Matched work high-intensity interval and continuous running induce similar increases in PGC-1α mRNA, AMPK, p38, and p53 phosphorylation in human skeletal muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1135-1143

  Bartlett, Jonathan D ^a   Joo, Chang Hwa ^a   Jeong, Tae Seok ^a   Louhelainen, Jari ^a   Cochran, Andrew J ^b   Gibala, Martin J ^b   Gregson, Warren ^a   Close, Graeme L ^a   Drust, Barry ^a   Morton, James P ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endurance exercise; Glycogen; High intensity training; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 72; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; LACTIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PPARGC1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN P53; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BIOPSY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP72 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RUNNING; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859621618     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01040.2011     Document Type: Article

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