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Rapps K, Weller A, Meiri N. Epigenetic regulation is involved in reversal of obesity. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2024; 167:105906. [PMID: 39343077 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2024] [Revised: 09/10/2024] [Accepted: 09/23/2024] [Indexed: 10/01/2024]
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Epigenetic processes play a crucial role in mediating the impact of environmental energetic challenges, from overconsumption to starvation. Over-nutrition of energy-dense foods and sedentary lifestyles contribute to the development of obesity, characterized by excessive fat storage and impaired metabolic signaling, stemming from disrupted brain signaling. Conversely, dieting and physical activity facilitate body weight rebalancing and trigger adaptive neural responses. These adaptations involve the upregulation of neurogenesis, synaptic plasticity and optimized brain function and energy homeostasis, balanced hormone signaling, normal metabolism, and reduced inflammation. The transition of the brain from a maladaptive to an adaptive state is partially guided by epigenetic mechanisms. While epigenetic mechanisms underlying obesity-related brain changes have been described, their role in mediating the reversal of maladaptation/obesity through lifestyle interventions remains less explored. This review focuses on elucidating epigenetic mechanisms involved in hypothalamic adaptations induced by lifestyle interventions. Given that lifestyle interventions are widely prescribed and accessible approaches for weight loss and maintenance, it is our challenge to uncover epigenetic mechanisms moderating these hypothalamic-functional beneficial changes.
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- Kayla Rapps
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel; Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel; Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel; Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.
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Di Fonso A, Serano M, He M, Leigh J, Rastelli G, Dirksen RT, Protasi F, Pietrangelo L. Constitutive, Muscle-Specific Orai1 Knockout Results in the Incomplete Assembly of Ca 2+ Entry Units and a Reduction in the Age-Dependent Formation of Tubular Aggregates. Biomedicines 2024; 12:1651. [PMID: 39200116 PMCID: PMC11351919 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12081651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2024] [Revised: 07/16/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024] Open
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Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is a ubiquitous cellular mechanism that cells use to activate extracellular Ca2+ entry when intracellular Ca2+ stores are depleted. In skeletal muscle, SOCE occurs within Ca2+ entry units (CEUs), intracellular junctions between stacks of SR membranes containing STIM1 and transverse tubules (TTs) containing ORAI1. Gain-of-function mutations in STIM1 and ORAI1 are linked to tubular aggregate (TA) myopathy, a disease characterized by the atypical accumulation of tubes of SR origin. Moreover, SOCE and TAs are increased in the muscles of aged male mice. Here, we assessed the longitudinal effects (from 4-6 months to 10-14 months of age) of constitutive, muscle-specific Orai1 knockout (cOrai1 KO) on skeletal muscle structure, function, and the assembly of TAs and CEUs. The results from these studies indicate that cOrai1 KO mice exhibit a shorter lifespan, reduced body weight, exercise intolerance, decreased muscle-specific force and rate of force production, and an increased number of structurally damaged mitochondria. In addition, electron microscopy analyses revealed (i) the absence of TAs with increasing age and (ii) an increased number of SR stacks without adjacent TTs (i.e., incomplete CEUs) in cOrai1 KO mice. The absence of TAs is consistent with TAs being formed as a result of excessive ORAI1-dependent Ca2+ entry.
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- Alessia Di Fonso
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, I-66100 Chieti, Italy; (A.D.F.); (M.S.); (G.R.); (F.P.)
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, I-66100 Chieti, Italy; (A.D.F.); (M.S.); (G.R.); (F.P.)
- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences (DMSI), University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, I-66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA; (M.H.); (J.L.); (R.T.D.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA; (M.H.); (J.L.); (R.T.D.)
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, I-66100 Chieti, Italy; (A.D.F.); (M.S.); (G.R.); (F.P.)
- Department of Neuroscience and Clinical Sciences (DNISC), University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, I-66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA; (M.H.); (J.L.); (R.T.D.)
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, I-66100 Chieti, Italy; (A.D.F.); (M.S.); (G.R.); (F.P.)
- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences (DMSI), University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, I-66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, I-66100 Chieti, Italy; (A.D.F.); (M.S.); (G.R.); (F.P.)
- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences (DMSI), University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, I-66100 Chieti, Italy
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Bajpeyi S, Apaflo JN, Rosas V, Sepulveda-Rivera K, Varela-Ramirez A, Covington JD, Galgani JE, Ravussin E. Effect of an acute long-duration exercise bout on skeletal muscle lipid droplet morphology, GLUT 4 protein, and perilipin protein expression. Eur J Appl Physiol 2023; 123:2771-2778. [PMID: 37368137 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-023-05266-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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PURPOSE Smaller lipid droplet morphology and GLUT 4 protein expression have been associated with greater muscle oxidative capacity and glucose uptake, respectively. The main purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an acute long-duration exercise bout on skeletal muscle lipid droplet morphology, GLUT4, perilipin 3, and perilipin 5 expressions. METHODS Twenty healthy men (age 24.0 ± 1.0 years, BMI 23.6 ± 0.4 kg/m2) were recruited for the study. The participants were subjected to an acute bout of exercise on a cycle ergometer at 50% VO2max until they reached a total energy expenditure of 650 kcal. The study was conducted after an overnight fast. Vastus lateralis muscle biopsies were obtained before and immediately after exercise for immunohistochemical analysis to determine lipid, perilipin 3, perilipin 5, and GLUT4 protein contents while GLUT 4 mRNA was quantified using RT-qPCR. RESULTS Lipid droplet size decreased whereas total intramyocellular lipid content tended to reduce (p = 0.07) after an acute bout of endurance exercise. The density of smaller lipid droplets in the peripheral sarcoplasmic region significantly increased (0.584 ± 0.04 to 0.638 ± 0.08 AU; p = 0.01) while larger lipid droplets significantly decreased (p < 0.05). GLUT4 mRNA tended to increase (p = 0.05). There were no significant changes in GLUT 4, perilipin 3, and perilipin 5 protein levels. CONCLUSION The study demonstrates that exercise may impact metabolism by enhancing the quantity of smaller lipid droplets over larger lipid droplets.
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- Sudip Bajpeyi
- Metabolic, Nutrition, and Exercise Research (MiNER) Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA.
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- Metabolic, Nutrition, and Exercise Research (MiNER) Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA
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- Metabolic, Nutrition, and Exercise Research (MiNER) Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA
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- Metabolic, Nutrition, and Exercise Research (MiNER) Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA
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- The Cellular Characterization and Biorepository (CCB) Core Facility, Border Biomedical Research Center, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Skeletal Muscle Physiology, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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Mukai K, Ohmura H, Takahashi Y, Ebisuda Y, Yoneda K, Miyata H. Physiological and skeletal muscle responses to high-intensity interval exercise in Thoroughbred horses. Front Vet Sci 2023; 10:1241266. [PMID: 38026631 PMCID: PMC10679931 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1241266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Introduction The purpose of this study was to determine whether acute high-intensity interval exercise or sprint interval exercise induces greater physiological and skeletal muscle responses compared to moderate-intensity continuous exercise in horses. Methods In a randomized crossover design, eight trained Thoroughbred horses performed three treadmill exercise protocols consisting of moderate-intensity continuous exercise (6 min at 70% VO2max; MICT), high-intensity interval exercise (6 × 30 s at 100% VO2max; HIIT), and sprint interval exercise (6 × 15 s at 120% VO2max; SIT). Arterial blood samples were collected to measure blood gas variables and plasma lactate concentration. Biopsy samples were obtained from the gluteus medius muscle before, immediately after, 4 h, and 24 h after exercise for biochemical analysis, western blotting and real-time RT-PCR. Effects of time and exercise protocol were analyzed using mixed models (p < 0.05). Results Heart rate and plasma lactate concentration at the end of exercise were higher in HIIT and SIT than those in MICT (heart rate, HIIT vs. MICT, p = 0.0005; SIT vs. MICT, p = 0.0015; lactate, HIIT vs. MICT, p = 0.0014; SIT vs. MICT, p = 0.0003). Arterial O2 saturation and arterial pH in HIIT and SIT were lower compared with MICT (SaO2, HIIT vs. MICT, p = 0.0035; SIT vs. MICT, p = 0.0265; pH, HIIT vs. MICT, p = 0.0011; SIT vs. MICT, p = 0.0023). Muscle glycogen content decreased significantly in HIIT (p = 0.0004) and SIT (p = 0.0016) immediately after exercise, but not in MICT (p = 0.19). Phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in HIIT showed a significant increase immediately after exercise (p = 0.014), but the increase was not significant in MICT (p = 0.13) and SIT (p = 0.39). At 4 h after exercise, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ co-activator-1α mRNA increased in HIIT (p = 0.0027) and SIT (p = 0.0019) and vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA increased in SIT (p = 0.0002). Discussion Despite an equal run distance, HIIT and SIT cause more severe arterial hypoxemia and lactic acidosis compared with MICT. In addition, HIIT activates the AMPK signaling cascade, and HIIT and SIT elevate mitochondrial biogenesis and angiogenesis, whereas MICT did not induce any significant changes to these signaling pathways.
