title: Immediate response of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-mediated signalling following acute resistance exercise in rat skeletal muscle.
abstract: The purpose of the present investigation was to determine whether mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-mediated signalling and some key regulatory proteins of translation initiation are altered in skeletal muscle during the immediate phase of recovery following acute resistance exercise. Rats were operantly conditioned to reach an illuminated bar located high on a Plexiglass cage, such that the animals completed concentric and eccentric contractions involving the hindlimb musculature. Gastrocnemius muscle was extracted immediately after acute exercise and 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 min of recovery. Phosphorylation of protein kinase B (PKB) on Ser-473 peaked at 10 min of recovery (282% of control, P < 0.05) with no significant changes noted for mTOR phosphorylation on Ser-2448. Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4E-binding protein-1 (4E-BP1) and S6 kinase-1 (S6K1), both downstream effectors of mTOR, were altered during recovery as well. 4E-BP1 phosphorylation was significantly elevated at 10 min (292%, P < 0.01) of recovery. S6K1 phosphorylation on Thr-389 demonstrated a trend for peak activation at 10 min following exercise (336%, P = 0.06) with ribosomal protein S6 phosphorylation being maximally activated at 15 min of recovery (647%, P < 0.05). Components of the eIF4F complex were enhanced during recovery as eIF4E association with eIF4G peaked at 10 min (292%, P < 0.05). Events regulating the binding of initiator methionyl-tRNA to the 40S ribosomal subunit were assessed through eIF2B activity and eIF2 alpha phosphorylation on Ser-51. No differences were noted with either eIF2B or eIF2 alpha. Collectively, these results provide strong evidence that mTOR-mediating signalling is transiently upregulated during the immediate period following resistance exercise and this response may constitute the most proximal growth response of the cell.
authors.affiliation: The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bolster
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kubica
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Crozier
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Farrell
authors.forename: Scot R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kimball
authors.forename: Leonard S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Jefferson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D039642:Eukaryotic Initiation Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D038601:Ribosomal Protein S6 / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000494:pharmacology*; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D039642:Eukaryotic Initiation Factors; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D038601:Ribosomal Protein S6; D011494:Protein Kinases; C546845:mTOR protein, rat; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase; D020123:Sirolimus