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. 1982 Nov 15;208(2):419–424. doi: 10.1042/bj2080419

Fatty acid oxidation by liver and muscle preparations of exhaustively exercised rats.

H A Barakat, G J Kasperek, G L Dohm, E B Tapscott, R D Snider
PMCID: PMC1153979  PMID: 7159410

Abstract

The influence of exhaustive exercise on the capacity of liver and muscle of rats to oxidize fatty acids was investigated in vitro. The rate of oxidation of fatty acids by liver preparations was significantly elevated as a result of exhaustion. Concurrently, the concentrations of beta-hydroxybutyrate were elevated in the plasma of the exhausted rats, suggesting that oxidation of fatty acids was also elevated in vivo. These findings are analogous to the findings of increased oxidation of fatty acids that results from training. In muscle, oxidation of palmitate, palmitoylcarnitine and beta-hydroxybutyrate by homogenates and isolated mitochondria was depressed with exercise. Despite the decrease in the oxidative capacity of the muscle preparations, the activities of several enzymes of beta-oxidation were either increased or unchanged as a result of exercise, suggesting that the depression in fatty acid oxidation may not be related to alterations in the process of beta-oxidation. Further studies showed that oxidation of [2-(14)C]pyruvate by muscle was depressed, whereas oxidation of [1-(14)C]pyruvate was not changed as a result of exercise. These results suggest that the decrease in fatty acid oxidation may be related to aberrations in the oxidation of acetyl-CoA. The changes in fatty acid oxidation that were observed, which are at variance with what is reported to occur with training, may have resulted from increased fragility of muscle mitochondria as a result of exercise. This increased fragility may render the mitochondria more susceptible to experimental manipulations in vitro and a subsequent loss of normal function.

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