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- Kazutaka Mukai
- Sports Science Division, Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Sports Science Division, Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Sports Science Division, Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Sports Science Division, Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Liu H, Liu S, Wang K, Zhang T, Yin L, Liang J, Yang Y, Luo J. Time-Dependent Effects of Physical Activity on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults: A Systematic Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:14194. [PMID: 36361072 PMCID: PMC9655086 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 10/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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PURPOSE Physical activity is an important non-drug-related method to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, but how exercise duration affects the cardiovascular metabolic risk factors in adults remains uncertain. This review systematically examines the time-dependent effects of physical activity on cardiovascular risk factors in adults and aims to further the understanding of the temporal therapeutics of exercise. METHODS Following the PRISMA guidelines, the PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, and CNKI databases were systematically searched for relevant scientific studies from January 2000 to June 2022. RESULTS A total of 16 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the systematic review. The sample size ranged from 11-275 participants who were diagnosed with obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM), and Coronary Heart Disease (CAD), while the subjects in four studies did not report any metabolic or cardiovascular disease. Four studies conducted trials of acute exercise interventions, while the remaining intervention periods ranged from 12 days to 12 weeks. The exercise interventions included aerobic training, resistance training, aerobic training that was combined with resistance training, compound exercise, and high-intensity interval exercise, and the training frequency varied from 2-5 times/week. CONCLUSIONS Overall, this review found some evidence that the cardiovascular risk factors in adults may be time-dependent in response to physical activity. However, it is limited by the small sample size for each of the outcomes and several methodological issues, leading to poor comparability between studies. A randomized controlled trial with a larger sample size is supposed to be designed for the relevant population to completely test whether synchronizing the exercise time point in the day with the individual's circadian rhythm can amplify the benefits of the exercise for improving cardiovascular health.
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- Research Centre for Exercise Detoxification, College of Physical Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Robins L, Kwon M, McGlynn ML, Rosales AM, Pekas EJ, Collins C, Park SY, Slivka DR. Influence of Local Muscle Cooling on Mitochondrial-Related Gene Expression at Rest. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:12028. [PMID: 36231330 PMCID: PMC9566196 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 09/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of localized cooling of the skeletal muscle during rest on mitochondrial related gene expression. Thermal wraps were applied to the vastus lateralis of each limb of 12 participants. One limb received a cold application (randomized) (COLD), while the other did not (RT). Wraps were removed at the 4 h time point and measurements of skin temperature, blood flow, and intramuscular temperature were taken prior to a muscle biopsy. RT-qPCR was used to measure expression of genes associated with mitochondrial development. Skin and muscle temperatures were lower in COLD than RT (p < 0.05). Femoral artery diameter was lower in COLD after 4 h (0.62 ± 0.05 cm, to 0.60 ± 0.05 cm, p = 0.018). Blood flow was not different in COLD compared to RT (259 ± 69 mL·min-1 vs. 275 ± 54 mL·min-1, p = 0.20). PGC-1α B and GABPA expression was higher in COLD relative to RT (1.57-fold, p = 0.037 and 1.34-fold, p = 0.006, respectively). There was no difference (p > 0.05) in the expression of PGC-1α, NT-PGC-1α, PGC-1α A, TFAM, ESRRα, NRF1, GABPA, VEGF, PINK1, PARK 2, or BNIP3-L. The impact of this small magnitude of difference in gene expression of PGC-1α B and GABPA without alterations in other genes are unknown. There appears to be only limited impact of local muscle cooling on the transcriptional response related to mitochondrial development.
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- Larry Robins
- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
- School of Integrated Physiology and Athletic Training, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
- School of Integrated Physiology and Athletic Training, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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Tripp TR, Frankish BP, Lun V, Wiley JP, Shearer J, Murphy RM, MacInnis MJ. Time course and fibre type-dependent nature of calcium-handling protein responses to sprint interval exercise in human skeletal muscle. J Physiol 2022; 600:2897-2917. [PMID: 35556249 DOI: 10.1113/jp282739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Sprint interval training (SIT) has been shown to cause fragmentation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium-release channel, ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1) 24 hours post-exercise, which may act as a signal for mitochondrial biogenesis. In this study, we examined the time course of RyR1 fragmentation in human whole muscle and pooled type I and type II skeletal muscle fibres following a single session of SIT. Full-length RyR1 protein content was significantly lower than pre-exercise by 6 h post-SIT in whole muscle, and fragmentation was detectable in type II but not type I fibres, though to a lesser extent than in whole muscle. The peak in PGC1A mRNA expression occurred earlier than RyR1 fragmentation. The increased temporal resolution and fibre type-specific responses for RyR1 fragmentation provide insights into its importance to mitochondrial biogenesis in humans. ABSTRACT Sprint interval training (SIT) causes fragmentation of the skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release channel, ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1), 24h post-exercise, potentially signaling mitochondrial biogenesis by increasing cytosolic [Ca2+ ]. Yet, the time course and skeletal muscle fibre type-specific patterns of RyR1 fragmentation following a session of SIT remain unknown. Ten participants (n = 4 females; n = 6 males) performed a session of SIT (6 × 30 s "all-out" with 4.5 min rest after each sprint) with vastus lateralis muscle biopsy samples collected before and 3, 6, and 24h after exercise. In whole muscle, full-length RyR1 protein content was significantly reduced 6 h (mean [SD]; -38 [38]%; p<0.05) and 24 h post-SIT (-30 [48]%; p<0.05) compared to pre-exercise. Examining each participant's largest response in pooled samples, full-length RyR1 protein content was reduced in type II (-26 [30]%; p<0.05) but not type I fibres (-11 [40]%; p>0.05). 3h post-SIT, there was also a decrease in SERCA1 in type II fibres (-23 [17]%; p<0.05) and SERCA2a in type I fibres (-19 [21]%; p<0.05), despite no time effect for either protein in whole muscle samples (p>0.05). PGC1A mRNA content was elevated 3h and 6h post-SIT (5.3- and 3.7-fold change from pre, respectively; p<0.05 for both), but peak PGC1A mRNA expression was not significantly correlated with peak RyR1 fragmentation (r2 = 0.10; p>0.05). In summary, altered Ca2+ -handling protein expression, which occurs primarily in type II muscle fibres, may influence signals for mitochondrial biogenesis as early as 3-6 h post-SIT in humans. Abstract figure legend Western blotting was performed on whole muscle and pooled type I and II muscle fibre preparations derived from human vastus lateralis muscle biopsy samples collected before and after a single session of sprint interval training (SIT). Full-length ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1) protein content was reduced 6 and 24 h post-exercise in whole muscle samples compared to baseline, despite a heterogeneous time course among individuals. This RyR1 fragmentation proceeded and outlasted the increase in peroxisome proliferator-activated γ receptor coactivator 1α (PGC1A) mRNA expression. When examining the time point of each individual's peak response, RyR1 fragmentation was evident in type II, but not type I, muscle fibres. These findings suggest that, in humans, mitochondrial biogenesis could be influenced by RyR1 fragmentation 3-6 h post-SIT in a fibre type-dependent manner. Created with BioRender.com. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Thomas R Tripp
- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Melbourne, Australia
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- University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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McGlynn ML, Collins C, Hailes W, Ruby B, Slivka D. Heat Acclimation in Females Does Not Limit Aerobic Exercise Training Outcomes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:5554. [PMID: 35564948 PMCID: PMC9103535 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Recent aerobic exercise training in the heat has reported blunted aerobic power improvements and reduced mitochondrial-related gene expression in men. It is unclear if this heat-induced blunting of the training response exists in females. The purpose of the present study was to determine the impact of 60 min of cycling in the heat over three weeks on thermoregulation, gene expression, and aerobic capacity in females. Untrained females (n = 22; 24 ± 4yoa) were assigned to three weeks of aerobic training in either 20 °C (n = 12) or 33 °C (n = 10; 40%RH). Maximal aerobic capacity (39.5 ± 6.5 to 41.5 ± 6.2 mL·kg−1·min−1, p = 0.021, ηp2 = 0.240, 95% CI [0.315, 3.388]) and peak aerobic power (191.0 ± 33.0 to 206.7 ± 27.2 W, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.531, 95% CI [8.734, 22.383]) increased, while the absolute-intensity trial (50%VO2peak) HR decreased (152 ± 15 to 140 ± 13 b·min−1, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.691, 95% CI [15.925, 8.353]), but they were not different between temperatures (p = 0.440, p = 0.955, p = 0.341, respectively). Independent of temperature, Day 22 tolerance trial skin temperatures decreased from Day 1 (p = 0.006, ηp2 = 0.319, 95% CI [1.408, 0.266), but training did not influence core temperature (p = 0.598). Average sweat rates were higher in the 33 °C group vs. the 20 °C group (p = 0.008, ηp2 = 0.303, 95% CI [67.9, 394.9]) but did not change due to training (p = 0.571). Pre-training PGC-1α mRNA increased 4h-post-exercise (5.29 ± 0.70 fold change, p < 0.001), was lower post-training (2.69 ± 0.22 fold change, p = 0.004), and was not different between temperatures (p = 0.455). While training induced some diminished transcriptional stimulus, generally the training temperature had little effect on genes related to mitochondrial biogenesis, mitophagy, and metabolic enzymes. These female participants increased aerobic fitness and maintained an exercise-induced PGC-1α mRNA response in the heat equal to that of room temperature conditions, contrasting with the blunted responses previously observed in men.
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- Mark L. McGlynn
- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA; (M.L.M.); (C.C.)
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA; (M.L.M.); (C.C.)
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- School of Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA; (W.H.); (B.R.)
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- School of Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA; (W.H.); (B.R.)
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA; (M.L.M.); (C.C.)
