PMID- 35213577 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220309 LR - 20220309 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 2 DP - 2022 TI - Circadian rhythms modulate the effect of eccentric exercise on rat soleus muscles. PG - e0264171 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0264171 [doi] LID - e0264171 AB - We investigated whether time-of-day dependent changes in the rat soleus (SOL) muscle size, after eccentric exercises, operate via the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway. For our first experiment, we assigned 9-week-old male Wistar rats randomly into four groups: light phase (zeitgeber time; ZT6) non-trained control, dark phase (ZT18) non-trained control, light phase-trained, and dark phase-trained. Trained animals performed 90 min of downhill running once every 3 d for 8 weeks. The second experiment involved dividing 9-week-old male Wistar rats to control and exercise groups. The latter were subjected to 15 min of downhill running at ZT6 and ZT18. The absolute (+12.8%) and relative (+9.4%) SOL muscle weights were higher in the light phase-trained group. p70S6K phosphorylation ratio was 42.6% higher in the SOL muscle of rats that had exercised only in light (non-trained ZT6). Collectively, the degree of muscle hypertrophy in SOL is time-of-day dependent, perhaps via the mTOR/p70S6K signaling. FAU - Chang, Shuo-Wen AU - Chang SW AD - Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan. AD - Department of Physical Education, National University of Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan. FAU - Yoshihara, Toshinori AU - Yoshihara T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8465-5439 AD - Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Tsuzuki, Takamasa AU - Tsuzuki T AD - Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan. AD - Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. FAU - Natsume, Toshiharu AU - Natsume T AD - Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan. AD - School of Medicine, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Kakigi, Ryo AU - Kakigi R AD - Faculty of Management & Information Sciences, Josai International University, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Machida, Shuichi AU - Machida S AD - Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Naito, Hisashi AU - Naito H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0522-9512 AD - Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220225 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 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 - *Circadian Rhythm MH - Male MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism MH - *Physical Conditioning, Animal MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/metabolism MH - *Running MH - *Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism PMC - PMC8880858 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2022/02/26 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/11 06:00 PMCR- 2022/02/25 CRDT- 2022/02/25 17:15 PHST- 2021/03/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/02/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/25 17:15 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-21-07409 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0264171 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2022 Feb 25;17(2):e0264171. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264171. eCollection 2022.