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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
The glucose storage polymer glycogen is generally considered to be an important source of energy for skeletal muscle contraction and a factor in exercise endurance. A genetically modified mouse model lacking muscle glycogen was used to examine whether the absence of the polysaccharide affects the ability of mice to run on a treadmill. The MGSKO mouse has the GYS1 gene, encoding the muscle isoform of glycogen synthase, disrupted so that skeletal muscle totally lacks glycogen. The morphology of the soleus and quadriceps muscles from MGSKO mice appeared normal. MGSKO-null mice, along with wild type littermates, were exercised to exhaustion. There were no significant differences in the work performed by MGSKO mice as compared with their wild type littermates. The amount of liver glycogen consumed during exercise was similar for MGSKO and wild type animals. Fasting reduced exercise endurance, and after overnight fasting, there was a trend to reduced exercise endurance for the MGSKO mice. These studies provide genetic evidence that in mice muscle glycogen is not essential for strenuous exercise and has relatively little effect on endurance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17260-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Glycogen, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Glycogen Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Glycolysis, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Lactates, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Liver Glycogen, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Physical Conditioning, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Polymers, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Polysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:15711014-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Exercise capacity of mice genetically lacking muscle glycogen synthase: in mice, muscle glycogen is not essential for exercise.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Indiana University Center for Diabetes Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5122, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural