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This is my grandma Bowden's recipe. She made it every Christmas. sometimes there would be close to 50 people at her house at Christmas time.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 24 ladyfingers
- 1⁄2 cup sherry wine
- 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
- 1 cup cold water
- 12 egg whites
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups whipping cream, whipped
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- maraschino cherry
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- Halve lady fingers lengthwise, dip in sherry and line botttom of 2 (9x13 inch) shallow pyrex casserolesSprinkle gelatin over cold water in small saucepan.
- Place over low heat about 5 minutes until dissolved.
- stirring constantly.
- Beat egg whites until stiff.
- Gradually add sugar Continue to beat until very stiff.
- Fold in gelatin that has been cooled slightly.
- Spread the egg white mixture over the lady fingers.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until congealed.
- Cut snow pudding into desired size squares and place on plate.
- Sweeten whipped cream with sugar.
- Ice top and sides of each square with whipped cream.
- Pour CUSTARD SAUCE over each serving and garnish with a cherry on top.
- CUSTARD SAUCE: 6 egg yolks 1 cup sugar 3 cups milk, scalded 1 tsp vanilla 1 Tbsp.
- dry sherry wine Beat egg yolks and sugar together.
- Slowly pour in scalded milk.
- Place in double boiler and cook over simmering water until custard coats a spoon.
- Cool and add vanilla and sherry Refrigerate until serving time.
- makes about 3 1/2 cups sauce.


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Mike Jones calls a girl whom he met through a live web chat in the music video for single 'Swagg Thru Da Roof'.READ MORE
Mike Jones is a rap artist born in Houston on January 6, 1981. Since he was just a kid, he always looked at the future, figuring out what he should become in the next 20 or 30 years. First, he thought he wanted to be a basketball player but scrapped the idea soon after realizing that running his own business was more promising than any other jobs.
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Several Plymouth State University alumni and faculty members from the College of Graduate Studies received the state's top honors in education Saturday, June 10 during the New Hampshire Excellence in Education (EDies) Awards Ceremony, held at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester.
Dr. Dennise Maslakowski, associate vice president for the College of Graduate Studies, received Phi Delta Kappa's Education Award for her commitment to education at Plymouth State University and the state of New Hampshire. Maslakowski was praised for her 20 years of service and leadership at PSU, which has led to the creation of diverse degree programs, community partnerships and other opportunities for advanced graduate study.
Gregg Brighenti, who earned his principal certification at PSU in 2002, was honored as Assistant Principal of the Year from the NH Association of School Principals. Brighenti is currently the assistant principal at Pembroke Academy, and is working toward his Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS) at PSU.
"I have found my classes at PSU extremely helpful because they have all been relevant and timely. We learned and discussed issues that were real world-based, with the proper mixture of theory for background and understanding. PSU's use of in-practice administrators to teach and co-teach classes was hugely beneficial, and added to the ability to build connections with colleagues across the state," said Brighenti.
Alumnus Greg Superchi '93 (G '99), a math and pre-engineering teacher at Lisbon Regional School, was honored for his service to math and science education with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, an award sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
As one of 100 presidential nominees for this award, Superchi traveled to Washington, D.C. in May to attend an awards ceremony and other recognition activities. Superchi was honored again at the EDies reception on June 10 in New Hampshire.
Superchi, who is currently working toward his CAGS at PSU, has been teaching algebra, calculus and other mathematics courses in Lisbon since 1993. He also helped update the school's mathematics curriculum and implemented Project Lead The Way, a pre-engineering program for high school students. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Superchi has been a coach for middle school soccer, basketball and softball.
Outside his service to Lisbon Regional School, Superchi has been a leader in mathematics education around the state. He has been a speaker at several New Hampshire Teachers of Mathematics spring conferences and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual meetings; published research in the New Hampshire Journal of Education and presented a workshop at the NH-IMPACT Center. He is a member of New Hampshire Teachers of Mathematics and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. In addition to his honor this year, Superchi was a State Finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2003.
Jeff Caron '92 (G '98, CAGS '02), the executive director of The Becket Family of Services, with schools based in Pike and Tilton, won the Supervision and Curriculum Development Award from the NH Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Caron says his undergraduate and graduate preparation at PSU have contributed significantly to his success in education administration.
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Norma Bursaw '77, a biology and science teacher at Salem High School, was also honored with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science. Bursaw began teaching in Salem right after graduating from PSU.
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Since graduating from PSU, Bursaw has attended several institutes at the University, including the Biotechnology Institute in 2004 and a "Students as Researchers" institute in 1995. This summer, she will teach the biotechnology component of the Science Technology Institute, held at PSU in July. Bursaw praised PSU faculty for being active partners in helping keep current science teachers up-to-date on teaching methods and scientific research and technology.
"It's nice to see the faculty at Plymouth associated with professional development for high school teachers," Bursaw said. "It is so important to stay current with new discoveries, especially in the field of biology."
Other PSU alumni and faculty members honored with 2006 EDies include W. Michael Cozort (CAGS '00), superintendent of Shaker Regional School District, who received the Superintendent of the Year award from the NH School Administrators Association; Emily K. Spear '88 (G '93), principal at Belmont Elementary School, who received the NH Association of School Principals' Elementary School Principal of the Year Award and Kathleen McCabe (CAGS '01), assistant superintendent for the Governor Wentworth Regional School District, who received an Outstanding Service Award from the NH School Administrators Association. McCabe is a faculty member in the College of Graduate Studies.


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Hyderabad: City police have geared up to prevent 'beef festival' from being organised by some sections of students in Osmania University on December 10, and said they will not hesitate from arresting law-breakers.
According to a senior police official, additional forces will soon be deployed on the campus to tackle the situation. A Leftist students' organisation had earlier declared that it would hold a 'beef festival' on the campus, coinciding with the World Human Rights Day.
"Osmania University authorities denied permission for organising (all) festivals. So there is no question of allowing any festivals on the campus. We will go for preventive arrests if we feel that the situation may lead to law and order problems," the police official said.
