Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 75, Issue 5 2151-2156, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of eccentric exercise on insulin secretion and action in humans

D. S. King, T. L. Feltmeyer, P. J. Baldus, R. L. Sharp and J. Nespor
Department of Health and Human Performance, Iowa State University, Ames 50011.

The effects of an exhaustive bout of eccentric exercise on insulin secretion and action were determined using the hyperglycemic clamp technique. Clamps were performed on eight healthy men after 7 days of inactivity and approximately 36 h after a bout of eccentric exercise. Eccentric exercise consisted of 10 sets of 10 repetitions of combined knee extensions and flexions for each leg at a mean torque 84 +/- 5% of peak concentric torque. During the hyperglycemic clamp procedure, plasma glucose concentration was acutely raised to 10 mmol/l and was maintained near this level for 120 min. Arterialized blood samples were obtained from a heated hand vein to determine plasma glucose and insulin concentrations. Eccentric exercise appeared to produce marked muscle damage, as indicated by a 50-fold increase in plasma creatine phosphokinase (100 +/- 17 vs. 5,209 +/- 3,811 U/l, P < 0.001) and subjective reports of muscle soreness. Peak insulin response during the early phase (0-10 min) of the hyperglycemic clamp was higher after eccentric exercise (183 +/- 38 microU/ml) than after the control clamp (100 +/- 23 microU/ml, P < 0.005). Late-phase (10- to 120-min) insulin response was not altered after eccentric exercise. Peak plasma C-peptide concentrations were higher during the early phase (5.0 +/- 0.7 vs. 4.3 +/- 0.8 ng/ml, P < 0.05) and the late phase (7.5 +/- 0.9 vs. 5.4 +/- 0.6 ng/ml, P < 0.05). Prior eccentric exercise had no significant effect on whole body glucose disposal or glucose disposal rate adjusted for prevailing plasma insulin concentration. These data provide evidence that a single bout of eccentric exercise causes an increase in pancreatic beta-cell insulin secretion in response to hyperglycemia.

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