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Searching for the exercise factor: is IL-6 a candidate?
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For years the search for the stimulus that initiates and maintains the change of excitability or sensibility of the regulating centers in exercise has been progressing. For lack of more precise knowledge, it has been called the 'work stimulus', 'the work factor' or 'the exercise factor'. In other terms, one big challenge for muscle and exercise physiologists has been to determine how muscles signal to central and peripheral organs. Here we discuss the possibility that interleukin-6 (IL-6) could mediate some of the health beneficial effects of exercise. In resting muscle, the IL-6 gene is silent, but it is rapidly activated by contractions. The transcription rate is very fast and the fold changes of IL-6 mRNA is marked. IL-6 is released from working muscles into the circulation in high amounts. The IL-6 production is modulated by the glycogen content in muscles, and IL-6 thus works as an energy sensor. IL-6 exerts its effect on adipose tissue, inducing lipolysis and gene transcription in abdominal subcutaneous fat and increases whole body lipid oxidation. Furthermore, IL-6 inhibits low-grade TNF-alpha-production and may thereby inhibit TNF-alpha-induced insulin resistance and atherosclerosis development. We propose that IL-6 and other cytokines, which are produced and released by skeletal muscles, exerting their effects in other organs of the body, should be named 'myokines'.
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“The concept of “exercise factor” was based on the fact that muscle contractions engage metabolic and physiological responses in other organs, and that these are not mediated by the nervous system (Pedersen et al., 2003).”
From Physical Exercise-Induced Myokines and Muscle-Adipose Tissue Crosstalk: A Review of Current Knowledge and the Implications for Health and Metabolic Diseases (2018) · cites this paper as Pedersen et al., 2003
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“skeletal muscle has been re-recognized as an active endocrine organ capable of synthesizing and releasing a series of bioactive molecules in response to exercise stimulation, known as “myokines”.”
From Exercise-Induced Myokines in Obesity-Related Metabolic Disorders and Cardiovascular Protection: A Narrative Review (2026) · cites this paper as [6]
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“The discovery of myokines stemmed from the work of Pedersen et al. in 2003, who first demonstrated that skeletal muscle could synthesize and release large amounts of interleukin-6 (IL-6) into the circulation during exercise, thereby regulating the metabolism and function of distant organs [6].”
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“it is now clear that IL-6 [7] and IL-8 [8] production is upregulated by muscle contraction and that these cytokines may be released from contracting skeletal muscle.”
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“Recently, IL-6 was introduced as the first myokine, defined as a cytokine, which is produced and released by contracting skeletal muscle fibres, exerting its effects in other organs of the body.”
From Exercise as a Mean to Control Low‐Grade Systemic Inflammation (2008) · cites this paper as [18]
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“We suggest that skeletal muscle is an endocrine organ and that myokines may be involved in mediating the beneficial effects against CNCDs associated with low-grade inflammation.”
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“skeletal muscle has recently been identified as an endocrine organ, which produces and releases cytokines (also called myokines) [18, 19].”
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“A number of studies have demonstrated that working muscle produces IL-6.”
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“Thus muscle biopsies obtained before and after exercise in humans and rats demonstrate very little IL-6 mRNA in resting muscle, but up to a 100-fold increase in exercising skeletal muscle [18, 64, 65].”
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“The magnitude by which plasma IL-6 increases is related to exercise duration, intensity, and muscle mass involved in the mechanical work [13, 18, 60, 62].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Pedersen
- Venue
- Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility
- Published
- 2003
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 2/3
- Pages
- 113-119
- ISSN
- 0142-4319 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1566764955
- Cited by
- 564
- References
- 91
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 11.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion)
- RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- Keywords
- interleukin-6, myokines, physical activity, skeletal muscle, muscle contraction, IL-6 expression, glycogen, energy sensing, adipose tissue, lipolysis, lipid oxidation, TNF-α, insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, cytokines
- MeSH terms
- Adipose Tissue, Energy Metabolism, Glucose, Humans, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Exercise, Interleukin-6, Muscle, Skeletal, Muscle Cells, Lipid Metabolism
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