He said that they have stepped up vigil and are "keenly" observing the situation and ready to tackle it. Notwithstanding the police warning and the denial of permission by varsity authorities, Shankar, who claimed to be a member of the All India Students Federation (AISF), affiliated to Communist Party of India and one of the organisers of the 'beef festival', today said they would go ahead with the festival as proposed.
Notably, another group of students had announced plans to organise a 'pork festival' on the university campus on the same day, setting the stage for a confrontation.
However, the university authorities have categorically stated that they would not allow any programmes other than academics-related.
Meanwhile, Vikram Reddy, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) president of Telangana unit, said they neither oppose beef festival nor support any other festival.
"There may be some individuals (of BJP or its wings) who are opposing the beef festival. The BJP and BJYM have nothing to do with these festivals," Reddy said.
When asked about the remarks recently made by BJP MLA Raja Singh that if this (beef festival) event is permitted, another one to worship the cow should also be allowed, he said those were the legislator's personal comments and have nothing to do with the party.
In 2012, violence had erupted on the OU campus when a 'beef festival' was held by some students' groups. Several students were injured at that time as a result of confrontation between the organisers and the opposing groups.
Meanwhile, ABVP national secretary Kadiyala Raju, a student of Osmania University, said his organisation has nothing to with the beef and pork festivals proposed to be organised on the university campus on December 10.
"We are not involved in any of these festivals," he said.
Instead, ABVP has called for a bandh in the Osmania University tomorrow in support of its demands concerning students' welfare and development of the university.
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#hello to, I have nothing against her, I think she's adorable, but I don't see INFP from her videos, and my complains about those tests are valid. Even CT doesn't take them seriously, if that tells you something.
From what i saw from her she seemed a bit S/N borderline. She have evidence of Se (making stuffs for her house, DIY and shits) and sometimes she sounds Ne. But I put my case on ISFP
I know a lot of INFP girls on YT who are into fashion, and makeup and cutsie stuff, and that doesn't free them of their INFP personality. Deal with it.
There's an ESTP youtuber (Jenna Marbles) that took the test and came of as INFP, so if you want to take those tests seriously, it's your choice, but don't expect to do as well.
Link to her INFP test. She sort of looks like a man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-167jtg40lY
This is racism bobnickmad, and she like weird stuff not only fashion and i voting INFP because she wrote a book and SENSORS cant write because they are retards.
She's definitely about fashion, pretty stuff and those Se thing, not ideas.
I think she is INFP, an assertive type.
In one of her videos she took a test amd came out as infp but she is a definite isfp.
Well, she could actually be an ISFJ.
And she cannot stand chaos.
She said she can take criticism from others even when it's harsh, if their arguments make sense (tert Ti). Also she has no problem following a timetable and she also says she's organized although it's not apparent.
From the questions she answers, I'd say she's an INFJ actually. 16personalities is very inaccurate.
Link to her INFP test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-167jtg40lY
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007; 5:30 PM
President Bush pledged today to remain "actively engaged" in a renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace process and called for international support for the two sides' leaders as they pursue the difficult negotiations.
In a brief statement after meeting privately with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Bush stood between the two men in the White House Rose Garden and declared: "I wouldn't be standing here if I didn't believe that peace was possible, and they wouldn't be here either if they didn't think peace was possible."
Bush held lengthy separate talks this morning and early afternoon with Abbas and Olmert in the Oval Office, then met with both men in a final session. All the meetings were closed to the news media.
The talks came a day after the Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged to resume negotiations next month on a peace deal, with the aim of reaching an agreement by the end of 2008.
A joint Israeli-Palestinian declaration read by Bush at the opening of a one-day conference yesterday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis said the two sides would "engage in vigorous, ongoing and continuous negotiations" starting Dec. 12, when a steering committee in charge of the talks is scheduled to convene. Abbas and Olmert "will continue to meet on a biweekly basis to follow up the negotiations," the joint statement said.
But the two leaders' speeches at the conference of more than 40 nations underscored the difficult compromises that will be needed to overcome bitter grievances that divide the two sides.
In a related development, the State Department today announced the appointment of retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones, a former NATO commander, to a new position advising Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on security issues connected to the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
"In this new role, General Jones will advance our objective of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," Rice said. "He will design and implement a new U.S. government plan for our security assistance to the Palestinian Authority and our security cooperation with the Israeli and Palestinian governments."
Jones will work with Army Lt. Gen. Keith W. Dayton, "who will continue his mission of helping the Palestinian Authority to build and rationalize its security forces," Rice said. Dayton holds the title of U.S. security coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Jones's new post would involve monitoring the development of Palestinian security services and facilitating their interaction with Israeli authorities.
Jones, 63, served as Marine Corps commandant before becoming NATO's supreme allied commander, a post he held from 2003 to 2006. He retired from the Marine Corps in February after 40 years of service.
After his meetings today with Olmert and Abbas, Bush said it is "very important for the international community to support these two leaders during the bilateral negotiations that will take place."


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A positively charged particle with a charge of 9.35 pC is suspended in equilibrium in the electric field between two oppositely charged horizontal parallel plates. The square plates each have a charge of 5.50 x 10-5C, are separated by 6.25 mm, and have an edge length of 11.0 cm.
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Celtic midfielder Tom Rogic has celebrated signing a new contract with the Hoops with a goal – and Bhoys supporters took to Twitter to celebrate his strike.
The Australian midfielder opened the scoring on Wednesday evening in the Scottish League Cup clash with a tidy finish against Motherwell.
New striker signing Moussa Dembele doubled the scoring on the 34th minute mark with a goal from the penalty spot.
The Hoops made the semi-finals of the competition last season and they will be looking to push further and add more silverware to their cabinet this season.
It was announced on Tuesday that Rogic had signed a new three-year deal with the club and the 23-year-old has returned the club's faith in him immediately.
Fans of the Scottish giants are delighted that Rogic netted so soon after extending his stay with the club, and that they'll be seeing more of him in the future.
Fans took to Twitter to share their views on the midfielder's goal:
What a way to celebrate a new contract. Tom Rogic fires in and Celtic take the lead!
