Aerobic exercise training-induced irisin secretion is associated with the reduction of arterial stiffness via nitric oxide production in adults with obesity
Kenichiro Inoue, Physiologie appliquée, nutrition et métabolisme, 2019
This study aimed to clarify whether muscle-derived irisin secretion induced by aerobic exercise training is involved in reduction of arterial stiffness via arterial nitric oxide (NO) productivity in obesity. In animal study, sixteen Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats with obesity were randomly divided into two groups: sedentary control (OLETF-CON) and 8-week aerobic treadmill training (OLETF-EX) groups.
In human study, fifteen subjects with obesity completed 8-week aerobic exercise training for 45 min at 60%–70% VO2peak intensity 3 days/week. As a result of animal study, carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) was decreased, and arterial phosphorylation levels of AMPK, Akt, and endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), circulating levels of nitrite/nitrate (NOx) and irisin, and muscle mRNA expression of fibronectin type III domain containing 5 (Fndc5) were increased in OLETF-EX group compared to OLETF-CON group. In human study, regular aerobic exercise reduced cfPWV and elevated circulating levels of NOx and irisin. Furthermore, change in circulating irisin levels by regular exercise was positively correlated with circulating NOx levels and was negatively correlated with cfPWV.
Thus, aerobic exercise training-induced increase in irisin secretion may be related to reduction of arterial stiffness achieved by NO production via activated arterial AMPK-Akt-eNOS signaling pathway in obesity. ●Aerobic exercise training promoted irisin secretion with upregulation of muscle Fndc5 gene expression in rats with obesity.
●Irisin affected the activation of arterial AMPK-Akt-eNOS signaling by aerobic exercise training.
●Increased serum irisin level by aerobic exercise training was associated with reduction of arterial stiffness in obese adults.