Skeletal muscle plays a critical role in supporting human health. Beyond its role in providing the force to move, skeletal muscle accounts for a large proportion of metabolic rate, glucose disposal, and amino acid storage. Skeletal muscle is dynamically regulated by environmental stimuli, such as loading (i.e., resistance training\]) and unloading (i.e., disuse atrophy) as well as the intake of essential amino acids (EAAs). However, the precise mechanisms that regulate skeletal muscle mass in response to various conditions (e.g., EAA supplementation, resistance training, and unloading) are not completely understood. Therefore, concerted efforts to better understand the mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle size are needed that aid in the development of therapeutic interventions to combat age, disease, and disuse related muscular atrophy.
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Changes in average rates of muscle synthesis
Timeframe: -2, 0 (-4, 0, and 4 hours), and 10 days
Dynamic proteomic profiling
Timeframe: -2, 0, and 10 days