Table 2 13C-labelled palmitate, acylcarnitine and lipid content of gastrocnemius and soleus muscles and liver of sedentary control mice or after one hour of moderately intense running (n = 4–6).

From: Muscle and liver-specific alterations in lipid and acylcarnitine metabolism after a single bout of exercise in mice

  

Control

Run 1 h

Mean nmol/g

SD

Mean nmol/g

SD

Gastrocnemius FFA

13C16-Palmitate

1.0953

1.6591

0.5411

0.5050

Soleus FFA

13C16-Palmitate

2.8600

1.5426

1.2517

0.7341

Liver FFA

13C16-Palmitate

4.3313

1.8261

5.6469

1.4409

Gastrocnemius carnitines

13C4-Butyrylcarnitine (C4)

0.1082

0.0211

0.1030

0.0069

13C12-Lauroylcarnitine (C12)

0.0138

0.0045

0.0101

0.0015

13C16-Palmitoylcarnitine (C16)

0.1538

0.0080

0.1331

0.0406

Soleus carnitines

13C4-Butyrylcarnitine (C4)

0.1075

0.0211

0.1175

0.0409

13C12-Lauroylcarnitine (C12)

0.0210

0.0051

0.0153

0.0072

13C14-Tetradecanoylcarnitine (C14)

0.0259

0.0152

0.0213

0.0038

13C16-Palmitoylcarnitine (C16)

0.1750

0.1150

0.1672

0.0652

Liver Carnitines

13C4-Butyrylcarnitine (C4)

0.0977

0.0020

0.1034

0.0089

13C12-Lauroylcarnitine (C12)

0.0069

0.0016

0.0076

0.0024

13C16-Palmitoylcarnitine (C16)

0.0044

0.0003

0.0081

0.0076

Gastrocnemius lipids

13C16-Phosphatidylcholine (32:0) *

0.6808

0.1164

0.4706

0.1296

13C16-Triacylglycerol (48:0)

0.1893

0.0681

0.1416

0.0784

13C16-Triacylglycerol (50:1)

0.4726

0.1344

0.4248

0.1239

13C16-Triacylglycerol (52:1)

0.0689

0.0074

0.0502

0.0285

13C16-Triacylglycerol (52:2)

0.1700

0.0516

0.1147

0.0979

Soleus lipids

13C16-Phosphatidylcholine (32:0)

0.9825

0.5724

1.0635

0.3921

13C16-Triacylglycerol (50:1)

1.1200

0.9231

1.4220

0.8779

13C16-Triacylglycerol (52:2)

0.7034

0.5649

1.0165

1.0137

Liver lipids

13C16-Phosphatidylcholine (32:0)

0.5050

0.2403

0.6007

0.1020

13C16-Phosphatidylcholine (34:1)

5.2750

1.9048

6.5153

1.0969

13C16-Phosphatidylcholine (34:2)

9.2842

3.7981

11.4464

1.2425

13C16-Phosphatidylcholine (34:3)

0.3006

0.1935

0.3611

0.1011

13C16-Phosphatidylcholine (38:5)

0.3122

0.1704

0.4211

0.2048

13C16-Triacylglycerol (48:0)

0.1192

0.0589

0.2229

0.1387

13C16-Triacylglycerol (48:1)

0.4760

0.2129

0.9688

0.5162

13C16-Triacylglycerol (50:1)

2.6638

0.9979

3.9606

1.7764

13C16-Triacylglycerol (50:2)

4.5403

1.5843

6.7938

2.6669

13C16-Triacylglycerol (50:3)

2.3787

0.8710

3.7715

1.2013

13C16-Triacylglycerol (52:1)

0.5385

0.2454

0.6731

0.3269

13C16-Triacylglycerol (52:2)

7.4767

3.0261

8.7717

3.0478

13C16-Triacylglycerol (52:3)

9.8100

3.6473

11.2169

3.1706

13C16-Triacylglycerol (52:4)

4.2372

1.8954

4.6790

1.2870

13C16-Triacylglycerol (54:6)

2.3202

1.1470

2.0305

0.3243

  1. *Significantly different between control and exercised (p = 0.041).
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