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O'Reilly N, Collins C, McGlynn ML, Slivka D. Effect of local heat application during exercise on gene expression related to mitochondrial homeostasis. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2021; 46:1545-1551. [PMID: 34399057 PMCID: PMC9014790 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0346] [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] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine the impact of local muscle heating during endurance exercise on human skeletal muscle mitochondrial-related gene expression. Twelve subjects (25 ± 6 yr, 177 ± 8 cm, 78 ± 16 kg, and peak aerobic capacity 45 ± 8 mL·kg-1·min-1) cycled with one leg heated (HOT) and the other serving as a control (CON). Skin and intramuscular temperatures were taken before temperature intervention (Pre), after 30 minutes (Pre30), after exercise (Post) and four hours after exercise (4Post). Muscle biopsies were taken from each leg at Pre and 4Post. Intramuscular temperature increased within HOT (34.4 ± 0.7 °C to 36.1 ± 0.5 °C, p < 0.001) and was higher than CON at Pre30 (34.0 ± 0.7 °C, p < 0.001). However, temperatures at POST were similar (HOT 38.4 ± 0.7 °C, CON 38.3 ± 0.5 °C, p = 0.661). Skin temperature was higher than CON at Post30 (30.3 ± 1.0 °C, p < 0.001) and Post (HOT 34.6 ± 0.9 °C, CON 32.3 ± 1.6 °C, p < 0.001). PGC-1α, VEGF and NRF2 mRNA increased with exercise (p < 0.05) but was not altered with heating (p > 0.05). TFAM increased after exercise with heat application (HOT, p = 0.019) but not with exercise alone (CON, p = 0.422). There was no difference in NRF1, ESRRα, or any of the mitophagy related genes in response to exercise or temperature (p > 0.05). In conclusion, TFAM is enhanced by local heat application during endurance exercise, whereas other genes related to mitochondrial homeostasis are unaffected. Novelty: The main finding of this study is that localized heating increased TFAM mRNA expression. The normal exercise-induced increased PGC-1α gene expression was unaltered by local muscle heating.
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- Nattie O'Reilly
- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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McGlynn ML, Schnitzler H, Shute R, Ruby B, Slivka D. The Acute Effects of Exercise and Temperature on Regional mtDNA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:6382. [PMID: 34204828 PMCID: PMC8296217 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18126382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A reduced mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number, the ratio of mitochondrial DNA to genomic DNA (mtDNA:gDNA), has been linked with dysfunctional mitochondria. Exercise can acutely induce mtDNA damage manifested as a reduced copy number. However, the influence of a paired (exercise and temperature) intervention on regional mtDNA (MINor Arc and MAJor Arc) are unknown. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the acute effects of exercise in cold (7 °C), room temperature (20 °C), and hot (33 °C) ambient temperatures, on regional mitochondrial copy number (MINcn and MAJcn). Thirty-four participants (24.4 ± 5.1 yrs, 87.1 ± 22.1 kg, 22.3 ± 8.5 %BF, and 3.20 ± 0.59 L·min-1 VO2peak) cycled for 1 h (261.1 ± 22.1 W) in either 7 °C, 20 °C, or 33 °C ambient conditions. Muscle biopsy samples were collected from the vastus lateralis to determine mtDNA regional copy numbers via RT-qPCR. mtDNA is sensitive to the stressors of exercise post-exercise (MIN fold change, -1.50 ± 0.11; MAJ fold change, -1.70 ± 0.12) and 4-h post-exercise (MIN fold change, -0.82 ± 0.13; MAJ fold change, -1.54 ± 0.11). The MAJ Arc seems to be more sensitive to heat, showing a temperature-trend (p = 0.056) for a reduced regional copy number ratio after exercise in the heat (fold change -2.81 ± 0.11; p = 0.019). These results expand upon our current knowledge of the influence of temperature and exercise on the acute remodeling of regional mtDNA.
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- Mark L. McGlynn
- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA; (M.L.M.); (H.S.); (R.S.)
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA; (M.L.M.); (H.S.); (R.S.)
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA; (M.L.M.); (H.S.); (R.S.)
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- School of Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA;
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA; (M.L.M.); (H.S.); (R.S.)
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The glucose transporter GLUT4 is critical for skeletal muscle glucose uptake in response to insulin and muscle contraction/exercise. Exercise increases GLUT4 translocation to the sarcolemma and t-tubule and, over the longer term, total GLUT4 protein content. Here, we review key aspects of GLUT4 biology in relation to exercise, with a focus on exercise-induced GLUT4 translocation, postexercise metabolism and muscle insulin sensitivity, and exercise effects on GLUT4 expression.
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- Marcelo Flores-Opazo
- Laboratory of Exercise and Physical Activity Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, University Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
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- Metabolic Research Unit, School of Medicine and Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT), Deakin University, Waurn Ponds
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Meister B, Collins C, McGlynn M, Slivka D. Effect of local cold application during exercise on gene expression related to mitochondrial homeostasis. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2020; 46:318-324. [PMID: 32961062 PMCID: PMC8958796 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2020-0387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Exercise training increases mitochondrial content in active skeletal muscle. Previous work suggests that mitochondrial-related genes respond favorably to exercise in cold environments. However, the impact of localized tissue cooling is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of local muscle cooling during endurance exercise on human skeletal muscle mitochondrial-related gene expression. Twelve subjects (age, 28 ± 6 years) cycled at 65% peak power output. One leg was cooled (C) for 30 min before and during exercise with a thermal wrap while the other leg was wrapped but not cooled, room temperature (RT). Muscle biopsies were taken from each vastus lateralis before and 4 h after exercise for the analysis of gene expression. Muscle temperature was lower in the C (29.2 ± 0.7 °C) than the RT (34.1 ± 0.3 °C) condition after pre-cooling for 30 min before exercise (p < 0.001) and remained lower after exercise in the C (36.9 ± 0.5) than the RT (38.4 ± 0.2, p < 0.001) condition. PGC-1α and NRF1 mRNA expression were lower in the C (p = 0.012 and p = 0.045, respectively) than the RT condition at 4 h after exercise. There were no temperature-related differences in other genes (p > 0.05). These data suggest that local cooling has an inhibitory effect on exercise-induced PGC-1α and NRF1 expression in human skeletal muscle. Those considering using local cooling during exercise should consider other systemic cooling options. Novelty: Local cooling has an inhibitory effect on exercise-induced PGC-1α and NRF1 expression in human skeletal muscle. Local cooling may lead to a less robust exercise stimulus compared with standard conditions.
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- Ben Meister
- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA.,School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA.,School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA.,School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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- School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA.,School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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Exercise- and Cold-Induced Human PGC-1α mRNA Isoform Specific Responses. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17165740. [PMID: 32784428 PMCID: PMC7460212 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17165740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cold exposure in conjunction with aerobic exercise stimulates gene expression of PGC-1α, the master regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis. PGC-1α can be expressed as multiple isoforms due to alternative splicing mechanisms. Among these isoforms is NT-PGC-1α, which produces a truncated form of the PGC-1α protein, as well as isoforms derived from the first exon of the transcript, PGC-1α-a, PGC-1α-b, and PGC-1α-c. Relatively little is known about the individual responses of these isoforms to exercise and environmental temperature. Therefore, we determined the expression of PGC-1α isoforms following an acute bout of cycling in cold (C) and room temperature (RT) conditions. Nine male participants cycled for 1h at 65% Wmax at −2 °C and 20 °C. A muscle biopsy was taken from the vastus lateralis before and 3h post-exercise. RT-qPCR was used to analyze gene expression of PGC-1α isoforms. Gene expression of all PGC-1α isoforms increased due to the exercise intervention (p < 0.05). Exercise and cold exposure induced a greater increase in gene expression for total PGC-1α (p = 0.028) and its truncated isoform, NT-PGC-1α (p = 0.034), but there was no temperature-dependent response in the other PGC-1α isoforms measured. It appears that NT-PGC-1α may have a significant contribution to the reported alterations in the exercise- and temperature-induced PGC-1α response.
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Kyun S, Yoo C, Hashimoto T, Tomi H, Teramoto N, Kim J, Lim K. Effects of exogenous lactate administration on fat metabolism and glycogen synthesis factors in rats. Phys Act Nutr 2020; 24:1-5. [PMID: 32698255 PMCID: PMC7451839 DOI: 10.20463/pan.2020.0008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Lactate has several beneficial roles as an energy resource and in metabolism. However, studies on the effects of oral administration of lactate on fat metabolism and glycogen synthesis are limited. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate how oral administration of lactate affects fat metabolism and glycogen synthesis factors at specific times (0, 30, 60, 120 min) after intake. METHODS Male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats (n = 24) were divided into four groups as follows: the control group (0 min) was sacrificed immediately after oral lactate administration; the test groups were administered lactate (2 g/kg) and sacrificed after 30, 60, and 120 min. Skeletal muscle and liver mRNA expression of GLUT4, FAT/CD36, PDH, CS, PC and GYS2 was assessed using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS GLUT4 and FAT/CD36 expression was significantly increased in skeletal muscle 120 min after lactate administration. PDH expression in skeletal muscle was altered at 30 and 120 min after lactate consumption, but was not significantly different compared to the control. CS, PC and GYS2 expression in liver was increased 60 min after lactate administration. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that exogenous lactate administration increases GLUT4 and FAT/CD36 expression in the muscle as well as glycogen synthase factors (PC, GYS2) in the liver after 60 min. Therefore, lactate supplementation may increase fat utilization as well as induce positive effects on glycogen synthesis in athletes.
