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J Appl Physiol 90: 1424-1430, 2001;
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Vol. 90, Issue 4, 1424-1430, April 2001

Effects of vitamin E and alpha -lipoic acid on skeletal muscle contractile properties

Jeff S. Coombes1, Scott K. Powers1, Benjamin Rowell1, Karyn L. Hamilton1, Stephen L. Dodd1, R. Andrew Shanely1, Chandan K. Sen2,3, and Lester Packer2

1 Center for Exercise Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611; 2 Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720; and 3 Department of Physiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland 70211

Initial experiments were conducted using an in situ rat tibialis anterior (TA) muscle preparation to assess the influence of dietary antioxidants on muscle contractile properties. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two dietary groups: 1) control diet (Con) and 2) supplemented with vitamin E (VE) and alpha -lipoic acid (alpha -LA) (Antiox). Antiox rats were fed the Con rats' diet (AIN-93M) with an additional 10,000 IU VE/kg diet and 1.65 g/kg alpha -LA. After an 8-wk feeding period, no differences existed (P > 0.05) between the two dietary groups in maximum specific tension before or after a fatigue protocol or in force production during the fatigue protocol. However, in unfatigued muscle, maximal twitch tension and tetanic force production at stimulation frequencies <= 40 Hz were less (P < 0.05) in Antiox animals compared with Con. To investigate which antioxidant was responsible for the depressed force production, a second experiment was conducted using an in vitro rat diaphragm preparation. Varying concentrations of VE and dihydrolipoic acid, the reduced form of alpha -LA, were added either individually or in combination to baths containing diaphragm muscle strips. The results from these experiments indicate that high levels of VE depress skeletal muscle force production at low stimulation frequencies.

antioxidants; contraction; redox; oxidation; reactive oxygen species


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