The molecular biology behind exercise

 


lowering weight — these two actions affect muscle structure differently. During a bicep curl, lifting a weight shortens the muscle and lowering lengthens it. We call these activities concentric and eccentric exercises, respectively. Studying these exercises is crucial in sports medicine because they affect strength, bulk and rehabilitation outcomes differently.

Understanding the biology behind muscle movement also helps to optimize exercise protocols, and a recent study by Jiawei Du and a team at the Beijing Sport University in China, published in the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, seeks to do that.


Muscles are made of long thin individual fibers such as those seen running diagonally across the top right of the image. The lower left shows muscle fibers stretching toward the viewer.

“This study aimed to explore the molecular mechanisms underlying muscle adaptation to eccentric and concentric exercises by using advanced proteomic techniques,” Du said. “This aligns with our broader goal of optimizing training regimens for athletes and individuals undergoing rehabilitation.”

Cells must adapt to changing energy requirements and changing muscle shapes that result from exercise. This adaptation process requires some regulations at the genetic level. Thus, examining these changes helps us to understand what happens in the cells during exercise. With advances in next-generation sequencing technology and other proteomic techniques, researchers can analyze the global genome or proteome profiles and compare them before and after exercise.

In the MCP study, two groups of men did either concentric or eccentric resistance training for four weeks. Muscle biopsies taken before and after training were analyzed to identify and quantify proteins. The scientists investigated 3,172 proteins in total, and they found that expression changed in 122 proteins during eccentric exercise and in 101 proteins during concentric exercise.

“Use of comprehensive proteomic analysis has provided detailed insights into the molecular adaptations in muscle tissue during training,” Du said. “For instance, proteins related to oxidative phosphorylation were inhibited in eccentric but activated in concentric training, indicating different metabolic adaptations. This distinction provides new insights into how specific training types can be tailored for desired outcomes in muscle performance and recovery.”

Oxidative phosphorylation is a metabolic process that uses oxygen to generate high-energy molecules in the form of adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. Before this work, other scientists had reported that strength training increases oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria, the organelles that power cells. However, no researchers had yet determined how specific types of training can change expression of proteins related 

Twenty young men participated in this study. Considering physiological, especially hormonal differences between males and females, the findings could differ with women.


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