scholarly journals Resistance exercise training increases mixed muscle protein synthesis rate in frail women and men ≥76 yr old

1999 ◽  
Vol 277 (1) ◽  
pp. E118-E125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin E. Yarasheski ◽  
Jina Pak-Loduca ◽  
Debbie L. Hasten ◽  
Kathleen A. Obert ◽  
Mary Beth Brown ◽  
...  

Muscle atrophy (sarcopenia) in the elderly is associated with a reduced rate of muscle protein synthesis. The purpose of this study was to determine if weight-lifting exercise increases the rate of muscle protein synthesis in physically frail 76- to 92-yr-old women and men. Eight women and 4 men with mild to moderate physical frailty were enrolled in a 3-mo physical therapy program that was followed by 3 mo of supervised weight-lifting exercise. Supervised weight-lifting exercise was performed 3 days/wk at 65–100% of initial 1-repetition maximum on five upper and three lower body exercises. Compared with before resistance training, the in vivo incorporation rate of [13C]leucine into vastus lateralis muscle protein was increased after resistance training in women and men ( P < 0.01), although it was unchanged in five 82 ± 2-yr-old control subjects studied two times in 3 mo. Maximum voluntary knee extensor muscle torque production increased in the supervised resistance exercise group. These findings suggest that muscle contractile protein synthetic pathways in physically frail 76- to 92-yr-old women and men respond and adapt to the increased contractile activity associated with progressive resistance exercise training.

1992 ◽  
Vol 262 (3) ◽  
pp. E261-E267 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. E. Yarasheski ◽  
J. A. Campbell ◽  
K. Smith ◽  
M. J. Rennie ◽  
J. O. Holloszy ◽  
...  

The purpose of this study was to determine whether growth hormone (GH) administration enhances the muscle anabolism associated with heavy-resistance exercise. Sixteen men (21-34 yr) were assigned randomly to a resistance training plus GH group (n = 7) or to a resistance training plus placebo group (n = 9). For 12 wk, both groups trained all major muscle groups in an identical fashion while receiving 40 micrograms recombinant human GH.kg-1.day-1 or placebo. Fat-free mass (FFM) and total body water increased (P less than 0.05) in both groups but more (P less than 0.01) in the GH recipients. Whole body protein synthesis rate increased more (P less than 0.03), and whole body protein balance was greater (P = 0.01) in the GH-treated group, but quadriceps muscle protein synthesis rate, torso and limb circumferences, and muscle strength did not increase more in the GH-treated group. In the young men studied, resistance exercise with or without GH resulted in similar increments in muscle size, strength, and muscle protein synthesis, indicating that 1) the larger increase in FFM with GH treatment was probably due to an increase in lean tissue other than skeletal muscle and 2) resistance training supplemented with GH did not further enhance muscle anabolism and function.


1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (2) ◽  
pp. E210-E214 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. E. Yarasheski ◽  
J. J. Zachwieja ◽  
D. M. Bier

Muscle mass and function are improved in the elderly during resistance exercise training. These improvements must result from alterations in the rates of muscle protein synthesis and breakdown. We determined the rate of quadriceps muscle protein synthesis using the in vivo rate of incorporation of intravenously infused [13C]leucine into mixed-muscle protein in both young (24 yr) and elderly (63-66 yr) men and women before and at the end of 2 wk of resistance exercise training. Before training, the fractional rate of muscle protein synthesis was lower in the elderly than in the young (0.030 +/- 0.003 vs. 0.049 +/- 0.004%/h; P = 0.004) but increased (P < 0.03) to a comparable rate of muscle protein synthesis in both young (0.075 +/- 0.009%/h) and elderly subjects (0.076 +/- 0.011%/h) after 2 wk of exercise. In the elderly, muscle mass, 24-h urinary 3-methylhistidine and creatinine excretion, and whole body protein breakdown rate determined during the [13C]leucine infusion were not changed after 2 wk of exercise. These findings demonstrate that, during the initial phase of a resistance exercise training program, a marked increase in quadriceps muscle protein synthesis rate occurs in elderly and young adults without an increase in the rate of whole body protein breakdown. In the elderly, this was not accompanied by an increase in urinary 3-methylhistidine excretion, an index of myofibrillar protein breakdown.


2000 ◽  
Vol 278 (4) ◽  
pp. E620-E626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie L. Hasten ◽  
Jina Pak-Loduca ◽  
Kathleen A. Obert ◽  
Kevin E. Yarasheski

We determined whether short-term weight-lifting exercise increases the synthesis rate of the major contractile proteins, myosin heavy chain (MHC), actin, and mixed muscle proteins in nonfrail elders and younger women and men. Fractional synthesis rates of mixed, MHC, and actin proteins were determined in seven healthy sedentary 23- to 32-yr-old and seven healthy 78- to 84-yr-old participants in paired studies done before and at the end of a 2-wk weight-lifting program. The in vivo rate of incorporation of 1-[13C]leucine into vastus lateralis MHC, actin, and mixed proteins was determined using a 14-h constant intravenous infusion of 1-[13C]leucine. Before exercise, the mixed and MHC fractional synthetic rates were lower in the older than in the younger participants ( P ≤ 0.04). Baseline actin protein synthesis rates were similar in the two groups ( P = not significant). Over a 2-wk period, participants completed ten 1- to 1.5-h weight-lifting exercise sessions: 2–3 sets per day of 9 exercises, 8–12 repetitions per set, at 60–90% of maximum voluntary muscle strength. At the end of exercise, MHC and mixed protein synthetic rates increased in the younger (88 and 121%) and older participants (105 and 182%; P < 0.001 vs. baseline). These findings indicate that MHC and mixed protein synthesis rates are reduced more than actin in advanced age. Similar to that of 23–32 yr olds, the vastus lateralis muscle in 78–84 yr olds retains the capacity to increase MHC and mixed protein synthesis rates in response to short-term resistance exercise.


