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McKenna MJ, Renaud JM, Ørtenblad N, Overgaard K. A century of exercise physiology: effects of muscle contraction and exercise on skeletal muscle Na +,K +-ATPase, Na + and K + ions, and on plasma K + concentration-historical developments. Eur J Appl Physiol 2024; 124:681-751. [PMID: 38206444 PMCID: PMC10879387 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-023-05335-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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This historical review traces key discoveries regarding K+ and Na+ ions in skeletal muscle at rest and with exercise, including contents and concentrations, Na+,K+-ATPase (NKA) and exercise effects on plasma [K+] in humans. Following initial measures in 1896 of muscle contents in various species, including humans, electrical stimulation of animal muscle showed K+ loss and gains in Na+, Cl- and H20, then subsequently bidirectional muscle K+ and Na+ fluxes. After NKA discovery in 1957, methods were developed to quantify muscle NKA activity via rates of ATP hydrolysis, Na+/K+ radioisotope fluxes, [3H]-ouabain binding and phosphatase activity. Since then, it became clear that NKA plays a central role in Na+/K+ homeostasis and that NKA content and activity are regulated by muscle contractions and numerous hormones. During intense exercise in humans, muscle intracellular [K+] falls by 21 mM (range - 13 to - 39 mM), interstitial [K+] increases to 12-13 mM, and plasma [K+] rises to 6-8 mM, whilst post-exercise plasma [K+] falls rapidly, reflecting increased muscle NKA activity. Contractions were shown to increase NKA activity in proportion to activation frequency in animal intact muscle preparations. In human muscle, [3H]-ouabain-binding content fully quantifies NKA content, whilst the method mainly detects α2 isoforms in rats. Acute or chronic exercise affects human muscle K+, NKA content, activity, isoforms and phospholemman (FXYD1). Numerous hormones, pharmacological and dietary interventions, altered acid-base or redox states, exercise training and physical inactivity modulate plasma [K+] during exercise. Finally, historical research approaches largely excluded female participants and typically used very small sample sizes.
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- Michael J McKenna
- Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, 8001, Australia.
- College of Physical Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
- College of Sport Science, Zhuhai College of Science and Technology, Zhuhai, China.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Exercise Biology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Watanabe D, Kanzaki K, Wada M. [How to evaluate skeletal muscle function: suggestion from studies on skeletal muscle fatigue]. Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi 2022; 157:9-14. [PMID: 34980819 DOI: 10.1254/fpj.21065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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In studies on skeletal muscle, an in vitro force measurement has been widely used to evaluate its function. However, it is recently suggested that in some cases, the results obtained by such measurement do not necessarily reflect the force in vivo, because the measurement has some disadvantages. For example, the muscles are contracted under different conditions from in vivo and there is no blood flow. To resolve this issue, we have developed an experimental system, in which muscles are contracted in vivo and the organelle function is subsequently estimated by an in vitro force measurement using a mechanically skinned fiber technique. This experimental system makes it possible to examine not only the muscle force in vivo but also the mechanisms of changes in the force at organelle levels. In this review, we depict the advantages and disadvantages of the in vitro and in vivo measurements of force and then discuss the effectiveness of our experimental system.
