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J Appl Physiol 65: 2475-2477, 1988;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 65, Issue 6 2475-2477, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Hyperammoniemia during prolonged exercise: an effect of glycogen depletion?

S. Broberg and K. Sahlin
Department of Renal Medicine, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Eight healthy men exercised to exhaustion on a cycle ergometer at a work load of 176 +/- 9 (SE) W corresponding to 67% (range 63-69%) of their maximal O2 uptake (exercise I). Exercise of the same work load was repeated after 75 min of recovery (exercise II). Exercise duration (range) was 65 (50-90) and 21 (14-30) min for exercise I and II, respectively. Femoral venous blood samples were obtained before and during exercise and analyzed for NH3 and lactate. Plasma NH3 was 12 +/- 2 and 19 +/- 6 mumol/l before exercise I and II, respectively and increased during exercise to exhaustion to peak values of 195 +/- 29 (exercise I) and 250 +/- 30 (exercise II) mumol/l, respectively. Plasma NH3 increased faster during exercise II compared with exercise I and at the end of exercise II was threefold higher than the value for the corresponding time of exercise I (P less than 0.001). Blood lactate increased during exercise I and after 20 min of exercise was 3.7 +/- 0.4 mmol/l and remained unchanged until exhaustion. During exercise II blood lactate increased less than during exercise I. It is concluded that long-term exercise to exhaustion results in large increases in plasma NH3 despite relatively low levels of blood lactate. It is suggested that the faster increase in plasma NH3 during exercise II (vs. exercise I) reflects an increased formation in the working muscle that may be caused by low glycogen levels and impairment of the ATP resynthesis.


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