PMID- 29180484 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180627 LR - 20211204 IS - 2051-817X (Electronic) IS - 2051-817X (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 22 DP - 2017 Nov TI - Repeated bouts of resistance exercise with short recovery periods activates mTOR signaling, but not protein synthesis, in mouse skeletal muscle. LID - 10.14814/phy2.13515 [doi] LID - e13515 AB - The recovery period between bouts of exercise is one of the major factors influencing the effects of resistance exercise, in addition to exercise intensity and volume. However, the effects of shortening the recovery time between bouts of resistance exercise on subsequent protein synthesis remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the consequences of shortening the recovery time between bouts of resistance exercise on protein synthesis and related processes in mouse skeletal muscles. Eighteen male C57BL/6J mice were randomly subjected to three bouts of resistance exercise with 72 (72H), 24 (24H), or 8 h (8H) of recovery periods between bouts. Resistance exercise, consisting of five sets of 3 s x 10 isometric contractions with 3 min rest between sets, was elicited on the right tibialis anterior muscle via percutaneous electrical stimulation on the deep peroneal nerve under isoflurane anesthesia. The left muscle served as an internal control. Six hours after the third bout of exercise, protein synthesis was found to be activated in the 72H and 24H groups, but not in the 8H group. Phosphorylation of p70S6K at Thr 389, a marker of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling, was increased in all groups, with the 8H group showing the highest magnitude. In contrast, protein carbonylation was observed only in mice in the 8H group. These results suggest that repeated bouts of resistance exercise with 8 h of recovery periods do not effectively increase the levels of muscle protein synthesis despite activation of the mTOR signaling pathway, which likely involves oxidative stress. CI - (c) 2017 The Authors. Physiological Reports published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Physiological Society and the American Physiological Society. FAU - Takegaki, Junya AU - Takegaki J AD - Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan takegakij@gmail.com. FAU - Ogasawara, Riki AU - Ogasawara R AD - Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan. FAU - Tamura, Yuki AU - Tamura Y AD - Graduate School of Health and Sport Science, Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Takagi, Ryo AU - Takagi R AD - Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Arihara, Yuki AU - Arihara Y AD - Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Tsutaki, Arata AU - Tsutaki A AD - Graduate School of Health and Sport Science, Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Nakazato, Koichi AU - Nakazato K AD - Graduate School of Health and Sport Science, Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Ishii, Naokata AU - Ishii N AD - Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Physiol Rep JT - Physiological reports JID - 101607800 RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Isometric Contraction MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism/physiology MH - Phosphorylation MH - *Physical Conditioning, Animal MH - Protein Carbonylation MH - Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - *Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism PMC - PMC5704086 OTO - NOTNLM OT - mTOR signaling OT - protein synthesis OT - recovery OT - resistance exercise EDAT- 2017/11/29 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/28 06:00 PMCR- 2017/11/28 CRDT- 2017/11/29 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/10/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/11/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 5/22/e13515 [pii] AID - PHY213515 [pii] AID - 10.14814/phy2.13515 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Physiol Rep. 2017 Nov;5(22):e13515. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13515.