Exercise-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling in skeletal muscle

  • Chau Long Y
  • Widegren U
  • Zierath J
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Abstract

Exercise training improves glucose homeostasis through enhanced insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle. Muscle contraction through physical exercise is a physiological stimulus that elicits multiple biochemical and biophysical responses and therefore requires an appropriate control network. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathways constitute a network of phosphorylation cascades that link cellular stress to changes in transcriptional activity. MAPK cascades are divided into four major subfamilies, including extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2, p38 MAPK, c-Jun NH 2 -terminal kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 5. The present review will present the current understanding of parallel MAPK signalling in human skeletal muscle in response to exercise and muscle contraction, with an emphasis on identifying potential signalling mechanisms responsible for changes in gene expression.

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Chau Long, Y., Widegren, U., & Zierath, J. R. (2004). Exercise-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling in skeletal muscle. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 63(2), 227–232. https://doi.org/10.1079/pns2004346

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