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Skeletal muscle fuel selection occurs at the mitochondrial level

Kuzmiak-Glancy, Sarah, Willis, Wayne T.·2014·Journal of Experimental Biology

Abstract

Mammals exponentially increase the rate of carbohydrate oxidation as exercise intensity rises, while birds combust lipid almost exclusively while flying at high percentages of aerobic capacity. The fuel oxidized by contracting muscle depends on many factors: whole-body fuel storage mass, mobilization, blood transport, cellular uptake, and substrate selection at the level of the mitochondrion. We examined the fuel preferences of mitochondria isolated from mammalian and avian locomotory muscles using two approaches. First, the influence of substrates on the kinetics of respiration (Km,ADP and Vmax) was evaluated. For all substrates and combinations, Km,ADP was generally twofold higher in avian mitochondria. Second, fuel competition between pyruvate, glutamate and/or palmitoyl-l-carnitine at three levels of ATP free energy was determined using the principle of mass balance and the measured rates of O2 consumption and metabolite accumulation/utilization. Avian mitochondria strongly spared pyruvate from oxidation when another substrate was available and fatty acid was the dominant substrate, regardless of energy state. Mammalian mitochondria exhibited some preference for fatty acid over pyruvate at lower flux (higher energy state), but exhibited a much greater tendency to select pyruvate and glutamate when available. Studies in sonicated mitochondria revealed twofold higher electron transport chain electron conductance in avian mitochondria. We conclude that substantial fuel selection occurs at the level of the mitochondrial matrix and that avian flight muscle mitochondria are particularly biased toward the selection of fatty acid, possibly by facilitating high β-oxidation flux by maintaining a more oxidized matrix.

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  • Isolated skeletal muscle mitochondria from rats fed high-sugar or high-fat diets show reduced metabolic flexibility.

    “Recently, isolated skeletal muscle mitochondria from rats fed high-sugar or high-fat diets showed reduced metabolic flexibility, indicating that substrate preference is independent of cytosolic-mitochondrial communication and in fact a consequence of inherent mitochondrial biochemical network interactions (92, 93).”
  • Substrate preference is independent of cytosolic-mitochondrial communication and is a consequence of inherent mitochondrial biochemical network interactions.

    “Recently, isolated skeletal muscle mitochondria from rats fed high-sugar or high-fat diets showed reduced metabolic flexibility, indicating that substrate preference is independent of cytosolic-mitochondrial communication and in fact a consequence of inherent mitochondrial biochemical network interactions (92, 93).”

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Authors
Kuzmiak-Glancy, S., & Willis, W. T.
Affiliations
  • Arizona State University, United States
  • Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
Corresponding author
Willis, Wayne T.
Venue
Journal of Experimental Biology
Published
2014-01-01
Volume
217
Issue
Pt 11
Pages
1993-2003
ISSN
  • 0022-0949 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9145
OpenAlex
W2140573109
Cited by
33
References
74
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Keywords
pyruvate oxidation, fatty acid oxidation, palmitoyl-L-carnitine, glutamate oxidation, mammalian muscle, fatty acid beta-oxidation, respiration kinetics, mass balance
MeSH terms
Animals, Energy Metabolism, Physical Exertion, Locomotion, Mitochondria, Muscle, Muscle Contraction, Oxygen Consumption, Muscle, Skeletal, Passeriformes, Rats

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