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    Short-term step reduction reduces citrate synthase activity without altering skeletal muscle markers of oxidative metabolism or insulin-mediated signaling in young males

    Edwards, Sophie J, Shad, Brandon J, Marshall, Ryan N, Morgan, Paul T, Wallis, Gareth A and Breen, Leigh (2021) Short-term step reduction reduces citrate synthase activity without altering skeletal muscle markers of oxidative metabolism or insulin-mediated signaling in young males. Journal of Applied Physiology, 131 (6). pp. 1653-1662. ISSN 8750-7587

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    Abstract

    Mitochondria are critical to skeletal muscle contractile function and metabolic health. Short-term periods of step reduction (SR) are associated with alterations in muscle protein turnover and mass. However, the effects of SR on mitochondrial metabolism/muscle oxidative metabolism and insulin-mediated signaling are unclear. We tested the hypothesis that the total and/or phosphorylated protein content of key skeletal muscle markers of mitochondrial/oxidative metabolism, and insulin-mediated signaling would be altered over 7 days of SR in young healthy males. Eleven, healthy, recreationally active males (means ± SE, age: 22 ± 1 yr, BMI: 23.4 ± 0.7 kg·m2) underwent a 7-day period of SR. Immediately before and following SR, fasted-state muscle biopsy samples were acquired and analyzed for the assessment of total and phosphorylated protein content of key markers of mitochondrial/oxidative metabolism and insulin-mediated signaling. Daily step count was significantly reduced during the SR intervention (13,054 ± 833 to 1,192 ± 99 steps·day-1, P < 0.001). Following SR, there was a significant decline in maximal citrate synthase activity (fold change: 0.94 ± 0.08, P < 0.05) and a significant increase in the protein content of p-glycogen synthase (P-GSS641; fold change: 1.47 ± 0.14, P < 0.05). No significant differences were observed in the total or phosphorylated protein content of other key markers of insulin-mediated signaling, oxidative metabolism, mitochondrial function, or mitochondrial dynamics (all P > 0.05). These results suggest that short-term SR reduces the maximal activity of citrate synthase, a marker of mitochondrial content, without altering the total or phosphorylated protein content of key markers of skeletal muscle mitochondrial metabolism and insulin signaling in young healthy males.

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