Diabetes, Vol 48, Issue 2 327-333, Copyright © 1999 by American Diabetes Association

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13C nuclear magnetic resonance study of glycogen resynthesis in muscle after glycogen-depleting exercise in healthy men receiving an infusion of lipid emulsion

MC Delmas-Beauvieux, B Quesson, E Thiaudiere, JL Gallis, P Canioni and H Gin
Resonance Magnetique des Systemes Biologiques, Unite Mixte de Recherche 5536, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Universite Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, France. cath@rmsb.u-bordeaux2.fr

In healthy individuals, glycogen recovery after a strong depletion is known to be rapid and insulin independent during the initial phase, and subsequently, slow and insulin dependent. Free fatty acids (FFAs) as a putative source of insulin resistance (IR) could thus impair glycogen recovery during the second period. Using in vivo 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), we studied the effect of long-chain triglyceride emulsion on gastrocnemius glycogen resynthesis during a 3-h recovery period after 90 min of moderate exercise consisting of plantar flexion on overnight-fasted healthy men (n = 8). In separate experiments, each subject was infused with 10% Ivelip (0.015 ml x kg(-1) x min(-1)) or 10% glycerol (0.13 mg x kg(-1) x min(-1)). NMR spectra were acquired before and at the end of the exercise and during the recovery period. Whole-body glucose and lipid oxidation rates (indirect calorimetry), plasma insulin, C-peptide, glucose, lactate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, triglycerides, and FFAs were determined. Glycogen consumption was 47.6 +/- 4.5% (glycerol) and 49.7 +/- 4.8% (Ivelip) of the initial glycogen. An acquired IR in the Ivelip group was significant at the onset of the recovery period by homeostasis model assessment (P = 0.002). Glycogen resynthesis in the glycerol group appeared faster during the 1st h than during the subsequent 2nd h of the postexercise period. The glycogen resynthesis level was significantly lower in the Ivelip group than in the glycerol group during the recovery period (P = 0.04 during the 1st h and P = 0.001 during the next 2 h). During the recovery, plasma lactate and whole-body oxidation rates were similar in the two groups, whereas glycemia was significantly higher in the Ivelip group. A decreased cellular uptake of glucose as a substrate for glycogenosynthesis, rather than a competition between oxidation of carbohydrate and FFA, is discussed.
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