背景:大负荷运动可诱导骨骼肌骨架蛋白的解聚或降解,改变骨骼肌的超微结构,影响骨骼肌的收缩活动。目的:观察大负荷运动和针刺对骨骼肌微管的影响,并探讨运动和针刺在骨骼肌损伤和修复中的作用及其机制。方法:选用8周龄SD雄性大鼠138只,分为一次性运动组114只和长期训练训练组24只。一次性运动组又分为4个亚组:安静对照组6只、运动组36只、针刺组36只和运动针刺组36只。一次性运动实验是大鼠完成一次中大强度下坡跑运动,在运动后施以针刺,根据运动和/或针刺后0,6,12,24,48和72 h点取材。长期训练实验是大鼠完成为期3周的下坡跑训练,并在每次运动后施以针刺,最后一次训练后的24 h取材。方法检测各组比目鱼肌α-tubulin和微管结合蛋白4的蛋白表达。结果与结论:(1)一次运动后:α-tubulin蛋白表达一过性表达下调,微管结合蛋白4蛋白表达一过性表达上调;(2)一次运动后针刺:减小了α-tubulin和微管结合蛋白4蛋白表达的变化量;(3)3周训练后:α-tubulin蛋白表达有升高趋势,微管结合蛋白4蛋白表达显著下调,针刺的干预显著减小了微管结合蛋白4蛋白表达的变化量;(4)结果显示:大负荷运动可诱导骨骼肌微管解聚,而针刺干预可缓解微管的损伤。
BACKGROUND: Heavy load exercises can induce the ultrastructural changes in the skeletal muscle by the depotymerization and/or degradation of tubulin in the skeletal muscle, thereby lessening contraction activities of the skeletal muscle. OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of heavy load exercise and acupuncture on tubulin levels, and to analyze their roles and mechanisms in skeletal muscle injury and repair. METHODS: 138 mate Sprague-Dawley rats aged 8 weeks were randomly divided into acute exercise group (n=114) and long-term exercise group (n=24). The acute exercise group included four subgroups: sedentary group (n=6), exercise group (n=36), acupunctured group (n=36) and exercise plus acupuncture group (n=36). In the acute exercise experiment, rats were acupunctured after a medium-large intensity downhill running. Rat's soleus samples were taken immediately, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after exercise and/or acupuncture. In the long-term exercise experiment, rats underwent exercise and acupuncture for 3 weeks, and rat's soleus samples were collected at 24 hours after the last training. Expressions of a-tubulin and microtubule-associated protein 4 (MAP4) in the soleus were detected by western blot assay. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After acute exercise, expression of a-tubulin and MAP4 was up- or down-regulated transiently. After acute exercise combined with acupuncture, the protein expressions of a-tubulin and MAP4 changed slightly, However, the long-term exercise induced an increase in o-tubulin protein expression, while a significant decrease in MAP4 protein expression. It was worth noting that acupuncture treatment reduced long-term exercise-induced variations of MAP4 expression. These results suggest that the heavy load exercise can induce the depolymerization of tubulins in the skeletal muscle, and acupuncture may relieve this effect.