title: Postexercise recovery of skeletal muscle malonyl-CoA, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, and AMP-activated protein kinase.
abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated that oxygen consumption and fat oxidation remain elevated in the postexercise period. The purpose of this study was to determine whether malonyl-CoA, an inhibitor of fatty acid oxidation, remains depressed in muscle after exercise. Rats were sprinted for 5 min (40 m/min, 5% grade) or run for 30 min (21 m/min, 15% grade). Red quadriceps malonyl-CoA returned to resting values by 90 min postexercise in the sprinting rats and remained significantly lower at least 90 min postexercise in the 30-min exercise group. AMP-activated protein kinase activity remained significantly elevated (P < 0.05) for 10 min after exercise in both groups. The most rapid rate of glycogen repletion was in the first 30 min postexercise. The respiratory exchange ratio decreased from a nonexercise value of 0.87 +/- 0.01 to an average 0.82 +/- 0.01 during the 90-min period after 30 min of exercise. Thus muscle malonyl-CoA remains depressed and fat oxidation is elevated for relatively prolonged periods after a single bout of exercise. This may allow fat oxidation to contribute more to muscle energy requirements, thus leaving more glucose for replenishment of muscle glycogen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Winder
mesh_terms: D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D007700:Kinetics; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism*; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology*; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase