Irisin as an exercise-stimulated hormone binding crosstalk between organs

Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2015;19(2):316-21.

Abstract

Irisin is a newly discovered 112 amino acid residues' glycosylated protein hormone that was firstly found up-regulated by exercise-induced peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1α) and then play an important role in circulation so as to target other organs. It conducts many downstream events including osteoblast differentiation, nerve cell and β-cell regeneration and so on. In clinical research, non-inflammation and inflammation related diseases correlated with basal level of irisin and they benefited from exercise-induced irisin endocrinology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Exercise / physiology*
  • Fibronectins / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism
  • Physical Conditioning, Animal / physiology*

Substances

  • FNDC5 protein, human
  • FNDC5 protein, mouse
  • Fibronectins