Assessment of satellite cell number and activity status in human skeletal muscle biopsies

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail L. Mackey ◽  
Michael Kjaer ◽  
Nadia Charifi ◽  
Jan Henriksson ◽  
Jens Bojsen-Moller ◽  
...  
2001 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 873-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Graham ◽  
K. B. Adamo ◽  
J. Shearer ◽  
I. Marchand ◽  
B. Saltin

We examined the net catabolism of two pools of glycogen, proglycogen (PG) and macroglycogen (MG), in human skeletal muscle during exercise. Male subjects ( n = 21) were assigned to one of three groups. Group 1 exercised 45 min at 70% maximal O2 uptake (V˙o 2 max) and had muscle biopsies at rest, 15 min, and 45 min. Group 2 exercised at 85%V˙o 2 max to exhaustion (45.4 ± 3.4 min) and had biopsies at rest, 10 min, and exhaustion. Group 3 performed three 3-min bouts of exercise at 100%V˙o 2 max separated by 6 min of rest. Biopsies were taken at rest and after each bout. Group 1 had small MG and PG net glycogenolysis rates (ranging from 3.8 ± 1.0 to 2.4 ± 0.6 mmol glucosyl units · kg−1 · min−1) that did not change over time. In group 2, the MG glycogenolysis rate remained low and unchanged over time, whereas the PG rate was initially elevated (11.3 ± 2.3 mmol glucosyl units · kg−1 · min−1) and declined ( P ≤ 0.05) with time. During the first 10 min, PG concentration ([PG]) declined ( P ≤ 0.05), whereas MG concentration ([MG]) did not. Similarly, in group 3, in both the first and the second bouts of exercise [PG] declined ( P ≤ 0.05) and [MG] did not, although by the end of the second exercise period the [MG] was lower ( P ≤ 0.05) than the rest level. The net catabolic rates for PG in the first two exercises were 22.6 ± 6.8 and 21.8 ± 8.2 mmol glucosyl units · kg−1 · min−1, whereas the corresponding values for MG were 17.6 ± 6.0 and 10.8 ± 5.6. The MG pool appeared to be more resistant to mobilization, and, when activated, its catabolism was inhibited more rapidly than that of PG. This suggests that the metabolic regulation of the two pools must be different.


2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail Louise Mackey ◽  
Lars Holm ◽  
Søren Reitelseder ◽  
Troels Gravers Pedersen ◽  
Fawzi Kadi ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 2148-2153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. LeBlanc ◽  
Krista R. Howarth ◽  
Martin J. Gibala ◽  
George J. F. Heigenhauser

This is the first study to examine the effects of endurance training on the activation state of glycogen phosphorylase (Phos) and pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) in human skeletal muscle during exercise. We hypothesized that 7 wk of endurance training (Tr) would result in a posttransformationally regulated decrease in flux through Phos and an attenuated activation of PDH during exercise due to alterations in key allosteric modulators of these important enzymes. Eight healthy men (22 ± 1 yr) cycled to exhaustion at the same absolute workload (206 ± 5 W; ∼80% of initial maximal oxygen uptake) before and after Tr. Muscle biopsies (vastus lateralis) were obtained at rest and after 5 and 15 min of exercise. Fifteen minutes of exercise post-Tr resulted in an attenuated activation of PDH (pre-Tr: 3.75 ± 0.48 vs. post-Tr: 2.65 ± 0.38 mmol·min−1·kg wet wt−1), possibly due in part to lower pyruvate content (pre-Tr: 0.94 ± 0.14 vs. post-Tr: 0.46 ± 0.03 mmol/kg dry wt). The decreased pyruvate availability during exercise post-Tr may be due to a decreased muscle glycogenolytic rate (pre-Tr: 13.22 ± 1.01 vs. post-Tr: 7.36 ± 1.26 mmol·min−1·kg dry wt−1). Decreased glycogenolysis was likely mediated, in part, by posttransformational regulation of Phos, as evidenced by smaller net increases in calculated muscle free ADP (pre-Tr: 111 ± 16 vs. post-Tr: 84 ± 10 μmol/kg dry wt) and Pi (pre-Tr: 57.1 ± 7.9 vs. post-Tr: 28.6 ± 5.6 mmol/kg dry wt). We have demonstrated for the first time that several signals act to coordinately regulate Phos and PDH, and thus carbohydrate metabolism, in human skeletal muscle after 7 wk of endurance training.


2015 ◽  
Vol 309 (4) ◽  
pp. E388-E397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam J. Trewin ◽  
Leonidas S. Lundell ◽  
Ben D. Perry ◽  
Kim Vikhe Patil ◽  
Alexander V. Chibalin ◽  
...  

—Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced in skeletal muscle may play a role in potentiating the beneficial responses to exercise; however, the effects of exercise-induced ROS on insulin action and protein signaling in humans has not been fully elucidated. Seven healthy, recreationally active participants volunteered for this double-blind, randomized, repeated-measures crossover study. Exercise was undertaken with infusion of saline (CON) or the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) to attenuate ROS. Participants performed two 1-h cycling exercise sessions 7–14 days apart, 55 min at 65% V̇o2peak plus 5 min at 85%V̇o2peak, followed 3 h later by a 2-h hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp (40 mIU·min−1·m2) to determine insulin sensitivity. Four muscle biopsies were taken on each trial day, at baseline before NAC infusion (BASE), after exercise (EX), after 3-h recovery (REC), and post-insulin clamp (PI). Exercise, ROS, and insulin action on protein phosphorylation were evaluated with immunoblotting. NAC tended to decrease postexercise markers of the ROS/protein carbonylation ratio by −13.5% ( P = 0.08) and increase the GSH/GSSG ratio twofold vs. CON ( P < 0.05). Insulin sensitivity was reduced (−5.9%, P < 0.05) by NAC compared with CON without decreased phosphorylation of Akt or AS160. Whereas p-mTOR was not significantly decreased by NAC after EX or REC, phosphorylation of the downstream protein synthesis target kinase p70S6K was blunted by 48% at PI with NAC compared with CON ( P < 0.05). We conclude that NAC infusion attenuated muscle ROS and postexercise insulin sensitivity independent of Akt signaling. ROS also played a role in normal p70S6K phosphorylation in response to insulin stimulation in human skeletal muscle.


1996 ◽  
Vol 270 (3) ◽  
pp. E456-E462 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Phillips ◽  
X. X. Han ◽  
H. J. Green ◽  
A. Bonen

We investigated the time course of training-induced changes in the expression of GLUT-1 and GLUT-4 in human skeletal muscle. Seven healthy males trained for 2 h/day (approximately 60% pretraining VO2peak) for 31 days (31D). Muscle biopsies were obtained before training (PRE) and after 5 (5D) and 31 days (31D) of training. Training resulted in progressive increases in muscle GLUT-4 with increasing training duration (PRE<5D<31D; P<0.01). Muscle GLUT-1 content was also increased (P<0.05) after training; however, the increase was not observed until 31D (131%). Increases in muscle hexokinase (HK) activity were complete by 5D (P<0.01). Muscle malate dehydrogenase activity was not elevated after 5D of training but was increased (+35%; P<0.01) at 31D. Results from this study show that increases in both GLUT-4 and HK represent early training-induced adaptations to prolonged exercise training. As training progresses, further increases in GLUT-4, but not HK, occur in conjunction with an increase in muscle mitochondrial potential and GLUT-1.


1989 ◽  
Vol 259 (3) ◽  
pp. 901-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Kida ◽  
A Katz ◽  
A D Lee ◽  
D M Mott

Activities of glycogen synthase (GS) and GS phosphatase were determined on human muscle biopsies before and after isometric contraction at 2/3 maximal voluntary force. Total GS activity did not change during contraction (4.92 +/- 0.70 at rest versus 5.00 +/- 0.42 mmol/min per kg dry wt.; mean +/- S.E.M.), whereas both the active form of GS and the ratio of active form to total GS decreased by approximately 35% (P less than 0.01). GS phosphatase was inactivated in all subjects by an average of 39%, from 5.95 +/- 1.30 to 3.63 +/- 0.97 mmol/min per kg dry wt. (P less than 0.01). It is suggested that at least part of the contraction-induced inactivation of GS is due to an inactivation of GS phosphatase.


2007 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail L. Mackey ◽  
Michael Kjaer ◽  
Sune Dandanell ◽  
Kristian H. Mikkelsen ◽  
Lars Holm ◽  
...  

The consumption of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is widespread among athletes when faced with muscle soreness or injury, but the effects of NSAIDs on satellite cell activity in humans are unknown. To investigate this, 14 healthy male endurance athletes (mean peak oxygen consumption 62 ml·kg−1·min−1) volunteered for the study, which involved running 36 km. They were divided into two groups and received either 100 mg indomethacin per day or placebo. Muscle biopsies collected before the run and on days 1, 3, and 8 afterward were analyzed for satellite cells by immunohistochemistry with the aid of neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) and fetal antigen-1 (FA1) antibodies. Muscle biopsies were also collected from untrained individuals for comparison. Compared with preexercise levels, a 27% increase in the number of NCAM+ cells was observed on day 8 postexercise in the placebo group ( P < 0.05), while levels remained similar at all time points in the NSAID group. No change was seen in the proportion of FA1+ cells, although lower levels were found in the muscle of endurance-trained athletes compared with untrained individuals ( P < 0.05). These results suggest that ingestion of anti-inflammatory drugs attenuates the exercise-induced increase in satellite cell number, supporting the role of the cyclooxygenase pathway in satellite cell activity.


Author(s):  
Oscar Horwath ◽  
Marcus Moberg ◽  
Filip J. Larsen ◽  
Andrew Philp ◽  
William Apró ◽  
...  

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