Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2019, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (31): 4956-4961.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1483

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Effects of normoxic and hypoxic recovery on rat skeletal muscle focal adhesion complex after a single bout eccentric exercise 

Chen Shengju, Wang Danni, Wang Jingtong, Yang Ning, Lei Binkai, Li Junping   

  1. (College of Human Sport Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China)
  • Received:2019-04-28 Online:2019-11-08 Published:2019-11-08
  • Contact: Li Junping, PhD, Associate professor, College of Human Sport Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China
  • About author:Chen Shengju, Doctoral candidate, College of Human Sport Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 31471133; the Fundamental Research Project of the Central Colleges and Universities, No. 2018PT003 (to LJP)

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Excessive training or non-adaptive high-intensity exercise makes negative effect on the skeletal muscle, and causes changes in ultrastructure of muscle fibers, thus causing damage. Exercise-induced mechanical stimuli can regulate gene expression by physical connection between cytoskeleton and nuclear matrix.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of different recovery time and recovery conditions on the protein content of skeletal muscle focal adhesion complex after one eccentric exercise.
METHODS: The study was approved by the Experimental Animal Ethics Committee of Beijing Sport University, approval number: 2014011. Fifty-six male Sprague-Dawley rats aged 8 weeks were randomly divided into control group, normoxic recovery group and hypoxic recovery group. Normoxic recovery group was subjected to a bout high-intensity eccentric exercise and hypoxia treatment (12.7% O2) while hypoxic recovery group performed exercise intervention. Hypoxic recovery and normoxic recovery groups were divided into 24-, 48- and 72-hour groups according to different time points after exercise. The gastrocnemius muscle was taken at the corresponding time phase. The expression levels of integrin α7 and β1, p-FAK and p-paxillin protein were detected by western blot assay.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Compared with the control group, the expression level of integrin α7 in the 24-hour normoxic recovery group was significantly increased (P < 0.05), and restored to the level of control group with time. The expression level of integrin α7 in the 72-hour hypoxic recovery group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.01). (2) The expression level of integrin β1 in the normoxic recovery and hypoxic recovery groups was on a rise, and the expression level in the normoxic recovery group was higher than that in the hypoxic recovery group. The expression level in the 48- and 72-hour normoxic recovery groups was significantly higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). (3) The expression level of p-FAK in the normoxic recovery and hypoxic recovery groups was on a descent, and the expression level in the normoxic recovery group was higher than that in the hypoxic recovery group. The expression level in the 48- and 72-hour normoxic recovery groups was significantly lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05). (4) The expression level of p-paxillin in the normoxic recovery and hypoxic recovery groups was firstly decreased and then increased, and the expression level in each group except for 24-hour normoxic recovery group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05). (5) In summary, a single bout eccentric exercise can affect the protein expression of skeletal muscle focal adhesion complex. Different recovery conditions have different effects on focal adhesion complex. Normal oxygen is beneficial to the recovery of integrin α7, while hypoxia is beneficial to integrin β1, p-FAK and p-paxillin.

Key words: skeletal muscle, hypoxia, exercise, focal adhesion complex, integrin, focal adhesion kinase, paxillin

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