Abstract
Summary
Hypoxia reduces the oxidative capacity of muscle mitochondria in a manner similar to that found with exercise when palmitate, pyruvate and succinate were used as substrates. This suggests that low oxygen tension found in the muscle during exercise may cause the effects observed with exercise; or, hypoxia and exercise cause similar effects because they are mediated through a common process.
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