Resistance training-induced muscle hypertrophy is mediated by TGF-β1-Smad signaling pathway in male Wistar rats |
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Authors: | Rohollah Nikooie Sohil Jafari-Sardoie Vahid Sheibani Amir Nejadvaziri Chatroudi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;2. Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran |
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Abstract: | The TGF-β1-Smad pathway is a well-known negative regulator of muscle growth; however, its potential role in resistance training-induced muscle hypertrophy is not clear. The present study proposed to determine whether and how this pathway may be involved in resistance training-induced muscle hypertrophy. Skeletal muscle samples were collected from the control, trained (RT), control + SB431542 (CITGF), and trained + SB431542 (RTITGF) animals following 3, 5, and 8 weeks of resistance training. Inhibition of the TGF-β1-Smad pathway by SB431542 augmented muscle satellite cells activation, upregulated Akt/mTOR/S6K1 pathway, and attenuated FOXO1 and FOXO3a expression in the CITGF group (all p < .01), thereby causing significant muscle hypertrophy in animals from the CITGF. Resistance training significantly decreased muscle TGF-β1 expression and Smad3 (P-Smad3S423/425) phosphorylation at COOH-terminal residues, augmented Smad2 (P-Smad2-LS245/250/255) and Smad3 (P-Smad3-LSer208) phosphorylation levels at linker sites (all p < .01), and led to a muscle hypertrophy which was unaffected by SB431542, suggesting that the TGF-β1-Smad signaling pathway is involved in resistance training-induced muscle hypertrophy. The effects of inhibiting the TGF-β1-Smad signaling pathway were not additive to the resistance training effects on FOXO1 and FOXO3a expression, muscle satellite cells activation, and the Akt/mTOR/S6K1 pathway. Resistance training effect of satellite cell differentiation was independent of the TGF-β1-Smad signaling pathway. These results suggested that the effect of the TGF-β1-Smad signaling pathway on resistance training-induced muscle hypertrophy can be attributed mainly to its diminished inhibitory effects on satellite cell activation and protein synthesis. Suppressed P-Smad3S423/425 and enhanced P-Smad2-LS245/250/255 and P-Smad3-LSer208 are the molecular mechanisms that link the TGF-β1-Smad signaling pathway to resistance training-induced muscle hypertrophy. |
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Keywords: | muscle hypertrophy resistance training TGF-β1-Smad signaling pathway transforming growth factor β1 |
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