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  1. Article ; Online: Genetic polymorphisms of muscular fitness in young healthy men.

    Venckunas, Tomas / Degens, Hans

    PloS one

    2022  Volume 17, Issue 9, Page(s) e0275179

    Abstract: The effects of genetic polymorphisms on muscle structure and function remain elusive. The present study tested for possible associations of 16 polymorphisms (across ten candidate genes) with fittness and skeletal muscle phenotypes in 17- to 37-year-old ... ...

    Abstract The effects of genetic polymorphisms on muscle structure and function remain elusive. The present study tested for possible associations of 16 polymorphisms (across ten candidate genes) with fittness and skeletal muscle phenotypes in 17- to 37-year-old healthy Caucasian male endurance (n = 86), power/strength (n = 75) and team athletes (n = 60), and non-athletes (n = 218). Skeletal muscle function was measured with eight performance tests covering multiple aspects of muscular fitness. Along with body mass and height, the upper arm and limb girths, and maximal oxygen uptake were measured. Genotyping was conducted on DNA extracted from blood. Of the 16 polymorphisms studied, nine (spanning seven candidate genes and four gene families/signalling pathways) were independently associated with at least one skeletal muscle fitness measure (size or function, or both) measure and explained up to 4.1% of its variation. Five of the studied polymorphisms (activin- and adreno-receptors, as well as myosine light chain kinase 1) in a group of one to three combined with body height, age and/or group explained up to 20.4% of the variation of muscle function. ACVR1B (rs2854464) contributed 2.0-3.6% to explain up to 14.6% of limb proximal girths. The G allele (genotypes AG and GG) of the ACVR1B (rs2854464) polymorphism was significantly overrepresented among team (60.4%) and power (62.0%) athletes compared to controls (52.3%) and endurance athletes (39.2%), and G allele was also most consistently/frequently associated with muscle size and power. Overall, the investigated polymorphisms determined up to 4.1% of the variability of muscular fitness in healthy young humans.
    MeSH term(s) Activins/genetics ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Athletes ; Exercise/physiology ; Humans ; Male ; Muscle Strength/genetics ; Muscle, Skeletal/physiology ; Oxygen ; Physical Endurance/genetics ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; Young Adult
    Chemical Substances Activins (104625-48-1) ; Oxygen (S88TT14065)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2267670-3
    ISSN 1932-6203 ; 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    ISSN 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0275179
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  2. Article: Passive heating-induced changes in muscle contractile function are not further augmented by prolonged exposure in young males experiencing moderate thermal stress.

    Treigyte, Viktorija / Chaillou, Thomas / Eimantas, Nerijus / Venckunas, Tomas / Brazaitis, Marius

    Frontiers in physiology

    2024  Volume 15, Page(s) 1356488

    Abstract: Background: ...

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    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-27
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2564217-0
    ISSN 1664-042X
    ISSN 1664-042X
    DOI 10.3389/fphys.2024.1356488
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  3. Article ; Online: Correction to: A modelling approach to disentangle the factors limiting muscle oxygenation in smokers.

    Degens, Hans / Venckunas, Tomas / Wüst, Rob Cl

    European journal of applied physiology

    2023  Volume 124, Issue 2, Page(s) 467

    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-16
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Published Erratum
    ZDB-ID 124793-1
    ISSN 1439-6327 ; 1432-1025 ; 0301-5548 ; 1439-6319
    ISSN (online) 1439-6327 ; 1432-1025
    ISSN 0301-5548 ; 1439-6319
    DOI 10.1007/s00421-023-05314-0
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  4. Article ; Online: A modelling approach to disentangle the factors limiting muscle oxygenation in smokers.

    Degens, Hans / Venckunas, Tomas / Wüst, Rob Cl

    European journal of applied physiology

    2023  Volume 124, Issue 2, Page(s) 457–466

    Abstract: Cigarette smoking is associated with a lower exercise capacity and lower muscle fatigue resistance. This is at least partly attributable to carboxyhaemoglobin (HbCO) in the blood that via reduction in the oxygen-carrying capacity, and the left-shift of ... ...

