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J Appl Physiol 60: 1518-1523, 1986;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 60, Issue 5 1518-1523, Copyright © 1986 by American Physiological Society

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Exercise and glycogen depletion: effects on ability to activate muscle phosphorylase

S. H. Constable, R. J. Favier and J. O. Holloszy

Phosphorylase activation reverses during prolonged contractile activity. Our first experiment was designed to determine whether this loss of ability to activate phosphorylase by stimulation of muscle contraction persists following exercise. Phosphorylase activation by stimulation of muscle contraction was markedly inhibited in rats 25 min after exhausting exercise. To evaluate the role of glycogen depletion, we accelerated glycogen utilization by nicotinic acid administration. A large difference in muscle glycogen depletion during exercise of the same duration did not influence the blunting of phosphorylase activation. Phosphorylase activation by stimulation of contraction was more severely inhibited following prolonged exercise than after a shorter bout of exercise under conditions that resulted in the same degree of glycogen depletion. A large difference in muscle glycogen repletion during 90 min of recovery was not associated with a significant difference in the ability of muscle stimulation to activate phosphorylase, which was still significantly blunted. Phosphorylase activation by epinephrine was also markedly inhibited in muscle 25 min after strenuous exercise but had recovered completely in glycogen-repleted muscle 90 min after exercise. These results provide evidence that an effect of exercise other than glycogen depletion is involved in causing the inhibition of phosphorylase activation; however, they do not rule out the possibility that glycogen depletion also plays a role in this process.


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