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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2013

Thiol-based antioxidant supplementation alters human skeletal muscle signaling and attenuates its inflammatory response and recovery after intense eccentric exercise

Yannis Michailidis; Leonidas G. Karagounis; Gerasimos Terzis; Athanasios Z. Jamurtas; Kontantinos Spengos; Dimitrios Tsoukas; Athanasios Chatzinikolaou; Dimitrios Mandalidis; Renae J. Stefanetti; Ioannis Papassotiriou; Spyros Athanasopoulos; John A. Hawley; Aaron P. Russell; Ioannis G. Fatouros

BACKGROUND The major thiol-disulfide couple of reduced glutathione (GSH) and oxidized glutathione is a key regulator of major transcriptional pathways regulating aseptic inflammation and recovery of skeletal muscle after aseptic injury. Antioxidant supplementation may hamper exercise-induced cellular adaptations. OBJECTIVE The objective was to examine how thiol-based antioxidant supplementation affects skeletal muscles performance and redox-sensitive signaling during the inflammatory and repair phases associated with exercise-induced microtrauma. DESIGN In a double-blind, crossover design, 10 men received placebo or N-acetylcysteine (NAC; 20 mg · kg(-1) · d(-1)) after muscle-damaging exercise (300 eccentric contractions). In each trial, muscle performance was measured at baseline, after exercise, 2 h after exercise, and daily for 8 consecutive days. Muscle biopsy samples from vastus lateralis and blood samples were collected before exercise and 2 h, 2 d, and 8 d after exercise. RESULTS NAC attenuated the elevation of inflammatory markers of muscle damage (creatine kinase activity, C-reactive protein, proinflammatory cytokines), nuclear factor κB phosphorylation, and the decrease in strength during the first 2 d of recovery. NAC also blunted the increase in phosphorylation of protein kinase B, mammalian target of rapamycin, p70 ribosomal S6 kinase, ribosomal protein S6, and mitogen activated protein kinase p38 at 2 and 8 d after exercise. NAC also abolished the increase in myogenic determination factor and reduced tumor necrosis factor-α 8 d after exercise. Performance was completely recovered only in the placebo group. CONCLUSION Although thiol-based antioxidant supplementation enhances GSH availability in skeletal muscle, it disrupts the skeletal muscle inflammatory response and repair capability, potentially because of a blunted activation of redox-sensitive signaling pathways. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01778309.


The Journal of Physiology | 2013

Effect of resistance exercise contraction mode and protein supplementation on members of the STARS signalling pathway.

Kristian Vissing; Stine Klejs Rahbek; Séverine Lamon; Jean Farup; Renae J. Stefanetti; Marita A. Wallace; Mikkel Holm Vendelbo; Aaron P. Russell

•  Myocellular protein signalling constitutes an important regulatory process influencing skeletal muscle cell size and remodelling as an adaptation to exercise and training. •  Findings suggest that the striated muscle activator of Rho signalling (STARS) pathway is involved in exercise‐induced muscle hypertrophy and/or remodelling, but its regulation by different exercise modes is not well understood. •  In a comparative study including single‐bout exercise and training, we investigated the mRNA and protein regulation of STARS and members of its signalling pathway in response to eccentric versus concentric resistance exercise and protein supplementation. •  Our data show that components of the STARS signalling pathway exhibit transient regulation in response to resistance exercise, but not to resistance training, and show contraction mode‐specific regulation at the level of gene and protein expression. •  The results suggest that STARS signalling is important for the initiation of myocellular adaptations to resistance exercise that are dependent on contraction mode, but independent of protein supplement.


Frontiers in Physiology | 2014

Ageing has no effect on the regulation of the ubiquitin proteasome-related genes and proteins following resistance exercise

Renae J. Stefanetti; Evelyn Zacharewicz; Paul A. Della Gatta; Andrew Garnham; Aaron P. Russell; Séverine Lamon

Skeletal muscle atrophy is a critical component of the ageing process. Age-related muscle wasting is due to disrupted muscle protein turnover, a process mediated in part by the ubiquitin proteasome pathway (UPP). Additionally, older subjects have been observed to have an attenuated anabolic response, at both the molecular and physiological levels, following a single-bout of resistance exercise (RE). We investigated the expression levels of the UPP-related genes and proteins involved in muscle protein degradation in 10 older (60–75 years) vs. 10 younger (18–30 years) healthy male subjects at basal as well as 2 h after a single-bout of RE. MURF1, atrogin-1 and FBXO40, their substrate targets PKM2, myogenin, MYOD, MHC and EIF3F as well as MURF1 and atrogin-1 transcriptional regulators FOXO1 and FOXO3 gene and/or protein expression levels were measured via real time PCR and western blotting, respectively. At basal, no age-related difference was observed in the gene/protein levels of atrogin-1, MURF1, myogenin, MYOD and FOXO1/3. However, a decrease in FBXO40 mRNA and protein levels was observed in older subjects, while PKM2 protein was increased. In response to RE, MURF1, atrogin-1 and FBXO40 mRNA were upregulated in both the younger and older subjects, with changes observed in protein levels. In conclusion, UPP-related gene/protein expression is comparably regulated in healthy young and old male subjects at basal and following RE. These findings suggest that UPP signaling plays a limited role in the process of age-related muscle wasting. Future studies are required to investigate additional proteolytic mechanisms in conjunction with skeletal muscle protein breakdown (MPB) measurements following RE in older vs. younger subjects.


