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Skeletal muscle protein anabolic response to resistance exercise and essential amino acids is delayed with aging.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18323467     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Skeletal muscle loss during aging leads to an increased risk of falls, fractures, and eventually loss of independence. Resistance exercise is a useful intervention to prevent sarcopenia; however, the muscle protein synthesis (MPS) response to resistance exercise is less in elderly compared with young subjects. On the other hand, essential amino acids (EAA) increase MPS equally in both young and old subjects when sufficient EAA is ingested. We hypothesized that EAA ingestion following a bout of resistance exercise would stimulate anabolic signaling and MPS similarly between young and old men. Each subject ingested 20 g of EAA 1 h following leg resistance exercise. Muscle biopsies were obtained before and 1, 3, and 6 h after exercise to measure the rate of MPS and signaling pathways that regulate translation initiation. MPS increased early in young (1-3 h postexercise) and later in old (3-6 h postexercise). At 1 h postexercise, ERK1/2 MNK1 phosphorylation increased and eIF2alpha phosphorylation decreased only in the young. mTOR signaling (mTOR, S6K1, 4E-BP1, eEF2) was similar between groups at all time points, but MNK1 phosphorylation was lower at 3 h and AMP-activated protein kinase-alpha (AMPKalpha) phosphorylation was higher in old 1-3 h postexercise. We conclude that the acute MPS response after resistance exercise and EAA ingestion is similar between young and old men; however, the response is delayed with aging. Unresponsive ERK1/2 signaling and AMPK activation in old muscle may be playing a role in the delayed activation of MPS. Notwithstanding, the combination of resistance exercise and EAA ingestion should be a useful strategy to combat sarcopenia.
Authors:
Micah J Drummond; Hans C Dreyer; Bart Pennings; Christopher S Fry; Shaheen Dhanani; Edgar L Dillon; Melinda Sheffield-Moore; Elena Volpi; Blake B Rasmussen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2008-03-06
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)     Volume:  104     ISSN:  8750-7587     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Appl. Physiol.     Publication Date:  2008 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-05-02     Completed Date:  2008-06-17     Revised Date:  2013-02-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8502536     Medline TA:  J Appl Physiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1452-61     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Therapy, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1144, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Absorptiometry, Photon
Adult
Aged
Aging / physiology*
Algorithms
Amino Acids, Essential / pharmacology*
Anabolic Agents / pharmacology*
Blotting, Western
Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / metabolism
Glucose / metabolism
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 / biosynthesis
Hormones / blood
Humans
Hydrocortisone / blood
Lactic Acid / metabolism
Leucine / blood,  pharmacology
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle Proteins / biosynthesis*
Muscle, Skeletal / drug effects,  growth & development*,  metabolism*
Phenylalanine / blood
Phosphorylation
Physical Fitness / physiology*
Protein Kinases / biosynthesis
RNA / biosynthesis,  isolation & purification
Signal Transduction / drug effects,  physiology
TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P30 AG 024832/AG/NIA NIH HHS; P30 AG024832-04/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG 018311/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG018311-10/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG018311-13/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AR 049877/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS; R01 AR049877-04/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS; T32 HD007539/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; T32 HD007539-08/HD/NICHD NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amino Acids, Essential; 0/Anabolic Agents; 0/Hormones; 0/Muscle Proteins; 50-21-5/Lactic Acid; 50-23-7/Hydrocortisone; 50-99-7/Glucose; 61-90-5/Leucine; 63-91-2/Phenylalanine; 63231-63-0/RNA; EC 2.7.-/Protein Kinases; EC 2.7.1.1/MTOR protein, human; EC 2.7.1.1/TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; EC 2.7.11.1/glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta; EC 2.7.11.24/Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; EC 2.7.11.26/Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3
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