Irisin is a pro-myogenic factor that induces skeletal muscle hypertrophy and rescues denervation-induced atrophy

Reza, Musarrat Maisha, Subramaniyam, Nathiya, Sim, Chu Ming, Ge, Xiaojia, Sathiakumar, Durgalakshmi, McFarlane, Craig, Sharma, Mridula and Kambadur, Ravi (2017) Irisin is a pro-myogenic factor that induces skeletal muscle hypertrophy and rescues denervation-induced atrophy. Nature Communications, 8 (1). ISSN 2041-1723

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Abstract

Exercise induces expression of the myokine irisin, which is known to promote browning of white adipose tissue and has been shown to mediate beneficial effects following exercise. Here we show that irisin induces expression of a number of pro-myogenic and exercise response genes in myotubes. Irisin increases myogenic differentiation and myoblast fusion via activation of IL6 signaling. Injection of irisin in mice induces significant hypertrophy and enhances grip strength of uninjured muscle. Following skeletal muscle injury, irisin injection improves regeneration and induces hypertrophy. The effects of irisin on hypertrophy are due to activation of satellite cells and enhanced protein synthesis. In addition, irisin injection rescues loss of skeletal muscle mass following denervation by enhancing satellite cell activation and reducing protein degradation. These data suggest that irisin functions as a pro-myogenic factor in mice.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	metabolism,animals,etiology,adverse effects,administration & dosage,humans,genetics,genetics,male,mice,mice, inbred c57bl,muscle development,metabolism,cytology,cytology
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	17 Sep 2019 09:34
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 05:13
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/72261
DOI:	10.1038/s41467-017-01131-0

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