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. 2025 Oct 30;82(1):374. doi: 10.1007/s00018-025-05836-0

Table 2.

SIRT1 and mTOR pathways in exercise-induced β-cell senescence

Author/Date Subject characteristic Exercise protocol Sample Biomarkers Duration Outcome
Hung-Wen Liu (2019) [124]

N = 16

male diabetic C57BLKS/J (db/db) mice

MET (5.2 m/min, 1 h/day, and 5 days/week) Kidney- liver

SIRT1

NF-κB

PGC1α

8 weeks

↑ SIRT1

↓ NF-κB

↑ PGC1α

Dumke et al. (2022) [125]

N = 40

trained cyclists

3 h of intensive cycling performed on three consecutive days Muscle

SIRT1

PGC-1α

CC

CS

3 day

↑ SIRT1

↑ CC

↑ CS

↑ PGC1α

Ghasemi, Afzalpour, & Nayebifar (2020)

[126]

N = 20

Overweight women (trained & untrained

3 sessions/week

WT (4 × 30 s all-out cycling at.075 kg/kg BM)

Serum SIRT1 SIRT1 10 weeks ↑ SIRT1

Ghiasi et al. (2019)

[89]

N = 28

Diabetic Wistar rats

ST (60 min/daily, 5 days/week) Serum –pancreatic β cells

SIRT1

Albumin

SOD

GPX

CAT

MDA

12 weeks

↑ SIRT1

↑ Albumin

↑ SOD

 ↔ GPX

 ↔ CAT

 ↔ MDA

Gurd et al (2010)

[97]

N = 9

(3 females and 6 males) healthy human

HIIT (1 h of 10 4 min intervals at 90% peak oxygen consumption separated by 2 min rest, 3 days per week) Muscle

SIRT1

Cs

β HCADS

CC

PGC-1a

6 weeks

↑ SIRT1

↑ Cs

↑ β HCADS

↑ CC

↑ PGC-1a

Gharakhanlou & Bonab [95]

N = 40

women with T2DM

ST with an intensity of 45–65% of maximum HR Blood

SIRT1

FGF-21

HDL

12 weeks

↑ SIRT1

↑ FGF-21

↑ HDL

Hooshmand-Moghadam et al. (2020)

[127]

N = 30

Healthy elderly men

RT intensity of 60% 1RM (3 ×/week, 4 sets of the six exercise circuits Blood

Sirt1

Sirt3

Sirt6

PGC1-α

TE

12 weeks

↑ Sirt1

↑ Sirt3

↑ sirt6

↑ PGC1-α

↑ TE

Lamb et al. (2020)

[128]

N = 16

overweight, untrained individuals

SRRT (2 d/wk) full-body Muscle

NAD + 

NADH

SIRT1

NAMPT

10 weeks

↑ NAD + 

↑ NADH

↑ SIRT1

↑ NAMPT

BM Body mass, MET moderate exercise training, CC Cytochrome C, CS citrate synthase, WT Wingate test, ST swimming training, SOD superoxide dismutase, GPX glutathione peroxidase, CAT catalase, MDA malondialdehyde, HIIT high intensity interval training, β -hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase = β HCADS, HR heart rate, HDL High density lipoprotein, FGF-21 fibroblast growth factor 21, RT resistance training, 1RM 1 repetition maximum, TE telomerase enzyme, SRRT self-reported resistance training, NAD + nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, NAMPT nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase