Protein ingestion increases myofibrillar protein synthesis after concurrent exercise.

Purpose: We determined the effect of protein supplementation on anabolic signaling and rates of myofibrillar and mitochondrial protein synthesis after a single bout of concurrent training.

Methods: Using a randomized crossover design, eight healthy males were assigned to experimental trials consisting of resistance exercise (8 × 5 leg extension, 80% 1RM) followed by cycling (30 min at approximately 70% V˙O2peak) with either postexercise protein (PRO, 25-g whey protein) or placebo (PLA) ingestion. Muscle biopsies were obtained at rest and at 1 and 4 h after exercise.

Dose-dependent responses of myofibrillar protein synthesis with beef ingestion are enhanced with resistance exercise in middle-aged men.

Aging impairs the sensitivity of skeletal muscle to anabolic stimuli, such as amino acids and resistance exercise. Beef is a nutrient-rich source of dietary protein capable of stimulating muscle protein synthesis (MPS) rates in older men at rest. To date, the dose-response of myofibrillar protein synthesis to graded ingestion of protein-rich foods, such as beef, has not been determined.

Validation of a single biopsy approach and bolus protein feeding to determine myofibrillar protein synthesis in stable isotope tracer studies in humans.

Background: Minimizing the number of muscle biopsies has important methodological implications and minimizes subject discomfort during a stable isotope amino acid infusion. We aimed to determine the reliability of obtaining a single muscle biopsy for the calculation of muscle protein fractional synthetic rate (FSR) as well as the amount of incorporation time necessary to obtain that biopsy after initiating a stable isotope infusion (Study 1). The calculation of muscle protein FSR requires tracer steady-state during the stable isotope infusion.

Nutrient provision increases signalling and protein synthesis in human skeletal muscle after repeated sprints.

The effect of nutrient availability on the acute molecular responses following repeated sprint exercise is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine skeletal muscle cellular and protein synthetic responses following repeated sprint exercise with nutrient provision. Eight healthy young male subjects undertook two sprint cycling sessions (10 × 6 s, 0.

Differential stimulation of myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic protein synthesis with protein ingestion at rest and after resistance exercise.

We aimed to determine whether there is a differential stimulation of the contractile myofibrillar and the cellular sarcoplasmic proteins after ingestion of protein and how this is affected by resistance exercise. Fasted (FAST) muscle protein synthesis was measured in seven healthy young men with a primed constant infusion of L-[ring-(13)C(6)]phenylalanine. Participants then performed an intense bout of unilateral resistance exercise followed by the consumption of 25 g of whey protein to maximally stimulate protein synthesis.

Different profiles of T-cell IFN-gamma and IL-12 in allergen-induced early and dual responders with asthma.

Background: IFN-gamma and IL-12 are anti-inflammatory cytokines released from various cells, including T cells. Allergen inhalation by atopic subjects with asthma results in 2 bronchoconstrictor phenotypes, termed isolated early and dual responders . Persistence of allergen-induced airway response and inflammation is a distinctive feature of dual responders.

Effects of montelukast and budesonide on airway responses and airway inflammation in asthma.

Inhaled corticosteroids are effective antiinflammatory therapy for asthma; however, they do not completely abolish allergen-induced airway inflammation. Leukotriene modifiers attenuate both early and late allergen responses and have antiinflammatory properties. We reasoned that treatment with budesonide and montelukast in combination might provide greater antiinflammatory effects than either drug alone, and the purpose of this study was to compare the effects of treatment with budesonide and montelukast, alone or in combination, on outcome variables after allergen inhalation.

IL-10 production in circulating T cells differs between allergen-induced isolated early and dual asthmatic responders.

Background: IL-10 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine released from various cells, including T cells. The role of IL-10 in asthma pathogenesis remains uncertain. Allergen inhalation by atopic asthmatic subjects results in 2 bronchoconstrictor phenotypes: isolated early response and dual response.