Abstract
We examined the effect of an acute bout of resistance exercise on fractional muscle protein synthesis rates in human type I and type II muscle fibres. After a standardised breakfast (31 ± 1 kJ kg−1 body weight, consisting of 52 Energy% (En%) carbohydrate, 34 En% protein and 14 En% fat), 9 untrained men completed a lower-limb resistance exercise bout (8 sets of 10 repetitions leg press and leg extension at 70% 1RM). A primed, continuous infusion of l-[ring-13C6]phenylalanine was combined with muscle biopsies collected from both legs immediately after exercise and after 6 h of post-exercise recovery. Single muscle fibres were dissected from freeze-dried biopsies and stained for ATPase activity with pre-incubation at a pH of 4.3. Type I and II fibres were separated under a light microscope and analysed for protein-bound l-[ring-13C6]phenylalanine labelling. Baseline (post-exercise) l-[ring-13C6]phenylalanine muscle tissue labelling, expressed as (∂13C/12C), averaged −32.09 ± 0.28, −32.53 ± 0.10 and −32.02 ± 0.16 in the type I and II muscle fibres and mixed muscle, respectively (P = 0.14). During post-exercise recovery, muscle protein synthesis rates were marginally (8 ± 2%) higher in the type I than type II muscle fibres, at 0.100 ± 0.005 versus 0.094 ± 0.005%/h, respectively (P < 0.05), whereby rates of mixed muscle protein were 0.091 ± 0.005%/h. Muscle protein synthesis rates following resistance-type exercise are only marginally higher in type I compared with type II muscle fibres.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1871-1878 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | European Journal of Applied Physiology |
Volume | 111 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2011 |
Keywords
- Skeletal muscle
- Muscle fibre type
- ATPase
- FSR
- Stable isotopes
- HUMAN SKELETAL-MUSCLE
- ACTOMYOSIN ATPASE
- CO-INGESTION
- AMINO-ACIDS
- ELDERLY-MEN
- FED STATE
- PHOSPHORYLATION
- LEUCINE
- HUMANS
- YOUNG