The Effects of Acute Exercise Bouts on Hepcidin in Women

Feb 22, 2012International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism

How short periods of exercise affect iron regulation in women

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Hepcidin levels significantly increased from 1.15 ± 0.48 nmol/L after 60 minutes of exercise to 2.28 ± 1.44 nmol/L after 120 minutes.

Hepcidin was significantly elevated 3 hours postexercise for both 60-minute and 120-minute runs.
Serum iron (sFe) levels decreased significantly 9 hours after exercise compared to measurements taken 3 and 24 hours postexercise.
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels increased significantly immediately after exercise.
The 120-minute exercise session resulted in greater increases in hepcidin compared to the 60-minute session.

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PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of acute exercise on serum hepcidin and iron (sFe) in active women. Changes in interleukin-6 (IL-6), hepcidin, ferritin, and sFe in response to 2 different exercise durations were compared.

METHODS: Twelve women age 19-32 yr performed 2 treadmill runs (60 and 120 min) at 65% of VO2max. Blood samples were obtained before, immediately after, and 3, 6, 9, and 24 hr after exercise. Two-way repeated-measures ANOVA was conducted to examine changes in measured variables. Significance was accepted at p < .05.

RESULTS: Significant effects for trial were observed for hepcidin (60 min: 1.15 ± 0.48 nmol/L; 120 min: 2.28 ± 1.44 nmol/L) and for time, with hepcidin significantly increased 3 hr postexercise in both trials (60 min: 3 hr - 1.99 ± 2.00 nmol/L; 120 min: 3 hr - 4.60 ± 4.61 nmol/L). Significant main effects for time occurred for sFe, ferritin, and IL-6. sFe was significantly decreased 9 hr postexercise compared with 3 and 24 hr postexercise. IL-6 was significantly increased immediately postexercise.

CONCLUSIONS: Both runs resulted in significant increases in hepcidin 3 hr after exercise. Increases in hepcidin were preceded by significant increases in IL-6 immediately postexercise and followed by significant decreases in sFe 9 hr postexercise. It was concluded that endurance exercise increases the production of hepcidin, which affects sFe. The 2-hr exercise bout stimulated greater changes in serum hepcidin than the 1-hr bout.

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