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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 208, Issue 11, Pages 2083-2090Publisher
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01605
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rainbow trout; Oncorhynchus mykiss; exercise; muscle; hypertrophy; calcineurin; NFAT2; myostatin
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Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum were exercised at 0.8 and 1.6 body lengths s(-1) for 18 h a day over a 30 day period. Exercise resulted in a 24-30% increase in the average cross-sectional area of fast muscle fibres relative to tank-rested controls. The concentrations of growth factors and transcription factors hypothesised to play a role in regulating exercise-induced muscle fibre hypertrophy were measured. Exercise training resulted in a minor increase in calcineurin localisation in the nucleus. However, nuclear factor of T-cells 2 (NFAT2) nuclear localisation did not follow a pattern that was consistent with NFAT2-mediated transcriptional activity and changes in calcineurin signaling. The active peptide of myostatin, a negative regulator of muscle growth in mammals, was downregulated in exercise groups relative to tank-rested controls, but only by 6-7%. It was concluded that myostatin and calcineurin signaling do not play a major role in regulating exercise-induced muscle hypertrophy in trout.
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