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. 2019 Feb 11;14(2):e0212115. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212115

Table 10. Summary of evidence for baseline skeletal muscle metabolites related to MPO gains in response to ET and HIIT in TIMES.

Skeletal muscle#$ ET HIIT
Baseline association with MPO gains Baseline difference between LRE and HRE Baseline pathways associated with MPO gains Baseline association with MPO gains Baseline difference between LRE and HRE Baseline pathways associated with MPO gains
Alcohols and Polyols
Myo-Inositol X
Amino Acids
Alanine X LRE < HRE AAGM; AtRNAB; THM
Anserine X Histidine metabolism
β-Alanine X Propanoate metabolism
Glutamate X GGM
Glutamine X AAGM; AtRNAB; APM;
Nitrogen metabolism;
GGM; Purine metabolism
Glycine X AtRNAB; GSTM;
Nitrogen metabolism;
Methane metabolism;
Glutathione metabolism 
Histidine X AtRNAB;
Nitrogen metabolism;
Histidine metabolism
Isoleucine X AtRNAB; VLIB;
Leucine X
Phenylalanine X AtRNAB;
Phenylalanine metabolism;
Nitrogen metabolism 
Proline X LRE < HRE AAGM; AtRNAB; APM
Threonine X LRE < HRE AtRNAB; GSTM; VLIB
Carboxylic Acids
Acetate X Glycolysis or
Gluconeogenesis;
Pyruvate metabolism;
THM
Creatine X APM; GSTM
Creatinine X LRE < HRE APM
Formate X Nitrogen metabolism;
Methane metabolism;
Pyruvate metabolism;
GDM 
Fumarate X AAGM; Citrate cycle; NNM;
Butanoate metabolism;
Phenylalanine metabolism
Glutathione X Glutathione metabolism  X Glutathione metabolism 
Isobutyrate X LRE > HRE
Isocitrate X Citrate cycle; Glyoxylate X Glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism
and dicarboxylate
metabolism 
N,N-Dimethylglycine X GSTM
N-Acetylaspartate X AAGM X
N-Acetylglutamine X
Ornithine X APM;
Glutathione metabolism 
Succinate X GDM; AAGM;
Citrate cycle;
Phenylalanine metabolism;
Butanoate metabolism;
Propanoate metabolism
π-Methylhistidine X Histidine metabolism 
τ-Methylhistidine X Histidine metabolism X Histidine metabolism
Fatty Acids
2-Hydroxyisocaproate X
3-Hydroxyisovalerate X X
O-Acetylcarnitine X
Hydroxy Acids
Glycolate X LRE < HRE Glyoxylate and LRE > HRE
dicarboxylate metabolism
Lactate X Glycolysis or
Gluconeogenesis;
Pyruvate metabolism;
Propanoate metabolism
Imidazopyrimidines
3-Methylxanthine X X
Oxypurinol X
Theophylline X
Nucleosides and Nucleotides
ADP X Purine metabolism
AMP X Purine metabolism; LRE < HRE
Nitrogen metabolism
ATP X Purine metabolism
NAD+ X NNM
NADP+ X Glutathione metabolism 
Organic Oxygen Compounds
2-Phosphoglycerate X
Glucose X Glycolysis or Gluconeogenesis
Organic Nitrogen Compounds
Carnitine X
Dimethylamine X Methane metabolism
Histamine X Histidine metabolism
Methylamine X X
N-Nitrosodimethylamine X
Trimethylamine-N-oxide X Methane metabolism
Unclustered
2-Hydroxyphenylacetate X
Acetamide X
Dimethylsulfone X X
Niacinamide X NNM
Pyruvate X LRE < HRE AAGM; Citrate cycle; GSTM; Glycolysis or Gluconeogenesis; Pyruvate metabolism; THM; Phenylalanine metabolism; GDM; VLIB; Butanoate metabolism

ET: Continuous endurance training; HIIT: High-intensity interval training; MPO: Maximal power output; AAGM: Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism; GSTM: Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism; GDM: Glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism; AtRNAB: Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis; GGM: Glutamine and glutamate metabolism; NNM: Nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism; APM: Arginine and proline metabolism; THM: Taurine and hypotaurine metabolism; VLIB: Valine, leucine and isoleucine biosynthesis.

#Metabolites chemical taxonomy was based on class and sub-class from Human Metabolome Database.

$Set of metabolites with correlation coefficients (r) between baseline values and changes in MPO higher than 0.2 at least one of the exercise training programs.