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Exercise Combined with Rhodiola sacra Supplementation Improves Exercise Capacity and Ameliorates Exhaustive Exercise‐Induced Muscle Damage through Enhancement of Mitochondrial Quality Control

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Dun, Yaoshan, Liu, Suixin, Zhang, Wenliang, Xie, Murong, Qiu, Ling·2017·Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

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Mounting evidence has firmly established that increased exercise capacity (EC) is associated with considerable improvements in the survival of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and that antistress capacity is a prognostic predictor of adverse cardiovascular events in patients with CVD. Previous studies have indicated that aerobic exercise (AE) and supplementation with Rhodiola sacra (RS), a natural plant pharmaceutical, improve EC and enable resistance to stress; however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. This study explored the ability of AE and RS, alone or combined, to improve EC and ameliorate exhaustive exercise‐ (EE‐) induced stress and elucidate the mechanism involved. We found that AE and RS significantly increased EC in mice and ameliorated EE‐induced stress damage in skeletal and cardiac muscles (SCM); furthermore, a synergistic effect was detected for the first time. To our knowledge, the present work is the first to report that AE and RS activate mitophagy, mitochondrial dynamics, and biogenesis in SCM, both in the resting state and after EE. These data indicate that AE and RS synergistically improve EC in mice and protect SCM from EE‐induced stress by enhancing mitochondrial quality control, including the activation of mitophagy, mitochondrial dynamics, and biogenesis, both at rest and after EE.

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Authors
Dun, Y., Liu, S., Zhang, W., Xie, M., & Qiu, L.
Affiliations
Central South University (CN)
Corresponding author
Liu, Suixin
Venue
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2017-01
Volume
2017
Issue
1
Pages
8024857-8024857
ISSN
  • 1942-0994 (ISSN-L)
  • 1942-0900
OpenAlex
W2770854947
Cited by
46
References
56
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2013SK5076)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81672262)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Keywords
aerobic exercise, exercise capacity, exhaustive exercise, exercise-induced muscle damage, mitochondrial quality control, mitophagy, mitochondrial dynamics, mitochondrial biogenesis, skeletal muscle, myocardium, synergistic supplementation, stress tolerance
MeSH terms
Animals, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mitochondria, Physical Conditioning, Animal, Plant Extracts, Quality Control, Muscle, Skeletal, Muscle Fatigue, Dietary Supplements, Rhodiola, Mice

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