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Effect of lactate administration on exercise-induced PGC-1α mRNA expression in Thoroughbreds

In: Comparative Exercise Physiology
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Y. Kitaoka Department of Human Sciences, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 221-8686, Japan.

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K. Mukai Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, 1400-4, Shiba, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-0412, Japan.

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K. Takahashi Department of Sports Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan.

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H. Ohmura Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, 1400-4, Shiba, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-0412, Japan.

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H. Hatta Department of Sports Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan.

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The aim of this study was to examine the effects of lactate administration on the mRNA response of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) to acute exercise in Thoroughbred skeletal muscle. Five Thoroughbred horses performed treadmill running at 90% of maximal oxygen consumption for 2 min on two separate occasions, either after the administration of two litres of a sodium lactate solution (LAC; 500 mmol/l sodium lactate in 0.9% NaCl) or a saline solution as a control (CON; 0.9% NaCl). Lactate administration significantly elevated the peak plasma lactate concentration during exercise (16.0±2.8 mmol/l in LAC vs 10.8±2.2 mmol/l in CON). The increase in PGC-1α mRNA expression after 4 h of recovery from exercise was similar between treatments. However, there was positive correlation between exercise-induced PGC-1α mRNA response at 4 h after exercise and peak plasma lactate concentration during exercise. These results suggest that the exercise intensity-dependent adaptation of PGC-1α may be attributed, at least in part, to an increased lactate concentration.

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