present in numerous foodstuffs and is abundant in green leafy vegetables and beetroot. Following ingestion, nitrate is converted in the body to nitrite and stored and circulated in the blood. In conditions of low oxygen availability, nitrite can be converted into nitric oxide, which is known to play a number of important roles in vascular and metabolic control. Dietary nitrate supplementation increases plasma nitrite concentration and reduces resting blood pressure. Intriguingly, nitrate supplementation also reduces the oxygen cost of submaximal exercise and can, in some circumstances, enhance exercise tolerance and performance. The mechanisms that may be responsible for these effects are reviewed and practical guidelines for safe and efficacious dietary nitrate supplementation are provided.
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Muscular exercise requires transitions to and from metabolic rates often exceeding an order of magnitude above resting and places prodigious demands on the oxidative machinery and O2-transport pathway. The science of kinetics seeks to characterize the dynamic profiles of the respiratory, cardiovascular, and muscular systems and their integration to resolve the essential control mechanisms of muscle energetics and oxidative function: a goal not feasible using the steady-state response. Essential features of the O2 uptake (VO2) kinetics response are highly conserved across the animal kingdom. For a given metabolic demand, fast VO2 kinetics mandates a smaller O2 deficit, less substrate-level phosphorylation and high exercise tolerance. By the same token, slow VO2 kinetics incurs a high O2 deficit, presents a greater challenge to homeostasis and presages poor exercise tolerance. Compelling evidence supports that, in healthy individuals walking, running, or cycling upright, VO2 kinetics control resides within the exercising muscle(s) and is therefore not dependent upon, or limited by, upstream O2-transport systems. However, disease, aging, and other imposed constraints may redistribute VO2 kinetics control more proximally within the O2-transport system. Greater understanding of VO2 kinetics control and, in particular, its relation to the plasticity of the O2-transport/utilization system is considered important for improving the human condition, not just in athletic populations, but crucially for patients suffering from pathologically slowed VO2 kinetics as well as the burgeoning elderly population.
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- David C Poole
- Departments of Kinesiology, Anatomy, and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
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Evolutionary forces drive beneficial adaptations in response to a complex array of environmental conditions. In contrast, over several millennia, humans have been so enamored by the running/athletic prowess of horses and dogs that they have sculpted their anatomy and physiology based solely upon running speed. Thus, through hundreds of generations, those structural and functional traits crucial for running fast have been optimized. Central among these traits is the capacity to uptake, transport and utilize oxygen at spectacular rates. Moreover, the coupling of the key systems--pulmonary-cardiovascular-muscular is so exquisitely tuned in horses and dogs that oxygen uptake response kinetics evidence little inertia as the animal transitions from rest to exercise. These fast oxygen uptake kinetics minimize Intramyocyte perturbations that can limit exercise tolerance. For the physiologist, study of horses and dogs allows investigation not only of a broader range of oxidative function than available in humans, but explores the very limits of mammalian biological adaptability. Specifically, the unparalleled equine cardiovascular and muscular systems can transport and utilize more oxygen than the lungs can supply. Two consequences of this situation, particularly in the horse, are profound exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia and hypercapnia as well as structural failure of the delicate blood-gas barrier causing pulmonary hemorrhage and, in the extreme, overt epistaxis. This chapter compares and contrasts horses and dogs with humans with respect to the structural and functional features that enable these extraordinary mammals to support their prodigious oxidative and therefore athletic capabilities.
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- David C Poole
- Departments of Kinesiology, Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
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Hirai DM, Copp SW, Ferguson SK, Holdsworth CT, Musch TI, Poole DC. The NO donor sodium nitroprusside: evaluation of skeletal muscle vascular and metabolic dysfunction. Microvasc Res 2012; 85:104-11. [PMID: 23174313 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Revised: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The nitric oxide (NO) donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) may promote cyanide-induced toxicity and systemic and/or local responses approaching maximal vasodilation. The hypotheses were tested that SNP superfusion of the rat spinotrapezius muscle exerts 1) residual impairments in resting and contracting blood flow, oxygen utilization (VO(2)) and microvascular O(2) pressure (PO(2)mv); and 2) marked hypotension and elevation in resting PO(2)mv. Two superfusion protocols were performed: 1) Krebs-Henseleit (control 1), SNP (300 μM; a dose used commonly in superfusion studies) and Krebs-Henseleit (control 2), in this order; 2) 300 and 1200 μM SNP in random order. Spinotrapezius muscle blood flow (radiolabeled microspheres), VO(2) (Fick calculation) and PO(2)mv (phosphorescence quenching) were determined at rest and during electrically-induced (1 Hz) contractions. There were no differences in spinotrapezius blood flow, VO(2) or PO(2)mv at rest and during contractions pre- and post-SNP condition (control 1 and control 2; p>0.05 for all). With regard to dosing, SNP produced a graded elevation in resting PO(2)mv (p<0.05) with a reduction in mean arterial pressure only at the higher concentration (p<0.05). Contrary to our hypotheses, skeletal muscle superfusion with the NO donor SNP (300 μM) improved microvascular oxygenation during the transition from rest to contractions (PO(2)mv kinetics) without precipitating residual impairment of muscle hemodynamic or metabolic control or compromising systemic hemodynamics. These data suggest that SNP superfusion (300 μM) constitutes a valid and important tool for assessing the functional roles of NO in resting and contracting skeletal muscle function without incurring residual alterations consistent with cyanide accumulation and poisoning.
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- Daniel M Hirai
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Hirai DM, Copp SW, Ferguson SK, Holdsworth CT, McCullough DJ, Behnke BJ, Musch TI, Poole DC. Exercise training and muscle microvascular oxygenation: functional role of nitric oxide. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2012; 113:557-65. [PMID: 22678970 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00151.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Exercise training induces multiple adaptations within skeletal muscle that may improve local O(2) delivery-utilization matching (i.e., Po(2)mv). We tested the hypothesis that increased nitric oxide (NO) function is intrinsic to improved muscle Po(2)mv kinetics from rest to contractions after exercise training. Healthy young Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to sedentary (n = 18) or progressive treadmill exercise training (n = 10; 5 days/wk, 6-8 wk, final workload of 60 min/day at 35 m/min, -14% grade) groups. Po(2)mv was measured via phosphorescence quenching in the spinotrapezius muscle at rest and during 1-Hz twitch contractions under control (Krebs-Henseleit solution), sodium nitroprusside (SNP, NO donor; 300 μM), and N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME, nonspecific NO synthase blockade; 1.5 mM) superfusion conditions. Exercise-trained rats had greater peak oxygen uptake (Vo(2 peak)) than their sedentary counterparts (81 ± 1 vs. 72 ± 2 ml · kg(-1) · min(-1), respectively; P < 0.05). Exercise-trained rats had significantly slower Po(2)mv fall throughout contractions (τ(1); time constant for the first component) during control (sedentary: 8.1 ± 0.6; trained: 15.2 ± 2.8 s). Compared with control, SNP slowed τ(1) to a greater extent in sedentary rats (sedentary: 38.7 ± 5.6; trained: 26.8 ± 4.1 s; P > 0.05) whereas l-NAME abolished the differences in τ(1) between sedentary and trained rats (sedentary: 12.0 ± 1.7; trained: 11.2 ± 1.4 s; P < 0.05). Our results indicate that endurance exercise training leads to greater muscle microvascular oxygenation across the metabolic transient following the onset of contractions (i.e., slower Po(2)mv kinetics) partly via increased NO-mediated function, which likely constitutes an important mechanism for training-induced metabolic adaptations.
