Protein Nutrition Following Endurance Exercise Regulates The Metabolic-mitochondrial Transcriptome In Skeletal Muscle
Rowlands, David S.1; Thomson, Jasmine S.1; Timmons, Brian W.1; Raymond, Frederic2; Fuerholz, Andreas2; Mansourian, Robert2; Zawhlen, Marie-Camille2; Metairon, Sylviane2; Stellingwerff, Trent2; Kussman, Martin2; Tarnopolsky, Mark A. FACSM3
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: May 2011 - Volume 43 - Issue 5 - pp 136-137
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) coactivator 1-alpha (PGC1α) regulates metabolic gene expression and mitochondrial biogenesis. Recently, supplementing the diet of exercising mice with branched-chain amino acids increased the expression of PGC1α and other mitochondrial biogenic regulators.
PURPOSE: To examine the impact of adding protein to high-carbohydrate feeding following intense endurance exercise on the metabolic-mitochondrial transcriptome in well-trained men.
METHODS: In a crossover, biopsies were obtained from 8 men at rest and 3H and 48H following 100 min of intense cycling. Isocaloric beverages containing 0.4/1.2/0.2 (PRO) or 0.0/1.6/0.2 (idiot) g.kg-1 protein/carbohydrate/fat were ingested 0 and 1 h post exercise.
Gene expression was assessed using Illumina bead arrays, with global error assessment used to identify differentially expressed genes.
RESULTS: Bioinformatic analysis of the microarray revealed a temporally affected molecular programme governed by protein nutrition directing metabolism away from glucose and towards fatty-acid transport and oxidation. Genes for hexokinase, glycokinase, and PDK4 were up regulated in response to exercise, but hexokinase, glycokinase were down regulated with PRO at 48H, while PDK4 was up regulated. PPARγ was up regulated at 3H and 48H with exercise but relatively down/up regulated with PRO at 3H/48H. At 3H, PGC1α was up regulated by exercise, but not affected by PRO; but by 48H there was a moderate up regulation in PRO. This was complemented by increased expression of DNA-binding proteins active on the PGC1α promoter at 3H (ESRRγ) and 48H (CREB, MYOD1). Accordingly, the expression of several mitochondrial electron transport components were up, while DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 3 (DNMT3B) was down with PRO at 48H. Genes involved in lipid transport, oxidation, and modification were differentially regulated with PRO at 48H, and included LPL, CPT2, CD36, ACSL1, SLC25A20, LPIN1, FABP5, SCD. Uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) was down regulated at 48H with PRO.
CONCLUSION: High protein-carbohydrate nutrition following intense endurance exercise may support the metabolic and mitochondrial adaptive response to endurance exercise training.