Responses of skeletal muscle hypertrophy in Wistar rats to different resistance exercise models.

Autor: Luciano TF; Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Physiology, Health Sciences Unit, University of Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, SC, Brazil. ctsouza@unesc.net., Marques SO, Pieri BL, de Souza DR, Araújo LV, Nesi RT, Scheffer DL, Comin VH, Pinho RA, Muller AP, de Souza CT
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physiological research [Physiol Res] 2017 May 04; Vol. 66 (2), pp. 317-323. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Dec 16.
DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933256
Abstrakt: This study aimed to compare the effects of three different resistance exercise models on the quadriceps muscle cross-sectional area, as well as on mTOR phosphorylation and other pivotal molecules involved in the upstream regulation of mTOR. Twenty-four male Wistar rats were divided into untrained (control), endurance resistance training, strength resistance training, and hypertrophy resistance training (HRT) groups (n=6). After 12 weeks of training, the red portion of the quadriceps was removed for histological and Western blot analyses. The results showed that the quadriceps weight and cross-sectional areas in the exercised groups were higher than those of the untrained rats. However, the HRT group presented better results than the other two experimental groups. This same pattern was observed for mTOR phosphorylation and for the most pivotal molecules involved in the upstream control of mTOR (increase of PKB, 14-3-3, ERK, p38 MAPK, and 4E-BP1 phosphorylation, and reduction of tuberin, sestrin 2, REDD1, and phospho AMPK). In summary, our study showed that HRT leads to high levels of mTOR phosphorylation as well as of other proteins involved in the upstream regulation of mTOR.
Databáze: MEDLINE