期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
卷 112, 期 1, 页码 155-162出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-1960-x
关键词
Angiogenesis; Human exercise physiology; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Skeletal muscle
资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [320030-120269]
- Swiss Foundation for Research on Muscle Diseases (SSEM)
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [320030-120269] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
The contribution of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) to angiogenesis in human skeletal muscle after endurance exercise is controversially discussed. We therefore ascertained whether the expression of nNOS is associated with the capillary density in biopsies of the vastus lateralis (VL) muscle that had been derived from 10 sedentary male subjects before and after moderate training (four 30-min weekly jogging sessions for 6 months, with a heart-rate corresponding to 75% VO(2)max). In these biopsies, nNOS was predominantly expressed as alpha-isoform with exon-mu and to a lesser extent without exon-mu, as determined by RT-PCR. The mRNA levels of nNOS were quantified by real-time PCR and related to the capillary-to-fibre ratio and the numerical density of capillaries specified by light microscopy. If the VL biopsies of all subjects were co-analysed, mRNA levels of nNOS were non-significantly elevated after training (+34%; P > 0.05). However, only five of the ten subjects exhibited significant (P a parts per thousand currency sign 0.05) elevations in the capillary-to-fibre ratio (+25%) and the numerical density of capillaries (+21%) and were thus undergoing angiogenesis. If the VL biopsies of these five subjects alone were evaluated, the mRNA levels of nNOS were significantly up-regulated (+128%; P a parts per thousand currency sign 0.05) and correlated positively (r = 0.8; P a parts per thousand currency sign 0.01) to angiogenesis. Accordingly, nNOS protein expression in VL biopsies quantified by immunoblotting was significantly increased (+82%; P a parts per thousand currency sign 0.05) only in those subjects that underwent angiogenesis. In conclusion, the expression of nNOS at mRNA and protein levels was statistically linked to capillarity after exercise suggesting that nNOS is involved in the angiogenic response to training in human skeletal muscle.
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