title: Can endurance exercise preconditioning prevention disuse muscle atrophy?
abstract: Emerging evidence suggests that exercise training can provide a level of protection against disuse muscle atrophy. Endurance exercise training imposes oxidative, metabolic, and heat stress on skeletal muscle which activates a variety of cellular signaling pathways that ultimately leads to the increased expression of proteins that have been demonstrated to protect muscle from inactivity -induced atrophy. This review will highlight the effect of exercise-induced oxidative stress on endogenous enzymatic antioxidant capacity (i.e., superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and catalase), the role of oxidative and metabolic stress on PGC1-α, and finally highlight the effect heat stress and HSP70 induction. Finally, this review will discuss the supporting scientific evidence that these proteins can attenuate muscle atrophy through exercise preconditioning.
authors: Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, Center for Exercise Science, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors: Michael P
authors: MP
authors: Wiggs
keywords: HSP70; PGC1-α; bed rest; immobilization; mitophagy; oxidative stress; superoxide dismutase; unloading