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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Intramuscular triacylglyerols (IMTGs) represent a potentially important energy source for contracting human skeletal muscle. Although the majority of evidence from isotope tracer and (1)H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) studies demonstrate IMTG utilization during exercise, controversy regarding the importance of IMTG as a metabolic substrate persists. The controversy stems from studies that measure IMTG in skeletal muscle biopsy samples and report no significant net IMTG degradation during prolonged moderate-intensity (55-70% maximal O(2) consumption) exercise lasting 90-120 min. Although postexercise decrements in IMTG levels are often reported from direct muscle measurements, the marked between-biopsy variability (approximately 23%) that has been reported with this technique in untrained subjects is larger than the expected decrease in IMTG content, effectively precluding significant findings. In contrast, recent data obtained in endurance-trained subjects demonstrated reduced variability between duplicate biopsies (approximately 12%), and significant changes in IMTG were detected after 120 min of moderate-intensity exercise. Therefore, it is our contention that the muscle biopsy, isotope tracer, and (1)H-MRS techniques report significant and energetically important oxidation of free fatty acids derived from IMTGs during prolonged moderate exercise.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
8750-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1185-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Intramuscular triacylglycerol utilization in human skeletal muscle during exercise: is there a controversy?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada. mwatt@uoguelph.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review