Subsarcolemmal lipid droplet responses to a combined endurance and strength exercise intervention

Physiological Reports

Yuchuan Li¹  Sindre Lee¹  Torgrim Langleite¹  Frode Norheim¹  Shirin Pourteymour¹  Jørgen Jensen³  Hans K. Stadheim³  Tryggve H. Storås⁴  Svend Davanger⁵  Hanne L. Gulseth²  Kåre I. Birkeland²  Christian A. Drevon¹ 

[1] Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway;The Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway;Department of Anatomy, Institute of Basic Medical Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

关键词: Electron microscopy;    exercise;    insulin sensitivity;    lipid droplets;    lipophagy;    muscle;   

DOI  :  10.14814/phy2.12187

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Abstract

Muscle lipid stores and insulin sensitivity have a recognized association although the mechanism remains unclear. We investigated how a 12-week supervised combined endurance and strength exercise intervention influenced muscle lipid stores in sedentary overweight dysglycemic subjects and normal weight control subjects (n = 18). Muscle lipid stores were measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), electron microscopy (EM) point counting, and direct EM lipid droplet measurements of subsarcolemmal (SS) and intramyofibrillar (IMF) regions, and indirectly, by deep sequencing and real-time PCR of mRNA of lipid droplet-associated proteins. Insulin sensitivity and VO₂max increased significantly in both groups after 12 weeks of training. Muscle lipid stores were reduced according to MRS at baseline before and after the intervention, whereas EM point counting showed no change in LD stores post exercise, indicating a reduction in muscle adipocytes. Large-scale EM quantification of LD parameters of the subsarcolemmal LD population demonstrated reductions in LD density and LD diameters. Lipid droplet volume in the subsarcolemmal LD population was reduced by ~80%, in both groups, while IMF LD volume was unchanged. Interestingly, the lipid droplet diameter (n = 10 958) distribution was skewed, with a lack of small diameter lipid droplets (smaller than ~200 nm), both in the SS and IMF regions. Our results show that the SS LD lipid store was sensitive to training, whereas the dominant IMF LD lipid store was not. Thus, net muscle lipid stores can be an insufficient measure for the effects of training.

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