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J Appl Physiol 73: 75-81, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 73, Issue 1 75-81, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Human muscle fatigue after glycogen depletion: a 31P magnetic resonance study

L. A. Bertocci, J. L. Fleckenstein and J. Antonio
Mary Nell and Ralph B. Rogers Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.

To differentiate the effects of high energy phosphates, pH, and [H2PO4-] on skeletal muscle fatigue, intracellular acidosis during handgrip exercise was attenuated by prolonged submaximal exercise. Healthy human subjects (n = 6) performed 5-min bouts of maximal rhythmic handgrip (RHG) before (CONTROL) and after prolonged (60-min) handgrip exercise (ATTEN-EX) designed to attenuate lactic acidosis in active muscle by partially depleting muscle glycogen. Concentrations of free intracellular phosphocreatine ([PCr]), adenosine triphosphate ([ATP]), and orthophosphate ([P(i)]) and pH were measured by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and used to calculate adenosine diphosphate [ADP], [H2PO4-], and [HPO4(2-)]. Handgrip force output was measured with a dynamometer, and fatigue was determined by loss of maximal contractile force. After ATTEN-EX, the normal exercise-induced muscle acidosis was reduced. At peak CONTROL RHG, pH fell to 6.3 +/- 0.1 (SE) and muscle fatigue was correlated with [PCr] (r = 0.83), [P(i)] (r = 0.82), and [H2PO4-] (r = 0.81); [ADP] was 22.0 +/- 5.7 mumol/kg. At peak RHG after ATTEN-EX, pH was 6.9 +/- 0.1 and [ADP] was 116.1 +/- 18.2 mumol/kg, although [PCr] and [P(i)] were not different from CONTROL RHG (P greater than 0.05). After ATTEN-EX, fatigue correlated most closely with [ADP] (r = 0.84). The data indicate that skeletal muscle fatigue 1) is multifactorial, 2) can occur without decreased pH or increased [H2PO4-], and 3) is correlated with [ADP] after exercise-induced glycogen depletion.


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