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- Daniel M Hirai
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-5802, USA
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Boushel R, Fuentes T, Hellsten Y, Saltin B. Opposing effects of nitric oxide and prostaglandin inhibition on muscle mitochondrial Vo(2) during exercise. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 303:R94-100. [PMID: 22552792 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00044.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandins (PG) together play a role in regulating blood flow during exercise. NO also regulates mitochondrial oxygen consumption through competitive binding to cytochrome-c oxidase. Indomethacin uncouples and inhibits the electron transport chain in a concentration-dependent manner, and thus, inhibition of NO and PG synthesis may regulate both muscle oxygen delivery and utilization. The purpose of this study was to examine the independent and combined effects of NO and PG synthesis blockade (L-NMMA and indomethacin, respectively) on mitochondrial respiration in human muscle following knee extension exercise (KEE). Specifically, this study examined the physiological effect of NO, and the pharmacological effect of indomethacin, on muscle mitochondrial function. Consistent with their mechanism of action, we hypothesized that inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and PG synthesis would have opposite effects on muscle mitochondrial respiration. Mitochondrial respiration was measured ex vivo by high-resolution respirometry in saponin-permeabilized fibers following 6 min KEE in control (CON; n = 8), arterial infusion of N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA; n = 4) and Indo (n = 4) followed by combined inhibition of NOS and PG synthesis (L-NMMA + Indo, n = 8). ADP-stimulated state 3 respiration (OXPHOS) with substrates for complex I (glutamate, malate) was reduced 50% by Indo. State 3 O(2) flux with complex I and II substrates was reduced less with both Indo (20%) and L-NMMA + Indo (15%) compared with CON. The results indicate that indomethacin reduces state 3 mitochondrial respiration primarily at complex I of the respiratory chain, while blockade of NOS by L-NMMA counteracts the inhibition by Indo. This effect on muscle mitochondria, in concert with a reduction of blood flow accounts for in vivo changes in muscle O(2) consumption during combined blockade of NOS and PG synthesis.
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- Robert Boushel
- Heart and Circulatory Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences; Mitochondrial Research Laboratory, Department of Anaesthesia Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Murias JM, Spencer MD, DeLorey DS, Gurd BJ, Kowalchuk JM, Paterson DH. Speeding of V̇o2 kinetics during moderate-intensity exercise subsequent to heavy-intensity exercise is associated with improved local O2 distribution. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2011; 111:1410-5. [PMID: 21836042 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00607.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The relationship between the adjustment of muscle deoxygenation (Δ[HHb]) and phase II VO2p during moderate-intensity exercise was examined before (Mod 1) and after (Mod 2) a bout of heavy-intensity “priming” exercise. Moderate intensity VO2p and Δ[HHb] kinetics were determined in 18 young males (26 ± 3 yr). VO2p was measured breath-by-breath. Changes in Δ[HHb] of the vastus lateralis muscle were measured by near-infrared spectroscopy. VO2p and Δ[HHb] response profiles were fit using a monoexponential model, and scaled to a relative % of the response (0–100%). The Δ[HHb]/V̇o2 ratio for each individual (reflecting the local matching of O2 delivery to O2 utilization) was calculated as the average Δ[HHb]/V̇o2 response from 20 s to 120 s during the exercise on-transient. Phase II τVO2p was reduced in Mod 2 compared with Mod 1 ( P < 0.05). The effective τ′Δ[HHb] remained the same in Mod 1 and Mod 2 ( P > 0.05). During Mod 1, there was an “overshoot” in the Δ[HHb]/V̇o2 ratio (1.08; P < 0.05) that was not present during Mod 2 (1.01; P > 0.05). There was a positive correlation between the reduction in the Δ[HHb]/V̇o2 ratio and the smaller τVO2p from Mod 1 to Mod 2 ( r = 0.78; P < 0.05). This study showed that a smaller τVO2p during a moderate bout of exercise subsequent to a heavy-intensity priming exercise was associated with improved microvascular O2 delivery during the on-transient of exercise, as suggested by a smaller Δ[HHb]/V̇o2 ratio.
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- Juan M. Murias
- Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging,
- School of Kinesiology,
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- Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging,
- School of Kinesiology,
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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COPP STEVENW, HIRAI DANIELM, FERGUSON SCOTTK, MUSCH TIMOTHYI, POOLE DAVIDC. Role of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in Modulating Microvascular and Contractile Function in Rat Skeletal Muscle. Microcirculation 2011; 18:501-11. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2011.00111.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Murias JM, Spencer MD, Kowalchuk JM, Paterson DH. Muscle deoxygenation to VO2 relationship differs in young subjects with varying τVO2. Eur J Appl Physiol 2011; 111:3107-18. [PMID: 21461928 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-1937-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Juan M Murias
- Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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Hirai DM, Copp SW, Ferreira LF, Musch TI, Poole DC. Nitric oxide bioavailability modulates the dynamics of microvascular oxygen exchange during recovery from contractions. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2010; 200:159-69. [PMID: 20384595 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02137.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM lowered microvascular PO(2) (PO(2) mv) during the exercise off-transient likely impairs muscle metabolic recovery and limits the capacity to perform repetitive tasks. The current investigation explored the impact of altered nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability on PO(2) mv during recovery from contractions in healthy skeletal muscle. We hypothesized that increased NO bioavailability (sodium nitroprusside: SNP) would enhance PO(2) mv and speed its recovery kinetics while decreased NO bioavailability (l-nitro arginine methyl ester: l-NAME) would reduce PO(2) mv and slow its recovery kinetics. METHODS PO(2) mv was measured by phosphorescence quenching during transitions (rest-1 Hz twitch-contractions for 3 min-recovery) in the spinotrapezius muscle of Sprague-Dawley rats under SNP (300 microm), Krebs-Henseleit (CONTROL) and l-NAME (1.5 mm) superfusion conditions. RESULTS relative to recovery in CONTROL, SNP resulted in greater overall microvascular oxygenation as assessed by the area under the PO(2) mv curve (PO(2 AREA) ; CONTROL 3471 ± 292 mmHg s; SNP: 4307 ± 282 mmHg s; P < 0.05) and faster off-kinetics as evidenced by the mean response time (MRToff; CONTROL 60.2 ± 6.9 s; SNP: 34.8 ± 5.7 s; P < 0.05), whereas l-NAME produced lower PO(2 AREA) (2339 ± 444 mmHg s; P < 0.05) and slower MRToff (86.6 ± 14.5s; P < 0.05). CONCLUSION no bioavailability plays a key role in determining the matching of O(2) delivery-to-O(2) uptake and thus the upstream O(2) pressure driving capillary-myocyte O(2) flux (i.e. PO(2) mv) following cessation of contractions in healthy skeletal muscle. Additionally, these data support a mechanistic link between reduced NO bioavailability and prolonged muscle metabolic recovery commonly observed in ageing and diseased populations.
