King Grub
2012-08-08, 11:02
BACKGROUND & AIMS:
Hyperaminoacidemia stimulates myofibrillar fractional synthesis rate (myoFSR) transiently in resting skeletal muscle. We investigated whether light-load resistance exercise can extent this responsiveness.
METHODS:
Ten healthy males exercised one leg with a light-load resistance-like exercise at 16% of 1 repetition maximum and received oral protein boluses every hour for a 10-h period. Their myoFSR was determined by [1-(13)C]-leucine incorporation. Muscle biopsies were obtained from the resting (REST) and exercised (EXC) muscles every 2.5-h in the protein-fed period.
RESULTS:
Protein feeding significantly elevated plasma leucine and essential amino acids by an average of 39 ± 9% (mean ± SEM) and 20 ± 4%, respectively, compared to the basal concentrations: 197 ± 12 μmol L(-1) and 854 ± 35 μmol L(-1), respectively. The myoFSR was similar in EXC and REST muscles in the first 8 h (all time intervals p > 0.05). After 8 h the myoFSR dropped in the REST muscle to 0.041 ± 0.005%·h(-1), which was 65 ± 5% of the rate in EXC leg at the same time point (0.062 ± 0.004%·h(-1)) and 80 ± 14% of the level in REST leg from 0.5 to 8 h (0.056 ± 0.005%·h(-1)) (interaction p < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS:
Compared to rest, light-load exercise prolonged the stimulatory effect of dietary protein on muscle biosynthesis providing perspectives for a muscle restorative effect in clinical settings where strenuous activity is intolerable.
Clin Nutr. 2012 Aug 3. The anabolic potential of dietary protein intake on skeletal muscle is prolonged by prior light-load exercise.
Hyperaminoacidemia stimulates myofibrillar fractional synthesis rate (myoFSR) transiently in resting skeletal muscle. We investigated whether light-load resistance exercise can extent this responsiveness.
METHODS:
Ten healthy males exercised one leg with a light-load resistance-like exercise at 16% of 1 repetition maximum and received oral protein boluses every hour for a 10-h period. Their myoFSR was determined by [1-(13)C]-leucine incorporation. Muscle biopsies were obtained from the resting (REST) and exercised (EXC) muscles every 2.5-h in the protein-fed period.
RESULTS:
Protein feeding significantly elevated plasma leucine and essential amino acids by an average of 39 ± 9% (mean ± SEM) and 20 ± 4%, respectively, compared to the basal concentrations: 197 ± 12 μmol L(-1) and 854 ± 35 μmol L(-1), respectively. The myoFSR was similar in EXC and REST muscles in the first 8 h (all time intervals p > 0.05). After 8 h the myoFSR dropped in the REST muscle to 0.041 ± 0.005%·h(-1), which was 65 ± 5% of the rate in EXC leg at the same time point (0.062 ± 0.004%·h(-1)) and 80 ± 14% of the level in REST leg from 0.5 to 8 h (0.056 ± 0.005%·h(-1)) (interaction p < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS:
Compared to rest, light-load exercise prolonged the stimulatory effect of dietary protein on muscle biosynthesis providing perspectives for a muscle restorative effect in clinical settings where strenuous activity is intolerable.
Clin Nutr. 2012 Aug 3. The anabolic potential of dietary protein intake on skeletal muscle is prolonged by prior light-load exercise.