Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 71, Issue 4 1427-1433, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Plasma catecholamine and lactate response during graded exercise with varied glycogen conditions

D. A. Podolin, P. A. Munger and R. S. Mazzeo
Department of Kinesiology, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309.

The relationships between the lactate threshold (TLa), plasma catecholamines, and ventilatory threshold (TVE) were examined under normal and glycogen-depleted conditions. Nine male subjects performed a graded exercise test on a bicycle ergometer in a normal glycogen (NG) state and in a glycogen-depleted (GD) state to determine if manipulation of muscle glycogen content would affect their ventilatory, lactate, and catecholamine responses. High correlations were found between plasma lactate and the two catecholamines, epinephrine (r = 0.964) and norepinephrine (r = 0.965) under both conditions. The GD protocol resulted in a shift in the TLa to a later work rate; inflections in epinephrine and norepinephrine shifted in a coordinated manner. TVE and TLa occurred at similar work loads under NG conditions [67.2 +/- 1.5 and 65.6 +/- 2.3% maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), respectively], but TLa occurred at a later work load (75.3 +/- 1.9% VO2max) compared with TVE (68.3 +/- 1.6% VO2max) under GD conditions. These results suggest a causal relationship between plasma lactate and epinephrine during a graded exercise test under the glycogen conditions studied. Although an association existed between ventilation and lactate, this relationship was not as strong.

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