Nuclear factor erythroid‐derived 2‐like 2 (NFE2L2, Nrf2) mediates exercise‐induced mitochondrial biogenesis and the anti‐oxidant response in mice

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Abstract

Regular exercise induces adaptations to skeletal muscle, which can include mitochondrial biogenesis and enhanced anti-oxidant reserves. These adaptations and others are at least partly responsible for the improved health of physically active individuals. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) are produced during exercise and may mediate the adaptive response to exercise in skeletal muscle. However, the mechanisms through which they act are unclear. In the present study, we aimed to determine the role of the redox-sensitive transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-like 2 (NFE2L2) in acute exercise- and training-induced mitochondrial biogenesis and the anti-oxidant response. We report that ROS and NO regulate acute exercise-induced expression of NFE2L2 in mouse skeletal muscle and muscle cells, and that deficiency in NFE2L2 prevents normal acute treadmill exercise-induced increases in mRNA of the mitochondrial biogenesis markers, nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF-1) and mitochondrial transcription factor A (mtTFA), and the anti-oxidants superoxide dismutase (SOD) 1 and 2, as well as catalase, in mouse gastrocnemius muscle. Furthermore, after 5 weeks of treadmill exercise training, mice deficient in NFE2L2 had reduced exercise capacity and whole body energy expenditure, as well as skeletal muscle mitochondrial mass and SOD activity, compared to wild-type littermates. In C2C12 myoblasts, acute treatment with exogenous H2 O2 (ROS)- and diethylenetriamine/NO adduct (NO donor) induced increases in mtTFA, which was prevented by small interfering RNA and short hairpin RNA knockdown of either NFE2L2 or NRF-1. Our results suggest that, during exercise, ROS and NO can act via NFE2L2 to functionally regulate skeletal muscle mitochondrial biogenesis and anti-oxidant defence gene expression.

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