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Lactate kinetics in exercising Thoroughbred horses: regulation of turnover rate in plasma.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3425768     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Plasma lactate turnover rate of Thoroughbred racehorses was measured by bolus injection of [U-14C]lactate at rest and two levels of submaximal treadmill exercise (3-4 m/s trot, 6% incline, and 6.5 m/s horizontal canter). Our goals were 1) to determine the relative effects of changes in cardiac output and in plasma lactate concentration on turnover rate [using cardiac output data from Weber et al. (28)] and 2) to assess the importance of lactate as a metabolic fuel in a trained animal athlete. Lactate turnover rates were 9.3 mumol.min-1.kg-1 (rest), 75.9 mumol.min-1.kg-1 at the beginning of the trot protocol [45% maximum O2 uptake (VO2max)], 50.3 mumol.min-1.kg-1 later in the same protocol (50% VO2max), and 66.1 mumol.min-1.kg-1 during the canter protocol (55% VO2max). Both changes in cardiac output and in plasma lactate concentration had a significant effect on turnover rate. Variation in plasma lactate fluxes of Thoroughbreds during exercise follows the standard mammalian pattern, but this substrate only plays a minor role as an oxidizable fuel in horses. The oxidation of plasma lactate accounts for less than 5% of metabolic rate (VO2) during submaximal work. Adjustments in cardiac output and in metabolite concentration represent, respectively, the coarse and fine controls for the regulation of plasma metabolite turnover rate.
Authors:
J M Weber; W S Parkhouse; G P Dobson; J C Harman; D H Snow; P W Hochachka
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of physiology     Volume:  253     ISSN:  0002-9513     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1987 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1988-01-28     Completed Date:  1988-01-28     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370511     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  R896-903     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Physiology Unit, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Horses / blood,  physiology*
Kinetics
Lactates / blood*
Lactic Acid
Metabolic Clearance Rate
Physical Exertion*
Reference Values
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Lactates; 50-21-5/Lactic Acid

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