Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2023, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (14): 2257-2265.doi: 10.12307/2023.154

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Circulating microRNAs as potential biomarkers of exercise response and adaptation in the skeletal muscle

Zhou Jin, Xu Zhen   

  1. School of Physical Education, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi Province, China
  • Received:2021-07-06 Accepted:2021-07-06 Online:2023-05-18 Published:2022-09-30
  • Contact: Zhou Jin, School of Physical Education, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi Province, China
  • About author:Zhou Jin, PhD, Associate professor, School of Physical Education, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi Province, China

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Exercise produces stimulus response and biological adaptation to the body and impacts on microRNAs expression levels in skeletal muscle and myocardium. Different exercise types can induce different biological adaptations. In comparison, muscle centrifugation contractile movement is more positive on muscle stimulation relative to centripetal contractile movement. MicroRNAs are short non-coding RNAs that influence biological processes by regulating post-transcriptional gene expression. Circulating microRNAs in most body fluids are stabilized and highly sensitive and specific to exercise type and intensity.
OBJECTIVE: To review the effects of different exercise types on circulating microRNAs expression levels and analyze the possibility of circulating miRNAs as a biomarker of the skeletal muscle in response and adaptation to exercise, in order to provide a reference for exercise training and interventions during exercise-promoting health.
METHODS: The literature on miRNAs in skeletal muscle, circulating microRNAs, and effect of exercise on microRNAs were retrieved in PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI, WanFang, and VIP, with “exercise; myomiRNAs; ci-miRNAs; HIIT; biomarker” as English keywords and “exercise, miRNAs, myomiRNAs, ci-miRNAs, response, biomarker” as Chinese keywords. After full-text read and analysis, 86 eligible articles were finally included for review.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The expression levels of circulating microRNAs will increase or decrease with the changes in exercise type and intensity, and has a great potential to become a biomarker of exercise response and adaptation. Further explorations are still warranted on the specific changes in the specific expression level of circulating microRNAs and its biological significance in exercise and recovery.

Key words: exercise, circulating microRNA, myomiRNA, response, eccentric contraction, biomarker

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