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Int J Sports Med 2019; 40(04): 253-262
DOI: 10.1055/a-0808-4692
Physiology & Biochemistry
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Fibre-type-specific and Mitochondrial Biomarkers of Muscle Damage after Mountain Races

Gerard Carmona
1   Tecnocampus. UPF, Escola Superior de Ciències de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
2   Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
,
Emma Roca
3   Department of Electronic, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
,
Mario Guerrero
4   Department of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
,
Roser Cussó
4   Department of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
,
Cristina Bàrcena
2   Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
,
Mercè Mateu
2   Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
,
Joan A. Cadefau
2   Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
4   Department of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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accepted 20 November 2018

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Abstract

Consequences of running mountain races on muscle damage were investigated by analysing serum muscle enzymes and fibre-type-specific sarcomere proteins. We studied 10 trained amateur and 6 highly trained runners who ran a 35 km and 55 km mountain trail race (MTR), respectively. Levels of creatine kinase (CK), CK-MB isoform (CK-MB), sarcomeric mitochondrial CK (sMtCK), transaminases (AST and ALT), cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and fast (FM) and slow myosin (SM) isoforms, were assessed before, 1 h, 24 h and 48 h after the beginning of MTR. Significant SM increases were found at 24 h in the 55 km group. Levels of CK, CK-MB, AST and cTnI were significantly elevated in both groups following MTR, but in the 55 km group they tended to stabilize in at 48 h. Using pooled data, time-independent serum peaks of SM and CK-MB were significantly correlated. Moreover, concentration of sMtCK was significantly elevated at 1 and 24 h after the race in the 35 km group. Although training volume could confer protection on the mitochondria, the increase in serum CK-MB and SM in the 55 km group might be related to damage to the contractile apparatus type I fibres. Competing in long-distance MTRs might be related to deeper type I muscle fibre damage, even in highly trained individuals

Key words

eccentric exercise - downhill running - myosin isoforms - creatine kinase - cardiac troponin I
 

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