Long-Term Resistance Trained Human Muscles Have More Fibers, More Myofibrils, and Tighter Myofilament Packing Than Untrained

Author:

MAEO SUMIAKI,BALSHAW THOMAS G.,MÄRZ BENJAMIN,ZHOU ZHAOXIA1,HAUG BILL2,MARTIN NEIL R. W.2,MAFFULLI NICOLA,FOLLAND JONATHAN P.

Affiliation:

1. Loughborough Materials Characterization Centre, Department of Materials, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UNITED KINGDOM

2. School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UNITED KINGDOM

Abstract

ABSTRACT Introduction Increases in skeletal muscle size occur in response to prolonged exposure to resistance training that is typically ascribed to increased muscle fiber size. Whether muscle fiber number also changes remains controversial, and a paucity of data exists about myofibrillar structure. This cross-sectional study compared muscle fiber and myofibril characteristics in long-term resistance-trained (LRT) versus untrained (UNT) individuals. Methods The maximal anatomical cross-sectional area (ACSAmax) of the biceps brachii muscle was measured by magnetic resonance imaging in 16 LRT (5.9 ± 3.5 yr’ experience) and 13 UNT males. A muscle biopsy was taken from the biceps brachii to measure muscle fiber area, myofibril area, and myosin spacing. Muscle fiber number, and myofibril number in total and per fiber were estimated by dividing ACSAmax by muscle fiber area or myofibril area, and muscle fiber area by myofibril area, respectively. Results Compared with UNT, LRT individuals had greater ACSAmax (+70%, P < 0.001), fiber area (+29%, P = 0.028), fiber number (+34%, P = 0.013), and myofibril number per fiber (+49%, P = 0.034) and in total (+105%, P < 0.001). LRT individuals also had smaller myosin spacing (−7%, P = 0.004; i.e., greater packing density) and a tendency toward smaller myofibril area (−16%, P = 0.074). ACSAmax was positively correlated with fiber area (r = 0.526), fiber number (r = 0.445), and myofibril number (in total r = 0.873 and per fiber r = 0.566), and negatively correlated with myofibril area (r = −0.456) and myosin spacing (r = −0.382) (all P < 0.05). Conclusions The larger muscles of LRT individuals exhibited more fibers in cross-section and larger muscle fibers, which contained substantially more total myofibrils and more packed myofilaments than UNT participants, suggesting plasticity of muscle ultrastructure.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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