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- D M Hirai
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5802, USA
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Bailey SJ, Winyard PG, Vanhatalo A, Blackwell JR, DiMenna FJ, Wilkerson DP, Jones AM. Acute L-arginine supplementation reduces the O2 cost of moderate-intensity exercise and enhances high-intensity exercise tolerance. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2010; 109:1394-403. [PMID: 20724562 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00503.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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It has recently been reported that dietary nitrate (NO(3)(-)) supplementation, which increases plasma nitrite (NO(2)(-)) concentration, a biomarker of nitric oxide (NO) availability, improves exercise efficiency and exercise tolerance in healthy humans. We hypothesized that dietary supplementation with L-arginine, the substrate for NO synthase (NOS), would elicit similar responses. In a double-blind, crossover study, nine healthy men (aged 19-38 yr) consumed 500 ml of a beverage containing 6 g of l-arginine (Arg) or a placebo beverage (PL) and completed a series of "step" moderate- and severe-intensity exercise bouts 1 h after ingestion of the beverage. Plasma NO(2)(-) concentration was significantly greater in the Arg than the PL group (331 ± 198 vs. 159 ± 102 nM, P < 0.05) and systolic blood pressure was significantly reduced (123 ± 3 vs. 131 ± 5 mmHg, P < 0.01). The steady-state O(2) uptake (VO(2)) during moderate-intensity exercise was reduced by 7% in the Arg group (1.48 ± 0.12 vs. 1.59 ± 0.14 l/min, P < 0.05). During severe-intensity exercise, the Vo(2) slow component amplitude was reduced (0.58 ± 0.23 and 0.76 ± 0.29 l/min in Arg and PL, respectively, P < 0.05) and the time to exhaustion was extended (707 ± 232 and 562 ± 145 s in Arg and PL, respectively, P < 0.05) following consumption of Arg. In conclusion, similar to the effects of increased dietary NO(3)(-) intake, elevating NO bioavailability through dietary L-Arg supplementation reduced the O(2) cost of moderate-intensity exercise and blunted the VO(2) slow component and extended the time to exhaustion during severe-intensity exercise.
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- Stephen J Bailey
- School of Sport and Health Sciences, St. Luke's Campus, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Murias JM, Kowalchuk JM, Paterson DH. Speeding of VO2 kinetics with endurance training in old and young men is associated with improved matching of local O2 delivery to muscle O2 utilization. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2010; 108:913-22. [PMID: 20150562 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01355.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The time course and mechanisms of adjustment of pulmonary oxygen uptake (V(O(2))) kinetics (time constant tauV(O(2p))) were examined during step transitions from 20 W to moderate-intensity cycling in eight older men (O; 68 +/- 7 yr) and eight young men (Y; 23 +/- 5 yr) before training and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 wk of endurance training. V(O(2p)) was measured breath by breath with a volume turbine and a mass spectrometer. Changes in deoxygenated hemoglobin concentration (Delta[HHb]) were measured by near-infrared spectroscopy. V(O(2p)) and Delta[HHb] were modeled with a monoexponential model. Training was performed on a cycle ergometer three times per week for 45 min at approximately 70% of peak V(O(2)). Pretraining tauV(O(2p)) was greater (P < 0.05) in O (43 +/- 10 s) than Y (34 +/- 8 s). tauV(O(2p)) decreased (P < 0.05) by 3 wk of training in both O (35 +/- 9 s) and Y (22 +/- 8 s), with no further changes thereafter. The pretraining overall adjustment of Delta[HHb] was faster than tauV(O(2p)) in both O and Y, resulting in Delta[HHb]/V(O(2p)) displaying an "overshoot" during the transient relative to the subsequent steady-state level. After 3 wk of training the Delta[HHb]/V(O(2p)) overshoot was attenuated in both O and Y. With further training, this overshoot persisted in O but was eliminated after 6 wk in Y. The training-induced speeding of V(O(2p)) kinetics in O and Y at 3 wk of training was associated with an improved matching of local O(2) delivery to muscle V(O(2)) (as represented by a lower Delta[HHb]/V(O(2p))). The continued overshoot in Delta[HHb]/V(O(2p)) in O may reflect a reduced vasodilatory responsiveness that may limit muscle blood flow distribution during the on-transient of exercise.
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- Juan M Murias
- Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Nyberg M, Mortensen SP, Saltin B, Hellsten Y, Bangsbo J. Low blood flow at onset of moderate-intensity exercise does not limit muscle oxygen uptake. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 298:R843-8. [PMID: 20089709 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00730.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [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 effect of low blood flow at onset of moderate-intensity exercise on the rate of rise in muscle oxygen uptake was examined. Seven male subjects performed a 3.5-min one-legged knee-extensor exercise bout (24 +/- 1 W, mean +/- SD) without (Con) and with (double blockade; DB) arterial infusion of inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (N(G)-monomethyl-l-arginine) and cyclooxygenase (indomethacin) to inhibit the synthesis of nitric oxide and prostanoids, respectively. Leg blood flow and leg oxygen delivery throughout exercise was 25-50% lower (P < 0.05) in DB compared with Con. Leg oxygen extraction (arteriovenous O(2) difference) was higher (P < 0.05) in DB than in Con (5 s: 127 +/- 3 vs. 56 +/- 4 ml/l), and leg oxygen uptake was not different between Con and DB during exercise. The difference between leg oxygen delivery and leg oxygen uptake was smaller (P < 0.05) during exercise in DB than in Con (5 s: 59 +/- 12 vs. 262 +/- 39 ml/min). The present data demonstrate that muscle blood flow and oxygen delivery can be markedly reduced without affecting muscle oxygen uptake in the initial phase of moderate-intensity exercise, suggesting that blood flow does not limit muscle oxygen uptake at the onset of exercise. Additionally, prostanoids and/or nitric oxide appear to play important roles in elevating skeletal muscle blood flow in the initial phase of exercise.
