Endurance Training and Enzymatic Activities in Skeletal Muscle

2015 ◽  
pp. 165-174
Author(s):  
Gianni Benzi
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Enzymatic Activities

Some glutathione-related enzymatic activities in skeletal muscle and myocardium of the rat. Adaptations to endurance training

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 240S-240S
Author(s):  
E. MONSALVE ◽  
C. HERMENEGILDO ◽  
E. NIES ◽  
F.J. PUERTAS ◽  
MM. ALMAR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Enzymatic Activities

scholarly journals Lack of Skeletal Muscle Serotonin Impairs Physical Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 117864692110031
Author(s):  
Marion Falabrègue ◽  
Anne-Claire Boschat ◽  
Romain Jouffroy ◽  
Marieke Derquennes ◽  
Haidar Djemai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Tryptophan Metabolism ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Tryptophan Metabolites ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Deficient Mice

Low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin have been associated with the onset of depression. While traditional treatments include antidepressants, physical exercise has emerged as an alternative for patients with depressive disorders. Yet there remains the fundamental question of how exercise is sensed by the brain. The existence of a muscle–brain endocrine loop has been proposed: according to this scenario, exercise modulates metabolization of tryptophan into kynurenine within skeletal muscle, which in turn affects the brain, enhancing resistance to depression. But the breakdown of tryptophan into kynurenine during exercise may also alter serotonin synthesis and help limit depression. In this study, we investigated whether peripheral serotonin might play a role in muscle–brain communication permitting adaptation for endurance training. We first quantified tryptophan metabolites in the blood of 4 trained athletes before and after a long-distance trail race and correlated changes in tryptophan metabolism with physical performance. In parallel, to assess exercise capacity and endurance in trained control and peripheral serotonin–deficient mice, we used a treadmill incremental test. Peripheral serotonin–deficient mice exhibited a significant drop in physical performance despite endurance training. Brain levels of tryptophan metabolites were similar in wild-type and peripheral serotonin–deficient animals, and no products of muscle-induced tryptophan metabolism were found in the plasma or brains of peripheral serotonin–deficient mice. But mass spectrometric analyses revealed a significant decrease in levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), the main serotonin metabolite, in both the soleus and plantaris muscles, demonstrating that metabolization of tryptophan into serotonin in muscles is essential for adaptation to endurance training. In light of these findings, the breakdown of tryptophan into peripheral but not brain serotonin appears to be the rate-limiting step for muscle adaptation to endurance training. The data suggest that there is a peripheral mechanism responsible for the positive effects of exercise, and that muscles are secretory organs with autocrine-paracrine roles in which serotonin has a local effect.

The relationship between human skeletal muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase activity and muscle aerobic capacity

2011 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo K. Love ◽  
Paul J. LeBlanc ◽  
J. Greig Inglis ◽  
Nicolette S. Bradley ◽  
Jon Choptiany ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Aerobic Capacity ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Human Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Citrate Synthase ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Carbohydrate Oxidation ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase

Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) is a mitochondrial enzyme responsible for regulating the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA for use in the tricarboxylic acid cycle. PDH is regulated through phosphorylation and inactivation by PDH kinase (PDK) and dephosphorylation and activation by PDH phosphatase (PDP). The effect of endurance training on PDK in humans has been investigated; however, to date no study has examined the effect of endurance training on PDP in humans. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine differences in PDP activity and PDP1 protein content in human skeletal muscle across a range of muscle aerobic capacities. This association is important as higher PDP activity and protein content will allow for increased activation of PDH, and carbohydrate oxidation. The main findings of this study were that 1) PDP activity ( r2 = 0.399, P = 0.001) and PDP1 protein expression ( r2 = 0.153, P = 0.039) were positively correlated with citrate synthase (CS) activity as a marker for muscle aerobic capacity; 2) E1α ( r2 = 0.310, P = 0.002) and PDK2 protein ( r2 = 0.229, P =0.012) are positively correlated with muscle CS activity; and 3) although it is the most abundant isoform, PDP1 protein content only explained ∼18% of the variance in PDP activity ( r2 = 0.184, P = 0.033). In addition, PDP1 in combination with E1α explained ∼38% of the variance in PDP activity ( r2 = 0.383, P = 0.005), suggesting that there may be alternative regulatory mechanisms of this enzyme other than protein content. These data suggest that with higher muscle aerobic capacity (CS activity) there is a greater capacity for carbohydrate oxidation (E1α), in concert with higher potential for PDH activation (PDP activity).

HIF-1α in endurance training: suppression of oxidative metabolism

2007 ◽  
Vol 293 (5) ◽  
pp. R2059-R2069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven D. Mason ◽  
Helene Rundqvist ◽  
Ioanna Papandreou ◽  
Roger Duh ◽  
Wayne J. McNulty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Oxidative Metabolism ◽  
Hypoxia Inducible Factor ◽  
Transcriptional Response ◽  
Oxidative Capacity ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase ◽  
Amp Activated Protein Kinase ◽  
Training Protocol

During endurance training, exercising skeletal muscle experiences severe and repetitive oxygen stress. The primary transcriptional response factor for acclimation to hypoxic stress is hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), which upregulates glycolysis and angiogenesis in response to low levels of tissue oxygenation. To examine the role of HIF-1α in endurance training, we have created mice specifically lacking skeletal muscle HIF-1α and subjected them to an endurance training protocol. We found that only wild-type mice improve their oxidative capacity, as measured by the respiratory exchange ratio; surprisingly, we found that HIF-1α null mice have already upregulated this parameter without training. Furthermore, untrained HIF-1α null mice have an increased capillary to fiber ratio and elevated oxidative enzyme activities. These changes correlate with constitutively activated AMP-activated protein kinase in the HIF-1α null muscles. Additionally, HIF-1α null muscles have decreased expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase I, a HIF-1α target that inhibits oxidative metabolism. These data demonstrate that removal of HIF-1α causes an adaptive response in skeletal muscle akin to endurance training and provides evidence for the suppression of mitochondrial biogenesis by HIF-1α in normal tissue.

scholarly journals Branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase kinase content in rat skeletal muscle is decreased by endurance training

IUBMB Life ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1211-1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisao Fujii ◽  
Yoshiharu Shimomura ◽  
Taro Murakami ◽  
Naoya Nakai ◽  
Tasuku Sato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Keto Acid ◽  
Rat Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Acid Dehydrogenase ◽  
Branched Chain

scholarly journals The Role of Eif6 in Skeletal Muscle Homeostasis Revealed by Endurance Training Co-expression Networks

Cell Reports ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1507-1520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Clarke ◽  
Sara Ricciardi ◽  
Tim Pearson ◽  
Izwan Bharudin ◽  
Peter K. Davidsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Muscle Homeostasis
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