Increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in human skeletal muscle in response to short-term one-legged exercise training

2002 ◽  
Vol 444 (6) ◽  
pp. 752-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustafsson T. ◽  
Knutsson A. ◽  
Puntschart A. ◽  
Kaijser L. ◽  
Sandberg Nordqvist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Human Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Endothelial Growth Factor

scholarly journals Myocyte vascular endothelial growth factor is required for exercise-induced skeletal muscle angiogenesis

2010 ◽  
Vol 299 (4) ◽  
pp. R1059-R1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Mark Olfert ◽  
Richard A. Howlett ◽  
Peter D. Wagner ◽  
Ellen C. Breen
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Metabolic Adaptation ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Vegf Expression ◽  
Running Speed ◽  
Endothelial Growth Factor ◽  
Adaptation To Exercise

We have previously shown, using a Cre-LoxP strategy, that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is required for the development and maintenance of skeletal muscle capillarity in sedentary adult mice. To determine whether VEGF expression is required for skeletal muscle capillary adaptation to exercise training, gastrocnemius muscle capillarity was measured in myocyte-specific VEGF gene-deleted (mVEGF−/−) and wild-type (WT) littermate mice following 6 wk of treadmill running (1 h/day, 5 days/wk) at the same running speed. The effect of training on metabolic enzyme activity levels and whole body running performance was also evaluated in mVEGF−/− and WT mice. Posttraining capillary density was significantly increased by 59% ( P < 0.05) in the deep muscle region of the gastrocnemius in WT mice but did not change in mVEGF−/− mice. Maximal running speed and time to exhaustion during submaximal running increased by 20 and 13% ( P < 0.05), respectively, in WT mice after training but were unchanged in mVEGF−/− mice. Training led to increases in skeletal muscle citrate synthase (CS) and phosphofructokinase (PFK) activities in both WT and mVEGF−/− mice ( P < 0.05), whereas β-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (β-HAD) activity was increased only in WT mice. These data demonstrate that skeletal muscle capillary adaptation to physical training does not occur in the absence of myocyte-expressed VEGF. However, skeletal muscle metabolic adaptation to exercise training takes place independent of myocyte VEGF expression.

Subcellular localization and mechanism of secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor in human skeletal muscle

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 3496-3504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgitte Hoier ◽  
Clara Prats ◽  
Klaus Qvortrup ◽  
Henriette Pilegaard ◽  
Jens Bangsbo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Subcellular Localization ◽  
Human Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Endothelial Growth Factor
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