Modulating effects of exercise training regimen on skeletal muscle properties in female polo ponies

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Background

The match play patterns in equestrian polo are unique and require specific training programs to ensure sport performance. The effect of commonly used exercise training regimens on the adaptation of skeletal muscle is unclear. The present study investigated the modulating effects of the classic training regimen, comprised of aerobic exercise training with increasing exercise intensities and varying duration combined with match play, on the properties of muscle in polo ponies. Nine healthy adult female polo ponies were subjected to four consecutive subsets of 1 year classic training regimen including basal activity (B), low intensity (L), low to moderate intensity (LM), and low to moderate intensity training plus match play during polo tournament (LMP), respectively. At the end of each training period, gluteus medius muscle samples were taken for determination of muscle fiber type distribution, muscle metabolic capacity, capillary density, and lipid and glycogen content. The expression profile of metabolic genes including succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), phosphofructokinase (PFK), glycogen phosphorylase (PYG), and glycogen synthase (GYS) were also measured.

Results

Among all exercise training subsets, only LMP exercise period caused an increase in the number of oxidative fibers (type IIa), along with increases in properties related to oxidative metabolism including high capillary density, intramuscular lipid content, and expression of SDH and PYG genes, with a corresponding decrease in the number of type IIx muscle fibers.

Conclusion

The combination of low to moderate and high intensity training in LMP are only sufficient to induce changes in oxidative characteristics. As the first scientific evidence providing such insight about the classic polo training regimen, the data forms a basis for further consideration in training program design.

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Barry M Prior, H T Yang, Ronald L Terjung (2004)

Exercise and muscle contractions create a powerful stimulus for structural remodeling of the vasculature. An increase in flow velocity through a vessel increases shear stress, a major stimulus for enlargement of conduit vessels. This leads to an endothelial-dependent, nitric oxide-dependent enlargement of the vessel. Increased flow within muscle, in the absence of contractions, leads to an enhanced capillarity by intussusceptive angiogenesis, a process of capillary splitting by intraluminal longitudinal divide. In contrast, sprouting angiogenesis requires extensive endothelial cell proliferation, with degradation of the extracellular matrix to permit migration and tube formation. This occurs during muscle adaptations to chronic contractions and/or muscle overload. The angiogenic growth factor VEGF appears to be an important element in angiogenesis. Recent advances in research have identified hemodynamic and mechanical stimuli that upregulate angiogenic processes, demonstrated a complexity of potent growth factors and interactions with their corresponding receptors, detected an interaction of cellular signaling events, and identified important tissue reorganization processes that must be coordinated to effect vascular remodeling. It is likely that much of this information is applicable to the vascular remodeling that occurs in response to exercise and/or muscle contractions.

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Characterization of the equine skeletal muscle transcriptome identifies novel functional responses to exercise training

Beatrice A. McGivney, Paul A. McGettigan, John Browne … (2010)

Background Digital gene expression profiling was used to characterize the assembly of genes expressed in equine skeletal muscle and to identify the subset of genes that were differentially expressed following a ten-month period of exercise training. The study cohort comprised seven Thoroughbred racehorses from a single training yard. Skeletal muscle biopsies were collected at rest from the gluteus medius at two time points: T1 - untrained, (9 ± 0.5 months old) and T2 - trained (20 ± 0.7 months old). Results The most abundant mRNA transcripts in the muscle transcriptome were those involved in muscle contraction, aerobic respiration and mitochondrial function. A previously unreported over-representation of genes related to RNA processing, the stress response and proteolysis was observed. Following training 92 tags were differentially expressed of which 74 were annotated. Sixteen genes showed increased expression, including the mitochondrial genes ACADVL, MRPS21 and SLC25A29 encoded by the nuclear genome. Among the 58 genes with decreased expression, MSTN, a negative regulator of muscle growth, had the greatest decrease. Functional analysis of all expressed genes using FatiScan revealed an asymmetric distribution of 482 Gene Ontology (GO) groups and 18 KEGG pathways. Functional groups displaying highly significant (P < 0.0001) increased expression included mitochondrion, oxidative phosphorylation and fatty acid metabolism while functional groups with decreased expression were mainly associated with structural genes and included the sarcoplasm, laminin complex and cytoskeleton. Conclusion Exercise training in Thoroughbred racehorses results in coordinate changes in the gene expression of functional groups of genes related to metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation and muscle structure.