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- Michael Nyberg
- The Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bailey SJ, Winyard P, Vanhatalo A, Blackwell JR, Dimenna FJ, Wilkerson DP, Tarr J, Benjamin N, Jones AM. Dietary nitrate supplementation reduces the O2 cost of low-intensity exercise and enhances tolerance to high-intensity exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 107:1144-55. [PMID: 19661447 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00722.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 492] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Pharmacological sodium nitrate supplementation has been reported to reduce the O2 cost of submaximal exercise in humans. In this study, we hypothesized that dietary supplementation with inorganic nitrate in the form of beetroot juice (BR) would reduce the O2 cost of submaximal exercise and enhance the tolerance to high-intensity exercise. In a double-blind, placebo (PL)-controlled, crossover study, eight men (aged 19-38 yr) consumed 500 ml/day of either BR (containing 11.2 +/- 0.6 mM of nitrate) or blackcurrant cordial (as a PL, with negligible nitrate content) for 6 consecutive days and completed a series of "step" moderate-intensity and severe-intensity exercise tests on the last 3 days. On days 4-6, plasma nitrite concentration was significantly greater following dietary nitrate supplementation compared with PL (BR: 273 +/- 44 vs. PL: 140 +/- 50 nM; P < 0.05), and systolic blood pressure was significantly reduced (BR: 124 +/- 2 vs. PL: 132 +/- 5 mmHg; P < 0.01). During moderate exercise, nitrate supplementation reduced muscle fractional O2 extraction (as estimated using near-infrared spectroscopy). The gain of the increase in pulmonary O2 uptake following the onset of moderate exercise was reduced by 19% in the BR condition (BR: 8.6 +/- 0.7 vs. PL: 10.8 +/- 1.6 ml.min(-1).W(-1); P < 0.05). During severe exercise, the O2 uptake slow component was reduced (BR: 0.57 +/- 0.20 vs. PL: 0.74 +/- 0.24 l/min; P < 0.05), and the time-to-exhaustion was extended (BR: 675 +/- 203 vs. PL: 583 +/- 145 s; P < 0.05). The reduced O2 cost of exercise following increased dietary nitrate intake has important implications for our understanding of the factors that regulate mitochondrial respiration and muscle contractile energetics in humans.
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- Stephen J Bailey
- Exeter Univ., Sport and Health Sciences, St. Luke's Campus, Heavitree Rd., Exeter, EX1 2LU UK
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KOPPO KATRIEN, TAES YOURIE, POTTIER ANDRIES, BOONE JAN, BOUCKAERT JACQUES, DERAVE WIM. Dietary Arginine Supplementation Speeds Pulmonary V˙O2 Kinetics during Cycle Exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2009; 41:1626-32. [DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31819d81b6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Poole DC, Barstow TJ, McDonough P, Jones AM. Control of oxygen uptake during exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2008; 40:462-74. [PMID: 18379208 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31815ef29b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Other than during sleep and contrived laboratory testing protocols, humans rarely exist in prolonged metabolic steady states; rather, they transition among different metabolic rates (V O2). The dynamic transition of V O2 (V O2 kinetics), initiated, for example, at exercise onset, provides a unique window into understanding metabolic control. This brief review presents the state-of-the art regarding control of V O2 kinetics within the context of a simple model that helps explain the work rate dependence of V O2 kinetics as well as the effects of environmental perturbations and disease. Insights emerging from application of novel approaches and technologies are integrated into established concepts to assess in what circumstances O2 supply might exert a commanding role over V O2 kinetics, and where it probably does not. The common presumption that capillary blood flow dynamics can be extrapolated accurately from upstream arterial measurements is challenged. From this challenge, new complexities emerge with respect to the relationships between O2 supply and flux across the capillary-myocyte interface and the marked dependence of these processes on muscle fiber type. Indeed, because of interfiber type differences in O2 supply relative to V O2, the presence of much lower O2 levels in the microcirculation supplying fast-twitch muscle fibers, and the demonstrated metabolic sensitivity of muscle to O2, it is possible that fiber type recruitment profiles (and changes thereof) might help explain the slowing of V O2 kinetics at higher work rates and in chronic diseases such as heart failure and diabetes.
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- David C Poole
- Department of Kinesiology, Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5802, USA.
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AbstractThis brief review examines the athletic potential of mammals in general and the horse in particular as it relates to oxygen (O2) transport and utilization. The horse has been bred selectively for over six millennia based upon its ability to run fast. Whereas this has optimized cardiovascular and muscle function and the capacity to deliver and utilize O2, it has resulted in lung failure during intense exercise. Horses in their athletic prime are considered and attention is focused on their maximal capacities as related to O2transport, irrespective of ageper se. Following a few comments on the history of O2, this review moves from established principles of O2transport at the integrative organ level to the microcirculation and the processes and principles that govern O2offloading, where much remains to be discovered. Four principal questions are addressed: (1) as an athlete, what are the most outstanding physiological characteristics of the horse? (2) what anatomical and physiological capacities facilitate this superlative performance and such prodigious O2fluxes (i.e. maximal VO2)? (3) do cardiovascular dynamics or intramuscular energetic processes limit VO2kinetics (i.e. the speed at which VO2increases at the onset of exercise)? VO2kinetics determine the size of the O2deficit and as such represent an important determinant of muscle metabolism and fatigue; and (4) what determines the efficacy of muscle microcirculatory O2exchange?
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Poole DC, Kindig CA, Behnke BJ, Jones AM. Oxygen uptake (VO2) kinetics in different species: a brief review. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1079/ecp200445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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AbstractWhen a human begins to move or locomote, the energetic demands of its skeletal muscles increase abruptly and the oxygen (O2) transport system responds to deliver increased amounts of O2to the respiring mitochondria. It is intuitively reasonable that the rapidity with which O2transport can be increased to and utilized by (VO2) the contracting muscles would be greater in those species with a higher maximal VO2capacity (i.e., VO2max). This review explores the relationship between VO2maxand VO2dynamics or kinetics at across a range of species selected, in part, for their disparate VO2maxcapacities. In healthy humans there is compelling evidence that the speed of the VO2kinetics at the onset of exercise is limited by an oxidative enzyme inertia within the exercising muscles rather than by VO2delivery to those muscles. This appears true also for the horse and dog but possibly not for a certain species of frog. Whereas there is a significant correlation between VO2maxand the speed of VO2kinetics among different species, it is possible to identify species or individuals within a species that exhibit widely disparate mass-specific VO2maxcapacities but similar VO2kinetics (i.e., superlative human athlete and horse).
