title: Sodium bicarbonate ingestion prior to training improves mitochondrial adaptations in rats.
abstract: We tested the hypothesis that reducing hydrogen ion accumulation during training would result in greater improvements in muscle oxidative capacity and time to exhaustion (TTE). Male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to one of three groups (CON, PLA, and BIC). CON served as a sedentary control, whereas PLA ingested water and BIC ingested sodium bicarbonate 30 min prior to every training session. Training consisted of seven to twelve 2-min intervals performed five times/wk for 5 wk. Following training, TTE was significantly greater in BIC (81.2 +/- 24.7 min) compared with PLA (53.5 +/- 30.4 min), and TTE for both groups was greater than CON (6.5 +/- 2.5 min). Fiber respiration was determined in the soleus (SOL) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL), with either pyruvate (Pyr) or palmitoyl carnitine (PC) as substrates. Compared with CON (14.3 +/- 2.6 nmol O(2).min(-1).mg dry wt(-1)), there was a significantly greater SOL-Pyr state 3 respiration in both PLA (19.6 +/- 3.0 nmol O(2).min(-1).mg dry wt(-1)) and BIC (24.4 +/- 2.8 nmol O(2).min(-1).mg dry wt(-1)), with a significantly greater value in BIC. However, state 3 respiration was significantly lower in the EDL from both trained groups compared with CON. These differences remained significant in the SOL, but not the EDL, when respiration was corrected for citrate synthase activity (an indicator of mitochondrial mass). These novel findings suggest that reducing muscle hydrogen ion accumulation during running training is associated with greater improvements in both mitochondrial mass and mitochondrial respiration in the soleus.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sport, Exercise, & Active Living, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia. david.bishop@vu.edu.au
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moore-Morris
authors.forename: Michail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tonkonogi
authors.forename: Kent
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sahlin
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mercier
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000187:drug effects*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D004326:Drinking; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017693:Sodium Bicarbonate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D017693:Sodium Bicarbonate; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1