— David Meikle (@DavidJMeikle) August 10, 2016
@summerharl @CelticTV @Tom_Rogic Already ready making up for the new 3 year contract??
— Sean Sports news (@Seanyp4Seanyp) August 10, 2016
Thank god Tom Rogic signed a new contract because he's on fire today.
— beans (@getfuzzyakeo) August 10, 2016
#rogic has goal bonus in new contract
— larrson39 (@larrson39) August 10, 2016
Rogic playing like a striker, Forrest all over the park even popping up at centre half, what a difference a new contract makes !
— Hun Hating Hombre (@MadMentalTim) August 10, 2016
What a player Rogic is, buzzing managed too get him on a new contract!!
— Ryan Mackay (@RyanMackaay67) August 10, 2016
What a beast of a strike that was from #Rogic. Calm yet emphatic finish. What a way to celebrate the new contract at #Celtic
— Stephen M (@StephenBMcI) August 10, 2016
The Scottish Sun reported that Valencia, Fiorentina and Arsenal were interested in signing the Australian earlier this summer, as Rogic only had 12 months remaining on his contract at the time.
The Australian international joined Celtic in 2013 and has made 57 appearances in all competitions to date, scoring 10 goals and supplying eight assists from his central midfield position.
Rogic was used as a second half substitute in the opening day victory over Hearts and looks set to be an important player under Rodgers.
Celtic will be aiming to compete in both domestic and European competitions this season, and Rogic could be in line to feature in the crucial Champions League qualifying legs against Israeli outfit Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
In other Celtic team news, assistant manager John Kennedy has indicated that Patrick Roberts may play a part in the Bhoys next Champions League encounter.


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Infernal was a leader of infer army. Infers are a race which originates from the Netherrealm. Its originality is that they have fiery blood that's why their skin looks red. Her real name is Arelina but she was called Infernal for extreme ferocity. She is not evil but in battle she can't control her rage that's why she created magic gloves for herself to control it. Infers had a war with onis and Brotherhood of Shadow. And in final battle her army lost to Quan Chi's. She could escape with a small group but they got into a trap. They were caught by another squad leaded by Drahmin. She was the only one who survived. After this she swore to avenge Quan Chi. She was looking for him for a long time until she once met Shao Kahn's servant Skarlet also spying at Quan Chi too. They made a deal - Infernal helps to discover what was Quan Chi planning and Skarlet helps her to kill him. But everything ruined when Shinnok arrived there. Both were defeated but could escape. After this Skarlet returned to Shao Kahn and Infernal was going to make a new plan of revenge. She is planning to ally with Earthrealm warriors to kill Quan Chi during Shinnok's invasion.
Special Moves
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- Magic Chain — Infernal shoots a different fireball into her opponent. When it hits him it turn into a chain and holds an opponent for some seconds.
- Infernal Touch — Infernal grabs her opponent with one hand then she makes a glove on the other one disappear. After this she pushes him with her bare hand making him fly away to the other end of the screen.
- Magic Quake — Infernal jumps into the air and shoots onto the ground making an earthquake.
- Upward Ball — Infernal sits and touches the ground. A fireball raises under the opponent hitting him.
X-Ray Move
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- Ripper Apart — Infernal grabs enemy's shoulder with one arm and chest with another one. Then she covers a half of opponent's body(from loin to neck) with magic and then pulls it strongly ripping it away. Then she strikes an unripped part with a ripped one breaking both.
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Green Ties for Fourth, K-State Places Fifth in Mississippi
Green Ties for Fourth, K-State Places Fifth in Mississippi
WEST POINT, Miss. – Kansas State men's golf junior Matt Green earned his first top-five finish of the spring as he led the Wildcats to a fifth-place finish at the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship on Tuesday. K-State carded a 9-over par 297 during the final round to bring its 54-hole score to 19-over par 883.
Green was forced to settle for bogey on his final hole Tuesday, moving him back to 1-over par 73 for the day. His composite score of even-par 216 for the weekend tied him for fourth place, the first time Green has been in the top five of a competition since tying for fifth place at the David Toms Intercollegiate this past October.
"I'm really proud of Matt. He was very solid again this week, as he has been all spring," said head coach Grant Robbins. "Overall, I thought there were some things we could build on going forward. The guys competed well, and we did a better job of avoiding the big numbers, which had plagued us on Monday."
The Wildcats managed only two double bogeys as a team throughout the final round compared to six during Monday's first round followed by seven in the second.
Freshman Andrew Beckler was one that avoided big numbers on Tuesday, posting a 2-over 74 in his final round. Beckler's 54-hole score of 6-over par 222 tied him for 22nd place, his best finish this spring as part of the Wildcat lineup.
Joining Beckler on the 2-over line during the final round was fellow freshman Jeremy Gandon. Gandon moved his way to 3-under through 12 holes on Tuesday, but he ended his round with consecutive bogeys followed by a double bogey to slip to a 74. His weekend score of 9-over 225 placed him in a tie for 37th.
Despite bogeying three holes on the course's front nine, junior Connor Knabe had the Wildcats' most consistent final round as he knocked in 14 pars. His Tuesday score of 4-over 76 moved him to 10-over par 226 for the tournament and tied for 41st place.
Senior Kyle Weldon's final round of 5-over par 77 brought his weekend total to 8-over par 224. Despite recording only one birdie on Tuesday, Weldon still held the third-best score for K-State on the individual board as he tied for 28th place.
The tournament title went to McNeese State as the Cowboys' score of 6-over par 294 on Tuesday was enough to claim the trophy. McNeese State's 54-hole score of 2-over par 866 bested second-place Ole Miss by six strokes. However, the individual trophy went to Ole Miss' Braden Thornberry, whose final round 3-under 69 pushed him to 7-under par 209 for the weekend as he claimed a three-stroke victory.
The Wildcats' next action as a team will come April 16-17, as they head north to Iowa City, Iowa, for the Hawkeye Intercollegiate. K-State will also send two individuals to the Oral Roberts Shootout on April 11-12.