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Sustained performance of muscular exercise is contingent upon increasing muscle O(2) delivery (Qo2; the product of blood flow and arterial O(2) content, i.e. Q X Cao2) and utilization (Vo2m ) rapidly at exercise onset and sustaining necessary conductive and diffusive O(2) fluxes throughout exercise. A tight co-ordination of pulmonary, cardiovascular and muscle system responses is therefore required to prevent muscle microvascular O(2) pressures (P(mvO(2))) from falling to levels that impair blood-muscle O(2) exchange and/or impact metabolic control and reduce exercise tolerance. Microvascular O(2) pressures are determined by the balance between and Qo2 and Vo2m, and emerging evidence indicates that this balance is regulated differently across muscle fibre types and also in aged muscle. Moreover, disease states such as diabetes (type I and II) and chronic heart failure (CHF) also impact P(mvO(2)). This brief review primarily examines evidence obtained in animals that ageing: (1) redistributes exercising away from highly oxidative muscles and muscle fibres; (2) alters muscle capillary haemodynamics; and (3) reduces the O(2) pressure head within the microcirculation (P(mvO(2))) that serves to facilitate blood-muscle O(2) transfer. In many respects, these alterations found in healthy ageing animals bear a striking resemblance to those present in some chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes, CHF) and may help explain the compromised exercise tolerance present in aged individuals. Putative mechanistic insights are explored within the context of current knowledge and future investigative approaches.
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- David C Poole
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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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: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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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Ferreira LF, Hageman KS, Hahn SA, Williams J, Padilla DJ, Poole DC, Musch TI. Muscle microvascular oxygenation in chronic heart failure: role of nitric oxide availability. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2006; 188:3-13. [PMID: 16911248 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2006.01598.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM To test the hypothesis that diminished vascular nitric oxide availability might explain the inability of individuals with chronic heart failure (CHF) to maintain the microvascular PO(2)'s (PO(2mv) proportional, variant O(2) delivery-to-uptake ratio) seen in healthy animals. METHODS We superfused sodium nitroprusside (SNP; 300 microm), Krebs-Henseleit (control, CON) and L-nitro arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 1.5 mM) onto the spinotrapezius muscle and measured PO(2mv) by phosphorescence quenching in female Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 26) at rest and during twitch contractions (1 Hz). Seven rats served as controls (Sham) while CHF was induced by myocardial infarction. CHF rats were grouped as moderate (MOD; n = 15) and severe CHF (SEV; n = 4) according to morphological data and baseline PO(2mv). RESULTS In contrast to Sham and MOD, L-NAME did not affect the PO(2mv) response (dynamics and steady-state) of SEV when compared with CON. SNP restored the PO(2mv) profile of SEV to that seen in Sham animals during CON. Specifically, the effect of L-NAME expressed as Delta(L-NAME - CON) were: Baseline PO(2mv) [in mmHg, DeltaSham = -7.0 +/- 1.6 (P < 0.05); DeltaSEV =-1.2 +/- 2.1], end-contractions PO(2mv) [in mmHg, DeltaSham = -5.0 +/- 1.0 (P < 0.05); DeltaSEV = -2.5 +/- 0.5] and time constant of PO(2mv) decrease [in s, DeltaSham = -6.5 +/- 3.0 (P < 0.05); DeltaSEV = -3.2 +/- 1.8]. CONCLUSION These data provide the first direct evidence that the pathological profiles of PO(2mv) associated with severe CHF can be explained, in part, by a diminished vascular NO availability.
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- L F Ferreira
- Clarenburg Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, and Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5802, USA
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- Paul McDonough
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallas, TX 75390, USA
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- School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of ExeterExeter EX1 2LU, UK
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- Departments of Kinesiology, Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS 66506-5802, USA
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This review discusses the present knowledge on the oxygen uptake kinetics at the onset of exercise in skeletal muscle and the contribution of a previously developed computer model of oxidative phosphorylation in intact skeletal muscle to the understanding of the factors determining this kinetics on the biochemical level. It has been demonstrated recently that an increase in the total creatine pool [PCr + Cr] and in glycolytic ATP supply lengthen the half-transition time of the VO2 on-kinetics, while an increase in mitochondria content, in parallel activation of ATP supply and ATP usage, in muscle oxygen concentration, in proton leak, in resting energy demand, in resting cytosolic pH, and in initial alkalization diminish this parameter. It has also been shown that the half-transition time is near-linearly proportional to the absolute difference between the phosphocreatine concentration during work and at rest (deltaPCr). The present review discusses whether the V/O2 on-kinetics on the muscle level is strictly or only approximately exponential. Finally, it is postulated that a short transition time of the VO2 on-kinetics in itself does not need be profitable for the skeletal muscle functioning during exercise, but usually a short transition time is correlated with factors that improve exercise capacity. The transition time is a phenomenological parameter resulting from the biochemical properties of the system and not a physical factor that can cause anything in the system.
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- Bernard Korzeniewski
- Faculty of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
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Grassi B, Hogan MC, Gladden LB. Reply from Bruno Grassi, Michael C. Hogan and L. Bruce Gladden. J Physiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.573202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Ferreira LF, Padilla DJ, Williams J, Hageman KS, Musch TI, Poole DC. Effects of altered nitric oxide availability on rat muscle microvascular oxygenation during contractions. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2006; 186:223-32. [PMID: 16497201 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2006.01523.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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AIM To explore the role of nitric oxide (NO) in controlling microvascular O2 pressure (P(O2)mv) at rest and during contractions (1 Hz). We hypothesized that at the onset of contractions sodium nitroprusside (SNP) would raise P(O2)mv and slow the kinetics of P(O2)mv change whereas l-nitro arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) would decrease P(O2)mv and speed its kinetics. METHODS We superfused the spinotrapezius muscle of female Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 7, body mass = 298 +/- 10 g) with SNP (300 microM) and L-NAME (1.5 mm) and measured P(O2)mv (phosphorescence quenching) during contractions. RESULTS SNP decreased mean arterial pressure (92 +/- 5 mmHg) below that of control (CON, 124 +/- 4 mmHg) and L-NAME (120 +/- 4 mmHg) conditions. SNP did not raise P(O2)mv at rest but it did elevate the P(O2)mv-to-MAP ratio (50% increase, P < 0.05) and slow the kinetics by lengthening the time-delay (TD, 14.0 +/- 5.0 s) and time constant (tau, 24.0 +/- 10.0 s) of the response compared with CON (TD, 8.4 +/- 3.3 s; tau, 16.0 +/- 4.5 s, P < 0.05 vs. SNP). L-NAME decreased P(O2)mv at rest and tended to speed tau (10.1 +/- 3.8 s, P = 0.1), while TD (8.1 +/- 1.0 s) was not significantly different. L-NAME also caused P(O2)mv to fall transiently below steady-state contracting values. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that NO availability can significantly affect P(O2)mv at rest and during contractions and suggests that P(O2)mv derangements in ageing and chronic disease conditions may potentially result from impairments in NO availability.
