In:
Frontiers in Physiology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 11 ( 2020-12-15)
Kurzfassung:
Plasma and tissue sulfur amino acid (SAA) availability are crucial for intracellular methylation reactions and cellular antioxidant defense, which are important processes during exercise and in recovery. In this randomized, controlled crossover trial among eight elite male cyclists, we explored the effect of exhaustive exercise and post-exercise supplementation with carbohydrates and protein (CHO+PROT) vs. carbohydrates (CHO) on plasma and urine SAAs, a potential new marker of methylation capacity (methionine/total homocysteine ratio [Met/tHcy]) and related metabolites. The purpose of the study was to further explore the role of SAAs in exercise and recovery. Athletes cycled to exhaustion and consumed supplements immediately after and in 30 min intervals for 120 min post-exercise. After ~18 h recovery, performance was tested in a time trial in which the CHO+PROT group cycled 8.5% faster compared to the CHO group (41:53 ± 1:51 vs. 45:26 ± 1:32 min, p & lt; 0.05). Plasma methionine decreased by ~23% during exhaustive exercise. Two h post-exercise, further decline in methionine had occured by ~55% in the CHO group vs. ~33% in the CHO+PROT group (p group × time & lt; 0.001). The Met/tHcy ratio decreased by ~33% during exhaustive exercise, and by ~54% in the CHO group vs. ~27% in the CHO+PROT group (p group × time & lt; 0.001) post-exercise. Plasma cystathionine increased by ~72% in the CHO group and ~282% in the CHO+PROT group post-exercise (p group × time & lt; 0.001). Plasma total cysteine, taurine and total glutathione increased by 12% ( p = 0.03), 85% ( p & lt; 0.001) and 17% ( p = 0.02), respectively during exhaustive exercise. Using publicly available transcriptomic data, we report upregulated transcript levels of skeletal muscle SLC7A5 (log 2 fold-change: 0.45, FDR:1.8 e−07 ) and MAT2A ( log 2 fold-change: 0.38, FDR: 3.4 e−0.7 ) after acute exercise. Our results show that exercise acutely lowers plasma methionine and the Met/tHcy ratio. This response was attenuated in the CHO+PROT compared to the CHO group in the early recovery phase potentially affecting methylation capacity and contributing to improved recovery.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1664-042X
DOI:
10.3389/fphys.2020.609335
DOI:
10.3389/fphys.2020.609335.s001
Sprache:
Unbekannt
Verlag:
Frontiers Media SA
Publikationsdatum:
2020
ZDB Id:
2564217-0
