Change in PGC-1α Expression in Rat Skeletal Muscle after Low-intensity Prolonged Swimming Exercise
Change in PGC-1α Expression in Rat Skeletal Muscle after Low-intensity Prolonged Swimming Exercise
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DOI:
10.2114/jpa2.30.23
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Tabata, Izumi
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作者:
Fujimoto, Eri;Yamaguchi, Wataru;Tabata, Izumi
After 6-h low-intensity swimming exercise (LIE), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator -1 alpha (PGC-1 alpha) in whole and nuclear fractions in rat skeletal muscle was higher than the control rats' muscles up to 18 h after LIE. However, no study has reported change in PGC-1 alpha content after that. Therefore, we measured PGC-1 alpha in whole and nuclear fractions in rat skeletal muscle up to 2411 after LIE. Furthermore, we evaluated change in the mRNA of delta-aminolevulinate synthase (ALAS), a mitochondrial protein, to clarify in which fraction of PGC-1 alpha has a physiological role as a transcriptional coactivator for enhancing the mitochondrial oxidative enzymes after exercise. We measured PGC-1 alpha protein content in whole and nuclear fractions in the epitrochlearis (EPI) muscle of male Sprague-Dawley rats (age: 6w; body weight: 180-200g) after LIE by Western-blot analysis. The ALAS mRNA content was quantified by RTPCR. The PGC-1 alpha contents in whole fractions in the rat EPI muscle were 73% and 75% higher than that of the control rats' muscle, 18h and 24h after LIE, respectively. The PGC-1 alpha content in nuclear fractions in the muscle and ALAS mRNA was higher than that of the control rats' muscle by 58% and 25%, respectively, while they returned to the control level 2411 after LIE. The present investigation demonstrated that the time-course of PGC-1 alpha content in nuclear fractions in the EPI muscle was the same as the ALAS mRNA, suggesting that PGC-1 alpha in the nucleus may have a physiological function as a transcriptional coactivator for enhancing mitochondrial protein expression after exercise. J Physiol Anthropol 30(1): 23-27, 2011 http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jpa2 [DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.30.23]