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Team Scores: 1. McNeese State, 289-283-294--866 (+2); 2. Ole Miss, 290-283-299--872 (+8); 3. Lipscomb, 292-285-298--875 (+10); 4. Georgia State, 296-290-294--880 (+16); 5. Kansas State, 287-299-297--883 (+19); 6. Southeastern Louisiana, 293-302-294--889 (+25); 7. Mississippi State, 297-297-297--891 (+27); 8. Louisiana Tech, 302-294-298--894 (+30); 9. Louisiana-Lafayette, 301-293-302--896 (+32); 10. Cincinnati, 301-296-301--898 (+34); 11. South Alabama, 297-294-312-- (+39); 12. Southern Miss, 293-310-302--905 (+41); 13. Chattanooga, 303-296-308--907 (+43); 14. West Virginia, 295-303-314--912 (+48); T15. Louisiana Monroe, 298-296-319--913 (+49); T15. UT Arlington, 298-304-311--913 (+49).
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K-State Individuals: T4. Matt Green, 70-73-73--216 (E); T22. Andrew Beckler, 73-75-74--222 (+6); T28. Kyle Weldon, 71-76-77--224 (+8); T37. Jeremy Gandon, 73-78-74--225 (+9); T41. Connor Knabe, 75-75-76--226 (+10).


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Acrantophis dumerili
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Acrantophis dumerili
|Species Authority:
|Jan, 1860
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|Taxonomic Notes:
Specimens in the south and southeast require further taxonomic study (Glaw and Vences 2007). The northernmost records might be a hybrid zone with A. madagascariensis.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Raxworthy, C.J., Ramanamanjato, J.-B. & Randriamahazo, H.
|Cox, N.A. & Bowles, P.
Listed as Least Concern, as it is widespread, adaptable and is subject to no significant threats.
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|Range Description:
|This species is endemic to Madagascar where it is widespread in the south and southwest of the island, occurring from near Bemaraha in the north, to Morondava and Toliara on the west coast and Sainte Luce on the east coast (Glaw and Vences 2007). The snake's extent of occurrence is estimated to be 242,716 km², and it has been reported from between sea level and 1,300 m.
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This species inhabits intact and disturbed dry forest and thorn bush at low and mid-elevations (Glaw and Vences 2007). It is also found in savanna settings on the central highlands. It can be encountered in disturbed habitats such as eucalyptus forests and villages. It is usually terrestrial and larger specimens are cathemeral whilst juveniles are mostly nocturnal. It is viviparous and litters consist of 6-13 small juveniles. It feeds on wild terrestrial vertebrates as well as domestic poultry.
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|Duméril's Boa is used in small numbers for the leather trade. It is also used for food by Chinese communities. It is collected for the international pet trade, but in much reduced number than in the past. Although it is listed under CITES Appendix I if any international trade is to be allowed in the future there still need to be export controls for this species.
|Major Threat(s):
|This species appears to withstand forest degradation and no major threats have been identified. It is killed by local people as it is considered bad luck and likely predates domestic chickens.
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|This species is on Appendix I of CITES and all international trade in live animals, or body parts, is prohibited. It has been recorded in most of the protected areas within its range. More information on its ecology in the wild is needed, in addition to a taxonomic assessment of populations in the southeast and north.
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We applied K-means cluster analysis to test the hypothesis that muscle-specific factors known to modulate protein synthesis and satellite cell activity would be differentially expressed during progressive resistance training (PRT, 16 wk) in 66 human subjects experiencing extreme, modest, and failed myofiber hypertrophy. Muscle mRNA expression of IGF-I isoform Ea (IGF-IEa), mechanogrowth factor (MGF, IGF-IEc), myogenin, and MyoD were assessed in muscle biopsies collected at baseline (T1) and 24 h after the first (T2) and last (T3) loading bouts from previously untrained subjects clustered as extreme responders (Xtr, n = 17), modest responders (Mod, n = 32), and nonresponders (Non, n = 17) based on mean myofiber hypertrophy. Myofiber growth averaged 2,475 μm2 in Xtr, 1,111 μm2 in Mod, and −16 μm2 in Non. Main training effects revealed increases in all transcripts (46–83%, P < 0.005). For the entire cohort, IGF-IEa, MGF, and myogenin mRNAs were upregulated by T2 (P < 0.05), while MyoD did not increase significantly until T3 (P < 0.001). Within clusters, MGF and myogenin upregulation was robust in Xtr (126% and 65%) and Mod (73% and 41%) vs. no changes in Non. While significant in all clusters by T3, IGF-IEa increased most in Xtr (105%) and least in Non (44%). Although MyoD expression increased overall, no changes within clusters were detected. We reveal for the first time that MGF and myogenin transcripts are differentially expressed in subjects experiencing varying degrees of PRT-mediated myofiber hypertrophy. The data strongly suggest the load-mediated induction of these genes may initiate important actions necessary to promote myofiber growth during PRT, while the role of MyoD is less clear.
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we (27, 28) and others (12, 13, 36, 37, 47, 49) have studied gene expression following acute resistance loading in humans with the general goal of determining which factors thought to be involved in myogenesis are responsive to mechanical load. Muscle expression of IGF-I isoform Ea (IGF-IEa) and/or IGF-IEc (mechanogrowth factor, MGF) is acutely upregulated by resistance loading (7, 27, 28, 36), as is the expression of various members of the myogenic transcription factor family, which includes myogenin, MyoD, myf-5, and myf-6 (28, 36). While these data are certainly valuable and progress our understanding of the powerful influence mechanical load exerts on local cellular and molecular processes, studies of these factors during long-term resistance training leading to measurable myofiber growth are rare (29, 35).
In addition to its growth hormone-dependent hepatic production, IGF-I is synthesized in peripheral tissues and acts as a powerful autocrine and/or paracrine growth factor. IGF-I stimulates protein synthesis in myogenic cells via the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway (22, 40, 46) and serves as a potent mitogen leading to skeletal muscle satellite cell proliferation (14, 16). Further, IGF-I appears to play a role in the differentiation and fusion of satellite cells serving as nuclear donors to myofibers undergoing growth or repair (5, 11). These anabolic effects of IGF-I are perhaps best demonstrated by remarkable muscle hypertrophy in viral-mediated IGF-I gene therapy (9, 10) and localized IGF-I infusion (2), leading to a number of investigations using IGF-I to restore satellite cell function and/or muscle integrity during aging (9, 14, 15, 34). On the basis of these key growth and/or regenerative actions, the ability of mechanical load to induce muscle IGF-I expression has been a fervent area of study over the past decade (1, 3, 4, 7, 20, 21, 28).
