Phosphocreatine and pH recovery without restoration of mechanical function during prolonged activity of rat gastrocnemius muscle: an in vivo 31P NMR study.

Archives internationales de physiologie et de biochimie
E Le RumeurJ D de Certaines

Abstract

Metabolic impairment in skeletal muscle was suggested to be involved in the development of local mechanical fatigue but until now results have dealt with short activity periods whereas little data on exhaustive and prolonged exercises are available. Stimulations of rat leg muscle lasting 45 min were induced by tetanic trains delivered via sciatic nerve at five different rhythms. Energy metabolism of the stimulated gastrocnemius muscle was followed by 31P NMR spectroscopy using surface coil while mechanical function was recorded. Our data showed a decrease in the force level to very low values a few minutes after exercise onset. This mechanical impairment only induced a transient metabolic failure followed by rapid restoration of high phosphocreatine (PCr) values and intracellular pH, without mechanical recovery. In addition, at the end of exercise, the PCr content was proportional to the fatigue level. As these experiments could not have impaired neuromuscular junction, the data would indicate that fatigue was maintained by a mechanism which does not appear to depend directly on muscle cell energy stores.

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