Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 80, Issue 2 411-415, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Skeletal muscle GLUT-4 and postexercise muscle glycogen storage in humans

M. McCoy, J. Proietto and M. Hargreaves
Department of Physiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between skeletal muscle GLUT-4 protein and postexercise glycogen storage in human subjects fed adequate carbohydrate. Eleven men completed 2 h of cycling, and a biopsy of the vastus lateralis was performed immediately after exercise cessation for the determination of muscle GLUT-4 protein and glycogen concentrations, glycogen synthase activity, and citrate synthase activity. The subjects ingested meals providing 2.0 g carbohydrate/kg body weight at 0, 2, and 4 h postexercise, and a second biopsy was performed 6 h postexercise. Muscle glycogen concentration increased significantly during the 6-h recovery period (glycogen immediately postexercise, 27.2 +/- 5.4 mmol/kg wet weight; glycogen storage, 52.4 +/- 2.9 mmol x kg wet weight-1 x 6 h-1; P<0.05). Glycogen storage during recovery was directly related to GLUT-4 protein (2.20 +/- 0.33 arbitrary standard units; r = 0.63; P<0.05) and inversely related to glycogen immediately postexercise (r = -0.70; P < 0.05). A direct correlation existed between glycogen storage during recovery and the activity of the I form of glycogen synthase (r = 0.60; P < 0.05). These results suggest that muscle GLUT-4 protein concentration, as well as factors relating to glucose disposal, may affect postexercise glycogen storage in humans fed adequate carbohydrate.

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