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Endurance exercise mimetics in skeletal muscle.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20622541     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Regular exercise promotes favorable structural and metabolic adaptations, especially in the skeletal muscle, to boost endurance and cardiovascular health. These changes are driven by a network of incompletely understood molecular pathways that trigger transcriptional remodeling of the skeletal muscle. In this article, we describe recent advances in the understanding of the key components of this circuitry [namely peroxisome proliferator activator receptor delta (PPARdelta), adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-activated protein kinase (AMPK), silent information regulator two protein 1 (SIRT1), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha)] that govern aerobic transformation of the skeletal muscles. We also discuss recent discoveries that raise the possibility of synthetically mimicking exercise with pathway-specific drugs to improve aerobic capacity and, in turn, health.
Authors:
Antonios Matsakas; Vihang A Narkar
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current sports medicine reports     Volume:  9     ISSN:  1537-8918     ISO Abbreviation:  Curr Sports Med Rep     Publication Date:    2010 Jul-Aug
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-12     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101134380     Medline TA:  Curr Sports Med Rep     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  227-32     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Center for Diabetes and Obesity Research, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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AR053803-03/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS

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