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- Daiki Watanabe
- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
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- Faculty of Health Science & Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
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- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
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Watanabe D, Ikegami R, Kano Y. Predominant cause of faster force recovery in females than males after intense eccentric contractions in mouse fast-twitch muscle. J Physiol 2021; 599:4337-4356. [PMID: 34368970 DOI: 10.1113/jp281927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS We investigated the mechanisms underlying faster force recovery from eccentric contractions (ECCs) in female than in male mice, focusing on mitochondrial responses. At 3 days after repeated ECCs (REC3), female mice showed faster recovery from ECC-induced force depression than male mice. At REC3, the mitochondria in females displayed superior responses to those in males: (i) mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter content of muscles at REC3 was higher than that of rested muscles in females, and (ii) mitochondrial volume density in females was higher than that in males at REC3. Ovariectomized (OVX) female mice showed lower mitochondrial responses at REC3, similar to those observed in male mice, but oestrogen replacement nullified such lower responses in OVX. We concluded that: (i) superior mitochondrial responses after ECCs, at least in part, cause faster force recovery from ECCs in females than in males, and (ii) oestrogen contributes to such superior responses in the mitochondria in females. ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanisms underlying sex differences in force recovery after eccentric contractions (ECCs). The left limbs of female and male mice were exposed to repeated ECCs (five sets of 50 contractions) elicited in vivo in the plantar flexor muscles. Isometric torques were measured before, immediately and at 3 days after ECCs (REC3), and gastrocnemius muscles obtained at REC3 were used for biochemical and morphological analyses. At REC3, a greater torque depression at 40 Hz was observed in males than females. Additionally, the following differences were observed at REC3: (i) in males but not females, triad structure was distorted, (ii) mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU) content was increased in females but not in males, and (iii) mitochondrial volume density at REC3 was lower in males than in females. To examine the contribution of oestrogen to torque recovery, female mice were assigned to sham-operated (Sham), ovariectomized (OVX) and OVX treated with 17β-oestradiol (OVX + E2) groups. At REC3, (i) greater torque depression at 40 Hz was observed in the OVX group than in the Sham and OVX + E2 groups, (ii) MCU content was increased in the Sham and OVX + E2 groups but not the OVX group, and (iii) mitochondrial volume density at REC3 was lower in the OVX group than the Sham and OVX + E2 groups. These results suggest that faster force recovery in females than in males is, at least partly, ascribable to superior mitochondrial responses, and oestrogen supplementation, in part, enhances such responses.
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- Daiki Watanabe
- Graduate School of Humanity and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Engineering Sciences, Center for Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering (CNBE), University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
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Watanabe D, Wada M. Fatigue‐induced change in T‐system excitability and its major cause in rat fast‐twitch skeletal muscle
in vivo. J Physiol 2020; 598:5195-5211. [DOI: 10.1113/jp279574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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- Daiki Watanabe
- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
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Aibara C, Okada N, Watanabe D, Shi J, Wada M. Effects of high-intensity interval exercise on muscle fatigue and SR function in rats: a comparison with moderate-intensity continuous exercise. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2020; 129:343-352. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00223.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Over the past decade, high-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) training has received attention as a more efficient training to improve endurance capacity. It is unclear, however, whether the extent of acute exercise-related muscle fatigue differs between HIIE and moderate-intensity continuous exercise, traditional endurance training. Here we provide evidence that restoration of force production takes a longer time after HIIE, which is ascribable to long-lasting depressions in Ca2+ release of the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
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- Chihiro Aibara
- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Effects of reduced muscle glycogen on excitation-contraction coupling in rat fast-twitch muscle: a glycogen removal study. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2019; 40:353-364. [PMID: 31236763 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-019-09524-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of an enzymatic removal of glycogen on excitation-contraction coupling in mechanically skinned fibres of rat fast-twitch muscles, with a focus on the changes in the function of Na+-K+-pump and ryanodine receptor (RyR). Glycogen present in the skinned fibres and binding to microsomes was removed using glucoamylase (GA). Exposure of whole muscle to 20 U mL-1 GA for 6 min resulted in a 72% decrease in the glycogen content. Six minutes of GA treatment led to an 18 and a 22% reduction in depolarization- and action potential-induced forces in the skinned fibres, respectively. There was a minor but statistically significant increase in the repriming period, most likely because of an impairment of the Na+-K+-pump function. GA treatment exerted no effect on the maximum Ca2+ release rate from the RyR in the microsomes and the myofibrillar Ca2+ sensitivity in the skinned fibres. These results indicate that reduced glycogen per se can decrease muscle performance due to the impairment of SR Ca2+ release and suggest that although Na+-K+-pump function is adversely affected by reduced glycogen, the extent of the impairment is not sufficient to reduce Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. This study provides direct evidence that glycogen above a certain amount is required for the preservation of the functional events preceding Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
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Kanzaki K, Watanabe D, Kuratani M, Yamada T, Matsunaga S, Wada M. Role of calpain in eccentric contraction-induced proteolysis of Ca2+-regulatory proteins and force depression in rat fast-twitch skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2017; 122:396-405. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00270.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to examine the in vivo effects of eccentric contraction (ECC) on calpain-dependent proteolysis of Ca2+-regulatory proteins and force production in fast-twitch skeletal muscles. Rat extensor digitorum longus muscles were exposed to 200 repeated ECC in situ and excised immediately [recovery 0 (REC0)] or 3 days [recovery 3 (REC3)] after cessation of ECC. Calpain inhibitor (CI)-treated rats were intraperitoneally injected with MDL-28170 before ECC and during REC3. Tetanic force was markedly reduced at REC0 and remained reduced at REC3. CI treatment ameliorated the ECC-induced force decline but only at REC3. No evidence was found for proteolysis of dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR), junctophilin (JP)1, JP2, ryanodine receptor (RyR), sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA)1a, or junctional face protein-45 at REC0. At REC3, ECC resulted in decreases in DHPR, JP1, JP2, RyR, and SERCA1a. CI treatment prevented the decreases in DHPR, JP1, and JP2, whereas it had little effect on RyR and SERCA1a. These findings suggest that DHPR, JP1, and JP2, but not RyR and SERCA1a, undergo calpain-dependent proteolysis in in vivo muscles subjected to ECC and that impaired function of DHPR and/or JP might cause prolonged force deficits with ECC. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Calpain-dependent proteolysis is one of the contributing factors to muscle damage that occurs with eccentric contraction (ECC). It is unclear, however, whether calpains account for proteolysis of Ca2+-regulatory proteins in in vivo muscles subjected to ECC. Here, we provide evidence that dihydropyridine receptor and junctophilin, but not ryanodine receptor and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase, undergo calpain-dependent proteolysis.
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- Keita Kanzaki
- Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan; and
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Watanabe D, Wada M. Predominant cause of prolonged low-frequency force depression changes during recovery after in situ fatiguing stimulation of rat fast-twitch muscle. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2016; 311:R919-R929. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00046.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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To investigate time-dependent changes in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release and myofibrillar (my-) Ca2+ sensitivity during recovery from prolonged low-frequency force depression (PLFFD), rat gastrocnemius muscles were electrically stimulated in situ. After 0 h (R0), 0.5 h (R0.5), 2 h (R2), 6 h (R6), or 12 h of recovery, the superficial gastrocnemius muscles were excised and used for biochemical and skinned fiber analyses. At R0, R0.5, R2, and R6, the ratio of force at 1 Hz to that at 50 Hz was decreased in the skinned fibers. The ratio of depolarization-induced force to the maximum Ca2+-activated force (depol/Ca2+ force ratio) was utilized as an indicator of SR Ca2+ release. At R0, both the depol/Ca2+ force ratio and my-Ca2+ sensitivity were decreased. At R0.5 and R2, my-Ca2+ sensitivity was recovered, while the depol/Ca2+ force ratio remained depressed. At R6, my-Ca2+ sensitivity was decreased again, whereas the depol/Ca2+ force ratio was nearly restored. Western blot analyses demonstrated that decreased my-Ca2+ sensitivity at R6 and reduced depol/Ca2+ force ratio at R0, R0.5, and R2 were accompanied by depressions in S-glutathionylated troponin I and increases in dephosphorylated ryanodine receptor 1, respectively. These results indicate that, in the early stage of recovery, reduced SR Ca2+ release plays a primary role in the etiology of PLFFD, whereas decreased my-Ca2+ sensitivity is involved in the late stage, and suggest that S-glutathionylation of troponin I and dephosphorylation of ryanodine receptor 1 contribute, at least partly, to fatiguing contraction-induced alterations in my-Ca2+ sensitivity and SR Ca2+ release, respectively.