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Early and long-term changes of equine skeletal muscle in response to endurance training and detraining.

J Rivero, Miguel A. Serrano, Elizabeth Rothe (2000)

Twenty-four 4-year-old Andalusian (Spanish breed) stallions were used to examine the plasticity of myosin heavy chain (MHC) phenotype and the metabolic profile in horse skeletal muscle with long-term endurance-exercise training and detraining. Sixteen horses underwent a training programme based on aerobic exercises for 8 months. Afterwards, they were kept in paddocks for 3 months. The remaining eight horses were used as controls. Three gluteus medius muscle biopsy samples were removed at depths of 20, 40 and 60 mm from each horse before (month 0), during (month 3) and after (month 8) training, and again after 3 months of detraining (month 11). MHC composition was analysed by electrophoresis and immunohistochemistry with anti-MHC monoclonal antibodies. Fibre areas, oxidative capacity and capillaries were studied histochemically. The activities of key muscle enzymes of aerobic (citrate synthase and 3-hydroxy-acyl-CoA-dehydrogenase) and anaerobic (phosphofructokinase and lactic dehydrogenase) metabolism and the intramuscular glycogen and triglyceride contents were also biochemically analysed. Early changes with training (3 months) included hypertrophy of type IIA fibres, a reduction of MHC-IIX with a concomitant increase of MHC-IIA, a rise in the number of high-oxidative fibres and in the activities of aerobic muscle enzymes and glycogen content. Long-term changes with training (8 months) were a further decline in the expression of MHC-IIX, an increase of slow MHC-I, additional increases of high-oxidative fibres, capillary density, activities of aerobic enzymes and endogenous glycogen; intramuscular lipid deposits also increased after 8 months of training whereas the activities of anaerobic enzymes declined. Most of exercise-induced alterations reverted after 3 months of detraining. These results indicate that endurance-exercise training induces a reversible transition of MHC composition in equine muscle in the order IIX-->IIA-->I, which is coordinated with changes in the metabolic properties of the muscle. Furthermore, a dose-response relationship was evident between the duration (in total) of training and the magnitude of muscle adaptations.

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Metha Chanda: mathajunda@yahoo.co.th

Ratchakrit Srikuea: ratchakrit.sri@mahidol.ac.th

Worakij Cherdchutam: fvetwkc@ku.ac.th

Arthit Chairoungdua: arthit.cha@mahidol.ac.th

Pawinee Piyachaturawat: pawinee.pia@mahidol.ac.th

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): BMC Vet Res

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): BMC Vet. Res

Title: BMC Veterinary Research

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 1746-6148

Publication date (Electronic): 4 November 2016

Publication date PMC-release: 4 November 2016

Publication date Collection: 2016

Volume: 12

Electronic Location Identifier: 245

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[1 ]Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Rd., Rachatewee, Bangkok, 10400 Thailand

[2 ]Department of Large Animal and Wildlife Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakornpathom, 73140 Thailand

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Publisher ID: 874

DOI: 10.1186/s12917-016-0874-6

PMC ID: 5095958

PubMed ID: 27809906

SO-VID: 3186c7f4-baae-41e4-a5b3-ef25bba77b7e

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Date received : 15 May 2016

Date accepted : 26 October 2016

Funding

Funded by: This work was financially supported by Kasetsart Veterinary Development Funds. Kasetsart University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Nakorn Pathom, Thailand.

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Modulating effects of exercise training regimen on skeletal muscle properties in female polo ponies

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