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- Sunghwan Kyun
- Department of physical education, Konkuk University, SeoulRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, TexasUSA
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- Faculty of Sport & Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, ShigaJapan
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- Center for Regional Sustainability and Innovation, Kochi University, KochiJapan
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- Physical Activity and Performance Institute (PAPI), Konkuk University, SeoulRepublic of Korea
- Department of Sports Medicine and Science, Konkuk University, SeoulRepublic of Korea
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- Department of physical education, Konkuk University, SeoulRepublic of Korea
- Physical Activity and Performance Institute (PAPI), Konkuk University, SeoulRepublic of Korea
- Department of Sports Medicine and Science, Konkuk University, SeoulRepublic of Korea
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Principles of Exercise Prescription, and How They Influence Exercise-Induced Changes of Transcription Factors and Other Regulators of Mitochondrial Biogenesis. Sports Med 2019; 48:1541-1559. [PMID: 29675670 DOI: 10.1007/s40279-018-0894-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Physical inactivity represents the fourth leading risk factor for mortality, and it has been linked with a series of chronic disorders, the treatment of which absorbs ~ 85% of healthcare costs in developed countries. Conversely, physical activity promotes many health benefits; endurance exercise in particular represents a powerful stimulus to induce mitochondrial biogenesis, and it is routinely used to prevent and treat chronic metabolic disorders linked with sub-optimal mitochondrial characteristics. Given the importance of maintaining a healthy mitochondrial pool, it is vital to better characterize how manipulating the endurance exercise dose affects cellular mechanisms of exercise-induced mitochondrial biogenesis. Herein, we propose a definition of mitochondrial biogenesis and the techniques available to assess it, and we emphasize the importance of standardizing biopsy timing and the determination of relative exercise intensity when comparing different studies. We report an intensity-dependent regulation of exercise-induced increases in nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) protein content, nuclear phosphorylation of p53 (serine 15), and PGC-1α messenger RNA (mRNA), as well as training-induced increases in PGC-1α and p53 protein content. Despite evidence that PGC-1α protein content plateaus within a few exercise sessions, we demonstrate that greater training volumes induce further increases in PGC-1α (and p53) protein content, and that short-term reductions in training volume decrease the content of both proteins, suggesting training volume is still a factor affecting training-induced mitochondrial biogenesis. Finally, training-induced changes in mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) protein content are regulated in a training volume-dependent manner and have been linked with training-induced changes in mitochondrial content.
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Kristensen CM, Jessen H, Ringholm S, Pilegaard H. Muscle PGC-1α in exercise and fasting-induced regulation of hepatic UPR in mice. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2018; 224:e13158. [PMID: 29939478 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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AIM To provide a detailed time course of hepatic autophagy and all UPR branches in response to an acute bout of exercise and 24 hours of fasting and test the hypothesis that muscle-specific PGC-1α overexpression dampens the UPR and autophagy responses to these metabolic challenges. METHODS Muscle-specific PGC-1α overexpression (TG) and wild-type (WT) mice (a) performed a single bout of exercise, where the liver was obtained immediately after exercise, 2, 6 or 10 hours into recovery as well as from resting mice or (b) fasted for 24 hours or remained fed and the liver was obtained. RESULTS In both genotypes, hepatic PERK and eIF2α phosphorylation increased immediately after exercise, with no change in IRE1α phosphorylation and cleaved ATF6 protein. Fasting decreased PERK, eIF2α and IRE1α phosphorylation as well as increased cleaved ATF6 protein in both genotypes. Hepatic p62 was unchanged, while LC3II/LC3I ratio increased immediately after exercise and LC3II protein increased in response to fasting in both genotypes. TG mice had lower eIF2α phosphorylation after exercise, a blunted fasting-induced CHOP and HSP72 mRNA response and in fasted mice lower GADD34 and BiP mRNA as well as FAS protein in the liver than WT mice. CONCLUSION This study provides for the first time evidence for transient pathway-specific activation of hepatic UPR and increase in markers of autophagy in the liver with acute exercise. On the other hand, fasting both increased and decreased UPR branches and seemed to increase autophagy. In addition, muscle PGC-1α seemed to dampen some of these responses.
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- Department of Biology; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Biology; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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Popov DV, Lysenko EA, Bokov RO, Volodina MA, Kurochkina NS, Makhnovskii PA, Vyssokikh MY, Vinogradova OL. Effect of aerobic training on baseline expression of signaling and respiratory proteins in human skeletal muscle. Physiol Rep 2018; 6:e13868. [PMID: 30198217 PMCID: PMC6129775 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Most studies examining the molecular mechanisms underlying adaptation of human skeletal muscles to aerobic exercise focused on the response to acute exercise. Here, we examined the effect of a 2-month aerobic training program on baseline parameters in human muscle. Ten untrained males performed a one-legged knee extension exercise for 1 h with the same relative intensity before and after a 2-month aerobic training program. Biopsy samples were taken from vastus lateralis muscle at rest before and after the 2 month training program (baseline samples). Additionally, biopsy samples were taken from the exercised leg 1 and 4 h after the one-legged continuous knee extension exercise. Aerobic training decreases baseline phosphorylation of FOXO1Ser256 , increases that of CaMKIIThr286 , CREB1Ser133 , increases baseline expression of mitochondrial proteins in respiratory complexes I-V, and some regulators of mitochondrial biogenesis (TFAM, NR4A3, and CRTC2). An increase in the baseline content of these proteins was not associated with a change in baseline expression of their genes. The increase in the baseline content of regulators of mitochondrial biogenesis (TFAM and NR4A3) was associated with a transient increase in transcription after acute exercise. Contrariwise, the increase in the baseline content of respiratory proteins does not seem to be regulated at the transcriptional level; rather, it is associated with other mechanisms. Adaptation of human skeletal muscle to regular aerobic exercise is associated not only with transient molecular responses to exercise, but also with changes in baseline phosphorylation and expression of regulatory proteins.
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- Daniil V. Popov
- Laboratory of Exercise PhysiologyInstitute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
- Faculty of Fundamental MedicineM.V. Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia
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- Laboratory of Exercise PhysiologyInstitute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
- Faculty of Fundamental MedicineM.V. Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia
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- Laboratory of Exercise PhysiologyInstitute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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- Laboratory of Mitochondrial MedicineResearch Center for ObstetricsGynecology and PerinatologyMinistry of Healthcare of the Russian FederationMoscowRussia
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- Laboratory of Exercise PhysiologyInstitute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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- Laboratory of Exercise PhysiologyInstitute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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- Laboratory of Mitochondrial MedicineResearch Center for ObstetricsGynecology and PerinatologyMinistry of Healthcare of the Russian FederationMoscowRussia
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- Laboratory of Exercise PhysiologyInstitute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
- Faculty of Fundamental MedicineM.V. Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia
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Mitochondrial function is impaired in the skeletal muscle of pre-frail elderly. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8548. [PMID: 29867098 PMCID: PMC5986740 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26944-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Aging is accompanied by a gradual decline in both muscle mass and strength over time, which can eventually lead to pathologies, such as frailty and sarcopenia. While these two conditions are well characterized, further investigation of the early biological signs present in pre-frail elderly is still needed to help identify strategies for preventative therapeutic intervention. The goal of the present clinical study was to evaluate the level of mitochondrial (dys)function in a well-defined population of pre-frail elderly (>60 years of age). Pre-frail elderly were compared with an age-matched population of active elderly. Muscle mitochondrial function was assessed in vivo using phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) and a comprehensive set of biological biomarkers were measured ex vivo in vastus lateralis muscle biopsies. In pre-frail subjects, phosphocreatine recovery was impaired and mitochondrial respiratory complex protein and activity levels were significantly lower when compared with active elderly. Analysis of microarray data showed that mitochondrial genes were also significantly down-regulated in muscle of pre-frail compared to active elderly. These results show that mitochondrial impairment is a hallmark of pre-frailty development and the onset of decline in muscle function in the elderly.
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Shute RJ, Heesch MW, Zak RB, Kreiling JL, Slivka DR. Effects of exercise in a cold environment on transcriptional control of PGC-1α. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2018. [PMID: 29537859 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00425.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) mRNA is increased with both exercise and exposure to cold temperature. However, transcriptional control has yet to be examined during exercise in the cold. Additionally, the need for environmental cold exposure after exercise may not be a practical recovery modality. The purpose of this study was to determine mitochondrial-related gene expression and transcriptional control of PGC-1α following exercise in a cold compared with room temperature environment. Eleven recreationally trained males completed two 1-h cycling bouts in a cold (7°C) or room temperature (20°C) environment, followed by 3 h of supine recovery in standard room conditions. Muscle biopsies were taken from the vastus lateralis preexercise, postexercise, and after a 3-h recovery. Gene expression and transcription factor binding to the PGC-1α promoter were analyzed. PGC-1α mRNA increased from preexercise to 3 h of recovery, but there was no difference between trials. Estrogen-related receptor-α (ERRα), myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2A), and nuclear respiratory factor-1 (NRF-1) mRNA were lower in cold than at room temperature. Forkhead box class-O (FOXO1) and cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) binding to the PGC-1α promoter were increased postexercise and at 3 h of recovery. MEF2A binding increased postexercise, and activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2) binding increased at 3 h of recovery. These data indicate no difference in PGC-1α mRNA or transcriptional control after exercise in cold versus room temperature and 3 h of recovery. However, the observed reductions in the mRNA of select transcription factors downstream of PGC-1α indicate a potential influence of exercise in the cold on the transcriptional response related to mitochondrial biogenesis.
