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J Appl Physiol 63: 75-83, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 63, Issue 1 75-83, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Fiber type specific glycogen utilization in rat diaphragm during treadmill exercise

H. J. Green, M. E. Ball-Burnett, M. A. Morrissey, M. J. Spalding, R. L. Hughson and I. G. Fraser

To examine the significance of endogenous stores of glycogen in specific fiber types (I, IIa, IIb) of the costal region of the diaphragm, adult male Wistar rats performed continuous running (25 m/min, 8 degrees grade) exercise for either 30 min or until fatigue. At 30 min of exercise, glycogen loss, as measured microphotometrically using the periodic acid-Schiff technique averaged between 73 and 80% (P less than 0.05) in the different fiber types. When exercise was performed to exhaustion, representing an additional 94 min, no further reduction in glycogen was observed in any fiber type. Biochemical determinations of glycogen from the diaphragm confirmed the extensive reduction in glycogen concentration with exercise. Large reductions (P less than 0.05) in glycogen were also noted in the soleus, plantaris, and vastus lateralis red. Although significant depletion (P less than 0.05) occurred in the vastus lateralis white, it was not as pronounced as in these other muscles. Repletion to preexercise glycogen concentration was complete by 4 h of recovery in all muscles except the vastus lateralis white. It is concluded that endogenous glycogen is a significant substrate in all muscles sampled regardless of fiber composition. In the case of the costal region of the diaphragm, the increased work of breathing resulting from heavy exercise leads to the recruitment of all fiber types, and each fiber type depends on glycogen as a substrate at least early in the exercise.


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