Acute High-Intensity Exercise Impairs Skeletal Muscle Respiratory Capacity

Purpose The effect of an acute bout of exercise, especially high-intensity exercise, on the function of mitochondrial respiratory complexes is not well understood, with potential implications for both the healthy population and patients undergoing exercise-based rehabilitation. Therefore, this study sought to comprehensively examine respiratory flux through the different complexes of the electron transport chain in skeletal muscle mitochondria before and immediately after high-intensity aerobic exercise. Methods Muscle biopsies of the vastus lateralis were obtained at baseline and immediately after a 5-km time trial performed on a cycle ergometer. Mitochondrial respiratory flux through the complexes of the electron transport chain was measured in permeabilized skeletal muscle fibers by high-resolution respirometry. Results Complex I + II state 3 (state 3CI + CII) respiration, a measure of oxidative phosphorylation capacity, was diminished immediately after the exercise (pre, 27 ± 3 ρm·mg−1·s−1; post, 17 ± 2 ρm·mg−1·s−1; P

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