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Endurance exercise training in myostatin null mice
Author(s) -
Savage Kathleen J.,
McPherron Alexandra C.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.21688
Subject(s) - myostatin , endurance training , training (meteorology) , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , endocrinology , biology , muscle hypertrophy , physics , meteorology
Abstract The growth factor myostatin (Mstn) is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass. Mstn −/− muscles are hypertrophied, stronger, and more glycolytic than Mstn +/+ muscles, suggesting that they might not perform endurance exercise as well as Mstn +/+ mice. Indeed, it has previously been shown that treadmill exercise training reduces triceps weight in Mstn −/− mice. To analyze the response of Mstn −/− muscle to endurance exercise in detail, we carried out endurance training over 4 weeks to examine muscle mass, histology, and oxidative enzyme activity. We found that muscle mass was reduced with training in several muscles from both genotypes, with no evidence of muscle damage. Citrate synthase activity was increased with training in control and mutant mice. Non‐trained Mstn −/− mice did, however, have lower maximal exercise capacity compared with Mstn +/+ mice. These results show that Mstn −/− muscle retains the metabolic plasticity necessary to adapt normally to endurance training. Muscle Nerve, 2010