Effects of combined treatment with blood flow restriction and low-current electrical stimulation on muscle hypertrophy in rats

This study aimed to clarify the effects of a combined treatment comprising blood flow restriction and low-current electrical stimulation on skeletal muscle hypertrophy in rats. Male Wistar rats were divided into control (Cont), blood flow restriction (Bfr), electrical stimulation (Es), or Bfr with Es (Bfr + Es) groups. Pressure cuffs (80 mmHg) were placed around the thighs of Bfr and Bfr + Es rats. Low-current Es was applied to calf muscles in the Es and Bfr + Es rats. In experiment 1, a 1-day treatment regimen (5-min stimulation, followed by 5-min rest) was delivered four times to study the acute effects. In experiment 2, the same treatment regimen was delivered three times/wk for 8 wk. Body weight, muscle mass, changes in maximal isometric contraction, fiber cross-sectional area of the soleus muscle, expression of phosphorylated and total-ERK1/2, phosphorylated-rpS6 Ser235/236, phosphorylated and total Akt, and phosphorylated-rpS6 Ser240/244 were measured. Bfr and Es treatment alone failed to induce muscle hypertrophy and increase the expression of phosphorylated rpS6 Ser240/244. Combined Bfr + Es upregulated muscle mass, increased the fiber cross-sectional area, and increased phosphorylated rpS6 Ser240/244 expression and phosphorylated rpS6 Ser235/236 expression compared with controls. Combined treatment with Bfr and low-current Es can induce muscle hypertrophy via activation of two protein synthesis signaling pathways. This treatment should be introduced for older patients with sarcopenia and others with muscle weakness.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We investigated the acute and chronic effect of low-current electrical stimulation with blood flow restriction on skeletal muscle hypertrophy and the mechanisms controlling the hypertrophic response. Low-current electrical stimulation could not induce skeletal muscle hypertrophy, but a combination treatment did. Blood lactate and growth hormone levels were increased in the early response. Moreover, activation of ERK1/2 and mTOR pathways were observed in both the acute and chronic response, which contribute to muscle hypertrophy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:127

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Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 127(2019), 5 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 1288-1296

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yoshikawa, Madoka [VerfasserIn]
Morifuji, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Matsumoto, Tomohiro [VerfasserIn]
Maeshige, Noriaki [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Minoru [VerfasserIn]
Fujino, Hidemi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

33X04XA5AT
9002-72-6
Blood flow restriction
Electrical stimulation
Evaluation Study
Growth Hormone
Journal Article
Lactic Acid
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Skeletal muscle hypertrophy

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Date Completed 26.10.2020

Date Revised 26.10.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1152/japplphysiol.00070.2019

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM301645671