Control of energy requirements of muscle Flashcards
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energy flow
- sunlight provides energy
- energy trapped in organic molecules
- organisms utilise the organic molecules to obtain energy
- humans are 25% effcient
how energy efficient are humans
25% - rest is heat loss
what are the methods of providing energy to muscle without intake
- ATP is immediate fuel supply
- aerobic pathway
- anaerobic pathway
- long term stores in glycogen and TAG
muscles ATP consumption
- avidly consume ATP using actomyosin ATPase and calcium pump ATPase
- when activated, muscle metabolic rate increases more than 100-fold
- if muscles become depleted of ATP they would go into state of rigour mortis
what would happen if muscles depleted of ATP
Rigour mortis
what happens to metabolic rate of muscle when activated
increases more than 100 fold
how do muscles consume ATP
using actomyosin ATPase and calcium pump ATPase
how is rigour mortis avoided
- range of mechanisms to supply ATP accourding to needs of speed and endurance
- store lots of energy within each muscle
- range of fatigue mechanisms to ensure ATP isn’t critically depleted
PCr
phosphocreatine
what is ATP and PCr are measure of
energy turnover
what can be used to measure energy turnover
ATP and PCr
how to measure ATP and PCr
biopsy of tissue taken post exercise & rapidly frozen. then assay for
- ATP
- PCr
- Lactate
- Glycogen
problems with tissue biopsy for measuring energy turnover
- invasive
- limited points that this can be done
Alternative method of assesing ATP and PCr levels
31P NMR spectroscopy of ATP, PCr and pH
pros and cons of 31P NMR spectroscopy
pros: non invasive and measures muscle metabolism
cons: poor time resolution and limited variation of tasks
what happens to ATP levels during exercise
they fall, but not dramatically
ATP stores are sufficient for work for how long
couple of seconds
how is ATP recharged
resynthesises from ADP by:
- substrate level phosphorylation
- oxidative phosphorylation
substrate level phosphorylation
- enzyme transfers phosphate from organic P to ADP
- from phosphocreatine OR
- glucose (glycolysis&TCA)
oxidative phosphorylsation
energy from electrons pulled from organic molecules used to synthesis ATP
what is an indirect marker of muscle damage
creatine kinase (CPK)
reaction for yielding ATP from PCr
ADP + PCr + H+ -> Cr + ATP
enzyme: creatine kinase
what activates ATP synthesis using PCr
creatine kinase is always activated
a momentary rise in ADP is the stimulus for PCr hydrolysis
what is the temporal buffer for reductions in ATP
resynthesis of ATP using PCr