J Physiol Email Content Delivery
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
 QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     


J Physiol Volume 554, Number 3, 755-763, February 1, 2004 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.055202
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
554/3/755    most recent
jphysiol.2003.055202v1
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Fernström, M.
Right arrow Articles by Sahlin, K.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Fernström, M.
Right arrow Articles by Sahlin, K.

Effects of acute and chronic endurance exercise on mitochondrial uncoupling in human skeletal muscle

Maria Fernström1,2, Michail Tonkonogi1,2 and Kent Sahlin1,2,3

1 Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 2 Department of Sports and Health Science, Stockholm University College of Physical Education and Sports, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Mitochondrial proteins such as uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) and adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) may mediate back-leakage of protons and serve as uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation. We hypothesized that UCP3 and ANT increase after prolonged exercise and/or endurance training, resulting in increased uncoupled respiration (UCR). Subjects were investigated with muscle biopsies before and after acute exercise (75 min of cycling at 70% of ) or 6 weeks endurance training. Mitochondria were isolated and respiration measured in the absence (UCR or state 4) and presence of ADP (coupled respiration or state 3). Protein expression of UCP3 and ANT was measured with Western blotting. After endurance training , citrate synthase activity (CS), state 3 respiration and ANT increased by 24, 47, 40 and 95%, respectively (all P < 0.05), whereas UCP3 remained unchanged. When expressed per unit of CS (a marker of mitochondrial volume) UCP3 and UCR decreased by 54% and 18%(P < 0.05). CS increased by 43% after acute exercise and remained elevated after 3 h of recovery (P < 0.05), whereas the other muscle parameters remained unchanged. An intriguing finding was that acute exercise reversibly enhanced the capacity of mitochondria to accumulate Ca2+(P < 0.05) before opening of permeability transition pores. In conclusion, UCP3 protein and UCR decrease after endurance training when related to mitochondrial volume. These changes may prevent excessive basal thermogenesis. Acute exercise enhances mitochondrial resistance to Ca2+ overload but does not influence UCR or protein expression of UCP3 and ANT. The increased Ca2+ resistance may prevent mitochondrial degradation and the mechanism needs to be further explored.

(Received 17 September 2003; accepted after revision 18 November 2003; first published online 21 November 2003)
Corresponding author K. Sahlin: Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark.  Email: ksahlin{at}health.sdu.dk




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
DiabetesHome page
M. Mogensen, K. Sahlin, M. Fernstrom, D. Glintborg, B. F. Vind, H. Beck-Nielsen, and K. Hojlund
Mitochondrial Respiration Is Decreased in Skeletal Muscle of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes, June 1, 2007; 56(6): 1592 - 1599.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Appl. Physiol.Home page
M. Fernstrom, L. Bakkman, M. Tonkonogi, I. G. Shabalina, Z. Rozhdestvenskaya, C. M. Mattsson, J. K. Enqvist, B. Ekblom, and K. Sahlin
Reduced efficiency, but increased fat oxidation, in mitochondria from human skeletal muscle after 24-h ultraendurance exercise
J Appl Physiol, May 1, 2007; 102(5): 1844 - 1849.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Exp PhysiolHome page
K. E. Conley, C. E. Amara, S. A. Jubrias, and D. J. Marcinek
Muscle-energetic and cardio-pulmonary determinants of exercise tolerance in humans: Mitochondrial function, fibre types and ageing: new insights from human muscle in vivo
Exp Physiol, March 1, 2007; 92(2): 333 - 339.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USAHome page
C. E. Amara, E. G. Shankland, S. A. Jubrias, D. J. Marcinek, M. J. Kushmerick, and K. E. Conley
Mild mitochondrial uncoupling impacts cellular aging in human muscles in vivo
PNAS, January 16, 2007; 104(3): 1057 - 1062.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Appl. Physiol.Home page
K. Sahlin, J. S. Nielsen, M. Mogensen, and M. Tonkonogi
Repeated static contractions increase mitochondrial vulnerability toward oxidative stress in human skeletal muscle
J Appl Physiol, September 1, 2006; 101(3): 833 - 839.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.Home page
G. S. Supinski and L. A. Callahan
Polyethylene Glycol-Superoxide Dismutase Prevents Endotoxin-induced Cardiac Dysfunction
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., June 1, 2006; 173(11): 1240 - 1247.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Physiol.Home page
M. Mogensen, M. Bagger, P. K. Pedersen, M. Fernstrom, and K. Sahlin
Cycling efficiency in humans is related to low UCP3 content and to type I fibres but not to mitochondrial efficiency
J. Physiol., March 15, 2006; 571(3): 669 - 681.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Physiol.Home page
E. F. Coyle
Understanding efficiency of human muscular movement exemplifies integrative and translational physiology
J. Physiol., March 15, 2006; 571(3): 501 - 501.
[Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab.Home page
S. Schenk, J. N. Cook, A. E. Kaufman, and J. F. Horowitz
Postexercise insulin sensitivity is not impaired after an overnight lipid infusion
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, March 1, 2005; 288(3): E519 - E525.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Appl. Physiol.Home page
M. J. Watt, G. J. F. Heigenhauser, P. J. LeBlanc, J. G. Inglis, L. L. Spriet, and S. J. Peters
Rapid upregulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity in human skeletal muscle during prolonged exercise
J Appl Physiol, October 1, 2004; 97(4): 1261 - 1267.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.Home page
D. M. Bailey, I. S. Young, J. McEneny, L. Lawrenson, J. Kim, J. Barden, and R. S. Richardson
Regulation of free radical outflow from an isolated muscle bed in exercising humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, October 1, 2004; 287(4): H1689 - H1699.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Appl. Physiol.Home page
V. Ljubicic, P. J. Adhihetty, and D. A. Hood
Role of UCP3 in state 4 respiration during contractile activity-induced mitochondrial biogenesis
J Appl Physiol, September 1, 2004; 97(3): 976 - 983.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2004 The Physiological Society.