In addition to muscle expression of the liver isoform IGF-IEa, mechanical load induces expression of an IGF-I splice variant unique to skeletal muscle, denoted IGF-IEc in humans and often called MGF. While these isoforms appear to differ only in the E-peptide extension (propeptide) rather than the active IGF-I peptide (8), we have shown that MGF appears to be more acutely responsive to mechanical load, while IGF-IEa upregulation may occur more slowly and last longer (35). Others have also reported more rapid expression of MGF (vs. IGF-IEa) in response to resistance loading (19, 23). Increased muscle mRNA expression of IGF-I isoforms has also been found after short-term (5 wk) resistance training in older men (24), although after a total of 12 wk of training, myofiber size remained unchanged and whole muscle area increased minimally (30). While there is functional redundancy between the Ea and Ec isoforms (same active IGF-I peptide), a recent report identified a unique property of the MGF E domain as a motogenic factor, promoting myogenic cell migration (33).
The muscle-specific family of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, or myogenic regulatory factors (MRFs), plays essential roles during muscle development by regulating myoblast differentiation and transcription of skeletal muscle-specific genes (32, 39). MyoD and myf-5 direct the commitment of somatic cells to the myogenic lineage, while myogenin and myf-6 drive the differentiation of these cells to fully committed myoblasts that form multinucleated myotubes. In fact, myogenin is considered a putative marker of differentiation to fusion-competent myoblasts. The events of developmental myogenesis are recapitulated in adult muscle undergoing regeneration and growth via satellite cell activation and progression. For example, we (28) and others (13, 20, 36) have previously shown that myogenin and MyoD mRNA levels are acutely and transiently elevated following a regeneration stimulus such as resistance loading.
While repetitive bouts of resistance loading are known to induce measurable myofiber hypertrophy after several weeks of training, there is a high degree of intersubject variability in the hypertrophic response (29, 35). This may be driven largely by individual differences in the ability to upregulate key processes that drive muscle protein synthesis and myonuclear addition. We recently introduced the concept of statistical cluster analysis in showing that myonuclear addition fails in human subjects resistant to myofiber hypertrophy (35). In this report we expanded our application of cluster analysis to fully test the hypothesis that muscle-specific factors known to modulate protein synthesis and satellite cell activity would be differentially expressed during resistance training in 66 human subjects experiencing extreme, modest, and failed myofiber hypertrophy. These three "responder clusters" were evaluated for transcript levels of IGF-IEa, MGF, myogenin, and MyoD across three muscle biopsy time points during 16 wk of resistance training. With this novel approach, we report for the first time that MGF and myogenin, but not MyoD, are differentially expressed by responder status. These findings strongly suggest the acute, transient elevations in MGF and myogenin gene expression realized with each mechanical loading bout are necessary cues that lead to human muscle hypertrophy induced by resistance training.
Sixty-six untrained but otherwise healthy adults were recruited from the Birmingham, AL, metropolitan area. Inclusion criteria were based on age ranges of 60–75 yr for older adults (15 women, 14 men) and 20–35 yr for younger adults (16 women, 21 men). All subjects completed health history and physical activity questionnaires. Older adults passed a comprehensive physical exam conducted by a geriatrician and a diagnostic, graded-exercise stress test with 12-lead ECG reviewed by a cardiologist. Subjects were free of any musculoskeletal or other disorders that might have affected their ability to complete resistance training and testing for the study. Subjects were not obese (body mass index < 30 kg/m2), and none had undergone knee extensor resistance training within the past 5 yr. None of the subjects were being treated with exogenous testosterone or other pharmacological interventions known to influence muscle mass. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of both the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Written informed consent was obtained before participation in the research.
Using statistical (K means) cluster analysis, we classified subjects post hoc into three clusters based on changes in vastus lateralis mean myofiber cross-sectional area (CSA, μm2) in response to 16 wk of resistance training. K-means cluster analysis is a form of partitional clustering. It is a multivariate procedure used to identify homogeneous groups (i.e., clusters) of cases based on a common trait. The number of groups is defined by the user; however, unlike discriminant analysis, the number of cases assigned to a group is not known. Cluster analysis was used over 25 yr ago as a means of defining muscle fiber types (42). We recently introduced this form of analysis in a study of myonuclear addition (35). It seems to be an ideal model by which potential mechanisms underlying human intervention responsiveness may be revealed in an unbiased manner. For this report, the analysis resulted in the following three clusters: extreme responders (Xtr, n = 17; 3 young women, 9 young men, 3 older women, 2 older men); modest responders (Mod, n = 32; 8 young women, 11 young men, 7 older women, 6 older men); and nonresponders (Non, n = 17; 5 young women, 1 young man, 5 older women, 6 older men).
Progressive resistance training program.
Subjects underwent 16 wk of resistance training (3 days/wk) focused primarily on the knee extensors. Resistance training consisted of three exercises, including knee extension, leg press, and squats. Each exercise was performed for three sets of 8–12 repetitions to volitional fatigue using resistance exercise stations or plate-loaded stations (barbell squats and linear 45° leg press). Before each training session, subjects warmed up on a cycle ergometer or treadmill for ∼5 min. All sets were separated by 90-s rest intervals. Initially, training loads were based on 80% of baseline 1 repetition maximum (1RM) strength. Loads were incremented in subsequent training sessions when a subject completed 12 repetitions for at least two of the three total sets at a given resistance while maintaining proper form. Subjects were taught and reminded to complete both concentric and eccentric phases with control (∼2 s/phase). This protocol maintained a progressive resistance load throughout the training program (see results; Table 1).
Muscle biopsy and tissue preparation procedures.