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- Robert J Shute
- Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska at Omaha , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha , Omaha, Nebraska
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Islam H, Edgett BA, Gurd BJ. Coordination of mitochondrial biogenesis by PGC-1α in human skeletal muscle: A re-evaluation. Metabolism 2018; 79:42-51. [PMID: 29126696 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2017.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Revised: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The transcriptional co-activator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator-1 alpha (PGC-1α) is proposed to coordinate skeletal muscle mitochondrial biogenesis through the integrated induction of nuclear- and mitochondrial-encoded gene transcription. This paradigm is based largely on experiments demonstrating PGC-1α's ability to co-activate various nuclear transcription factors that increase the expression of mitochondrial genes, as well as PGC-1α's direct interaction with mitochondrial transcription factor A within mitochondria to increase the transcription of mitochondrial DNA. While this paradigm is supported by evidence from cellular and transgenic animal models, as well as acute exercise studies involving animals, the up-regulation of nuclear- and mitochondrial-encoded genes in response to exercise does not appear to occur in a coordinated fashion in human skeletal muscle. This review re-evaluates our current understanding of this phenomenon by highlighting evidence from recent studies examining the exercise-induced expression of nuclear- and mitochondrial-encoded genes targeted by PGC-1α. We also highlight several possible theories that may explain the apparent inability of PGC-1α to coordinately up-regulate the expression of genes required for mitochondrial biogenesis in human skeletal muscle, and provide directions for future work exploring mitochondrial biogenic gene expression following exercise.
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- Hashim Islam
- School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston K7L 3N6, Ontario, Canada.
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston K7L 3N6, Ontario, Canada; Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada.
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston K7L 3N6, Ontario, Canada.
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Brandt N, Nielsen L, Thiellesen Buch B, Gudiksen A, Ringholm S, Hellsten Y, Bangsbo J, Pilegaard H. Impact of β-adrenergic signaling in PGC-1α-mediated adaptations in mouse skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2018; 314:E1-E20. [PMID: 28874356 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00082.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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PGC-1α has been suggested to regulate exercise training-induced metabolic adaptations and autophagy in skeletal muscle. The factors regulating PGC-1α, however, have not been fully resolved. The aim was to investigate the impact of β-adrenergic signaling in PGC-1α-mediated metabolic adaptations in skeletal muscle with exercise training. Muscle was obtained from muscle-specific PGC-1α knockout (MKO) and lox/lox mice 1) 3 h after a single exercise bout with or without prior injection of propranolol or 3 h after a single injection of clenbuterol and 2) after 5 wk of wheel running exercise training with or without propranolol treatment or after 5 wk of clenbuterol treatment. A single clenbuterol injection and an acute exercise bout similarly increased the mRNA content of both N-terminal and full-length PGC-1α isoforms, and prior propranolol treatment reduced the exercise-induced increase in mRNA of all isoforms. Furthermore, a single clenbuterol injection elicited a PGC-1α-dependent increase in cytochrome c and vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA, whereas prolonged clenbuterol treatment increased fiber size but reduced capillary density. Exercise training increased the protein content of OXPHOS, LC3I, and Parkin in a PGC-1α-dependent manner without effect of propranolol, while an exercise training-induced increase in Akt2 and p62 protein required PGC-1α and was blunted by prolonged propranolol treatment. This suggests that β-adrenergic signaling is not required for PGC-1α-mediated exercise training-induced adaptations in mitochondrial proteins, but contributes to exercise training-mediated adaptations in insulin signaling and autophagy regulation through PGC-1α. Furthermore, changes observed with acute stimulation of compounds like clenbuterol and propranolol may not lead to corresponding adaptations with prolonged treatment.
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- Nina Brandt
- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Section of Integrated Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Section of Integrated Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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Qiu J, Huang L, Davie AJ, Zhou S. Comparison of the Effects of Endurance Training on Alternate Days and on Consecutive 4 Days Each Week for 8 Weeks on the Abundance of PGC-1α, CaMKII, NRF-1, mtTFA, and COXIV Proteins in Rat Skeletal Muscle. J Strength Cond Res 2017; 33:3136-3144. [PMID: 29283930 DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000002407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Qiu, J, Huang, L, Davie, AJ, and Zhou, S. Comparison of the effects of endurance training on alternate days and on consecutive 4 days each week for 8 weeks on the abundance of PGC-1α, CaMKII, NRF-1, mtTFA, and COXIV proteins in rat skeletal muscle. J Strength Cond Res 33(11): 3136-3144, 2019-The aim of this study was to compare the effects of 2 training protocols, training on alternate days (A) or on consecutive 4 days followed by 3 days of rest in each week (C) for 8 weeks, on selected proteins involved in the biogenesis and function of mitochondria in skeletal muscle. Eighty male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly allocated into 10 groups (n = 8 each), including Pre and Post control groups and A or C training groups with 8, 16, 24, and 32 training sessions, respectively. The vastus lateralis and soleus muscle samples were obtained 24 hours after the last training session, or at rest for the controls. The abundance of the proteins for PGC-1α, CaMKII, NRF-1, mtTFA, and COXIV was analyzed by Western blotting. Analysis of the results with 2-way ANOVA showed no significant effect and interaction (training protocol by duration) in abundance of the proteins by the 2 protocols. However, fold changes normalized to control showed significant increases COXIV of the soleus muscle at most time points in both A and C training as indicated by Kruskal-Wallis H tests. There were significant correlations found between the abundance of the measured proteins of the vastus lateralis. The findings suggest that the 2 training protocols with the same intensity and total volume of work would not make a significant difference in respect of the changes in the targeted proteins. Alternative regulatory factors and the responses in different types of muscles to the training programs need to be examined in future research.
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- Jiwen Qiu
- Department of Health and Exercise Science, Tianjin University of Sport, Tianjin, China.,College of Acupuncture and Massage, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Health and Exercise Science, Tianjin University of Sport, Tianjin, China
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- School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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Brandt N, Dethlefsen MM, Bangsbo J, Pilegaard H. PGC-1α and exercise intensity dependent adaptations in mouse skeletal muscle. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185993. [PMID: 29049322 PMCID: PMC5648136 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to examine the role of PGC-1α in intensity dependent exercise and exercise training-induced metabolic adaptations in mouse skeletal muscle. Whole body PGC-1α knockout (KO) and littermate wildtype (WT) mice performed a single treadmill running bout at either low intensity (LI) for 40 min or moderate intensity (MI) for 20 min. Blood and quadriceps muscles were removed either immediately after exercise or at 3h or 6h into recovery from exercise and from resting controls. In addition PGC-1α KO and littermate WT mice were exercise trained at either low intensity (LIT) for 40 min or at moderate intensity (MIT) for 20 min 2 times pr. day for 5 weeks. In the first and the last week of the intervention period, mice performed a graded running endurance test. Quadriceps muscles were removed before and after the training period for analyses. The acute exercise bout elicited intensity dependent increases in LC3I and LC3II protein and intensity independent decrease in p62 protein in skeletal muscle late in recovery and increased LC3II with exercise training independent of exercise intensity and volume in WT mice. Furthermore, acute exercise and exercise training did not increase LC3I and LC3II protein in PGC-1α KO. In addition, exercise-induced mRNA responses of PGC-1α isoforms were intensity dependent. In conclusion, these findings indicate that exercise intensity affected autophagy markers differently in skeletal muscle and suggest that PGC-1α regulates both acute and exercise training-induced autophagy in skeletal muscle potentially in a PGC-1α isoform specific manner.
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- Nina Brandt
- The August Krogh Club, Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- The August Krogh Club, Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Section of Integrative Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- The August Krogh Club, Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Kjøbsted R, Wojtaszewski JFP, Treebak JT. Role of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase for Regulating Post-exercise Insulin Sensitivity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 107:81-126. [PMID: 27812978 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43589-3_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Skeletal muscle insulin resistance precedes development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). As skeletal muscle is a major sink for glucose disposal, understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in maintaining insulin sensitivity of this tissue could potentially benefit millions of people that are diagnosed with insulin resistance. Regular physical activity in both healthy and insulin-resistant individuals is recognized as the single most effective intervention to increase whole-body insulin sensitivity and thereby positively affect glucose homeostasis. A single bout of exercise has long been known to increase glucose disposal in skeletal muscle in response to physiological insulin concentrations. While this effect is identified to be restricted to the previously exercised muscle, the molecular basis for an apparent convergence between exercise- and insulin-induced signaling pathways is incompletely known. In recent years, we and others have identified the Rab GTPase-activating protein, TBC1 domain family member 4 (TBC1D4) as a target of key protein kinases in the insulin- and exercise-activated signaling pathways. Our working hypothesis is that the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is important for the ability of exercise to insulin sensitize skeletal muscle through TBC1D4. Here, we aim to provide an overview of the current available evidence linking AMPK to post-exercise insulin sensitivity.
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- Rasmus Kjøbsted
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Section of Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Section of Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Section of Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Local muscle cooling does not impact expression of mitochondrial-related genes. J Therm Biol 2017; 67:35-39. [PMID: 28558935 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recovery that takes place in a cold environment after endurance exercise elevates PGC-1α mRNA whereas ERRα and NRF2 mRNA expression are inhibited. However, the effect of local skeletal muscle cooling on mitochondrial-related gene expression is unknown. PURPOSE To determine the impact of local skeletal muscle cooling during recovery from an acute bout of exercise on mitochondrial-related gene expression. METHODS Recreationally-trained male cyclists (n=8, age 25±3 y, height 181±6cm, weight 79±8kg, 12.8±3.6% body fat, VO2peak 4.52±0.88L·min-1 protocol) completed a 90-min variable intensity cycling protocol followed by 4h of recovery. During recovery, ice was applied intermittently to one leg (ICE) while the other leg served as a control (CON). Intramuscular temperature was recorded continuously. Muscle biopsies were taken from each vastus lateralis at 4h post-exercise for the analysis of mitochondrial-related gene expression. RESULTS Intramuscular temperature was colder in ICE (26.7±1.1°C) than CON (35.5±0.1°C) throughout the 4h recovery period (p<0.001). There were no differences in expression of PGC-1α, TFAM, NRF1, NRF2, or ERRα mRNA between ICE and CON after the 4h recovery period. CONCLUSION Local muscle cooling after exercise does not impact the expression of mitochondrial biogenesis-related genes compared to recovery from exercise in control conditions. When these data are considered with previous research, the stimuli for cold-induced gene expression alterations may be related to factors other than local muscle temperature. Additionally, different intramuscular temperatures should be examined to determine dose-response of mitochondrial-related gene expression.
