PMID- 23788576 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140602 LR - 20220226 IS - 1522-1601 (Electronic) IS - 8750-7587 (Print) IS - 0161-7567 (Linking) VI - 115 IP - 6 DP - 2013 Sep TI - Direct and indirect lactate oxidation in trained and untrained men. PG - 829-38 LID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00538.2013 [doi] AB - Lactate has been shown to be an important oxidative fuel. We aimed to quantify the total lactate oxidation rate (Rox) and its direct vs. indirect (glucose that is gluconeogenically derived from lactate and subsequently oxidized) components (mg.kg(-1).min(-1)) during rest and exercise in humans. We also investigated the effects of endurance training, exercise intensity, and blood lactate concentration ([lactate]b) on direct and indirect lactate oxidation. Six untrained (UT) and six trained (T) men completed 60 min of constant load exercise at power outputs corresponding to their lactate threshold (LT). T subjects completed two additional 60-min sessions of constant load exercise at 10% below the LT workload (LT-10%), one of which included a lactate clamp (LC; LT-10%+LC). Rox was higher at LT in T [22.7 +/- 2.9, 75% peak oxygen consumption (Vo2peak)] compared with UT (13.4 +/- 2.5, 68% Vo2peak, P < 0.05). Increasing [lactate]b (LT-10%+LC, 67% Vo2peak) significantly increased lactate Rox (27.9 +/- 3.0) compared with its corresponding LT-10% control (15.9 +/- 2.2, P < 0.05). Direct and indirect Rox increased significantly from rest to exercise, and their relative partitioning remained constant in all trials but differed between T and UT: direct oxidation comprised 75% of total lactate oxidation in UT and 90% in T, suggesting the presence of training-induced adaptations. Partitioning of total carbohydrate (CHO) use showed that subjects derived one-third of CHO energy from blood lactate, and exogenous lactate infusion increased lactate oxidation significantly, causing a glycogen-sparing effect in exercising muscle. FAU - Emhoff, Chi-An W AU - Emhoff CA AD - Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California. FAU - Messonnier, Laurent A AU - Messonnier LA FAU - Horning, Michael A AU - Horning MA FAU - Fattor, Jill A AU - Fattor JA FAU - Carlson, Thomas J AU - Carlson TJ FAU - Brooks, George A AU - Brooks GA LA - eng GR - R01 AR042906/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130620 PL - United States TA - J Appl Physiol (1985) JT - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) JID - 8502536 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Blood Glucose/metabolism MH - Carbon Dioxide/physiology MH - Exercise/*physiology MH - Exercise Test MH - Gluconeogenesis MH - Glycogenolysis MH - Humans MH - Kinetics MH - Lactic Acid/*blood MH - Male MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Physical Endurance/*physiology MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC8846964 OTO - NOTNLM OT - exercise OT - gluconeogenesis OT - glucose OT - lactate oxidation OT - muscle glycogen OT - stable isotope tracers OT - training COIS- G. A. Brooks has a financial interest in CytoSport; otherwise, the authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2013/06/22 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/03 06:00 PMCR- 2014/09/15 CRDT- 2013/06/22 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/06/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/09/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - japplphysiol.00538.2013 [pii] AID - JAPPL-00538-2013 [pii] AID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00538.2013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Physiol (1985). 2013 Sep;115(6):829-38. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00538.2013. Epub 2013 Jun 20.