Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 54, Issue 1 45-50, Copyright © 1983 by American Physiological Society

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Regulation of glycogenolysis in human muscle in response to epinephrine infusion

D. Chasiotis, K. Sahlin and E. Hultman

The regulation of glycogenolysis in human muscle during epinephrine infusion has been investigated. The content of cAMP in resting muscle was 2.7 +/- 0.7 (SD) mumol . kg dry muscle-1 and increased threefold during the first 5 min of infusion. Total glycogen phosphorylase and glycogen synthase activities were unchanged during the infusion. The proportion of phosphorylase in the a form in the basal state was estimated to be at least 22.5% and during infusion 80-90%. During infusion, synthase I activity decreased. The muscle glycogen content was 340 mmol . kg dry wt-1 and decreased during the first 2 min of infusion at a rate of 11.0 mmol glycosyl units . kg dry wt-1 . min-1. Prolonged infusion resulted in a much lower glycogenolytic rate, even though most of the phosphorylase was still in the a form. Accumulation of hexose monophosphates and lactate followed the changes in glycogen. It was concluded that despite the almost total transformation of phosphorylase to the a form, the in vivo activity was maintained at a low level. It is suggested that this may be due to a low concentration of inorganic phosphate at the active site of the enzyme.

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