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Brandt N, Gunnarsson TP, Hostrup M, Tybirk J, Nybo L, Pilegaard H, Bangsbo J. Impact of adrenaline and metabolic stress on exercise-induced intracellular signaling and PGC-1α mRNA response in human skeletal muscle. Physiol Rep 2016; 4:4/14/e12844. [PMID: 27436584 PMCID: PMC4962068 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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This study tested the hypothesis that elevated plasma adrenaline or metabolic stress enhances exercise‐induced PGC‐1α mRNA and intracellular signaling in human muscle. Trained (VO2‐max: 53.8 ± 1.8 mL min−1 kg−1) male subjects completed four different exercise protocols (work load of the legs was matched): C – cycling at 171 ± 6 W for 60 min (control); A – cycling at 171 ± 6 W for 60 min, with addition of intermittent arm exercise (98 ± 4 W). DS – cycling at 171 ± 6 W interspersed by 30 sec sprints (513 ± 19 W) every 10 min (distributed sprints); and CS – cycling at 171 ± 6 W for 40 min followed by 20 min of six 30 sec sprints (clustered sprints). Sprints were followed by 3:24 min:sec at 111 ± 4 W. A biopsy was obtained from m. vastus lateralis at rest and immediately, and 2 and 5 h after exercise. Muscle PGC‐1α mRNA content was elevated (P < 0.05) three‐ to sixfold 2 h after exercise relative to rest in C, A, and DS, with no differences between protocols. AMPK and p38 phosphorylation was higher (P < 0.05) immediately after exercise than at rest in all protocols, and 1.3‐ to 2‐fold higher (P < 0.05) in CS than in the other protocols. CREB phosphorylation was higher (P < 0.05) 2 and 5 h after exercise than at rest in all protocols, and higher (P < 0.05) in DS than CS 2 h after exercise. This suggests that neither plasma adrenaline nor muscle metabolic stress determines the magnitude of PGC‐1α mRNA response in human muscle. Furthermore, higher exercise‐induced changes in AMPK, p38, and CREB phosphorylation are not associated with differences in the PGC‐1α mRNA response.
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- Nina Brandt
- The August Krogh Centre, Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Integrated Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Integrated Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Integrated Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Integrated Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The August Krogh Centre, Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Integrated Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Steidle-Kloc E, Schönfelder M, Müller E, Sixt S, Schuler G, Patsch W, Niebauer J. Does exercise training impact clock genes in patients with coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus? Eur J Prev Cardiol 2016; 23:1375-82. [DOI: 10.1177/2047487316639682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Eva Steidle-Kloc
- University Institute of Sports Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University, Austria
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- Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University of Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- University Institute of Sports Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University, Austria
- Research Institute of Molecular Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University, Austria
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Fentz J, Kjøbsted R, Kristensen CM, Hingst JR, Birk JB, Gudiksen A, Foretz M, Schjerling P, Viollet B, Pilegaard H, Wojtaszewski JFP. AMPKα is essential for acute exercise-induced gene responses but not for exercise training-induced adaptations in mouse skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2015; 309:E900-14. [PMID: 26419588 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00157.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Exercise training increases skeletal muscle expression of metabolic proteins improving the oxidative capacity. Adaptations in skeletal muscle by pharmacologically induced activation of 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) are dependent on the AMPKα2 subunit. We hypothesized that exercise training-induced increases in exercise capacity and expression of metabolic proteins, as well as acute exercise-induced gene regulation, would be compromised in muscle-specific AMPKα1 and -α2 double-knockout (mdKO) mice. An acute bout of exercise increased skeletal muscle mRNA content of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, glucose transporter 4, and VEGF in an AMPK-dependent manner, whereas cluster of differentiation 36 and fatty acid transport protein 1 mRNA content increased similarly in AMPKα wild-type (WT) and mdKO mice. During 4 wk of voluntary running wheel exercise training, the AMPKα mdKO mice ran less than WT. Maximal running speed was lower in AMPKα mdKO than in WT mice but increased similarly in both genotypes with exercise training. Exercise training increased quadriceps protein content of ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase core protein 1 (UQCRC1), cytochrome c, hexokinase II, plasma membrane fatty acid-binding protein, and citrate synthase activity more in AMPKα WT than in mdKO muscle. However, analysis of a subgroup of mice matched for running distance revealed that only UQCRC1 protein content increased more in WT than in mdKO mice with exercise training. Thus, AMPKα1 and -α2 subunits are important for acute exercise-induced mRNA responses of some genes and may be involved in regulating basal metabolic protein expression but seem to be less important in exercise training-induced adaptations in metabolic proteins.
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- Joachim Fentz
- Section of Molecular Physiology, the August Krogh Centre, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Molecular Physiology, the August Krogh Centre, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Molecular Physiology, the August Krogh Centre, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Molecular Physiology, the August Krogh Centre, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France; CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France; Université Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Institute of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bispebjerg Hospital and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France; CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France; Université Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Molecular Physiology, the August Krogh Centre, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;
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Acute and transient changes in gene transcription following a single exercise bout, if reinforced by repeated exercise stimuli, result in the longer lasting effects on protein expression and function that form the basis of skeletal muscle training adaptations. Changes in skeletal muscle gene expression occur in response to multiple stimuli associated with skeletal muscle contraction, various signaling kinases that respond to these stimuli, and numerous downstream pathways and targets of these kinases. In addition, DNA methylation, histone acetylation and phosphorylation, and micro-RNAs can alter gene expression via epigenetic mechanisms. Contemporary studies rely upon "big omics data," in combination with computational and systems biology, to interrogate, and make sense of, the complex interactions underpinning exercise adaptations. The exciting potential is a greater understanding of the integrative biology of exercise.
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- Mark Hargreaves
- Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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Alghannam AF, Tsintzas K, Thompson D, Bilzon J, Betts JA. Post-Exercise Protein Trial: Interactions between Diet and Exercise (PEPTIDE): study protocol for randomized controlled trial. Trials 2014; 15:459. [PMID: 25420552 PMCID: PMC4253013 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Performing regular exercise is known to manifest a number of health benefits that mainly relate to cardiovascular and muscular adaptations to allow for greater oxygen extraction and utilization. There is increasing evidence that nutrient intake can affect the adaptive response to a single exercise bout, and that protein feeding is important to facilitate this process. Thus, the exercise-nutrient interaction may potentially lead to a greater response to training. The role of post-exercise protein ingestion in enhancing the effects of running-based endurance exercise training relative to energy-matched carbohydrate intervention remains to be established. Additionally, the influence of immediate versus overnight protein ingestion in mediating these training effects is currently unknown. The current protocol aims to establish whether post-exercise nutrient intake and timing would influence the magnitude of improvements during a prescribed endurance training program. METHODS/DESIGN The project involves two phases with each involving two treatment arms applied in a randomized investigator-participant double-blind parallel group design. For each treatment, participants will be required to undergo six weeks of running-based endurance training. Immediately post-exercise, participants will be prescribed solutions providing 0.4 grams per kilogram of body mass (g · kg(-1)) of whey protein hydrolysate plus 0.4 g · kg(-1) sucrose, relative to an isocaloric sucrose control (0.8 g · kg(-1); Phase I). In Phase II, identical protein supplements will be provided (0.4 + 0.4 g · kg(-1) · h(-1) of whey protein hydrolysate and sucrose, respectively), with the timing of ingestion manipulated to compare immediate versus overnight recovery feedings. Anthropometric, expired gas, venous blood and muscle biopsy samples will be obtained at baseline and following the six-week training period. DISCUSSION By investigating the role of nutrition in enhancing the effects of endurance exercise training, we will provide novel insight regarding nutrient-exercise interactions and the potential to help and develop effective methods to maximize health or performance outcomes in response to regular exercise. TRIAL REGISTRATION Current Controlled Trials registration number: ISRCTN27312291 (date assigned: 4 December 2013). The first participant was randomized on 11 December 2013.
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- Abdullah F Alghannam
- Human Physiology Research Group, Department for Health, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
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Ling C, Rönn T. Epigenetic adaptation to regular exercise in humans. Drug Discov Today 2014; 19:1015-8. [PMID: 24632002 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2014.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Regular exercise has numerous health benefits, for example, it reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. It has also been shown that the risk of type 2 diabetes can be halved in high-risk groups through nonpharmacological lifestyle interventions involving exercise and diet. Nevertheless, the number of people living a sedentary life is dramatically increasing worldwide. Researchers have searched for molecular mechanisms explaining the health benefits of regular exercise for decades and it is well established that exercise alters the gene expression pattern in multiple tissues. However, until recently it was unknown that regular exercise can modify the genome-wide DNA methylation pattern in humans. This review will focus on recent progress in the field of regular exercise and epigenetics.
