Abstract
Eight men exercised at 66% of their maximal isometric force to fatigue after prior decrease in the glycogen store in one leg (low-glycogen, LG). The exercise was repeated with the contralateral leg (control) at the same relative intensity and for the same duration. Muscle (quadriceps femoris) glycogen content decreased in the LG leg from 199 +/- 17 (mean +/- S.E.M.) to 163 +/- 16 mmol of glucosyl units/kg dry wt. (P less than 0.05), and in the control leg from 311 +/- 23 to 270 +/- 18 mmol/kg (P less than 0.05). The decrease in glycogen corresponded to a similar accumulation of glycolytic intermediates. Muscle glucose increased in the LG leg during the contraction, from 1.8 +/- 0.1 to 4.3 +/- 0.6 mmol/kg dry wt. (P less than 0.01), whereas no significant increase occurred in the control leg (P greater than 0.05). It is concluded that during exercise glucose is formed from glycogen through the debranching enzyme when muscle glycogen is decreased to values below about 200 mmol/kg dry wt.
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