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Gut Microbiota Modification: Another Piece in the Puzzle of the Benefits of Physical Exercise in Health?

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Cerdá, Begoña, Pérez, Margarita, Pérez-Santiago, Jennifer D., Tornero-Aguilera, Jose F., González-Soltero, Rocío, Larrosa, Mar·2016·Frontiers in Physiology

Abstract

Regular physical exercise provides many health benefits, protecting against the development of chronic diseases, and improving quality of life. Some of the mechanisms by which exercise provides these effects are the promotion of an anti-inflammatory state, reinforcement of the neuromuscular function, and activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Recently, it has been proposed that physical exercise is able to modify gut microbiota, and thus this could be another factor by which exercise promotes well-being, since gut microbiota appears to be closely related to health and disease. The purpose of this paper is to review the recent findings on gut microbiota modification by exercise, proposing several mechanisms by which physical exercise might cause changes in gut microbiota.

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  • Exercise appears to be able to enrich microbiota diversity.

    “Exercise appears to be able to enrich microbiota diversity [20–25]”
  • The microbiota has an indirect influence on various indices of exercise performance, recovery, and patterns of illness, such as signaling through myokines and other cytokines, modulating activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and affecting performance-associated metabolic pathways.

    “The microbiota has an indirect influence on various indices of exercise performance, recovery, and patterns of illness, such as signaling through myokines and other cytokines, modulating activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, and affecting performance-associated metabolic pathways [13, 16–18].”

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  • Exercise influences the composition of the gut microbiota community.

    “These preliminary studies indicate that exercise influences the composition of the gut microbiota community.”

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  • A common finding in murine studies examining the effects of exercise training on the gut microbiome is an increase in alpha diversity.

    “A common finding in these murine studies examining the effects of exercise training on the gut microbiome, is an increase in alpha diversity [17].”

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Authors
Cerdá, B., Pérez, M., Pérez-Santiago, J. D., Tornero-Aguilera, J. F., González-Soltero, R., & Larrosa, M.
Affiliations
Universidad Europea de Madrid (ES)
Corresponding author
Larrosa, Mar
Venue
Frontiers in Physiology
Published
2016-02-18
Volume
7
Pages
51-51
ISSN
1664-042X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2262964121
Cited by
247
References
134
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 7
FWCI
2.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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  • ABACUS. Repositorio de Producción Científica (Universidad Europea) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Ramón y Cajal fellowship
  • Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
  • Universidad Europea de Madrid (2015UEM24, 2015UEM46)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Keywords
gut microbiota, physical activity, anti-inflammatory activity, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, neuromuscular function, chronic disease prevention

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