    Abstract Cigarette smoking is associated with a lower exercise capacity and lower muscle fatigue resistance. This is at least partly attributable to carboxyhaemoglobin (HbCO) in the blood that via reduction in the oxygen-carrying capacity, and the left-shift of the Hb-dissociation curve would reduce tissue oxygenation. On the other hand, a reduced oxygen uptake due to mitochondrial dysfunction would result in improved oxygenation. We used previously collected capillarisation, myoglobin and estimated cellular maximal muscle oxygen consumption data derived from succinate dehydrogenase-stained sections from the vastus lateralis muscle from six smokers and five non-smokers. These data were fed into an expanded Krogh tissue oxygenation model to assess whether an impaired muscle fatigue resistance in smokers is primarily due to HbCO or impaired mitochondrial respiration. The model showed that in smokers with 6% and 20% HbCO (causing a left-shift of the Hb-dissociation curve) average muscle oxygenation was reduced by 1.9% and 7.2%, respectively. Muscle oxygenation was increased by 13.3% when maximal mitochondrial respiration was reduced by 29%. A combination of a 29% reduction in maximal mitochondrial respiration and 20% HbCO led to no significant difference in muscle oxygenation from that in non-smokers. This indicates that while HbCO may explain the reduced exercise capacity after just one smoking session, in chronic smokers impaired mitochondrial respiration appears more important in reducing oxygen extraction and exercise capacity with only a small contribution of the left-shift of the Hb-dissociation curve.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Muscle, Skeletal/physiology ; Smokers ; Oxygen Consumption/physiology ; Oxygen/metabolism ; Respiration
    Chemical Substances Oxygen (S88TT14065)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-06
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 124793-1
    ISSN 1439-6327 ; 1432-1025 ; 0301-5548 ; 1439-6319
    ISSN (online) 1439-6327 ; 1432-1025
    ISSN 0301-5548 ; 1439-6319
    DOI 10.1007/s00421-023-05289-y
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  5. Article: High Incidence of Bronchospastic Response to a Stair Climbing Exercise.

    Venckunas, Tomas / Balsys, Domantas

    Cureus

    2021  Volume 13, Issue 5, Page(s) e14843

    Abstract: Background While it is increasingly recognized that exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) affects a substantial proportion of sport participants, the relation of EIB incidence and severity to the type and intensity of exertion remains under- ... ...

    Abstract Background While it is increasingly recognized that exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) affects a substantial proportion of sport participants, the relation of EIB incidence and severity to the type and intensity of exertion remains under-investigated. The aim of this study was to establish the incidence and severity of EIB during a stair race, a highly demanding all-out effort exercise. We hypothesized that a large proportion of participants would develop EIB to this particular high-intensity competition, and that among the predisposing factors, severity of EIB would depend on the level of exertion. Methodology In this study, screening for EIB was conducted during the official competitive race to a 114-m skyscraper held during the late spring in a city center of approximately 0.5 million residents. Healthy active men (n = 26; age = 32.0 ± 7.0 years) volunteering for the study from the field of the race were included. Allergy Questionnaire for Athletes was completed, and responses of expiratory capacity (forced expiratory volume in the first second, FEV1) and blood lactate were measured by portable digital devices. Results On average, FEV1 dropped by 10.5 ± 5.6% after the exercise. In 11 (approximately 42.5%) participants, FEV1 drop was >10%, indicative of clinical EIB. While age, anthropometry, training experience, allergy history, baseline FEV1, and post-exercise lactate did not differ in responders versus non-responders, those with FEV1 decrement of >10% were slower in the race. Conclusions Due to very high incidence of EIB observed in active men performing a maximal-effort task and negative association of EIB with competitive performance, the condition of these individuals undertaking regular intense exercise deserves more attention.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2747273-5
    ISSN 2168-8184
    ISSN 2168-8184
    DOI 10.7759/cureus.14843
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  6. Article ; Online: Pulmonary function as a limiting factor of middle-distance race performance.

