Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 72, Issue 3 901-904, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Nerve stimulation decreases malonyl-CoA in skeletal muscle

C. Duan and W. W. Winder
Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.

This study was designed to determine the effect of in situ electrical stimulation of the sciatic nerve on malonyl-CoA, an inhibitor of carnitine palmitoyl transferase, in the gastrocnemius/plantaris muscle group of rats. The left sciatic nerve was stimulated at a frequency of 5 Hz with 100-ms trains of impulses (50 Hz) for 1, 3, or 5 min. At the end of stimulation, the left and right (nonstimulated) gastrocnemius/plantaris muscle groups were clamp-frozen and later analyzed for malonyl-CoA and other metabolites. No change was observed in the noncontracting contralateral muscles in malonyl-CoA, ATP, creatine phosphate (CP), or citrate. In the stimulated muscles, malonyl-CoA decreased from 1.7 +/- 0.1 to 1.0 +/- 0.1 nmol/g (P less than 0.05), and CP decreased from 15.8 +/- 0.9 to 12.2 +/- 1.0 mumol/g (P less than 0.05) after 3 min of stimulation. After 5 min of stimulation, malonyl-CoA was 1.0 +/- 0.1 nmol/g and CP was 10.3 +/- 1.3 mumol/g. When muscles were stimulated for 5 min with single impulses (5 Hz), malonyl-CoA was decreased from 1.8 +/- 0.3 to 1.0 +/- 0.1 nmol/g, with no change in CP, ATP, or adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate. Thus a decline in malonyl-CoA can be induced by muscle contraction independently of humoral influence.

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