- Title
- Telomere length maintenance and cardio-metabolic disease prevention through exercise training
- Creator
- Denham, Joshua; O'Brien, Brendan; Charchar, Fadi
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Journal article; Review
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/154430
- Identifier
- vital:11116
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-016-0482-4
- Identifier
- ISSN:0112-1642
- Abstract
- Telomeres are tandem repeat DNA sequences located at distal ends of chromosomes that protect against genomic DNA degradation and chromosomal instability. Excessive telomere shortening leads to cellular senescence and for this reason telomere length is a marker of biological age. Abnormally short telomeres may culminate in the manifestation of a number of cardio-metabolic diseases. Age-related cardio-metabolic diseases attributable to an inactive lifestyle, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease, are associated with short leukocyte telomeres. Exercise training prevents and manages the symptoms of many cardio-metabolic diseases whilst concurrently maintaining telomere length. The positive relationship between exercise training, physical fitness and telomere length raises the possibility of a mediating role of telomeres in chronic disease prevention via exercise. Further elucidation of the underpinning molecular mechanisms of how exercise maintains telomere length should provide crucial information on how physical activity can be best structured to combat the chronic disease epidemic and improve the human health span. Here, we synthesise and discuss the current evidence on the impact of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness on telomere dynamics. We provide the molecular mechanisms with a known role in exercise-induced telomere length maintenance and highlight unexplored, alternative pathways ripe for future investigations.
- Publisher
- SpringerLink
- Relation
- Sports Medicine Vol. 46, no. 9 (2016), p. 1213-1237; http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1009490
- Rights
- Copyright © 2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; Messenger-rna expression; End-protection problem; Human skeletal-muscle; Strong heart family; Life-style changes; Normal human-cells; Physical-activity; Oxidative stress; Cardiovascular-disease; DNA; Methylation
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