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- L F Ferreira
- Clarenburg Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5802, USA
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Dahm CC, Moore K, Murphy MP. Persistent S-nitrosation of complex I and other mitochondrial membrane proteins by S-nitrosothiols but not nitric oxide or peroxynitrite: implications for the interaction of nitric oxide with mitochondria. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:10056-65. [PMID: 16481325 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m512203200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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S-nitrosation of mitochondrial proteins has been proposed to contribute to the pathophysiological interactions of nitric oxide (NO) and its derivatives with mitochondria but has not been shown directly. Furthermore, little is known about the mechanism of formation or the fate of these putative S-nitrosothiols. Here we have determined whether mitochondrial membrane protein thiols can be S-nitrosated on exposure to free NO from 3,3-bis(aminoethyl)-1-hydroxy-2-oxo-1-triazene (DETA-NONOate) by interaction with S-nitrosoglutathione or S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and by the NO derivative peroxynitrite. S-Nitrosation of protein thiols was measured directly by chemiluminescence detection. S-Nitrosoglutathione and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine led to extensive protein thiol oxidation, with about 30% of the modified protein thiols persistently S-nitrosated. In contrast, there was no protein thiol oxidation or S-nitrosation on exposure to 3,3-bis (aminoethyl)-1-hydroxy-2-oxo-1-triazene. Peroxynitrite extensively oxidized protein thiols but produced negligible amounts of S-nitrosothiols. Therefore, mitochondrial membrane protein thiols are S-nitrosated by preformed S-nitrosothiols but not by NO or by peroxynitrite. These S-nitrosated protein thiols were readily reduced by glutathione, so S-nitrosation will only persist when the mitochondrial glutathione pool is oxidized. Respiratory chain complex I was S-nitrosated by S-nitrosothiols, consistent with it being an important target for S-nitrosation during nitrosative stress. The S-nitrosation of complex I correlated with a significant loss of activity that was reversed by thiol reductants. S-Nitrosation was also associated with increased superoxide production from complex I. These findings point to a significant role for complex I S-nitrosation and consequent dysfunction during nitrosative stress in disorders such as Parkinson disease and sepsis.
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- Christina C Dahm
- Medical Research Council Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Wellcome Trust/Medical Research Council Building, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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Baker DJ, Krause DJ, Howlett RA, Hepple RT. Nitric oxide synthase inhibition reduces O2 cost of force development and spares high-energy phosphates following contractions in pump-perfused rat hindlimb muscles. Exp Physiol 2006; 91:581-9. [PMID: 16469818 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.032698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The purpose of the present experiments was to test the hypotheses that: (i) nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition reduces the O2 cost of force development across a range of contractile demands; and (ii) this reduced O2 cost of force development would be reflected in a sparing of intramuscular higher energy phosphates. Rat distal hindlimb muscles were pump perfused in situ and electrically stimulated (200 ms trains with pulses at 100 Hz, each pulse 0.05 ms duration) for 1 min each at 15, 30 and 60 tetani min(-1) and for 2 min at 90 tetani min(-1) in three groups: 0.01 mM adenosine; 1 mM D-NAME and 0.01 mM adenosine (D-NAME); and 1 mM L-NAME and 0.01 mM adenosine (L-NAME). The gastrocnemius-plantaris-soleus muscle group was freeze clamped post-contractions for metabolite analyses. Force was 19% higher and oxygen uptake (VO2) was 20% lower with L-NAME versus adenosine, and there was a 35% reduction in VO2/time-integrated tension versus adenosine and 24% versus D-NAME that was independent of contraction frequency. L-NAME treatment produced a 33% sparing of muscle phosphocreatine (PCr), and intramuscular lactate was no different between groups. In contrast, D-NAME reduced force by 30%, VO2 by 29% and the O2 cost of force development by 15% compared with adenosine, but had no effect on the degree of intramuscular ATP and PCr depletion. These results show that NOS inhibition improved the metabolic efficiency of force development, either by improving the ATP yield for a given O2 consumption or by reducing the ATP cost of force development. In addition, these effects were independent of contraction frequency.
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- David J Baker
- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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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: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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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Krause DJ, Hagen JL, Kindig CA, Hepple RT. Nitric oxide synthase inhibition reduces the O2cost of force development in rat hindlimb muscles pump perfused at matched convective O2delivery. Exp Physiol 2005; 90:889-900. [PMID: 16123049 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.031567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a physiological mediator of skeletal muscle function. Specifically, NO affects cellular respiration and muscle contractility; however, the reduced blood flow and convective O2 delivery that result from impaired vasodilatation when NO synthase (NOS) is inhibited in vivo have obscured past interpretations of the effects of NO. Therefore, we studied the effect of NOS inhibition in an in situ pump-perfused rat hindlimb to test the hypothesis that NOS inhibition would improve contractile and aerobic metabolic performance. Pump perfusion permitted matching of convective O2 delivery (516 +/- 16 micromol O2 min(-1) (100 g)(-1); mean +/- s.e.m.) between groups, allowing us to investigate the effects of NOS inhibition independent of this variable. Three groups were studied. The perfusate of one group was treated with both adenosine (0.01 mm) and the NOS inhibitor, N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 1 mm). Adenosine is a vasodilator that can act through both NO-dependent and -independent pathways; the NO-independent vasodilatory action of adenosine allowed us to match the perfusion rate and convective O2 delivery in this L-NAME group to those of the other groups. In the second group the perfusate was treated with adenosine only (Ado). In the third group the perfusate received no treatment and served as a control (Con). Oxygen consumption (VO2) was on average 26 and 14% lower during the contraction bout in L-NAME and Ado, respectively, versus Con. In Ado, lactate efflux was similar to Con and force was reduced in proportion to versus Con, whereas L-NAME was associated with a 32% lower lactate efflux and similar force to Con. Therefore, the lower :force development ratio in the L-NAME group demonstrates that the O2 cost of force development is reduced by NOS inhibition independent of convective O2 delivery.
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- Daniel J Krause
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1 N4
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Grassi B. Delayed Metabolic Activation of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Skeletal Muscle at Exercise Onset. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2005; 37:1567-73. [PMID: 16177610 DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000177472.67419.0a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In "normal" conditions (e.g., normoxia, absence of pathological conditions) convective and diffusive O(2) delivery to skeletal muscle fibers do not seem to represent important determinants for the kinetics of adjustment of oxidative phosphorylation following increases in metabolic demand. Whereas a limiting role by PDH has not been experimentally confirmed, inhibition of mitochondrial respiration by NO could be partially responsible for the delayed activation of oxidative phosphorylation at exercise onset. The main determinants of muscle VO(2) kinetics, however, likely reside in the intricate interplay between the various mechanisms of energy provision at exercise onset. By acting as high-capacitance energy buffers, PCr hydrolysis and anaerobic glycolysis would delay or attenuate the increase in [ADP] within the cell following rapid increases in ATP demand, thereby "buffering" a more rapid activation of oxidative phosphorylation. The "PCr-Cr shuttle" concept of a regulatory role of PCr or of the products of PCr hydrolysis on oxidative phosphorylation provides a mechanism that couples VO(2), which occurs in mitochondria, to PCr hydrolysis occurring in the cytoplasm.
