PMID- 34142871 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211011 LR - 20211011 IS - 1557-8682 (Electronic) IS - 1527-0297 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Sep TI - Impact of Hypoxic Exercise Recovery on Skeletal Muscle Glycogen and Gene Expression. PG - 300-307 LID - 10.1089/ham.2021.0028 [doi] AB - Slivka, Dustin, Charles Dumke, Walter Hailes, and Brent Ruby. Impact of hypoxic exercise recovery on skeletal muscle glycogen and gene expression. High Alt Med Biol. 22:300-307, 2021. Background: The impact of altitude during recovery from exercise is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the acute gene response and muscle glycogen re-synthesis after exercise when exposed to simulated high altitude during recovery. Materials and Methods: Twelve male participants (age, 25 +/- 2 years; height, 178 +/- 7 cm; weight, 78.8 +/- 7.8 kg; VO(2)peak, 4.25 +/- 0.59 l/min; Wpeak 307 +/- 44 W; and body fat, 13.1% +/- 1.2%) completed two trials (random order), which consisted of cycling for 90 minutes in laboratory conditions and then recovering for 6 hours in laboratory conditions (975 m; normoxia) or at a high simulated altitude (5,000 m; hypoxia). Results: Skeletal muscle biopsies from the vastus lateralis were obtained before exercise, after exercise, and 6 hours after exercise for the measurement of metabolic gene expression and muscle glycogen. Muscle glycogen decreased with exercise (61% +/- 13%, p < 0.05) and increased with recovery (78% +/- 35%, p < 0.05) with no difference between trials (p > 0.05). Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha, HIF-2alpha, optic atrophy gene 1 (OPA-1), mitofusin 2 (MFN-2), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1alpha) gene expression were suppressed after altitude exposure (p < 0.05), while mitochondrial fission 1 protein (FIS-1), phosphofructokinase (PFK), Cytochrome c oxidase (COX), and hexokinase (HK) were unaffected by altitude exposure (p > 0.05). Conclusions: High-altitude exposure during recovery from exercise inhibits gene expression associated with mitochondrial development without affecting muscle glycogen re-synthesis. FAU - Slivka, Dustin AU - Slivka D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7337-3770 AD - School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. FAU - Dumke, Charles AU - Dumke C AD - School of Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA. FAU - Hailes, Walter AU - Hailes W AD - School of Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA. FAU - Ruby, Brent AU - Ruby B AD - School of Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210617 PL - United States TA - High Alt Med Biol JT - High altitude medicine & biology JID - 100901183 RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 9005-79-2 (Glycogen) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Gene Expression MH - *Glycogen MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia MH - Male MH - *Muscle, Skeletal MH - RNA, Messenger MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - HIF-1 OT - PGC-1alpha OT - altitude OT - biopsy OT - environmental OT - hypoxia OT - mRNA EDAT- 2021/06/19 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/12 06:00 CRDT- 2021/06/18 12:14 PHST- 2021/06/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/18 12:14 [entrez] AID - 10.1089/ham.2021.0028 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - High Alt Med Biol. 2021 Sep;22(3):300-307. doi: 10.1089/ham.2021.0028. Epub 2021 Jun 17.