Skeletal muscle glycogenolysis, glycolysis, and pH during electrical stimulation in men.

Glycogenolytic and glycolytic rates were estimated and muscle pH (pHm) was measured in electrically stimulated quadriceps femoris muscles of seven men. Leg blood flow was occluded and muscles were stimulated 64 times at 20 Hz, with contractions lasting 1.6 s and separated by pauses of 1.6 s. Muscle biopsies were obtained at rest and following 16, 32, 48, and 64 contractions. Glycolytic intermediates and several modulators of the glycolytic enzyme phosphofructokinase (PFK) were measured. Glycogenolytic and glycolytic rates were 1.68 and 1.26 mmol glucosyl units X kg dry muscle-1 X S-1 contraction time during the initial 16 contractions and pHm decreased from 7.00 +/- 0.01 to 6.70 +/- 0.03. During the subsequent 32 contractions both glycogenolytic and glycolytic rates were maintained at approximately 0.70 mmol X kg-1 X S-1 and pHm decreased to 6.45 +/- 0.04. In the final 16 contractions, both rates were very low and pHm was unchanged. Therefore, PFK remained active despite increasing acidity until pHm decreased to approximately 6.45. We conclude that increases in the concentrations of several positive modulators partially reverses pH-dependent ATP inhibition of PFK in vivo, permitting glycolytic activity to continue in the pHm range of 6.70-6.45.

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