PMID- 24907297 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20140609 LR - 20220318 IS - 2051-817X (Print) IS - 2051-817X (Electronic) IS - 2051-817X (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 6 DP - 2014 Jun 1 TI - Effects of systemic hypoxia on human muscular adaptations to resistance exercise training. LID - 10.14814/phy2.12033 [doi] LID - e12033 AB - Hypoxia is an important modulator of endurance exercise-induced oxidative adaptations in skeletal muscle. However, whether hypoxia affects resistance exercise-induced muscle adaptations remains unknown. Here, we determined the effect of resistance exercise training under systemic hypoxia on muscular adaptations known to occur following both resistance and endurance exercise training, including muscle cross-sectional area (CSA), one-repetition maximum (1RM), muscular endurance, and makers of mitochondrial biogenesis and angiogenesis, such as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha), citrate synthase (CS) activity, nitric oxide synthase (NOS), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), and capillary-to-fiber ratio. Sixteen healthy male subjects were randomly assigned to either a normoxic resistance training group (NRT, n = 7) or a hypoxic (14.4% oxygen) resistance training group (HRT, n = 9) and performed 8 weeks of resistance training. Blood and muscle biopsy samples were obtained before and after training. After training muscle CSA of the femoral region, 1RM for bench-press and leg-press, muscular endurance, and skeletal muscle VEGF protein levels significantly increased in both groups. The increase in muscular endurance was significantly higher in the HRT group. Plasma VEGF concentration and skeletal muscle capillary-to-fiber ratio were significantly higher in the HRT group than the NRT group following training. Our results suggest that, in addition to increases in muscle size and strength, HRT may also lead to increased muscular endurance and the promotion of angiogenesis in skeletal muscle. CI - (c) 2014 The Authors. Physiological Reports published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the American Physiological Society and The Physiological Society. FAU - Kon, Michihiro AU - Kon M AD - Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, KitaTokyo, Japan Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia. FAU - Ohiwa, Nao AU - Ohiwa N AD - Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, KitaTokyo, Japan. FAU - Honda, Akiko AU - Honda A AD - Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, KitaTokyo, Japan. FAU - Matsubayashi, Takeo AU - Matsubayashi T AD - Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, KitaTokyo, Japan. FAU - Ikeda, Tatsuaki AU - Ikeda T AD - Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, KitaTokyo, Japan. FAU - Akimoto, Takayuki AU - Akimoto T AD - Division of Regenerative Medical Engineering, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, BunkyoTokyo, Japan. FAU - Suzuki, Yasuhiro AU - Suzuki Y AD - Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, KitaTokyo, Japan. FAU - Hirano, Yuichi AU - Hirano Y AD - Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, KitaTokyo, Japan. FAU - Russell, Aaron P AU - Russell AP AD - Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140606 PL - United States TA - Physiol Rep JT - Physiological reports JID - 101607800 PMC - PMC4208656 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Capillarization OT - resistance exercise training OT - skeletal muscle OT - systemic hypoxia EDAT- 2014/06/08 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/08 06:01 PMCR- 2014/06/11 CRDT- 2014/06/08 06:00 PHST- 2014/06/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/06/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/08 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2014/06/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2/6/e12033 [pii] AID - phy212033 [pii] AID - 10.14814/phy2.12033 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Physiol Rep. 2014 Jun 6;2(6):e12033. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12033. Print 2014 Jun 1.