Essential amino acid and carbohydrate ingestion before resistance exercise does not enhance postexercise muscle protein synthesis.
Ingestion of an essential amino acid-carbohydrate (EAA + CHO) solution following resistance exercise enhances muscle protein synthesis during postexercise recovery. It is unclear whether EAA + CHO ingestion before resistance exercise can improve direct measures of postexercise muscle protein synthesis (fractional synthetic rate; FSR). We hypothesized that EAA + CHO ingestion before a bout of resistance exercise would prevent the exercise-induced decrease in muscle FSR and would result in an enhanced rate of muscle FSR during postexercise recovery. We studied 22 young healthy subjects before, during, and for 2 h following a bout of high-intensity leg resistance exercise. The fasting control group (n = 11) did not ingest nutrients, and the EAA + CHO group (n = 11) ingested a solution of EAA + CHO 1 h before beginning the exercise bout. Stable isotopic methods were used in combination with muscle biopsies to determine FSR. Immunoblotting procedures were utilized to assess cell signaling proteins associated with the regulation of FSR. We found that muscle FSR increased in the EAA + CHO group immediately following EAA + CHO ingestion (P < 0.05), returned to basal values during exercise, and remained unchanged at 1 h postexercise. Muscle FSR decreased in the fasting group during exercise and increased at 1 h postexercise (P < 0.05). However, the 2 h postexercise FSR increased by approximately 50% in both groups with no differences between groups (P > 0.05). Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 phosphorylation was reduced in both groups at 2 h postexercise (EAA + CHO: 39 +/- 7%; fasting: 47 +/- 9%; P < 0.05). We conclude that EAA + CHO ingestion before resistance exercise does not enhance postexercise FSR compared with exercise without nutrients.
Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Div. of Rehabilitation Sciences, Sealy Center on Aging, 301 Univ. Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1144, USA.
Satoshi
S
Fujita
Hans C
HC
Dreyer
Micah J
MJ
Drummond
Erin L
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Glynn
Elena
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Volpi
Blake B
BB
Rasmussen
D000328:Adult; D000601:Amino Acids, Essential / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000737:chemistry; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005508:Food Deprivation; D006801:Humans; D007930:Leucine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D015398:Signal Transduction; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; D055815:Young Adult
D000601:Amino Acids, Essential; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D010649:Phenylalanine; D011494:Protein Kinases; C546842:MTOR protein, human; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; D007930:Leucine