PMID- 26355638 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160906 LR - 20211203 IS - 1097-4598 (Electronic) IS - 0148-639X (Linking) VI - 53 IP - 5 DP - 2016 May TI - High-intensity resistance training attenuates dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy. PG - 779-88 LID - 10.1002/mus.24906 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: In this study we investigated the effects of high-intensity resistance training (RT) on dexamethasone (DEX)-induced muscle atrophy in flexor hallucis longus (FHL), tibialis anterior (TA), and soleus (SOL) muscles. METHODS: Rats underwent either high-intensity RT or were kept sedentary. In the last 10 days they received either DEX (0.5 mg/kg/day, intraperitoneally) or saline. RESULTS: DEX reduced body weight (-21%), food intake (-28%), FHL and TA muscle mass (-20% and -18%, respectively), and increased muscle-specific ring finger 1 (MuRF-1) protein level (+37% and +45.5%). RT attenuated FHL muscle atrophy through a combination of low increase in MuRF-1 protein level (-3.5%) and significant increases in mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) (+63%) and p70S6K (+46% and +49% for control and DEX, respectively) protein levels. CONCLUSION: RT attenuated DEX-induced muscle atrophy through a combination of increases in mTOR and p70S6K protein levels and a low increase in MuRF-1 protein level. CI - (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Krug, Andre L O AU - Krug AL AD - Joint Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, PIPGCF UFscar/UNESP, Federal University of Sao Carlos/Sao Paulo State University, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Macedo, Anderson G AU - Macedo AG AD - Joint Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, PIPGCF UFscar/UNESP, Federal University of Sao Carlos/Sao Paulo State University, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Zago, Anderson S AU - Zago AS AD - Department of Physical Education, Science Faculty, Sao Paulo State University, Avenida Eng. Luiz Edmundo Carrijo Coube, 14-01, Vargem Limpa, Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Rush, James W E AU - Rush JW AD - Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Santos, Carlos F AU - Santos CF AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of Sao Paulo, Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Amaral, Sandra L AU - Amaral SL AD - Joint Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, PIPGCF UFscar/UNESP, Federal University of Sao Carlos/Sao Paulo State University, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. AD - Department of Physical Education, Science Faculty, Sao Paulo State University, Avenida Eng. Luiz Edmundo Carrijo Coube, 14-01, Vargem Limpa, Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160328 PL - United States TA - Muscle Nerve JT - Muscle & nerve JID - 7803146 RN - 0 (Glucocorticoids) RN - 0 (Muscle Proteins) RN - 0 (Tripartite Motif Proteins) RN - 7S5I7G3JQL (Dexamethasone) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Trim63 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Body Weight/drug effects MH - Dexamethasone/adverse effects/*pharmacology MH - Feeding Behavior/drug effects MH - Glucocorticoids/adverse effects/*pharmacology MH - Muscle Proteins/drug effects/metabolism MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Muscular Atrophy/metabolism/*prevention & control MH - Organ Size/drug effects MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal/*methods MH - Rats MH - Resistance Training/*methods MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/drug effects/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/drug effects/metabolism MH - Tripartite Motif Proteins MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/drug effects/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - glucocorticoids OT - ladder climbing OT - muscle atrophy OT - resistance training OT - skeletal muscle EDAT- 2015/09/12 06:00 MHDA- 2016/09/07 06:00 CRDT- 2015/09/11 06:00 PHST- 2015/02/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/09/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/09/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/09/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/09/07 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/mus.24906 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Muscle Nerve. 2016 May;53(5):779-88. doi: 10.1002/mus.24906. Epub 2016 Mar 28.