scholarly journals Influence of Sex on the Changes in Regional Fat and Skeletal Muscle Mass in Response to Exercise Training in Adolescents with Obesity

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Deldin ◽  
Jennifer L. Kuk ◽  
SoJung Lee
2010 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Koopman

Ageing is accompanied by a progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, leading to the loss of functional capacity and an increased risk for developing chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes. The age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass results from a chronic disruption in the balance between muscle protein synthesis and degradation. As basal muscle protein synthesis rates are likely not different between healthy young and elderly human subjects, it was proposed that muscles from older adults lack the ability to regulate the protein synthetic response to anabolic stimuli, such as food intake and physical activity. Indeed, the dose–response relationship between myofibrillar protein synthesis and the availability of essential amino acids and/or resistance exercise intensity is shifted down and to the right in elderly human subjects. This so-called ‘anabolic resistance’ represents a key factor responsible for the age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass. Interestingly, long-term resistance exercise training is effective as a therapeutic intervention to augment skeletal muscle mass, and improves functional performance in the elderly. The consumption of different types of proteins, i.e. protein hydrolysates, can have different stimulatory effects on muscle protein synthesis in the elderly, which may be due to their higher rate of digestion and absorption. Current research aims to elucidate the interactions between nutrition, exercise and the skeletal muscle adaptive response that will define more effective strategies to maximise the therapeutic benefits of lifestyle interventions in the elderly.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Marcelo G. Pereira ◽  
Vanessa A. Voltarelli ◽  
Gabriel C. Tobias ◽  
Lara de Souza ◽  
Gabriela S. Borges ◽  
...  

Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial and devastating syndrome characterized by severe skeletal muscle mass loss and dysfunction. As cachexia still has neither a cure nor an effective treatment, better understanding of skeletal muscle plasticity in the context of cancer is of great importance. Although aerobic exercise training (AET) has been shown as an important complementary therapy for chronic diseases and associated comorbidities, the impact of AET on skeletal muscle mass maintenance during cancer progression has not been well documented yet. Here, we show that previous AET induced a protective mechanism against tumor-induced muscle wasting by modulating the Akt/mTORC1 signaling and eukaryotic initiation factors, specifically eIF2-α. Thereafter, it was determined whether the in vivo Akt activation would induce a hypertrophic profile in cachectic muscles. As observed for the first time, Akt-induced hypertrophy was able and sufficient to either prevent or revert cancer cachexia by modulating both Akt/mTORC1 pathway and the eIF-2α activation, and induced a better muscle functionality. These findings provide evidence that skeletal muscle tissue still preserves hypertrophic potential to be stimulated by either AET or gene therapy to counteract cancer cachexia.


Author(s):  
Arash Ardavani ◽  
Hariz Aziz ◽  
Ken Smith ◽  
Philip J. Atherton ◽  
Bethan E. Phillips ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chyi-Huey Bai ◽  
Javad Alizargar ◽  
Jia-Ping Wu

AbstractSarcopenic obesity is a progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength with increases in adiposity. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of resveratrol on obesity or sarcopenia to potential therapy risk for skeletal muscle declines in physical function. C57BL/6J male mice were fed either a high-fat diet for 4 weeks and resveratrol (low-, middle-, and high-dose) for 8 weeks to express the obesity effect. Samp8 mice sarcopenia skeletal muscle functional deterioration expressed an age-associated decline. Resveratrol (150 mg/Kg BW, daily) was administered by oral gavage two times a week one month of the experimental period. Exercise training based on adaptations in the muscle is training twice a week for 4 weeks. The skeletal muscles from mice in each group were analyzed by H&E staining, TUNEL and western blot analysis to determine mitochondrial function expression, apoptosis and relative fibrosis signaling. Results of the present study indicate that resveratrol in obesity skeletal muscle is linked to an increase in the expression of mitochondrial function involved in Bcl-2 and PI3K/AKT. On the other hand, resveratrol attenuates sarcopenia Samp8 mice, the age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and mitochondrial function involved in Bad, caspase 3 and IL-6/ERK1. However, exercise training not find a significant difference in sarcopenia skeletal muscles SAMP8 mice. Exercise training didn’t induce sarcopenia skeletal muscle hypertrophy in sarcopenic SAMP8 mice. Therefore, we suggest that resveratrol as a therapeutic potential in the combination of sarcopenia and obesity, the state called sarcopenic obesity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 2741
Author(s):  
Robert Solsona ◽  
Laura Pavlin ◽  
Henri Bernardi ◽  
Anthony MJ Sanchez

The regulation of skeletal muscle mass and organelle homeostasis is dependent on the capacity of cells to produce proteins and to recycle cytosolic portions. In this investigation, the mechanisms involved in skeletal muscle mass regulation—especially those associated with proteosynthesis and with the production of new organelles—are presented. Thus, the critical roles of mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway and its regulators are reviewed. In addition, the importance of ribosome biogenesis, satellite cells involvement, myonuclear accretion, and some major epigenetic modifications related to protein synthesis are discussed. Furthermore, several studies conducted on the topic of exercise training have recognized the central role of both endurance and resistance exercise to reorganize sarcomeric proteins and to improve the capacity of cells to build efficient organelles. The molecular mechanisms underlying these adaptations to exercise training are presented throughout this review and practical recommendations for exercise prescription are provided. A better understanding of the aforementioned cellular pathways is essential for both healthy and sick people to avoid inefficient prescriptions and to improve muscle function with emergent strategies (e.g., hypoxic training). Finally, current limitations in the literature and further perspectives, notably on epigenetic mechanisms, are provided to encourage additional investigations on this topic.


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