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J Appl Physiol 57: 326-331, 1984;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 57, Issue 2 326-331, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Biochemical alterations in heart after exhaustive swimming in rats

G. N. Pierce, M. J. Kutryk, K. S. Dhalla, R. E. Beamish and N. S. Dhalla

This study investigated alterations in glycogen, catecholamines, and the function of various subcellular membranes of the heart after exhaustive swimming in rats. The rats were exhausted by daily exercise over 1, 3, or 7 consecutive days. Glycogen content of the heart and three selected skeletal muscles was depleted after a single bout of exhaustive exercise. Repeated bouts of exhaustive swimming elicited a depletion of glycogen in only the plantaris and gastrocnemius skeletal muscles. Plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine levels were highly elevated, and cardiac concentrations of these hormones were significantly depleted immediately after all exercise sessions. Cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ transport was depressed after a single exhaustive exercise period. After three exercise bouts SR Ca2+ accumulation remained depressed; however, mitochondrial Ca2+ transport was found to be augmented. If the exhaustive exercise protocol was continued up to seven days, only mitochondrial Ca2+ accumulation was depressed. Various parameters of sarcolemmal membrane function were observed to be unaltered after exhaustive exercise. These findings demonstrate that exhaustive swimming exercise in rats is capable of producing significant alterations in the Ca2+ transport capacity of the SR and mitochondrial membrane systems of the heart but is without apparent effect on the sarcolemmal membrane.


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