Journal of Applied Physiology | 2014

Influence of divergent exercise contraction mode and whey protein supplementation on atrogin-1, MuRF1, and FOXO1/3A in human skeletal muscle

Renae J. Stefanetti; Séverine Lamon; Stine Klejs Rahbek; Jean Farup; Evelyn Zacharewicz; Marita A. Wallace; Mikkel Holm Vendelbo; Aaron P. Russell; Kristian Vissing

Knowledge from human exercise studies on regulators of muscle atrophy is lacking, but it is important to understand the underlying mechanisms influencing skeletal muscle protein turnover and net protein gain. This study examined the regulation of muscle atrophy-related factors, including atrogin-1 and MuRF1, their upstream transcription factors FOXO1 and FOXO3A and the atrogin-1 substrate eIF3-f, in response to unilateral isolated eccentric (ECC) vs. concentric (CONC) exercise and training. Exercise was performed with whey protein hydrolysate (WPH) or isocaloric carbohydrate (CHO) supplementation. Twenty-four subjects were divided into WPH and CHO groups and completed both single-bout exercise and 12 wk of training. Single-bout ECC exercise decreased atrogin-1 and FOXO3A mRNA compared with basal and CONC exercise, while MuRF1 mRNA was upregulated compared with basal. ECC exercise downregulated FOXO1 and phospho-FOXO1 protein compared with basal, and phospho-FOXO3A was downregulated compared with CONC. CONC single-bout exercise mediated a greater increase in MuRF1 mRNA and increased FOXO1 mRNA compared with basal and ECC. CONC exercise downregulated FOXO1, FOXO3A, and eIF3-f protein compared with basal. Following training, an increase in basal phospho-FOXO1 was observed. While WPH supplementation with ECC and CONC training further increased muscle hypertrophy, it did not have an additional effect on mRNA or protein levels of the targets measured. In conclusion, atrogin-1, MuRF1, FOXO1/3A, and eIF3-f mRNA, and protein levels, are differentially regulated by exercise contraction mode but not WPH supplementation combined with hypertrophy-inducing training. This highlights the complexity in understanding the differing roles these factors play in healthy muscle adaptation to exercise.


Pflügers Archiv: European Journal of Physiology | 2015

Regulation of ubiquitin proteasome pathway molecular markers in response to endurance and resistance exercise and training.

Renae J. Stefanetti; Séverine Lamon; Marita A. Wallace; Mikkel Holm Vendelbo; Aaron P. Russell; Kristian Vissing


Pflügers Archiv: European Journal of Physiology | 2013

Regulation of the STARS signaling pathway in response to endurance and resistance exercise and training

Séverine Lamon; Marita A. Wallace; Renae J. Stefanetti; Stine Klejs Rahbek; Mikkel Holm Vendelbo; Aaron P. Russell; Kristian Vissing


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Archive | 2015

during and after exercise Human muscle protein synthesis and breakdown

Vinod Kumar; Philip J. Atherton; Kenneth Smith; Michael J. Rennie; A. Wallace; Mikkel Holm Vendelbo; Aaron P. Russell; Kristian Vissing; Renae J. Stefanetti; Séverine Lamon; Stine Klejs Rahbek; Jean Farup; Evelyn Zacharewicz; Bradley S. Gordon; Jennifer Steiner; Charles H. Lang; Leonard S. Jefferson; R Scot


Archive | 2015

fibersexercise in human single skeletal muscle Proteolytic mRNA expression in response to acute

Yifan Yang; Bozena Jemiolo; Scott Trappe; A. Wallace; Mikkel Holm Vendelbo; Aaron P. Russell; Kristian Vissing; Renae J. Stefanetti; Séverine Lamon; Stine Klejs Rahbek; Jean Farup; Evelyn Zacharewicz; Sue C. Bodine; Leslie M. Baehr; Ulrika Raue


Archive | 2014

following multiple bouts of eccentric exercise -integrin increases muscle hypertrophy

M. Carmen Valero; Kimberly A. Huey; Marni D. Boppart; Kai Zou; Benjamin M. Meador; Heather D. Huntsman; Mikkel Holm Vendelbo; Aaron P. Russell; Kristian Vissing; Stine Klejs Rahbek; Séverine Lamon; Jean Farup; Renae J. Stefanetti; Dami Olatunbosun; Tor Jensen; Michael De Lisio; Yair Pincu; Ziad Mahmassani; Riki Ogasawara; Koichi Nakazato; Koji Sato; Satoshi Fujita

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Australian Catholic University

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