The Claim

In healthy untrained men, plasma lactate concentrations during exercise are strongly correlated with over 3,000 phosphorylation sites in skeletal muscle, including key regulatory sites on pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDHA1) and the glucose transporter regulator TBC1D4, suggesting that lactate may act as a signaling molecule linking metabolic stress to muscle signaling.

Source: Phosphoproteomics Uncovers Exercise Intensity-Specific Skeletal Muscle Signaling Networks Underlying High-Intensity Interval Training in Healthy Male Participants

What the research says

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In plain English

In men who don't train, the amount of lactate in their blood during exercise is linked to thousands of chemical changes in their muscles, including on two proteins that help manage energy and sugar. This link shows that lactate acts as a signal that helps muscles react to exercise stress.

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In healthy untrained men, plasma lactate concentrations during exercise are strongly correlated with over 3,000 phosphorylation sites in skeletal muscle, including key regulatory sites on pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDHA1) and the glucose transporter regulator TBC1D4, suggesting that lactate may act as a signaling molecule linking metabolic stress to muscle signaling.

Why this might work

When you exercise hard, your muscles make a chemical called lactate. This lactate goes into your blood, and the more lactate in your blood, the more your muscle proteins get tiny tags added to them. These tags change how the proteins work, helping muscle cells adjust energy use and sugar intake. Lactate acts as a signal that tells muscle cells to make these changes.

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What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Phosphoproteomics Uncovers Exercise Intensity-Specific Skeletal Muscle Signaling Networks Underlying High-Intensity Interval Training in Healthy Male Participants

    When you exercise hard, your body makes lactate, and this study found that changes in many muscle proteins happen alongside the lactate, including ones that help with energy use.

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