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- Bruno Grassi
- Department of Science and Biomedical Technologies Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
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Wilkerson DP, Rittweger J, Berger NJA, Naish PF, Jones AM. Influence of recombinant human erythropoietin treatment on pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics during exercise in humans. J Physiol 2005; 568:639-52. [PMID: 16081477 PMCID: PMC1474732 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.089920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We hypothesized that 4 weeks of recombinant human erythropoietin (RhEPO) treatment would result in a significant increase in haemoglobin concentration ([Hb]) and arterial blood O(2)-carrying capacity and that this would (1) increase peak pulmonary oxygen uptake during ramp incremental exercise, and (2) speed kinetics during 'severe'-, but not 'moderate'- or 'heavy'-intensity, step exercise. Fifteen subjects (mean +/- s.d. age 25 +/- 4 years) were randomly assigned to either an experimental group which received a weekly subcutaneous injection of RhEPO (150 IU kg(-1); n = 8), or a control group (CON) which received a weekly subcutaneous injection of sterile saline (10 ml; n = 7) as a placebo, for four weeks. The subjects and the principal researchers were both blind with respect to the group assignment. Before and after the intervention period, all subjects completed a ramp test for determination of the gas exchange threshold (GET) and , and a number of identical 'step' transitions from 'unloaded' cycling to work rates requiring 80% GET (moderate), 70% of the difference between the GET and (heavy), and 105% (severe) as determined from the initial ramp test. Pulmonary gas exchange was measured breath-by-breath. There were no significant differences between the RhEPO and CON groups for any of the measurements of interest ([Hb], kinetics) before the intervention. Four weeks of RhEPO treatment resulted in a 7% increase both in [Hb] (from 15.8 +/- 1.0 to 16.9 +/- 0.7 g dl(-1); P < 0.01) and (from 47.5 +/- 4.2 to 50.8 +/- 10.7 ml kg(-1).min(-1); P < 0.05), with no significant change in CON. RhEPO had no significant effect on kinetics for moderate (Phase II time constant, from 28 +/- 8 to 28 +/- 7 s), heavy (from 37 +/- 12 to 35 +/- 11 s), or severe (from 33 +/- 15 to 35 +/- 15 s) step exercise. Our results indicate that enhancing blood O(2)-carrying capacity and thus the potential for muscle O(2) delivery with RhEPO treatment enhanced the peak but did not influence kinetics, suggesting that the latter is principally regulated by intracellular (metabolic) factors, even during exercise where the requirement is greater than the , at least in young subjects performing upright cycle exercise.
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- Daryl P Wilkerson
- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Alsager, UK
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Grassi B, Hogan MC, Kelley KM, Howlett RA, Gladden LB. Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibition by L-NAME on oxygen uptake kinetics in isolated canine muscle in situ. J Physiol 2005; 568:1021-33. [PMID: 16081490 PMCID: PMC1464191 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.090068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) has an inhibitory action on O2 uptake (VO2) at the level of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of NO synthase (NOS) inhibition on muscle (VO2) kinetics. Isolated canine gastrocnemius muscles in situ (n = 6) were studied during transitions from rest to 4-min of electrically stimulated contractions corresponding to approximately 60% of the muscle peak . Two conditions were compared: (i) Control (CTRL) and (ii) L-NAME, in which the NOS inhibitor L-NAME (20 mg kg(-1)) was administered. In both conditions the muscle was pump-perfused with constantly elevated blood flow (Q), at a level measured during a preliminary contraction trial with spontaneous self-perfused (Q). A vasodilatory drug was also infused. Arterial and venous O2 concentrations were determined at rest and at 5-7 s intervals during the transition. VO2 was calculated by Fick's principle. Muscle biopsies were obtained at rest and during contractions. Muscle force was measured continuously. Phosphocreatine hydrolysis and the calculated substrate level phosphorylation were slightly (but not significantly) lower in L-NAME than in CTRL. Significantly (P < 0.05) less fatigue was found in L-NAME versus CTRL. The time delay (TD(f)) and the time constant (tau(f)) of the 'fundamental' component of VO2 kinetics were not significantly different between CTRL (TD(f) 7.2 +/- 1.2 s; and tau(f) 10.6 +/- 1.3, +/- s.e.m.) and L-NAME (TD(f) 9.3 +/- 0.6; and tau(f) 10.4 +/- 1.0). Contrary to our hypothesis, NOS inhibition did not accelerate muscle VO2 kinetics. The down-regulation of mitochondrial respiration by NO does not limit the kinetics of adjustment of oxidative metabolism at exercise onset.
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- Bruno Grassi
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Milano, LITA - Via Fratelli Cervi 93, I -20090 Segrate (MI), Italy.
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Kindig CA, Stary CM, Hogan MC. Effect of dissociating cytosolic calcium and metabolic rate on intracellular PO2 kinetics in single frog myocytes. J Physiol 2005; 562:527-34. [PMID: 15550463 PMCID: PMC1665515 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.074922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2004] [Accepted: 11/16/2004] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The purpose of this investigation was to utilize 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM; an inhibitor of contractile activation) to dissociate cytosolic [Ca(2+)] ([Ca(2+)](c)) from the putative respiratory regulators that arise from muscle contraction-induced ATP utilization in order to determine the relative contribution of [Ca(2+)](c) on intracellular P(O(2)) (P(iO(2))) kinetics during the transition from rest to contractions in single skeletal myocytes isolated from Xenopus laevis lumbrical muscle. Myocytes were subjected to electrically induced isometric tetanic contractions (0.25 Hz; 2-min bouts) while peak tension and either [Ca(2+)](c) (n= 7; ratiometric fluorescence microscopy) or P(iO(2)) (n= 7; phosphorescence microscopy) was measured continuously. Cells were studied under both control and 3 mm BDM conditions in randomized order. Initial (control, 100 +/- 0%; BDM, 72.6 +/- 4.6%), midpoint (control, 86.7 +/- 1.8%; BDM, 61.6 +/- 4.1%) and end (control, 85.0 +/- 2.8%; BDM, 57.5 +/- 5.0%) peak tensions (normalized to initial control values) were significantly reduced (P < 0.05) with BDM compared with control (n= 14). Despite the reduced peak tension, peak [Ca(2+)](c) was not altered (P > 0.05) between control and BDM trials. Thus, the peak tension-to-peak [Ca(2+)](c) ratio was reduced with BDM compared with control. The absolute fall in P(iO(2)) with contractions, which is proportional to the rise in , was significantly reduced with BDM (13.2 +/- 1.3 mmHg) compared with control (22.0 +/- 2.0 mmHg). However, P(iO(2)) onset kinetics (i.e. mean response time (MRT)) was not altered between BDM (66.8 +/- 8.0 s) and control (64.9 +/- 6.3 s) trials. Therefore, the initial rate of change (defined as the fall in P(iO(2))/MRT) was significantly slower in BDM fibres compared with control. These data demonstrate in these isolated single skeletal muscle fibres that unchanged peak [Ca(2+)](c) in the face of reduced metabolic feedback from the contractile sites evoked with BDM did not alter P(iO(2)) onset kinetics in isolated single frog myocytes, suggesting that metabolic signals arising from the contractile sites play a more substantial role than [Ca(2+)](c) in the signalling pathway to oxidative phosphorylation during the transition from rest to repeated tetanic contractions.
