Abstract
Introduction: Obesity-induced deterioration of arterial stiffness is reduced by habitual exercise, and increased production of nitric oxide (NO) participates in this effect. Adropin is a regulator of endothelial NO synthase and NO release, and circulating adropin level decreases in obese patients. However, the association between exercise-training effects of arterial stiffness and circulating adropin level in obese subjects remains unclear. Hypothesis: This study aimed to determine the serum adropin level related to exercise-training effects of arterial stiffness in obese subjects. Methods: Eighteen Japanese obese subjects (age: 65.7 ± 1.6 years, % body fat: 34.8 ± 1.6 %) and nine Japanese non-obese subjects (age: 69.1 ± 1.0 years, % body fat: 19.9 ± 2.4 %) participated in this study. Obese subjects completed 8-week of aerobic exercise training (60-70% peak oxygen uptake [VO2peak] for 45 min, 3 days/week). Before and after the intervention, we evaluated plasma nitrite/nitrate (NOx) and serum adropin concentrations, carotid beta-stiffness as an indicator of arterial stiffness, and VO2peak as an index of cardiorespiratory fitness. VO2peak was measured using an incremental cycle exercise test on a cycle ergometer. Results: Serum adropin level in the obese subjects was lower than that in the non-obese subjects. After the 8-week intervention, VO2peak was significantly increased and carotid beta-stiffness was significantly decreased (P < 0.05). Moreover, plasma NOx level and serum adropin level was significantly increased after the 8-week intervention (P < 0.05). Additionally, the exercise training-induced reduction in beta-stiffness was negatively correlated with the training-induced changes in serum adropin (r = -0.481, P < 0.05) and plasma NOx levels (r = -0.668, P < 0.01). Furthermore, a significant correlation was observed between the training-induced changes in serum adropin and plasma NOx levels (r = 0.677, P < 0.01). Conclusions: These results suggest that the plasma adropin level is increased by aerobic exercise training intervention and is associated with exercise training-induced alternation of arterial stiffness in obese subjects. Thus, the increase in adropin may participate in the exercise-induced reduction of arterial stiffness.
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