PMID- 8519162 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19930726 LR - 20190920 IS - 0144-5979 (Print) IS - 0144-5979 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 3 DP - 1993 May TI - No effect of carbohydrate feeding on glycogen synthase in human muscle during exercise. PG - 265-70 AB - The effect of carbohydrate (CHO) feedings on exercise-mediated changes in glycogen synthase fractional (GSF) activity has been investigated. Subjects cycled at approximately 70% of maximal oxygen uptake on two occasions: the first to fatigue (135 +/- 17 min; mean +/- SE) (control, CON), and the second at the same workload and duration as the first, but with the addition of frequent ingestion of CHO during exercise (0.27 g kg-1 body weight every 15 min). Biopsies were taken from the quadriceps femoris muscle before and immediately after exercise. Plasma glucose and insulin decreased during CON exercise, but remained elevated throughout CHO exercise (end of exercise: glucose = 4.4 +/- 0.2 mM CON vs. 5.8 +/- 0.2 CHO, P < 0.01; insulin = 9 +/- 1 uU ml-1 CON vs. 19 +/- 3 CHO, P < 0.05). Glycogen decreased to approximately 10% of the basal value during CON and to approximately 20% during CHO, and there was no significant difference in net glycogenolysis between treatments. GSF activity averaged 0.25 +/- 0.03 and 0.22 +/- 0.05 at rest, and increased to 0.51 +/- 0.08 and 0.48 +/- 0.09 after exercise in CON and CHO, respectively (P > 0.05 between treatments). It is concluded that under the present conditions CHO feedings do not alter the exercise-mediated changes in GSF activity. The increase in GSF during exercise is attributed at least in part to the decrease in muscle glycogen (which increases the suitability of GS as substrate for GS phosphatase). FAU - Yan, Z AU - Yan Z AD - Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois, Urbana. FAU - Spencer, M K AU - Spencer MK FAU - Katz, A AU - Katz A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Clin Physiol JT - Clinical physiology (Oxford, England) JID - 8309768 RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Nonesterified) RN - 9005-79-2 (Glycogen) RN - EC 2.4.1.11 (Glycogen Synthase) RN - V50K1D7P4Y (Uridine Diphosphate Glucose) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/*pharmacology MH - Exercise/*physiology MH - Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/blood MH - Female MH - Gluconeogenesis/drug effects MH - Glycogen/metabolism MH - Glycogen Synthase/*metabolism MH - Heart Rate/physiology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Muscles/drug effects/*enzymology MH - Physical Endurance/physiology MH - Respiration/physiology MH - Uridine Diphosphate Glucose/metabolism EDAT- 1993/05/01 00:00 MHDA- 1993/05/01 00:01 CRDT- 1993/05/01 00:00 PHST- 1993/05/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1993/05/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1993/05/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/j.1475-097x.1993.tb00326.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Physiol. 1993 May;13(3):265-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-097x.1993.tb00326.x.