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27-01-2022 | Original Article

Endurance exercise training under normal diet conditions activates skeletal muscle protein synthesis and inhibits protein degradation signaling except MuRF1

Authors: Majid Gholipour, Mastaneh Seifabadi, Mohammad Reza Asad

Published in: Sport Sciences for Health | Issue 3/2022

Abstract

Purpose

Loss of skeletal muscle mass, which depends on a balance between protein synthesis and degradation, is common in sarcopenia, cachexia, and some diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the alterations and interactions of protein synthesis and degradation signaling components induced by 8-week endurance exercise training with a normal diet.

Methods

Two exercise (n = 8) and control (n = 7) groups of Wistar rats were kept under standard conditions. The exercise group performed 8-week endurance running at 65–70% VO2max, 30–60 min, on a treadmill with 0° slope, and the rats of the control group were maintained under identical conditions except exercise training. Forty-eight hours after the last exercise session, the dissected soleus muscles were stored at − 80 °C for gene and protein expression analyses.

Results

Although there was a non-significant increase in mTOR gene expression, Akt1 and S6K1 increased significantly compared with the control group, which was confirmed by Western blot analysis. In addition, given that the FoxO3a did not increase, 4E-BP1 and LC3a were suppressed significantly and were confirmed by Western blot analysis. Contrary to our hypothesis, the MuRF1 gene expression was significantly increased compared with the control group.

Conclusion

The results showed that the moderate-intensity endurance exercise training protocol with no calories restrictions, normal diet, not only does not lead to protein degradation but also sufficiently activates protein synthesis signaling. Further investigations including exercise training with different intensities and nutritional status are needed to reveal the cause of the unusual MuRF1 response.

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Title: Endurance exercise training under normal diet conditions activates skeletal muscle protein synthesis and inhibits protein degradation signaling except MuRF1
Authors: Majid Gholipour
Mastaneh Seifabadi
Mohammad Reza Asad
Publication date: 27-01-2022
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Sport Sciences for Health / Issue 3/2022
Print ISSN: 1824-7490
Electronic ISSN: 1825-1234
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-021-00888-8

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Endurance exercise training under normal diet conditions activates skeletal muscle protein synthesis and inhibits protein degradation signaling except MuRF1

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