The unaided recovery of marathon-induced serum metabolome alterations: Post-marathon metabolic recovery

Stander, Zinandré, Luies, Laneke, Mienie, Japie, van Reenen, Mari, Howatson, Glyn, Keane, Karen, Clifford, Tom, Stevenson, Emma J. and Loots, Du Toit (2020) The unaided recovery of marathon-induced serum metabolome alterations: Post-marathon metabolic recovery. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). p. 11060. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

Endurance athlete performance is greatly dependent on sufficient post-race system recovery, as endurance races have substantial physiological, immunological and metabolic effects on these athletes. To date, the effects of numerous recovery modalities have been investigated, however, very limited literature exists pertaining to metabolic recovery of athletes after endurance races without the utilisation of recovery modalities. As such, this investigation is aimed at identifying the metabolic recovery trend of athletes within 48 h after a marathon. Serum samples of 16 athletes collected 24 h before, immediately after, as well as 24 h and 48 h post-marathon were analysed using an untargeted two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry metabolomics approach. The metabolic profiles of these comparative time-points indicated a metabolic shift from the overall post-marathon perturbed state back to the pre-marathon metabolic state during the recovery period. Statistical analyses of the data identified 61 significantly altered metabolites including amino acids, fatty acids, tricarboxylic acid cycle, carbohydrates and associated intermediates. These intermediates recovered to pre-marathon related concentrations within 24 h post-marathon, except for xylose which only recovered within 48 h. Furthermore, fluctuations in cholesterol and pyrimidine intermediates indicated the activation of alternative recovery mechanisms. Metabolic recovery of the athletes was attained within 48 h post-marathon, most likely due to reduced need for fuel substrate catabolism. This may result in the activation of glycogenesis, uridine-dependent nucleotide synthesis, protein synthesis, and the inactivation of cellular autophagy. These results may be beneficial in identifying more efficient, targeted recovery approaches to improve athletic performance.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Metabolomics; endurance races; fuel substrates; metabolome recovery; GCxGC-TOFMS
Subjects: C600 Sports Science
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 18 Jun 2020 12:18
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 12:16
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/43499

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