PMID- 10444618 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990908 LR - 20171213 IS - 8750-7587 (Print) IS - 0161-7567 (Linking) VI - 87 IP - 2 DP - 1999 Aug TI - Role of submaximal exercise in promoting creatine and glycogen accumulation in human skeletal muscle. PG - 598-604 AB - We examined the effect of glycogen-depleting exercise on subsequent muscle total creatine (TCr) accumulation and glycogen resynthesis during postexercise periods when the diet was supplemented with carbohydrate (CHO) or creatine (Cr) + CHO. Fourteen subjects performed one-legged cycling exercise to exhaustion. Muscle biopsies were taken from the exhausted (Ex) and nonexhausted (Nex) limbs after exercise and after 6 h and 5 days of recovery, during which CHO (CHO group, n = 7) or Cr + CHO (Cr+CHO group, n = 7) supplements were ingested. Muscle TCr concentration ([TCr]) was unchanged in both groups 6 h after supplementation commenced but had increased in the Ex (P < 0.001) and Nex limbs (P < 0.05) of the Cr+CHO group after 5 days. Greater TCr accumulation was achieved in the Ex limbs (P < 0.01) of this group. Glycogen was increased above nonexercised concentrations in the Ex limbs of both groups after 5 days, with the concentration being greater in the Cr+CHO group (P = 0.06). Thus a single bout of exercise enhanced muscle Cr accumulation, and this effect was restricted to the exercised muscle. However, exercise also diminished CHO-mediated insulin release, which may have attenuated insulin-mediated muscle Cr accumulation. Ingesting Cr with CHO also augmented glycogen supercompensation in the exercised muscle. FAU - Robinson, T M AU - Robinson TM AD - School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom. FAU - Sewell, D A AU - Sewell DA FAU - Hultman, E AU - Hultman E FAU - Greenhaff, P L AU - Greenhaff PL LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Appl Physiol (1985) JT - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) JID - 8502536 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 020IUV4N33 (Phosphocreatine) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - 9005-79-2 (Glycogen) RN - MU72812GK0 (Creatine) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/analysis MH - Adult MH - Blood Glucose MH - Creatine/*metabolism MH - Diet MH - Dietary Supplements MH - Exercise/*physiology MH - Female MH - Glycogen/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Insulin/blood MH - Male MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism MH - Phosphocreatine/analysis MH - Time Factors EDAT- 1999/08/13 00:00 MHDA- 1999/08/13 00:01 CRDT- 1999/08/13 00:00 PHST- 1999/08/13 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/08/13 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/08/13 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.2.598 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Physiol (1985). 1999 Aug;87(2):598-604. doi: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.2.598.