Muscle biopsies were performed in the Pittman General Clinical Research Center at UAB. Specimens were collected under local anesthetic (1% lidocaine) from the vastus lateralis muscle by percutaneous needle biopsy using a 5-mm Bergstrom biopsy needle under suction as previously described (17). Three biopsies were collected from each subject: baseline, 24 h after the first exercise bout, and 24 h after the final exercise bout 16 wk later. To avoid any residual effects of the initial biopsy taken from the left leg, the second biopsy was taken from the right leg, and the third, 16-wk posttraining biopsy was obtained from the left leg. Samples were quickly blotted with gauze and dissected free of visible connective and adipose tissues, and a ∼35 mg portion of each sample to be used for RNA isolation was immediately weighed and snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen. A separate portion for immunohistochemistry was mounted cross sectionally on cork in OCT mounting medium mixed with tragacanth gum, and frozen in liquid nitrogen-cooled isopentane. All samples were stored at −80°C.
Total RNA isolation.
Sufficient snap-frozen muscle was available to isolate RNA and analyze the target transcripts across all three biopsy time points for 59 of the 66 subjects clustered based on myofiber hypertrophy. Transcript results are therefore reported on 15 of 17 Non, 30 of 32 Mod, and 14 of 17 Xtr. The procedures for RNA isolation have been described in detail previously (27, 28). Briefly, RNA was extracted by homogenizing muscle samples (average 35 mg) in the TRI Reagent (Molecular Research Center, Cincinnati, OH), followed by precipitation with isopropanol, two ethanol washes, drying, and suspension in nuclease-free water at a ratio of 0.8 μl/mg muscle. Fluorometric analysis (TD-700, Turner Designs, Sunnyvale, CA) was performed to determine total RNA concentration using the RiboGreen RNA Quantitation Kit (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR) (27, 28). RNA samples were stored at −80°C.
As described (27, 28), 1 μg of RNA was reverse transcribed using SuperScript II Reverse Transcriptase (Invitrogen, GIBCO-BRL, Carlsbad, CA) with a mix of oligo(dT) (100 ng/reaction) and random primers (200 ng/reaction). A relative RT-PCR method using 18S ribosomal RNA as an internal standard (Invitrogen, Life Technology, GIBCO-BRL, Carlsbad, CA) was used to determine expression levels of the target mRNAs as we have shown elsewhere (27–29, 35). Primers were designed using the Primer Select computer program (DNAStar, Madison, WI) and custom made by Invitrogen (GIBCO). The specific primer sets used to amplify MGF, IGF-I, myogenin, and MyoD mRNAs were published previously (27, 28). As described in detail (27), interaction tests between each target mRNA primer and the alternate 18S primers were followed by linearity tests for each PCR reaction. Each target cDNA (mRNA) was coamplified with 18S (with a 324-bp product) to express as a ratio of target mRNA/18S. The 18S primers were mixed with competimers to ensure that both 18S and each target mRNA coamplified in the linear range. The ratio of this primer:competimer mixture was optimized in preliminary experiments and ranged from 1:15 to 1:100, depending on the abundance of the target mRNA. PCR was carried out in a DNA Engine (PTC-200) Peltier Thermal Cycler (MJ Research, Waltham, MA) using 1 μl of RT product (cDNA). Specific cycle protocols were as published (27, 28). PCR products were electrophoresed (100 V constant) in a 2% agarose gel for 75–120 min varying by target transcript. Standardization procedures for the order of samples, image capture, and densitometric analyses have been detailed elsewhere (27).
Immunofluorescence microscopy.
We routinely assess myofiber type distribution (I, IIa, IIx) and type-specific myofiber size via myosin heavy chain isoform immunofluorescence microscopy and have published these methods in detail elsewhere (28, 29, 35). Images were analyzed by a single technician blinded to age, sex, and time point (pre- or posttraining) of each specimen. Mean myofiber size was determined as a weighted average based on distribution and size of type I, IIa, and IIx myofibers before and after training. Myofiber type distribution was determined from 1,009 ± 39 and 851 ± 38 myofibers/specimen pre- and posttraining, respectively.
Statistical analysis.
Data are reported as means ± SE. K-means cluster analysis (STATISTICA 6.1) was performed to identify three responder clusters based on magnitude of change in mean myofiber CSA in response to 16 wk of resistance training regardless of age or sex. We defined the three clusters as Xtr, Mod, and Non. Levels of the target transcripts were therefore assessed via three (cluster) × three (time point) repeated-measures ANOVA. For each ANOVA model with a significant main or interaction effect, Tukey's honestly significantly different (HSD) tests were performed post hoc to localize the effect(s). Statistical significance was accepted at P < 0.05.
Cluster analysis performed post hoc defined three clusters based on the magnitude of myofiber hypertrophy as shown in Fig. 1. Change in mean myofiber CSA averaged +2,475 ± 140 μm2 in Xtr, +1,111 ± 46 μm2 in Mod, and −16 ± 99 μm2 in Non. The age-sex breakdown within each cluster was listed in methods for descriptive purposes only, and each cluster had representation from all four age-sex groups. The focus of this work was on differences in gene expression across responder clusters irrespective of age or sex; however, it is noteworthy that Non contained only one young man compared with 38% of older women and men. By contrast, young men clearly dominated the Xtr cluster, as 43% of young men were in Xtr compared with only 18% of the remaining subjects. Approximately 50% of each age-sex cohort was clustered as Mod. This further illustrates the highly variable nature of the resistance training-mediated hypertrophy adaptation between human subjects.
To determine whether differences in hypertrophy responsiveness were caused by differences in training intensity and/or adherence, we analyzed the training log of each subject. As shown in Table 1, the three responder clusters did not differ by training intensity, training volume, or adherence to the program. These results clearly indicate that the wide range of individual responsiveness to our resistance training program resulted from differences in factors that influence myofiber hypertrophy downstream of the mechanical loading stimulus itself.
Overall, subjects completed 91% of the training sessions. Load assignments throughout the progressive resistance training program were designed to induce volitional fatigue within 8–12 repetitions per set and resulted in an average of 10+ repetitions per set across all three movements (squat, leg press, knee extension). Training intensity for the squat and leg press averaged 74.9% and 78.5% of 1RM, respectively, throughout training. Intensity averaged 64.5% of 1RM for the knee extension movement, slightly lower than the other two movements, most likely because of some fatigue, as knee extension was always performed last.