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- Daiki Watanabe
- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
- Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; and
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Watanabe D, Kanzaki K, Kuratani M, Matsunaga S, Yanaka N, Wada M. Contribution of impaired myofibril and ryanodine receptor function to prolonged low-frequency force depression after in situ stimulation in rat skeletal muscle. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2015; 36:275-86. [DOI: 10.1007/s10974-015-9409-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Wada M, Kuratani M, Kanzaki K. Calcium kinetics of sarcoplasmic reticulum and muscle fatigue. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS MEDICINE 2013. [DOI: 10.7600/jpfsm.2.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mishima T, Kuratani M, Kanzaki K, Yamada T, Matsunaga S, Wada M. No relationship between enzyme activity and structure of nucleotide binding site in sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase from short-term stimulated rat muscle. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2009; 196:401-9. [PMID: 19302261 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01986.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM We examined whether structural alterations to the adenine nucleotide binding site (ANBS) within sarcoplasmic (endo) reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA) would account for contraction-induced changes in the catalytic activity of the enzyme as assessed in vitro. METHODS Repetitive contractions were induced in rat gastrocnemius by electrical nerve stimulation. Measurements of sarcoplasmic reticulum properties were performed on control and stimulated muscles immediately after or at 30 min after the cessation of 5-min stimulation. In order to examine the properties at the ANBS, the binding capacity of SERCA to fluorescence isothiocyanate (FITC), a competitive inhibitor at the ANBS, was analysed in microsomes. RESULTS Short-term electrical stimulation evoked a 23.9% and 32.6% decrease (P < 0.05) in SERCA activity and in the FITC binding capacity, respectively, in the superficial region of the muscle. Whereas SERCA activity reverted to normal levels during 30-min recovery, a restoration of the FITC binding capacity did not occur. CONCLUSION The discordant changes between the enzyme activity and the FITC binding suggest that, at least during recovery after exercise, changes in SERCA activity may not correlate closely with structural alterations to the ANBS within the enzyme.
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- T Mishima
- Department of Pre-School Education, Hachinohe Junior College, Aomori, Japan
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Dissociation between force and maximal Na+, K+-ATPase activity in rat fast-twitch skeletal muscle with fatiguing in vitro stimulation. Eur J Appl Physiol 2008; 105:575-83. [DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0937-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Juel C. Na+-K+-ATPase in rat skeletal muscle: muscle fiber-specific differences in exercise-induced changes in ion affinity and maximal activity. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 296:R125-32. [PMID: 18987285 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90760.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It is unclear whether muscle activity reduces or increases Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase maximal in vitro activity in rat skeletal muscle, and it is not known whether muscle activity changes the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase ion affinity. The present study uses quantification of ATP hydrolysis to characterize muscle fiber type-specific changes in Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity in sarcolemmal membranes and in total membranes obtained from control rats and after 30 min of treadmill running. ATPase activity was measured at Na(+) concentrations of 0-80 mM and K(+) concentrations of 0-10 mM. K(m) and V(max) values were obtained from a Hill plot. K(m) for Na(+) was higher (lower affinity) in total membranes of glycolytic muscle (extensor digitorum longus and white vastus lateralis), when compared with oxidative muscle (red gastrocnemius and soleus). Treadmill running induced a significant decrease in K(m) for Na(+) in total membranes of glycolytic muscle, which abolished the fiber-type difference in Na(+) affinity. K(m) for K(+) (in the presence of Na(+)) was not influenced by running. Running only increased the maximal in vitro activity (V(max)) in total membranes from soleus, whereas V(max) remained constant in the three other muscles tested. In conclusion, muscle activity induces fiber type-specific changes both in Na(+) affinity and maximal in vitro activity of the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase. The underlying mechanisms may involve translocation of subunits and increased association between PLM units and the alphabeta complex. The changes in Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase ion affinity are expected to influence muscle ion balance during muscle contraction.
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- Carsten Juel
- Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Copenhagen, August Krogh Bldg., Universitetsparken 13, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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