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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 255: C145-C148, 1988;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 255, Issue 2 C145-C148, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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G-1,6-P2 in human skeletal muscle after isometric contraction

A. Katz and A. D. Lee
Clinical Diabetes and Nutrition Section, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, Phoenix 85016.

The content of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate (G-1,6-P2), an in vitro activator of phosphofructokinase (a rate-limiting enzyme for glycolysis), and the glycolytic rate in skeletal muscle during isometric contraction have been determined. Subjects contracted the knee extensor muscles at two-thirds maximal voluntary force to fatigue. Biopsies from the quadriceps femoris muscle were obtained before and immediately after contraction. G-1,6-P2 increased in all subjects from a mean of 101 +/- 15 (SE) mumol/kg dry wt at rest to 128 +/- 24 at fatigue (P less than 0.05). Muscle glucose did not change significantly, whereas hexosemonophosphates were significantly increased after contraction. The glycogenolytic and glycolytic rate averaged 70.0 +/- 13.8 and 47.3 +/- 6.7 mmol.kg dry wt-1.min-1, respectively, and the glycolytic rate was positively correlated with the accumulation rates of fructose 6-phosphate (F-6-P) (r = 0.95, P less than 0.01) and G-6-P (r = 0.96, P less than 0.01). Phosphocreatine and ATP decreased by 87 and 17%, respectively, whereas ADP increased by 31% after contraction. These data demonstrate that intense, short-term isometric contraction results in an elevation of the muscle content of G-1,6-P2. The increase in G-1,6-P2 could not be accounted for by the side reactions of phosphoglucomutase or phosphofructokinase. It remains to be determined whether the observed increase in G-1,6-P2 is sufficient to account for the high glycolytic rate during intense exercise. The lack of increase in muscle glucose while G-6-P increased (which will inhibit hexokinase) suggests that the debranching enzyme complex was not active during contraction.


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