PMID- 19589955 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100113 LR - 20211020 IS - 1522-1601 (Electronic) IS - 8750-7587 (Print) IS - 0161-7567 (Linking) VI - 107 IP - 5 DP - 2009 Nov TI - Translational signaling responses preceding resistance training-mediated myofiber hypertrophy in young and old humans. PG - 1655-62 LID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.91234.2008 [doi] AB - While skeletal muscle protein accretion during resistance training (RT)-mediated myofiber hypertrophy is thought to result from upregulated translation initiation signaling, this concept is based on responses to a single bout of unaccustomed resistance exercise (RE) with no measure of hypertrophy across RT. Further, aging appears to affect acute responses to RE, but whether age differences in responsiveness persist during RT leading to impaired RT adaptation is unclear. We therefore tested whether muscle protein fractional synthesis rate (FSR) and Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling in response to unaccustomed RE differed in old vs. young adults, and whether age differences in acute responsiveness were associated with differences in muscle hypertrophy after 16 wk of RT. Fifteen old and 21 young adult subjects completed the 16-wk study. The phosphorylation states of Akt, S6K1, ribosomal protein S6 (RPS6), eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) binding protein (4EBP1), eIF4E, and eIF4G were all elevated (23-199%) 24 h after a bout of unaccustomed RE. A concomitant 62% increase in FSR was found in a subset (6 old, 8 young). Age x time interaction was found only for RPS6 phosphorylation (+335% in old subjects only), while there was an interaction trend (P = 0.084) for FSR (+96% in young subjects only). After 16 wk of RT, gains in muscle mass, type II myofiber size, and voluntary strength were similar in young and old subjects. In conclusion, at the level of translational signaling, we found no evidence of impaired responsiveness among older adults, and for the first time, we show that changes in translational signaling after unaccustomed RE were associated with substantial muscle protein accretion (hypertrophy) during continued RT. FAU - Mayhew, David L AU - Mayhew DL AD - UAB Dept. of Physiology, 966 McCallum Basic Health Sciences Bldg., 1530 3rd Ave. South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0005, USA. FAU - Kim, Jeong-Su AU - Kim JS FAU - Cross, James M AU - Cross JM FAU - Ferrando, Arny A AU - Ferrando AA FAU - Bamman, Marcas M AU - Bamman MM LA - eng GR - R01 AG017896/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - M01-RR-00032/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - F30-AG-031623/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-AG-017896/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20090709 PL - United States TA - J Appl Physiol (1985) JT - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) JID - 8502536 RN - 0 (Muscle Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Hypertrophy/physiopathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Muscle Proteins/*metabolism MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Protein Modification, Translational MH - Resistance Training/*adverse effects MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC2777794 EDAT- 2009/07/11 09:00 MHDA- 2010/01/14 06:00 PMCR- 2010/11/01 CRDT- 2009/07/11 09:00 PHST- 2009/07/11 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/07/11 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/01/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 91234.2008 [pii] AID - JAPPL-91234-2008 [pii] AID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.91234.2008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Physiol (1985). 2009 Nov;107(5):1655-62. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91234.2008. Epub 2009 Jul 9.