The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Deteriorating VO2max and Diminished Mitochondrial Biogenesis During Aging

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 3462-3466
Author(s):  
Eda Akkiz Ağaşcioğlu ◽  
Ofcan Oflaz

Aging seems to be inevitable and gradual loss of physical activity is associated with frailty and many age-related disorders. Exercise is the way of keeping a healthy life and delaying aging process. Deterioration in pulmonary vital capacity is inevitable, and mitochondrial biogenesis also diminishes with aging. Regular aerobic exercise alleviates the diminishing vital capacity while increasing mitochondrial biogenesis in aging. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor c coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1a), which is the master regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis, is activated by reactive oxygen species (ROS). Exercise-induced lactate leads to formation of ROS and synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) at physiological level. PGC1a regulation by NO seems to be controversial. Over the physiological limit of ROS and NO has toxic effects in cellular environment with reduced antioxidant activities in aging. Overall, exercise seems to be beneficial option to alleviate reduction rate of vital capacity and to enhance mitochondrial biogenesis via lactate-induced ROS formation. Keywords: Aging, Exercise, Maximum oxygen consumption rate, Lungs vital capacity, Mitochondria Biogenesis.

2020 ◽  
Vol 477 (6) ◽  
pp. 1061-1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg L. McKie ◽  
David C. Wright

Our understanding of white adipose tissue (WAT) biochemistry has evolved over the last few decades and it is now clear that WAT is not simply a site of energy storage, but rather a pliable endocrine organ demonstrating dynamic responsiveness to the effects of aerobic exercise. Similar to its established effects in skeletal muscle, aerobic exercise induces many biochemical adaptations in WAT including mitochondrial biogenesis and browning. While past research has focused on the regulation of these biochemical processes, there has been renewed interest as of late given the potential of harnessing WAT mitochondrial biogenesis and browning to treat obesity and type II diabetes. Unfortunately, despite increasing evidence that innumerable factors, both exercise induced and pharmacological, can elicit these biochemical adaptations in WAT, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly defined. Here, we begin with a historical account of our understanding of WAT exercise biochemistry before presenting detailed evidence in favour of an up-to-date model by which aerobic exercise induces mitochondrial biogenesis and browning in WAT. Specifically, we discuss how aerobic exercise induces increases in WAT lipolysis and re-esterification and how this could be a trigger that activates the cellular energy sensor 5′ AMP-activated protein kinase to mediate the induction of mitochondrial biogenesis and browning via the transcriptional co-activator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator-1 alpha. While this review primarily focuses on mechanistic results from rodent studies special attention is given to the translation of these results, or lack thereof, to human physiology.


2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 927-936
Author(s):  
Jens Frey Halling ◽  
Henriette Pilegaard

The majority of human energy metabolism occurs in skeletal muscle mitochondria emphasizing the importance of understanding the regulation of myocellular mitochondrial function. The transcriptional co-activator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1α) has been characterized as a major factor in the transcriptional control of several mitochondrial components. Thus, PGC-1α is often described as a master regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis as well as a central player in regulating the antioxidant defense. However, accumulating evidence suggests that PGC-1α is also involved in the complex regulation of mitochondrial quality beyond biogenesis, which includes mitochondrial network dynamics and autophagic removal of damaged mitochondria. In addition, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production has been suggested to regulate skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity, which may also be influenced by PGC-1α. This review aims to highlight the current evidence for PGC-1α-mediated regulation of skeletal muscle mitochondrial function beyond the effects on mitochondrial biogenesis as well as the potential PGC-1α-related impact on insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle. Novelty PGC-1α regulates mitochondrial biogenesis but also has effects on mitochondrial functions beyond biogenesis. Mitochondrial quality control mechanisms, including fission, fusion, and mitophagy, are regulated by PGC-1α. PGC-1α-mediated regulation of mitochondrial quality may affect age-related mitochondrial dysfunction and insulin sensitivity.


2011 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 1066-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Steiner ◽  
E. Angela Murphy ◽  
Jamie L. McClellan ◽  
Martin D. Carmichael ◽  
J. Mark Davis