    Venckunas, Tomas / Balsys, Domantas

    The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness

    2021  Volume 62, Issue 1, Page(s) 1–8

    Abstract: Background: Exercise induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is common and underdiagnosed phenomenon of yet largely unknown etiology. This study aimed to estimate prevalence of EIB in response to highly demanding skyscraper race and to test its association ... ...

    Abstract Background: Exercise induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is common and underdiagnosed phenomenon of yet largely unknown etiology. This study aimed to estimate prevalence of EIB in response to highly demanding skyscraper race and to test its association with race performance and hypothetical predisposing factors.
    Methods: Healthy participants (26 males, 8 females; 31.5+/-6.3 years) from mostly running-based amateur sports were measured for forced expiratory volume in first 1 s (FEV1) before and then repeatedly within 10 min after the completion of the 114 m skyscraper upstairs race. Allergy questionnaire (AQUA) data were collected, and postexercise blood lactate was measured.
    Results: Over 40% of the participants developed >10% decrement in FEV1 shortly after all-out exercise. While EIB response was not associated with questionnaire-based atopic status, training background, gender, age, anthropometrics, pacing and exertion (estimated from the accumulated blood lactate values), participants exhibiting <10% decrement in FEV1 were faster, especially over the later stages of the race.
    Conclusions: Nearly every other participant of the skyscraper race develops EIB not associated with training, demographic, anthropometric and atopic status, pacing and exertion (estimated from postexercise blood lactate), but the responders (FEV1 decrement >10%) were slower indicative of poorer fitness due to EIB developing during the exercise already.
    MeSH term(s) Asthma, Exercise-Induced ; Bronchoconstriction ; Exercise ; Exercise Test ; Female ; Forced Expiratory Volume ; Humans ; Male ; Running
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-10
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 410823-1
    ISSN 1827-1928 ; 0022-4707
    ISSN (online) 1827-1928
    ISSN 0022-4707
    DOI 10.23736/S0022-4707.21.12042-0
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  7. Article ; Online: Near-InfraRed Spectroscopy Provides a Reproducible Estimate of Muscle Aerobic Capacity, but Not Whole-Body Aerobic Power.

    Venckunas, Tomas / Satas, Andrius / Brazaitis, Marius / Eimantas, Nerijus / Sipaviciene, Saule / Kamandulis, Sigitas

    Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

    2024  Volume 24, Issue 7

    Abstract: Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) during repeated limb occlusions is a noninvasive tool for assessing muscle oxidative capacity. However, the method's reliability and validity remain under investigation. This study aimed to determine the reliability of ... ...

    Abstract Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) during repeated limb occlusions is a noninvasive tool for assessing muscle oxidative capacity. However, the method's reliability and validity remain under investigation. This study aimed to determine the reliability of the NIRS-derived mitochondrial power of the musculus vastus lateralis and its correlation with whole-body (cycling) aerobic power (V̇O
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Humans ; Reproducibility of Results ; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared ; Quadriceps Muscle ; Bicycling ; Electric Stimulation
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-03
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2052857-7
    ISSN 1424-8220 ; 1424-8220
    ISSN (online) 1424-8220
    ISSN 1424-8220
    DOI 10.3390/s24072277
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  8. Article: Moderate muscle cooling induced by single and intermittent/prolonged cold-water immersions differently affects muscle contractile function in young males.

    Treigyte, Viktorija / Eimantas, Nerijus / Venckunas, Tomas / Brazaitis, Marius / Chaillou, Thomas

    Frontiers in physiology

    2023  Volume 14, Page(s) 1172817

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    Publishing date 2023-03-21
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2564217-0
    ISSN 1664-042X
    ISSN 1664-042X
    DOI 10.3389/fphys.2023.1172817
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  9. Article ; Online: Impact of methionine restriction on muscle aerobic metabolism and hypertrophy in young and old mice on an obesogenic diet.