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- Charlotte Ling
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Epigenetics and Diabetes Unit, Lund University Diabetes Centre, CRC, Scania University Hospital, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Epigenetics and Diabetes Unit, Lund University Diabetes Centre, CRC, Scania University Hospital, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden
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Bouchard C, Rankinen T, Timmons JA. Genomics and genetics in the biology of adaptation to exercise. Compr Physiol 2013; 1:1603-48. [PMID: 23733655 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c100059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This article is devoted to the role of genetic variation and gene-exercise interactions in the biology of adaptation to exercise. There is evidence from genetic epidemiology research that DNA sequence differences contribute to human variation in physical activity level, cardiorespiratory fitness in the untrained state, cardiovascular and metabolic response to acute exercise, and responsiveness to regular exercise. Methodological and technological advances have made it possible to undertake the molecular dissection of the genetic component of complex, multifactorial traits, such as those of interest to exercise biology, in terms of tissue expression profile, genes, and allelic variants. The evidence from animal models and human studies is considered. Data on candidate genes, genome-wide linkage results, genome-wide association findings, expression arrays, and combinations of these approaches are reviewed. Combining transcriptomic and genomic technologies has been shown to be more powerful as evidenced by the development of a recent molecular predictor of the ability to increase VO2max with exercise training. For exercise as a behavior and physiological fitness as a state to be major players in public health policies will require that the role of human individuality and the influence of DNA sequence differences be understood. Likewise, progress in the use of exercise in therapeutic medicine will depend to a large extent on our ability to identify the favorable responders for given physiological properties to a given exercise regimen.
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- Claude Bouchard
- Human Genomics Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
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Glucose is an important fuel for contracting muscle, and normal glucose metabolism is vital for health. Glucose enters the muscle cell via facilitated diffusion through the GLUT4 glucose transporter which translocates from intracellular storage depots to the plasma membrane and T-tubules upon muscle contraction. Here we discuss the current understanding of how exercise-induced muscle glucose uptake is regulated. We briefly discuss the role of glucose supply and metabolism and concentrate on GLUT4 translocation and the molecular signaling that sets this in motion during muscle contractions. Contraction-induced molecular signaling is complex and involves a variety of signaling molecules including AMPK, Ca(2+), and NOS in the proximal part of the signaling cascade as well as GTPases, Rab, and SNARE proteins and cytoskeletal components in the distal part. While acute regulation of muscle glucose uptake relies on GLUT4 translocation, glucose uptake also depends on muscle GLUT4 expression which is increased following exercise. AMPK and CaMKII are key signaling kinases that appear to regulate GLUT4 expression via the HDAC4/5-MEF2 axis and MEF2-GEF interactions resulting in nuclear export of HDAC4/5 in turn leading to histone hyperacetylation on the GLUT4 promoter and increased GLUT4 transcription. Exercise training is the most potent stimulus to increase skeletal muscle GLUT4 expression, an effect that may partly contribute to improved insulin action and glucose disposal and enhanced muscle glycogen storage following exercise training in health and disease.
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- Erik A Richter
- Molecular Physiology Group, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Gallagher PM, Touchberry CD, Teson K, McCabe E, Tehel M, Wacker MJ. Effects of an acute bout of resistance exercise on fiber-type specific GLUT4 and IGF-1R expression. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2013; 38:581-6. [DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2012-0301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The effects of resistance exercise on fiber-type–specific expression of insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-1R) and glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) was determined in 6 healthy males. The expression of both genes increased in Type I fibers (p < 0.05), but only GLUT4 increased (p < 0.05) in Type II fibers. These data demonstrates that an acute bout of resistance exercise can up-regulate mechanisms of glucose uptake in slow and fast-twitch fibers, but the IGF signaling axis may not be as effective in fast-twitch fibers.
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- Philip M. Gallagher
- Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Science, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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- Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Science, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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Greene NP, Fluckey JD, Lambert BS, Greene ES, Riechman SE, Crouse SF. Regulators of blood lipids and lipoproteins? PPARδ and AMPK, induced by exercise, are correlated with lipids and lipoproteins in overweight/obese men and women. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 303:E1212-21. [PMID: 22990076 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00309.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PPARδ is a transcription factor regulating the expression of genes involved in oxidative metabolism, which may regulate blood cholesterols through transcription of oxidative and lipoprotein metabolism genes. To determine the association of skeletal muscle PPARδ content with blood lipids and lipoproteins before and following exercise, overweight and obese men (n = 9) and women (n = 7) were recruited; age, BMI, body fat percentage, and Vo(2max) were (means ± SE) 45 ± 2.5 yr, 31.9 ± 1.4 kg/m(-2), 41.1 ± 1.5%, and 26.0 ± 1.3 mLO(2)·kg(-1)·min(-1), respectively. Subjects performed 12 wk of endurance exercise training (3 sessions/wk, progressing to 500 kcal/session). To assess the acute exercise response, subjects performed a single exercise session on a treadmill (70% Vo(2max), 400 kcal energy expenditure) before and after training. Muscle and blood samples were obtained prior to any exercise and 24 h after each acute exercise session. Muscle was analyzed for protein content of PPARδ, PPARα, PGC-1α, AMPKα, and the oxidative and lipoprotein markers FAT/CD36, CPT I, COX-IV, LPL, F(1) ATPase, ABCAI, and LDL receptor. Blood was assessed for lipids and lipoproteins. Repeated-measures ANOVA revealed no influence of sex on measured outcomes. PPARδ, PGC-1α, FAT/CD36, and LPL content were enhanced following acute exercise, whereas PPARα, AMPKα, CPT I, and COX-IV content were enhanced only after exercise training. PPARδ content negatively correlated with total and LDL cholesterol concentrations primarily in the untrained condition (r ≤ -0.4946, P < 0.05), whereas AMPKα was positively correlated with HDL cholesterol concentrations regardless of exercise (r ≥ 0.5543, P < 0.05). Our findings demonstrate exercise-induced expression of skeletal muscle PPARs and their target proteins, and this expression is associated with improved blood lipids and lipoproteins in obese adults.
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- Nicholas P Greene
- Applied Exercise Science Laboratory, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
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Psilander N, Frank P, Flockhart M, Sahlin K. Exercise with low glycogen increases PGC-1α gene expression in human skeletal muscle. Eur J Appl Physiol 2012; 113:951-63. [PMID: 23053125 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-012-2504-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Recent studies suggest that carbohydrate restriction can improve the training-induced adaptation of muscle oxidative capacity. However, the importance of low muscle glycogen on the molecular signaling of mitochondrial biogenesis remains unclear. Here, we compare the effects of exercise with low (LG) and normal (NG) glycogen on different molecular factors involved in the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis. Ten highly trained cyclists (VO(2max) 65 ± 1 ml/kg/min, W max 387 ± 8 W) exercised for 60 min at approximately 64 % VO(2max) with either low [166 ± 21 mmol/kg dry weight (dw)] or normal (478 ± 33 mmol/kg dw) muscle glycogen levels achieved by prior exercise/diet intervention. Muscle biopsies were taken before, and 3 h after, exercise. The mRNA of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1 was enhanced to a greater extent when exercise was performed with low compared with normal glycogen levels (8.1-fold vs. 2.5-fold increase). Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isozyme 4 mRNA were increased after LG (1.3- and 114-fold increase, respectively), but not after NG. Phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase, p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases and acetyl-CoA carboxylase was not changed 3 h post-exercise. Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production and glutathione oxidative status tended to be reduced 3 h post-exercise. We conclude that exercise with low glycogen levels amplifies the expression of the major genetic marker for mitochondrial biogenesis in highly trained cyclists. The results suggest that low glycogen exercise may be beneficial for improving muscle oxidative capacity.
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- Niklas Psilander
- The Åstrand Laboratory of Work Physiology, GIH, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Box 5626, 114 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Friedmann-Bette B, Schwartz FR, Eckhardt H, Billeter R, Bonaterra G, Kinscherf R. Similar changes of gene expression in human skeletal muscle after resistance exercise and multiple fine needle biopsies. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2011; 112:289-95. [PMID: 22052872 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00959.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Repeated biopsy sampling from one muscle is necessary to investigate muscular adaptation to different forms of exercise as adaptation is thought to be the result of cumulative effects of transient changes in gene expression in response to single exercise bouts. In a crossover study, we obtained four fine needle biopsies from one vastus lateralis muscle of 11 male subjects (25.9 ± 3.8 yr, 179.2 ± 4.8 cm, 76.5 ± 7.0 kg), taken before (baseline), 1, 4, and 24 h after one bout of squatting exercise performed as conventional squatting or as whole body vibration exercise. To investigate if the repeated biopsy sampling has a confounding effect on the observed changes in gene expression, four fine needle biopsies from one vastus lateralis muscle were also taken from 8 male nonexercising control subjects (24.5 ± 3.7 yr, 180.6 ± 1.2 cm, 81.2 ± 1.6 kg) at the equivalent time points. Using RT-PCR, we observed similar patterns of change in the squatting as well as in the control group for the mRNAs of interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-6 receptor, insulin-like growth factor 1, p21, phosphofructokinase, and glucose transporter in relation to the baseline biopsy. In conclusion, multiple fine needle biopsies obtained from the same muscle region can per se influence the expression of marker genes induced by an acute bout of resistance exercise.