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- Casey A Kindig
- Department of Medicine, Physiology Division, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, 0623A, La Jolla, CA 92093-0623, USA
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Jones AM, Wilkerson DP, Campbell IT. Nitric oxide synthase inhibition with L-NAME reduces maximal oxygen uptake but not gas exchange threshold during incremental cycle exercise in man. J Physiol 2004; 560:329-38. [PMID: 15284344 PMCID: PMC1665192 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.065664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2004] [Accepted: 07/28/2004] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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We hypothesized that the effective inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), achieved via systemic infusion of N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME), would reduce the gas exchange threshold (GET) and the maximal oxygen uptake (V(.)(O(2)max)) during incremental cycle exercise in man if NO is important in the regulation of muscle vasodilatation. Seven healthy males, aged 18-34 years, volunteered to participate in this ethically approved study. On two occasions, the subjects completed an incremental exercise test to exhaustion on an electrically braked cycle ergometer following the infusion of either l-NAME (4 mg kg(-1) in 50 ml saline) or placebo (50 ml saline, CON). At rest, the infusion of l-NAME resulted in a significant increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP; CON vs. l-NAME, 89 +/- 8 vs. 103 +/- 11 mmHg (mean +/- s.d.; P < 0.05)) and a significant reduction in heart rate (HR; CON vs. l-NAME, 60 +/- 12 vs. 51 +/- 8 beats min(-1); P < 0.01). At submaximal work rates, there was no significant difference in V(.)(O(2)) between the conditions and no difference in the GET (CON vs. l-NAME, 1.94 +/- 0.47 vs. 2.01 +/- 0.41 l min(-1)). However, at higher work rates, differences in V(.)(O(2)) between the conditions became more pronounced such that V(.)(O(2)max) was significantly lower with l-NAME (CON vs. l-NAME, 4.02 +/- 0.41 vs. 3.80 +/- 0.34 l min(-1); P < 0.05). The reduction in V(.)(O(2)max) was associated with a reduction in HR(max) (CON vs. l-NAME, 186 +/- 10 vs. 178 +/- 7 beats min(-1); P < 0.01). These results demonstrate that NOS inhibition with l-NAME has no effect on GET but reduces V(.)(O(2)max) during large muscle group exercise in man, presumably by direct or indirect effects on cardiac output and muscle blood flow.
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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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Wilkerson DP, Campbell IT, Jones AM. Influence of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics during supra-maximal exercise in humans. J Physiol 2004; 561:623-35. [PMID: 15358808 PMCID: PMC1665351 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.071894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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We have recently reported that inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) with N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) accelerates the 'phase II' pulmonary O2 uptake (VO2) kinetics following the onset of moderate and heavy intensity submaximal exercise in humans. These data suggest that the influence of nitric oxide (NO) on mitochondrial function is an important factor in the inertia to aerobic respiration that is evident in the transition from a lower to a higher metabolic rate. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of L-NAME on pulmonary VO2 kinetics following the onset of supra-maximal exercise, where it has been suggested that O2 availability represents an additional limitation to VO2 kinetics. Seven healthy young men volunteered to participate in this study. Following an incremental cycle ergometer test for the determination of VO2max, the subjects returned on two occasions to perform a 'step' exercise test from a baseline of unloaded cycling to a work rate calculated to require 105% VO2max, preceded either by systemic infusion of L-NAME (4 mg kg(-1) in 50 ml saline) or 50 ml saline as a control (Con). Pulmonary gas exchange was measured on a breath-by-breath basis throughout the exercise tests. The duration of 'phase I' was greater with L-NAME (Con: 14.0 +/- 2.1 versus L-NAME: 16.0 +/- 1.6 s; P = 0.03), suggestive of a slower cardiovascular adaptation following the onset of exercise. However, the phase II VO2 time constant was reduced by 44% with L-NAME (Con: 36.3 +/- 17.3 versus L-NAME: 20.4 +/- 8.3 s; P = 0.01). The accumulation of blood lactate during exercise was also reduced with L-NAME (Con: 4.0 +/- 1.1 versus L-NAME: 2.7 +/- 2.1 mM; P = 0.04). These data indicate that skeletal muscle NO production represents an important limitation to the acceleration of oxidative metabolism following the onset of supra-maximal exercise in humans.
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- Daryl P Wilkerson
- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Hassall Road, Alsager ST7 2HL, UK
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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: 1.2] [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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Jones AM, Wilkerson DP, Wilmshurst S, Campbell IT. Influence of l-NAME on pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics during heavy-intensity cycle exercise. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2004; 96:1033-8. [PMID: 14657038 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00381.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We hypothesized that inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) by NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) would alleviate the inhibition of mitochondrial oxygen uptake (V̇o2) by nitric oxide and result in a speeding of phase II pulmonary V̇o2 kinetics at the onset of heavy-intensity exercise. Seven men performed square-wave transitions from unloaded cycling to a work rate requiring 40% of the difference between the gas exchange threshold and peak V̇o2 with and without prior intravenous infusion of l-NAME (4 mg/kg in 50 ml saline over 60 min). Pulmonary gas exchange was measured breath by breath, and V̇o2 kinetics were determined from the averaged response to two exercise bouts performed in each condition. There were no significant differences between the control (C) and l-NAME conditions (L) for baseline V̇o2, the duration of phase I, or the amplitude of the primary V̇o2 response. However, the time constant of the V̇o2 response in phase II was significantly smaller (mean ± SE: C: 25.1 ± 3.0 s; L: 21.8 ± 3.3 s; P < 0.05), and the amplitude of the V̇o2 slow component was significantly greater (C: 240 ± 47 ml/min; L: 363 ± 24 ml/min; P < 0.05) after l-NAME infusion. These data indicate that inhibition of NOS by l-NAME results in a significant (13%) speeding of V̇o2 kinetics and a significant increase in the amplitude of the V̇o2 slow component in the transition to heavy-intensity cycle exercise in men. The speeding of the primary component V̇o2 kinetics after l-NAME infusion indicates that at least part of the intrinsic inertia to oxidative metabolism at the onset of heavy-intensity exercise may result from inhibition of mitochondrial V̇o2 by nitric oxide. The cause of the larger V̇o2 slow-component amplitude with l-NAME requires further investigation but may be related to differences in muscle blood flow early in the rest-to-exercise transition.
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- Andrew M Jones
- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Alsager ST7 2HL, 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: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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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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: 4.2] [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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Affiliation(s)
- Andrew M Jones
- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Alsager, UK.
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