Changes in muscle growth factor expression within each responder cluster are shown in Fig. 2. Main training effects (P < 0.001) indicated that transcript expression for both MGF (IGF-IEc) (Fig. 2A) and IGF-IEa (Fig. 2B) increased robustly with resistance training. Tukey's HSD post hoc testing following these main time effects indicated an overall increase in MGF mRNA after one loading bout (P < 0.001) that tended to rise further by 16 wk (P = 0.065), while, for IGF-IEa, the overall acute increase after one bout (P < 0.05) was followed by a significant, further increase by 16 wk (P < 0.001). These responses differed by hypertrophy cluster and were primarily driven by Xtr and Mod. For example, MGF mRNA levels rose abruptly after only one resistance loading bout (P < 0.05) in Mod (74%) and Xtr (71%) but failed to increase in Non, leading to a significant cluster × training interaction (P < 0.05). After the final exercise bout 16 wk later, MGF expression was upregulated to the greatest degree (126% from baseline) in Xtr, while in Mod the increase above baseline of 73% was similar to the initial acute response. MGF in Non tended to rise by 16 wk, but this was not statistically significant (56%, P = 0.052). IGF-IEa transcript expression rose by 16 wk to levels 96% above baseline and 40% above the acute response in Mod (P < 0.005), and 105% above baseline and 68% above the acute response in Xtr (P < 0.001). In Non, IGF-IEa mRNA levels at 16 wk were 61% higher than the acute response (P < 0.01).
Transcript results within each responder cluster for the myogenic transcription factors myogenin and MyoD are shown in Fig. 3. Main time effects denoted significant overall increases in both transcripts with training (P < 0.005). For myogenin (Fig. 3A), post hoc testing localized the main training effect to an acute 43% increase (P < 0.001) after the first loading bout, which did not increase further by week 16. By contrast, the overall increase in MyoD (Fig. 3B) was not realized until wk 16 (53% above baseline, P < 0.001). Myogenin upregulation was clearly driven by responders, as increases at time point 2 were noted in Mod (40%, P < 0.05) and Xtr (51%, P < 0.01) but not Non. Only Xtr tended to increase myogenin expression further by week 16 (65% above baseline, P < 0.001). For MyoD, the overall increase was not driven by any particular responder cluster; in fact, no significant increases within each cluster were noted, and Xtr showed no upward trend.
Myofiber size and type distribution results for each cluster are shown in Table 2. Type I and type II myofiber sizes after training are shown for descriptive purposes only, as cluster analysis on mean fiber hypertrophy precludes any statistical comparisons of these data pre- to posttraining. One-way ANOVAs on pretraining fiber areas confirmed no significant differences in the sizes of type I and type II myofibers among the three clusters. Myofiber type distribution data were analyzed statistically using a three (cluster) × two (time point) ANOVA. The IIx-to-IIa myofiber type shift typical of resistance training occurred in each of the three clusters (P < 0.05), indicating that the overload stimulus was sufficient to induce this shift in all three groups.
Changes in 1RM knee extension strength for each of the clusters are shown in Fig. 4. A main time effect (P < 0.001) and cluster × time interaction (P = 0.016) were found. By midtraining, all three clusters realized substantial increases in strength (Non 30.5%, Mod 25.6%, Xtr 29.4%) (P < 0.001). The interaction was driven by the failure of Non to increase knee extension strength beyond the midtraining time point. From midtraining (week 8) to posttraining (week 16), only responders continued to make strength gains (Mod 10.2%, P < 0.005; Xtr 12.5%, P < 0.001). A significant cluster × time interaction (P = 0.013) was also noted for squat 1RM strength, as only responders increased squat 1RM in the latter half of the training program (data not shown). The leg press was the only one of the three training movements that did not reveal a cluster × time interaction on 1RM testing (data not shown).
Recent advances in cellular and molecular muscle biology have markedly improved our understanding of the processes driving myogenesis (44). Human studies of contraction-mediated muscle hypertrophy have wisely capitalized on these seminal findings in myogenic cell culture models and lower mammals, revealing common themes across systems. There now seems to be general consensus that mechanical load activates the protein synthesis and translation initiation machinery via the PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling cascade and that the addition of donor nuclei enhances the myofiber hypertrophy adaptation. Lacking, however, is a clear understanding of the upstream mechanotransduction signals that activate these two key processes, particularly in the context of human exercise training. While a number of molecular factors responsive to mechanical load have been identified, the importance of each factor in the progression of load-mediated muscle hypertrophy has been difficult to study in healthy humans because advanced techniques such as genetic manipulation are not possible.
In the absence of molecular manipulations or pharmacological treatment or blockade experiments, we propose that statistical K-means cluster analysis as performed herein provides a valuable and powerful means of revealing key steps in human muscle growth. In this cohort of 66 volunteers, we have identified 17 subjects with a remarkable ability to hypertrophy myofibers and an equal number of individuals incapable of muscle growth, at least not within the constraints of a 4-mo resistance training program. Despite the extraordinarily different propensities for muscle hypertrophy between Xtr and Non, both groups realized a robust increase in muscle expression of IGF-IEa. Enhanced expression of a gene previously shown to have myogenic properties may lead to the presumption that this factor plays an integral role in the myogenic process. While the cluster analysis does not afford the power to argue against IGF-IEa being necessary for resistance training-mediated hypertrophy of the vastus lateralis, the data suggest upregulation of its transcript is not sufficient to induce hypertrophy. We cannot rule out the possibility that the Xtr and Non clusters may have differed in translational efficiency (i.e., muscle IGF-I protein concentrations were not determined). In a similar fashion, while MyoD may play an integral role during hypertrophy, the results in Xtr strongly suggest that upregulated expression of MyoD mRNA is not necessary for resistance training-mediated myofiber hypertrophy: MyoD transcript levels increased 53% with training across the entire cohort of 66 subjects, but the Xtr cluster contributed little to this main effect. It should be pointed out that the interpretation of these findings is based strictly on load-mediated changes in transcript levels.
