Stress, Professional Lifestyle, and Telomere Biology in Elite Athletes: A Growing Trend in Psychophysiology of Sport
Professional lifestyle and championship period often put a great deal of pressure on athletes, who usually experience highly stressful periods during training for competitions. Recently, biomarkers of cellular aging, telomere length (TL) and telomerase activity (TA), have been considered to investig...
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| author | Amir Hossien Mehrsafar Miguel Angel Serrano Rosa Miguel Angel Serrano Rosa Ali Moghadam Zadeh Parisa Gazerani |
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| description | Professional lifestyle and championship period often put a great deal of pressure on athletes, who usually experience highly stressful periods during training for competitions. Recently, biomarkers of cellular aging, telomere length (TL) and telomerase activity (TA), have been considered to investigate the effects of stress and lifestyle factors. Studies in non-athletic populations have shown that stress and poor lifestyle decrease TL and TA. On the other hand, it has been shown that in general, exercise increases TL and its activity, although the underlying mechanisms remained largely unexplored. TL and TA outcomes in elite athletes remain inconclusive and mainly affected by confounding factors, such as age. Elite athletes, therefore, might offer a unique target group for studying exercise-telomere hypothesis for further investigation of the roles of stressors on telomere-related biomarkers. In this perspective, we highlight the potentials for studying these psychophysiological markers in elite athletes in order to understand stress-aging relationship and potential underlying mechanisms. Moreover, we present important methodological aspects that could help in the development of future experimental designs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62e37fc8cfb04bdca1da35c4a3aa19a42022-12-22T00:33:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-11-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.567214567214Stress, Professional Lifestyle, and Telomere Biology in Elite Athletes: A Growing Trend in Psychophysiology of SportAmir Hossien Mehrsafar0Miguel Angel Serrano Rosa1Miguel Angel Serrano Rosa2Ali Moghadam Zadeh3Parisa Gazerani4Department of Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranDepartment of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainLaboratory of Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranDepartment of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkProfessional lifestyle and championship period often put a great deal of pressure on athletes, who usually experience highly stressful periods during training for competitions. Recently, biomarkers of cellular aging, telomere length (TL) and telomerase activity (TA), have been considered to investigate the effects of stress and lifestyle factors. Studies in non-athletic populations have shown that stress and poor lifestyle decrease TL and TA. On the other hand, it has been shown that in general, exercise increases TL and its activity, although the underlying mechanisms remained largely unexplored. TL and TA outcomes in elite athletes remain inconclusive and mainly affected by confounding factors, such as age. Elite athletes, therefore, might offer a unique target group for studying exercise-telomere hypothesis for further investigation of the roles of stressors on telomere-related biomarkers. In this perspective, we highlight the potentials for studying these psychophysiological markers in elite athletes in order to understand stress-aging relationship and potential underlying mechanisms. Moreover, we present important methodological aspects that could help in the development of future experimental designs.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567214/fulltelomeretelomerasecompetitionstresselite athletes |
| spellingShingle | Amir Hossien Mehrsafar Miguel Angel Serrano Rosa Miguel Angel Serrano Rosa Ali Moghadam Zadeh Parisa Gazerani Stress, Professional Lifestyle, and Telomere Biology in Elite Athletes: A Growing Trend in Psychophysiology of Sport Frontiers in Psychology telomere telomerase competition stress elite athletes |
| title | Stress, Professional Lifestyle, and Telomere Biology in Elite Athletes: A Growing Trend in Psychophysiology of Sport |
| title_full | Stress, Professional Lifestyle, and Telomere Biology in Elite Athletes: A Growing Trend in Psychophysiology of Sport |
| title_fullStr | Stress, Professional Lifestyle, and Telomere Biology in Elite Athletes: A Growing Trend in Psychophysiology of Sport |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stress, Professional Lifestyle, and Telomere Biology in Elite Athletes: A Growing Trend in Psychophysiology of Sport |
| title_short | Stress, Professional Lifestyle, and Telomere Biology in Elite Athletes: A Growing Trend in Psychophysiology of Sport |
| title_sort | stress professional lifestyle and telomere biology in elite athletes a growing trend in psychophysiology of sport |
| topic | telomere telomerase competition stress elite athletes |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567214/full |
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