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1
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It is quite easy to label…

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plasma glucose - can differentiate from glycogen oxidation

2
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carbon 13 is stable but not…

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radioactive (unlike carbon 14)

3
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During endurance exercise, all glucose that is taken up from the circulation is ______

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oxidised

4
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Plasma glucose oxidation during exercise can also be determined by…

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measuring the uptake of (6,6-2h2)-glucose

5
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The large majority of metabolism during high intensity comes from …

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muscle glycogen

not much fat

6
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What do you measure AA oxidation?

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Nitrogen balance, Plasma Urea, Urea in urine (very crude, no fine detail)

These measures only give a general idea

7
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Each AA has it’s own specific….

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metabolism

8
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You should always use ______ AAs for tracing purposes

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essential

9
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Glucose-Alanine Cycle involves:

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Breakdown of Alanine to Pyruvate –> Glucose in the liver

once arrives at msucle can enter TCA cycle.

Alanine in the muscle can be transferred to the liver to provide an AA source for this process

10
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AAs can enter the TCA cycle at ______ points

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different - all needed to keep the cycle going

11
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Oxidation rate of leucine is much higher than ____

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phenalalanine - Oxidatioin rate of AAs is different

12
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Exercise increases leucine oxidation, but not _________ oxidation

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phenylalanine oxidation - the oxidation rate of AAs is different

13
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What effect does exercise have on urea production

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none - it does not increase

Protein intake has more profound effect on urea production than exercise

14
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Using beta-adrenergic blockage during exercise what happened?

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Reduced FFA/Glycogen availability

reduced glycogen utilisation

**Increases Leucine oxidation

15
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under normal conditions the use of Leucine is.

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suppressed by other fuels

16
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Availability of glycogen influences the use of leucine during exercise, however…

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contribution to total energy expenditure remains very small

17
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Using stable isotope methodology we can …

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assess plasma glucose and FFA oxidation and determine the contribution of the different substrate stores to energy expenditure

18
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In what way do AAs play a role in energy metabolism?

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Each AA has its own specific metabolism

Glutamate is important to maintain TCA intermediates to allow maximal rates of FFA oxidation

Alanine is produced in muscle during exercise and transported to the liver for gluconeogenesis and urea production

Leucine, but not phenylalanine, oxidation is increased during exercise

19
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Name 3 essential AAs

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Leucine, isoleucine, valine

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