Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 60, Issue 3 893-900, Copyright © 1986 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of elevated FFA on carbohydrate and lipid oxidation during prolonged exercise in humans

E. Ravussin, C. Bogardus, K. Scheidegger, B. LaGrange, E. D. Horton and E. S. Horton

Increased availability of circulating free fatty acids (FFA) inhibits the rate of glycolysis in heart and resting skeletal muscle (Randle effect). Whether elevated FFA may play a role in decreasing carbohydrate oxidation during prolonged exercise in humans is more controversial. Using respiratory exchange measurements, we measured substrate utilization during 2.5 h of exercise at approximately 44 +/- 1% maximal O2 uptake (VO2 max) in the presence or absence of elevated FFA levels. After 30 min of base-line determinations, 1,000 U heparin was given intravenously and a 3-h constant infusion of Intralipid 10% (150 g/h) and heparin (500 U/h) was started. After an additional 30 min of rest, subjects exercised for 2.5 h (study 1, n = 6). In another five subjects (study 2) 100 g glucose was ingested after 30 min of exercise. The same protocols (studies 1 and 2) were also performed during a 0.9%-saline infusion. During exercise, without glucose ingestion, higher FFA concentrations prevailed during the Intralipid infusion (1,122 +/- 40 vs. 782 +/- 65 mumol/l), but the relative contributions of carbohydrate (49 +/- 4 vs. 50 +/- 4%) or lipid (49 +/- 4 vs. 47 +/- 6%) oxidation to the total energy expenditure were different only during the first 30 min of exercise. Similarly, higher FFA levels (1,032 +/- 62 vs. 568 +/- 46 mumol/l) did not alter the relative contributions of carbohydrate (62 +/- 4 vs. 69 +/- 2%) or lipid (36 +/- 4 vs. 29 +/- 2%) oxidation to the total energy expenditure after glucose feeding.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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