The utility of cluster analysis is also demonstrated by the results for MGF mRNA. Unlike the IGF-IEa and MyoD findings, MGF was differentially expressed across clusters. Xtr experienced the most robust increase, while Non saw only a nonsignificant upward trend in MGF mRNA. Of course further study would be required to be definitive, but these findings lead to the attractive possibility that the capacity to induce MGF gene expression above some threshold is necessary to activate hypertrophy process(es) during resistance training. Likewise, the starkly contrasting myogenin gene expression results between Xtr and Non strongly suggest some minimum level of myogenin mRNA induction is also necessary for hypertrophy to occur. Whether the induction of MGF and/or myogenin gene expression is sufficient to promote hypertrophy cannot be determined in this model.
The degree of myofiber hypertrophy found within the Mod cluster is characteristic of average myofiber growth rates reported in resistance training studies of similar duration (25, 31, 43), indicating the progressive training program employed was not unusual but rather typical. Individuals on the extreme ends of the "responsiveness" continuum, however, are not revealed by standard statistical models, and human training studies do not generally have a sample size with sufficient statistical power to explore responsiveness post hoc. The cluster analysis presented herein clearly shows that there is a large degree of interindividual variability in the ability to hypertrophy myofibers as an adaptive response to resistance training. The underlying causes of this high degree of variation remain elusive, but in the present study we can rule out a few obvious possible sources. First, one might expect subjects with unusually large myofibers and/or a large proportion of type I myofibers to be less capable of resistance training-mediated hypertrophy (preferential to type II myofibers). However, the histological phenotype of the three clusters did not differ on the basis of pretraining sizes of type I and type II myofibers or on the distribution of the primary myofiber types (I, IIa, IIx). Additionally, within the cohort were 15 subjects with large pretraining myofibers (mean fiber size > 5,000 μm2), and 10 of these 15 subjects experienced robust hypertrophy (5 Xtr, 5 Mod), indicating no apparent bias based on pretraining myofiber size. Second, age and sex (primarily in young adults) influence the ability to hypertrophy myofibers, as we have shown previously (29, 35). However, as confirmed by the subject composition of these clusters, not all elderly were unresponsive and not all young men were extreme responders; thus factors other than the independent variables of age and/or sex must play a role in responsiveness. Third, and perhaps most obviously, individual training intensity and dedication profoundly influence the efficacy of any exercise treatment. However, the clusters did not differ on the basis of resistance training intensity or adherence to the program. Certainly the training intensity sufficiently overloaded the vastus lateralis in all three clusters, as the IIx-to-IIa myofiber shift typical of resistance training was seen equally across the clusters, and 1RM strength gains, at least through the first 8 wk of training, were quite similar across clusters. The failure of Non to increase knee extension and squat strength beyond the first 8 wk appears to affirm the prevailing view that gains in strength during the initial phase of resistance training (i.e., first few weeks) are driven mainly by neural and/or other nonmuscle mass adaptations. Continued increments in strength in the later stages of a program, such as those realized by Mod and Xtr in the second 8 wk, are thought to become increasingly dependent on muscle hypertrophy.
Genotypic differences across apparently "normal" humans have been shown to influence muscle performance (38), as well as one's propensity for resistance training-mediated muscle hypertrophy (26). We do not know whether any polymorphic variants existed in either Xtr or Non to promote or prevent hypertrophy, respectively. It is noteworthy, however, that the three clusters did not differ in basal expression of the four myogenic genes studied. Targeted gene arrays and/or genotyping studies may prove very useful in the future toward unraveling differences between Xtr and Non.
With no clear phenotypic or behavioral differences among the three clusters, and no known genotypic differences, we postulate that there may be differences across subjects in the sensitivity and/or signaling efficacy of mechanotransduction pathways. The immediate effectors of local muscle growth factor and/or MRF expression in response to mechanical load are not known. Our findings suggest a failure point in this upstream, load-sensitive signaling among subjects in the Non cluster, as basal myogenic factor expression was normal but load-mediated expression was blunted. The dystrophin-associated transmembrane protein complex is a likely candidate for mechanotransduction signaling and has been implicated in such processes as hepatocyte growth factor release from the extracellular matrix and satellite cell activation (6, 45, 48). There is also evidence that the expression and/or activation of focal adhesion complex proteins involved in integrin signaling (such as focal adhesion kinase and paxillin) are highly sensitive to the loading state of skeletal muscle (18). Further, as shown in cardiac muscle, integrin-costameric protein complexes responsible for transducing forces bidirectionally between the contractile apparatus and the extracellular matrix contain a growing list of proteins that demonstrate signaling kinase activity in a load-sensitive manner and communicate with growth factor receptors (41). Future studies should pursue the precise mechanism(s) by which mechanical stress signals through this transmembrane complex to activate myogenesis. Therein may lay a key difference in individual responsiveness to load-mediated hypertrophy stimuli.
Funding for this work was provided by National Institute on Aging Grant R01-AG-017896 (M. M. Bamman), a Veterans Affairs Merit Grant (M. M. Bamman), and General Clinical Research Center Grant M01-RR-00032.
We are indebted to the research subjects for invaluable contributions to this work. We thank S.C. Tuggle for administering the resistance training program.
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Strawberry Pie is a family favorite passed down from DH's grandmother, who was a pastor's wife in Texas. She and I made it together once, about 20 years ago, after spending the afternoon picking fresh strawberries. Now my daughter, her great-granddaughter, helps me make it during strawberry season. Always a treat!
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A fabulous pie! I made this for a ZWT III challenge and lightened it up a little by using a prepared frozen pie crust. This reduced the calories from fat to 21%. I watched my BF practically inhale this pie not even looking up and barely taking a breath inbetween bites. It was just that good! Thanks for the recipe Acerast!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup water
- 3 tablespoons strawberry gelatin
- 1 quart strawberry, washed and hulled
- whipped cream (optional)
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- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Mix together flour, 2 Tablespoons sugar, milk, salt and oil.
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- Set crust aside to cool.
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