Exercise-induced alterations in skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain phenotype: dose-response relationship


Demirel H., POWERS S., NAITO H., HUGHES M., COOMBES J.

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY, vol.86, no.3, pp.1002-1008, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 86 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.3.1002
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1002-1008
  • Keywords: endurance exercise, muscle plasticity, fiber type, oxidative capacity, FAST-TWITCH MUSCLE, ENDURANCE EXERCISE, BIOCHEMICAL ADAPTATIONS, FIBER-TYPE, RAT, ISOFORMS, SLOW, TRANSITIONS, STIMULATION, INTENSITY
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of exercise training duration on the myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform distribution in rat locomotor muscles. Female Sprague-Dawley rats (120 days old) were assigned to either a sedentary control group or to one of three endurance exercise training groups. Trained animals ran on a treadmill at similar to 75% maximal Og uptake for 10 wk (4-5 days/wk) at one of three different exercise durations (30, 60, or 90 min/day). Training resulted in increases (P < 0.05) in citrate synthase activity in the soleus and extensor digitorum longus in both the 60 and 90 min/day duration groups and in the plantaris (Pla) in all three exercise groups. All durations of training resulted in a reduction (P < 0.05) in the percentage of MHCIIb and an increase (P < 0.05) in the percentage of MHCIIa in the Pla. The magnitude of change in the percentage of MHCIIb in the Pla increased as a function of the training duration. In the extensor digitorum longus, 90 min of daily exercise promoted a decrease (P < 0.05) in percentage of MHCIIb and increases (P < 0.05) in the percentages of MHCI, MHCIIa, and MHCIId/x. Finally, training durations greater than or equal to 60 min resulted in an increase (P < 0.05) in the percentage of MHCI and a concomitant decrease (P < 0.05) in the percentage of MHCIIa in the soleus. These results demonstrate that increasing the training duration elevates the magnitude of the fast-to-slow shift in MHC phenotype in rat hindlimb muscles.