    Swaminathan, Anandini / Cesanelli, Leonardo / Venckunas, Tomas / Degens, Hans

    Growth factors (Chur, Switzerland)

    2022  Volume 40, Issue 3-4, Page(s) 108–118

    Abstract: Methionine restriction (MR) reduces inflammation and increases longevity. We studied the effects of MR (0.17% kCal methionine, 10% kCal fat) and MR + high-fat diet (HFD) (0.17% methionine, 45% kCal fat) and overload-induced hypertrophy on inflammation, ... ...

    Abstract Methionine restriction (MR) reduces inflammation and increases longevity. We studied the effects of MR (0.17% kCal methionine, 10% kCal fat) and MR + high-fat diet (HFD) (0.17% methionine, 45% kCal fat) and overload-induced hypertrophy on inflammation, angiogenesis and mitochondrial activity in the hind-limb muscle in 10- and 26-month-old male C57BL/6J mice. Plasma IL-6 concentrations were higher in old compared to young mice.
    MeSH term(s) Aging ; Animals ; Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects ; Hypertrophy/metabolism ; Inflammation ; Male ; Methionine/metabolism ; Methionine/pharmacology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism ; NAD/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; NAD (0U46U6E8UK) ; Methionine (AE28F7PNPL) ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt (EC 2.7.11.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1035755-5
    ISSN 1029-2292 ; 0897-7194
    ISSN (online) 1029-2292
    ISSN 0897-7194
    DOI 10.1080/08977194.2022.2083963
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  10. Article ; Online: Cycling through the ranks: a cross-sectional analysis of endurance, strength and body composition indicators in junior, elite, and amateur competitive road cyclists.

    Cesanelli, Leonardo / Ylaite, Berta / Fernandez Lopez, Juan A / Volungevičius, Gintautas / Lagoute, Thomas / Venckunas, Tomas

    The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness

    2023  Volume 64, Issue 4, Page(s) 371–382

    Abstract: Background: The objective of the present study was to compare different performance indicators, encompassing endurance, body composition, and maximal and explosive strength markers, among competitive Lithuanian cyclists across different age and ... ...

    Abstract Background: The objective of the present study was to compare different performance indicators, encompassing endurance, body composition, and maximal and explosive strength markers, among competitive Lithuanian cyclists across different age and performance categories.
    Methods: Thirty Lithuanian male cyclists in elite (EL, N.=10), amateur (AM, N.=10), and junior (JU, N.=10) categories underwent body composition analysis, knee extensors' isometric strength and ultrasound measurements, maximal incremental exercise tests, cycling efficiency protocol, and sprint performance evaluations. Additionally, competition results and power profiles were analyzed.
    Results: EL cyclists had greater experience and higher annual kilometers (P<0.05). Quadriceps muscle size exhibited significant differences, being greater in EL than JU (P<0.05), whereas no noteworthy variations were observed in body fat or isometric strength. EL athletes demonstrated higher maximal oxygen consumption, maximal aerobic power, and sprint performance compared to JU and AM, particularly when considering absolute power metrics (P<0.05). Interestingly, despite JU achieving lower ranks in competitions, power profiles differed minimally between EL and JU. Furthermore, both JU and AM expended more energy during competitions (P<0.05).
    Conclusions: The study highlights disparities among Lithuanian cyclists, with EL cyclists showcasing advantages in endurance capacity and better competition outcomes, possibly due to their extensive experience, leading to a more efficient energy utilization. This research enhances our understanding of the multifaceted nature of the sport performance within the realm of Lithuanian cycling.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Male ; Athletic Performance/physiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Exercise Test ; Respiratory Function Tests ; Bicycling/physiology ; Body Composition ; Physical Endurance/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-21
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 410823-1
    ISSN 1827-1928 ; 0022-4707
    ISSN (online) 1827-1928
    ISSN 0022-4707
    DOI 10.23736/S0022-4707.23.15595-2
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