Caffeine prevents changes in muscle caused by high-intensity interval training

Publication date: May 2017
Source:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, Volume 89
Author(s): Juliano M. Vieira, Jessié M. Gutierres, Fabiano B. Carvalho, Luciane B. Pereira, Liziele S. Oliveira, Vera Maria Morsch, Maria Rosa C. Schetinger, Marília V. Rodrigues, Jossiele Leitemperger, Vânia Loro, Cristina C. Krewer, Marina S. Vencato, Roselia M. Spanevello
The use of ergogenic substances such as caffeine has become a strategy to enhance sports performance. In the present study we evaluated the effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) associated with caffeine intake on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and Ca²⁺ATPase activity and glycogen levels in the muscles of rats were evaluated. The animals were divided in groups: control, caffeine 4 or 8mg/kg, HIIT, HIIT plus caffeine 4 or caffeine 8mg/kg. Our results showed a decrease in glycogen levels in muscle in all trained groups after acute session exercise, while that an increase in glycogen levels was observed in all groups in relation to control in chronic exercise protocol. HIIT increases the thickness of the left ventricle and the Ca²⁺-ATPase activity and decrease the AChE activity in gastrocnemius muscle. Caffeine treatment prevents changes in enzymes activities as well as left ventricular hypertrophy adaptation induced by HIIT. Our findings suggest that caffeine modulates crucial pathways for muscle contraction in HIIT.



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