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J Appl Physiol 68: 1883-1888, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 68, Issue 5 1883-1888, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Glycogen content has no effect on skeletal muscle glycogenolysis during short-term tetanic stimulation

L. L. Spriet, L. Berardinucci, D. R. Marsh, C. B. Campbell and T. E. Graham
School of Human Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

The effect of skeletal muscle glycogen content on in situ glycogenolysis during short-term tetanic electrical stimulation was examined. Rats were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: normal (N, stimulated only), supercompensated (S, stimulated 21 h after a 3-h swim), and fasted (F, stimulated after a 20-h fast). Before stimulation, glycogen contents in the white (WG) and red gastrocnemius (RG) and soleus (SOL) muscles were increased by 13-25% in S and decreased by 15-27% in F compared with N. Hindlimb blood flow was occluded 60 s before stimulation to produce a predominantly anaerobic environment. Muscles were stimulated with trains of supramaximal impulses (100 ms at 80 Hz) at a rate of 1 Hz for 60 s. Muscle glycogenolysis was measured from the decrease in glycogen content and estimated from the accumulation of glycolytic intermediates in the closed system. The resting glycogen content had no effect on measured or estimated glycogenolysis in all muscles studied. Average glycogenolysis in the WG, RG, and SOL muscles was 98.4 +/- 4.3, 60.9 +/- 4.0, and 11.2 +/- 3.6 mumol glucosyl U/g dry muscle, respectively. Hindlimb tension production was similar across conditions. The results suggest that in vivo glycogen phosphorylase activity in skeletal muscle is not regulated by the content of its substrate glycogen (range 80-165 mumol/g) during short-term tetanic stimulation in an anaerobic environment.


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