Increased muscle mitochondria are largely responsible for the increased resistance to fatigue and health benefits ascribed to exercise training. However, very little attention has been given to the likely benefits of increased brain mitochondria in this regard. We examined the effects of exercise training on markers of both brain and muscle mitochondrial biogenesis in relation to endurance capacity assessed by a treadmill run to fatigue (RTF) in mice. Male ICR mice were assigned to exercise (EX) or sedentary (SED) conditions ( n = 16–19/group). EX mice performed 8 wk of treadmill running for 1 h/day, 6 days/wk at 25 m/min and a 5% incline. Twenty-four hours after the last training bout a subgroup of mice ( n = 9–11/group) were euthanized, and brain (brain stem, cerebellum, cortex, frontal lobe, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and midbrain) and muscle (soleus) tissues were isolated for analysis of mRNA expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1-alpha (PGC-1α), Silent Information Regulator T1 (SIRT1), citrate synthase (CS), and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) using RT-PCR. A different subgroup of EX and SED mice ( n = 7–8/group) performed a treadmill RTF test. Exercise training increased PGC-1α, SIRT1, and CS mRNA and mtDNA in most brain regions in addition to the soleus ( P < 0.05). Mean treadmill RTF increased from 74.0 ± 9.6 min to 126.5 ± 16.1 min following training ( P < 0.05). These findings suggest that exercise training increases brain mitochondrial biogenesis, which may have important implications, not only with regard to fatigue, but also with respect to various central nervous system diseases and age-related dementia that are often characterized by mitochondrial dysfunction.


2008 ◽  
Vol 294 (5) ◽  
pp. H2121-H2128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoltan Ungvari ◽  
Nazar Labinskyy ◽  
Sachin Gupte ◽  
Praveen N. Chander ◽  
John G. Edwards ◽  
...  

Mitochondrial biogenesis is involved in the control of cell metabolism, signal transduction, and regulation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Despite the central role of mitochondria in cellular aging and endothelial physiology, there are no studies extant investigating age-related alterations in mitochondrial biogenesis in blood vessels. Electronmicroscopy and confocal microscopy (en face Mitotracker staining) revealed that in aortas of F344 rats, a decline in mitochondrial biogenesis occurs with aging. In aged vessels, the expression of the mitochondrial biogenesis factors (including mitochondrial transcription factor A and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1) was decreased. The vascular expression of complex I, III, and IV significantly declined with age, whereas aging did not alter the expression of complex II and V. Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) expression/activity exhibited the greatest age-related decline, which was associated with increased mitochondrial ROS production in the aged vessels. In cultured coronary arterial endothelial cells, a partial knockdown of COX significantly increased mitochondrial ROS production. In conclusion, vascular aging is characterized by a decline in mitochondrial mass in the endothelial cells and an altered expression of components of the mitochondrial electron transport chain likely due to a dysregulation of mitochondrial biogenesis factors. We posit that impaired mitochondrial biogenesis and downregulation of COX may contribute to the increased mitochondrial oxidative stress in aged endothelial cells.


Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 734
Author(s):  
Pietro Antonuccio ◽  
Herbert Ryan Marini ◽  
Antonio Micali ◽  
Carmelo Romeo ◽  
Roberta Granese ◽  
...  

Varicocele is an age-related disease with no current medical treatments positively impacting infertility. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) expression is present in normal testis with an involvement in the immunological reactions. The role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α), a nuclear receptor, in fertility is still unclear. N-Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), an emerging nutraceutical compound present in plants and animal foods, is an endogenous PPAR-α agonist with well-demonstrated anti-inflammatory and analgesics characteristics. In this model of mice varicocele, PPAR-α and TLR4 receptors’ roles were investigated through the administration of ultra-micronized PEA (PEA-um). Male wild-type (WT), PPAR-α knockout (KO), and TLR4 KO mice were used. A group underwent sham operation and administration of vehicle or PEA-um (10 mg/kg i.p.) for 21 days. Another group (WT, PPAR-α KO, and TLR4 KO) underwent surgical varicocele and was treated with vehicle or PEA-um (10 mg/kg i.p.) for 21 days. At the end of treatments, all animals were euthanized. Both operated and contralateral testes were processed for histological and morphometric assessment, for PPAR-α, TLR4, occludin, and claudin-11 immunohistochemistry and for PPAR-α, TLR4, transforming growth factor-beta3 (TGF-β3), phospho-extracellular signal-Regulated-Kinase (p-ERK) 1/2, and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor (NLR) family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) Western blot analysis. Collectively, our data showed that administration of PEA-um revealed a key role of PPAR-α and TLR4 in varicocele pathophysiology, unmasking new nutraceutical therapeutic targets for future varicocele research and supporting surgical management of male infertility.


Oncogene ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (13) ◽  
pp. 2355-2366
Author(s):  
Laura C. A. Galbraith ◽  
Ernest Mui ◽  
Colin Nixon ◽  
Ann Hedley ◽  
David Strachan ◽  
...  

AbstractPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARG) is one of the three members of the PPAR family of transcription factors. Besides its roles in adipocyte differentiation and lipid metabolism, we recently demonstrated an association between PPARG and metastasis in prostate cancer. In this study a functional effect of PPARG on AKT serine/threonine kinase 3 (AKT3), which ultimately results in a more aggressive disease phenotype was identified. AKT3 has previously been shown to regulate PPARG co-activator 1 alpha (PGC1α) localisation and function through its action on chromosome maintenance region 1 (CRM1). AKT3 promotes PGC1α localisation to the nucleus through its inhibitory effects on CRM1, a known nuclear export protein. Collectively our results demonstrate how PPARG over-expression drives an increase in AKT3 levels, which in turn has the downstream effect of increasing PGC1α localisation within the nucleus, driving mitochondrial biogenesis. Furthermore, this increase in mitochondrial mass provides higher energetic output in the form of elevated ATP levels which may fuel the progression of the tumour cell through epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and ultimately metastasis.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Fan Ye ◽  
Anshi Wu

Silent information-regulated transcription factor 1 (SIRT1) is the most prominent and widely studied member of the sirtuins (a family of mammalian class III histone deacetylases). It is a nuclear protein, and the deacetylation of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor coactivator-1 has been extensively implicated in metabolic control and mitochondrial biogenesis and is the basis for studies into its involvement in caloric restriction and its effects on lifespan. The present study discusses the potentially protective mechanism of SIRT1 in the regulation of the mitochondrial biogenesis and autophagy involved in the modulation of Alzheimer’s disease, which may be correlated with the role of SIRT1 in affecting neuronal morphology, learning, and memory during development; regulating metabolism; counteracting stress responses; and maintaining genomic stability. Drugs that activate SIRT1 may offer a promising approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease


Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 349
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Prieto-Carrasco ◽  
Fernando E. García-Arroyo ◽  
Omar Emiliano Aparicio-Trejo ◽  
Pedro Rojas-Morales ◽  
Juan Carlos León-Contreras ◽  
...  

The five-sixth nephrectomy (5/6Nx) model is widely used to study the mechanisms involved in chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression. Mitochondrial impairment is a critical mechanism that favors CKD progression. However, until now, there are no temporal studies of the change in mitochondrial biogenesis and dynamics that allow determining the role of these processes in mitochondrial impairment and renal damage progression in the 5/6Nx model. In this work, we determined the changes in mitochondrial biogenesis and dynamics markers in remnant renal mass from days 2 to 28 after 5/6Nx. Our results show a progressive reduction in mitochondrial biogenesis triggered by reducing two principal regulators of mitochondrial protein expression, the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1-alpha and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha. Furthermore, the reduction in mitochondrial biogenesis proteins strongly correlates with the increase in renal damage markers. Additionally, we found a slow and gradual change in mitochondrial dynamics from fusion to fission, favoring mitochondrial fragmentation at later stages after 5/6Nx. Together, our results suggest that 5/6Nx induces the progressive reduction in mitochondrial mass over time via the decrease in mitochondrial biogenesis factors and a slow shift from mitochondrial fission to fusion; both mechanisms favor CKD progression in the remnant renal mass.


Hypertension ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shailendra P Singh ◽  
Maayan Waldman ◽  
Joseph Schragenheim ◽  
Lars Bellner ◽  
Jian Cao ◽  
...  

Background/Objectives: Obesity is a risk factor in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, predominantly as a result of cardiovascular complications. Increased adiposity is a systemic condition characterized by increased oxidative stress (ROS), inflammation, inhibition of anti-oxidant genes such as HO-1 and increased degradation of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs). Hypothesis: We postulate that EETs increase peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) activity, which controls mitochondrial function, oxidative metabolism and may also increase antioxidants and HO-1 gene expression. Methods: C57/B16 mice were fed a high fat (HF) diet for 26 wks. The protocol comprised three groups: A) WT, B) HF control and C) HF-treated with EET agonist (EET-A). Renal and visceral fat tissues were harvested to measure signaling protein. Consumption was measured at 6 and 24 wks. Mice were used to assess insulin levels, insulin sensitivity, blood pressure and mitochondrial OXPHOS and mitochondrial biogenesis (Mfn1, 2 and Opa1), and oxygen consumption (VO 2 ). Results: Animals on a HF diet exhibited increased body weight, fat content, fasting blood glucose levels, systolic blood pressure (BP) and a significant reduction in VO 2 . Administration of EET-A to HF-fed mice decreased the RQ (VCO 2 /VO 2 ) ratio and normalized BP. The HF diet produced increased levels of the adipogenic markers MEST, aP2, C/EBPα and FAS. EET-A attenuated these perturbations through an increase in renal and adipose tissue PGC1α levels. The EET-mediated HO-1 induction increased mitochondrial function as measured by OXPHOS, MnSOD and thermogenic genes, TFAM, UCP1 and SIRT 1. EET-A also increased adiponectin levels, and insulin receptor phosphorylation IRP Tyr 972 and 1146 and normalized glucose levels. Conclusion: These data show that an EET agonist increased PGC-1α-HO-1 levels thereby providing metabolic protection and increased VO 2 consumption in HF-induced obesity in mice. This novel finding suggests that the EET-mediated PGC-1α activation is essential to increase HO-1 levels, mitochondrial biogenesis, and to decrease mitochondrial ROS and adiposity.


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