2010 ◽  
Vol 201 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. Gasier ◽  
S. E. Riechman ◽  
M. P. Wiggs ◽  
A. Buentello ◽  
S. F. Previs ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faris Alkhayl ◽  
Ahmad Ismail ◽  
Carlos Celis-Morales ◽  
John Wilson ◽  
Aleksandra Radjenovic ◽  
...  

Abstract PurposeThe aims of the current study, therefore, were to compare 1) free-living MPS and 2) muscle and metabolic adaptations to resistance exercise in South Asian and white European adults.MethodsEighteen South Asian and 16 White European men were enrolled in the study. Free-living muscle protein synthesis was measured at baseline. Muscle strength, body composition, resting metabolic rate, VO2max and metabolic responses (insulin sensitivity) to a mixed meal were measured at baseline and following 12 weeks of resistance exercise training. Results Free-living muscle protein synthesis was not different between South Asians (1.48 ± 0.09 %/day) and White Europeans (1.59 ± 0.15 %/day) (p=0.522). In response to resistance exercise training there were no differences, between South Asians and White Europeans, muscle mass, lower body strength or insulin sensitivity. However, there were differences between the ethnicities in response to resistance exercise training in body fat, resting carbohydrate and fat metabolism, blood pressure, VO2max and upper body strength with responses less favourable in South Asians. ConclusionIn this exploratory study there were no differences in muscle protein synthesis or anabolic and metabolic responses to resistance exercise, yet there were less favourable responses in several outcomes. These findings require further investigation.


1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (2) ◽  
pp. E268-E276 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. E. Yarasheski ◽  
J. J. Zachwieja ◽  
J. A. Campbell ◽  
D. M. Bier

The purpose of this study was to determine whether growth hormone (GH) administration enhances the muscle protein anabolism associated with heavy-resistance exercise training in older men. Twenty-three healthy, sedentary men (67 +/- 1 yr) with low serum insulin-like growth factor I levels followed a 16-wk progressive resistance exercise program (75-90% max strength, 4 days/wk) after random assignment to either a GH (12.5-24 micrograms.kg-1.day-1; n = 8) or placebo (n = 15) group. Fat-free mass (FFM) and total body water increased more in the GH group. Whole body protein synthesis and breakdown rates increased in the GH group after treatment. However, increments in vastus lateralis muscle protein synthesis rate, urinary creatinine excretion, and training-specific isotonic and isokinetic muscle strength were similar in both groups, while 24-h urinary 3-methylhistidine excretion was unchanged after treatment. These observations suggest that resistance exercise training improved muscle strength and anabolism in older men, but these improvements were not enhanced when exercise was combined with daily GH administration. The greater increase in FFM with GH treatment may have been due to an increase in noncontractile protein and fluid retention.


2015 ◽  
Vol 173 (1) ◽  
pp. R25-R34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorn Trommelen ◽  
Bart B L Groen ◽  
Henrike M Hamer ◽  
Lisette C P G M de Groot ◽  
Luc J C van Loon

BackgroundThough it is well appreciated that insulin plays an important role in the regulation of muscle protein metabolism, there is much discrepancy in the literature on the capacity of exogenous insulin administration to increase muscle protein synthesis ratesin vivoin humans.ObjectiveTo assess whether exogenous insulin administration increases muscle protein synthesis rates in young and older adults.DesignA systematic review of clinical trials was performed and the presence or absence of an increase in muscle protein synthesis rate was reported for each individual study arm. In a stepwise manner, multiple models were constructed that excluded study arms based on the following conditions: model 1, concurrent hyperaminoacidemia; model 2, insulin-induced hypoaminoacidemia; model 3, supraphysiological insulin concentrations; and model 4, older, more insulin resistant, subjects.ConclusionsFrom the presented data in the current systematic review, we conclude that: i) exogenous insulin and amino acid administration effectively increase muscle protein synthesis, but this effect is attributed to the hyperaminoacidemia; ii) exogenous insulin administered systemically induces hypoaminoacidemia which obviates any insulin-stimulatory effect on muscle protein synthesis; iii) exogenous insulin resulting in supraphysiological insulin levels exceeding 50 000 pmol/l may effectively augment muscle protein synthesis; iv) exogenous insulin may have a diminished effect on muscle protein synthesis in older adults due to age-related anabolic resistance; and v) exogenous insulin administered systemically does not increase muscle protein synthesis in healthy, young adults.


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