Presleep protein ingestion does not compromise the muscle protein synthetic response to protein ingested the following morning
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Protein ingestion before sleep augments postexercise muscle protein synthesis during overnight recovery. It is unknown whether postexercise and presleep protein consumption modulates postprandial protein handling and myofibrillar protein synthetic responses the following morning. Sixteen healthy young (24 ± 1 yr) men performed unilateral resistance-type exercise (contralateral leg acting as a resting control) at 2000. Participants ingested 20 g of protein immediately after exercise plus 60 g of protein presleep (PRO group; n = 8) or equivalent boluses of carbohydrate (CON; n = 8). The subsequent morning participants received primed, continuous infusions of l-[ ring-2H5]phenylalanine and l-[1-13C]leucine combined with ingestion of 20 g intrinsically l-[1-13C]phenylalanine- and l-[1-13C]leucine-labeled protein to assess postprandial protein handling and myofibrillar protein synthesis in the rested and exercised leg in CON and PRO. Exercise increased postabsorptive myofibrillar protein synthesis rates the subsequent day ( P < 0.001), with no differences between CON and PRO. Protein ingested in the morning increased myofibrillar protein synthesis in both the exercised and rested leg ( P < 0.01), with no differences between treatments. Myofibrillar protein bound l-[1-13C]phenylalanine enrichments were greater in the exercised (0.016 ± 0.002 and 0.015 ± 0.002 MPE in CON and PRO, respectively) vs. rested (0.010 ± 0.002 and 0.009 ± 0.002 MPE in CON and PRO, respectively) leg ( P < 0.05), with no differences between treatments ( P > 0.05). The additive effects of resistance-type exercise and protein ingestion on myofibrillar protein synthesis persist for more than 12 h after exercise and are not modulated by protein consumption during acute postexercise recovery. This work provides evidence of an extended window of opportunity where presleep protein supplementation can be an effective nutrient timing strategy to optimize skeletal muscle reconditioning.
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- Authors
- Wall, B. T., Burd, N. A., Franssen, R., Gorissen, S. H. M., Snijders, T., Senden, J. M., Gijsen, A. P., & van Loon, L. J. C.
- Affiliations
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Department of Human Biology and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Venue
- American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Publisher
- American Physiological Society
- Published
- 2016-12-01
- Volume
- 311
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- E964-E973
- ISSN
- 0193-1849 (ISSN-L)
- 1522-1555
- OpenAlex
- W2535245181
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 3.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion)
- Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (acceptedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- N/A
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
- Keywords
- protein synthesis, myofibrillar protein synthesis, resistance training, nutrient timing, phenylalanine, leucine
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Carbon Isotopes, Deuterium, Dietary Carbohydrates, Dietary Proteins, Humans, Leucine, Male, Muscle Proteins, Phenylalanine, Sleep, Protein Biosynthesis, Exercise, Muscle, Skeletal, Resistance Training, Young Adult, Healthy Volunteers
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