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- Birgit Friedmann-Bette
- Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Clinic, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Ringholm S, Biensø RS, Kiilerich K, Guadalupe-Grau A, Aachmann-Andersen NJ, Saltin B, Plomgaard P, Lundby C, Wojtaszewski JFP, Calbet JA, Pilegaard H. Bed rest reduces metabolic protein content and abolishes exercise-induced mRNA responses in human skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2011; 301:E649-58. [PMID: 21750272 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00230.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The aim was to test the hypothesis that 7 days of bed rest reduces mitochondrial number and expression and activity of oxidative proteins in human skeletal muscle but that exercise-induced intracellular signaling as well as mRNA and microRNA (miR) responses are maintained after bed rest. Twelve young, healthy male subjects completed 7 days of bed rest with vastus lateralis muscle biopsies taken before and after bed rest. In addition, muscle biopsies were obtained from six of the subjects prior to, immediately after, and 3 h after 45 min of one-legged knee extensor exercise performed before and after bed rest. Maximal oxygen uptake decreased by 4%, and exercise endurance decreased nonsignificantly, by 11%, by bed rest. Bed rest reduced skeletal muscle mitochondrial DNA/nuclear DNA content 15%, hexokinase II and sirtuin 1 protein content ∼45%, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and citrate synthase activity ∼8%, and miR-1 and miR-133a content ∼10%. However, cytochrome c and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein content as well as capillarization did not change significantly with bed rest. Acute exercise increased AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylation, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α, and VEGF mRNA content in skeletal muscle before bed rest, but the responses were abolished after bed rest. The present findings indicate that only 7 days of physical inactivity reduces skeletal muscle metabolic capacity as well as abolishes exercise-induced adaptive gene responses, likely reflecting an interference with the ability of skeletal muscle to adapt to exercise.
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- Stine Ringholm
- Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Ringseis R, Mooren FC, Keller J, Couturier A, Wen G, Hirche F, Stangl GI, Eder K, Krüger K. Regular endurance exercise improves the diminished hepatic carnitine status in mice fed a high-fat diet. Mol Nutr Food Res 2011; 55 Suppl 2:S193-202. [DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201100040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Revised: 04/29/2011] [Accepted: 05/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Adser H, Wojtaszewski JFP, Jakobsen AH, Kiilerich K, Hidalgo J, Pilegaard H. Interleukin-6 modifies mRNA expression in mouse skeletal muscle. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 202:165-73. [PMID: 21352507 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2011.02269.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIM The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that interleukin (IL)-6 plays a role in exercise-induced peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ co-activator (PGC)-1α and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α mRNA responses in skeletal muscle and to examine the potential IL-6-mediated AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) regulation in these responses. METHODS Whole body IL-6 knockout (KO) and wildtype (WT) male mice (4 months of age) performed 1 h treadmill exercise. White gastrocnemius (WG) and quadriceps (Quad) muscles were removed immediately (0') or 4 h after exercise and from mice not run acutely. RESULTS Acute exercise reduced only in WT muscle glycogen concentration to 55 and 35% (P < 0.05) of resting level in Quad and WG respectively. While AMPK and Acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC) phosphorylation increased 1.3-fold (P < 0.05) in WG and twofold in Quad immediately after exercise in WT mice, no change was detected in WG in IL-6 KO mice. The PGC-1α mRNA content was in resting WG 1.8-fold higher (P < 0.05) in WT mice than in IL-6 KO mice. Exercise induced a delayed PGC-1α mRNA increase in Quad in IL-6 KO mice (12-fold at 4 h) relative to WT mice (fivefold at 0'). The TNF-α mRNA content was in resting Quad twofold higher (P < 0.05) in IL-6 KO than in WT, and WG TNF-α mRNA increased twofold (P < 0.05) immediately after exercise only in IL-6 KO. CONCLUSION In conclusion, IL-6 affects exercise-induced glycogen use, AMPK signalling and TNF-α mRNA responses in mouse skeletal muscle.
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- H Adser
- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Fujimoto E, Yamaguchi W, Terada S, Higuchi M, Tabata I. Change in PGC-1α expression in rat skeletal muscle after low-intensity prolonged swimming exercise. J Physiol Anthropol 2011; 30:23-7. [PMID: 21307617 DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.30.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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After 6-h low-intensity swimming exercise (LIE), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator -1α (PGC-1α) in whole and nuclear fractions in rat skeletal muscle was higher than the control rats' muscles up to 18 h after LIE. However, no study has reported change in PGC-1α content after that. Therefore, we measured PGC-1α in whole and nuclear fractions in rat skeletal muscle up to 24 h after LIE. Furthermore, we evaluated change in the mRNA of δ-aminolevulinate synthase (ALAS), a mitochondrial protein, to clarify in which fraction of PGC-1α has a physiological role as a transcriptional coactivator for enhancing the mitochondrial oxidative enzymes after exercise. We measured PGC-1α protein content in whole and nuclear fractions in the epitrochlearis (EPI) muscle of male Sprague-Dawley rats (age: 6 w; body weight: 180-200 g) after LIE by Western-blot analysis. The ALAS mRNA content was quantified by RT-PCR. The PGC-1α contents in whole fractions in the rat EPI muscle were 73% and 75% higher than that of the control rats' muscle, 18 h and 24 h after LIE, respectively. The PGC-1α content in nuclear fractions in the muscle and ALAS mRNA was higher than that of the control rats' muscle by 58% and 25%, respectively, while they returned to the control level 24 h after LIE. The present investigation demonstrated that the time-course of PGC-1α content in nuclear fractions in the EPI muscle was the same as the ALAS mRNA, suggesting that PGC-1α in the nucleus may have a physiological function as a transcriptional coactivator for enhancing mitochondrial protein expression after exercise.
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- Eri Fujimoto
- Health Promotion and Exercise Program, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
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Nguyen LMD, Hood DA. Contractile activity-induced gene expression in fast- and slow-twitch muscle. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2011; 36:233-41. [DOI: 10.1139/h11-004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Linda M.-D. Nguyen
- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, The Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, The Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
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Perry CGR, Lally J, Holloway GP, Heigenhauser GJF, Bonen A, Spriet LL. Repeated transient mRNA bursts precede increases in transcriptional and mitochondrial proteins during training in human skeletal muscle. J Physiol 2010; 588:4795-810. [PMID: 20921196 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.199448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Exercise training induces mitochondrial biogenesis, but the time course of molecular sequelae that accompany repetitive training stimuli remains to be determined in human skeletal muscle. Therefore, throughout a seven-session, high-intensity interval training period that increased (12%), we examined the time course of responses of (a) mitochondrial biogenesis and fusion and fission proteins, and (b) selected transcriptional and mitochondrial mRNAs and proteins in human muscle. Muscle biopsies were obtained 4 and 24 h after the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th training session. PGC-1α mRNA was increased >10-fold 4 h after the 1st session and returned to control within 24 h. This 'saw-tooth' pattern continued until the 7th bout, with smaller increases after each bout. In contrast, PGC-1α protein was increased 24 h after the 1st bout (23%) and plateaued at +30-40% between the 3rd and 7th bout. Increases in PGC-1β mRNA and protein were more delayed and smaller, and did not persist. Distinct patterns of increases were observed in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α and γ protein (1 session), PPAR β/δ mRNA and protein (5 sessions) and nuclear respiratory factor-2 protein (3 sessions) while no changes occurred in mitochondrial transcription factor A protein. Citrate synthase (CS) and β-HAD mRNA were rapidly increased (1 session), followed 2 sessions later (session 3) by increases in CS and β-HAD activities, and mitochondrial DNA. Changes in COX-IV mRNA (session 3) and protein (session 5) were more delayed. Training also increased mitochondrial fission proteins (fission protein-1, >2-fold; dynamin-related protein-1, 47%) and the fusion protein mitofusin-1 (35%) but not mitofusin-2. This study has provided the following novel information: (a) the training-induced increases in transcriptional and mitochondrial proteins appear to result from the cumulative effects of transient bursts in their mRNAs, (b) training-induced mitochondrial biogenesis appears to involve re-modelling in addition to increased mitochondrial content, and (c) the 'transcriptional capacity' of human muscle is extremely sensitive, being activated by one training bout.
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- Christopher G R Perry
- Department of Physiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
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PGC-1alpha-mediated adaptations in skeletal muscle. Pflugers Arch 2010; 460:153-62. [PMID: 20401754 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-010-0834-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2010] [Revised: 03/17/2010] [Accepted: 03/19/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lifestyle-related diseases are rapidly increasing at least in part due to less physical activity. The health beneficial effects of regular physical activity include metabolic adaptations in skeletal muscle, which are thought to be elicited by cumulative effects of transient gene responses to each single exercise, but how is this regulated? A potential candidate in this is the transcriptional coactivator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator (PGC)-1alpha, which has been identified as a master regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis, but also been shown to regulate proteins involved in angiogenesis and the anti-oxidant defence as well as to affect expression of inflammatory markers. Exercise increases PGC-1alpha transcription and potentially PGC-1alpha activity through post-translational modifications, and concomitant PGC-1alpha-mediated gene regulation is suggested to be an underlying mechanism for adaptations in skeletal muscle, when exercise is repeated. The current review presents some of the key findings in PGC-1alpha-mediated regulation of metabolically related, anti-oxidant and inflammatory proteins in skeletal muscle in the basal state and in response to exercise training, and describes functional significance of PGC-1alpha-mediated effects in skeletal muscle. In addition, regulation of PGC-1alpha expression and activity in skeletal muscle is described. The impact of changes in PGC-1alpha expression in mouse skeletal muscle and the ability of PGC-1alpha to regulate multiple pathways and functions underline the potential importance of PGC-1alpha in skeletal muscle adaptations in humans. The absence of exercise-induced PGC-1alpha-mediated gene regulation during a physical inactive lifestyle is suggested to lead to reduced oxidative capacity of skeletal muscle and concomitant impaired metabolism.
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