ArticleNature aging2024
Small extracellular vesicles from young plasma reverse age-related functional declines by improving mitochondrial energy metabolism.
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- Extracellular vesicles and epigenetic aging clocks in tissue aging: an exosome-focused conceptual framework with a focus on skin.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026Review
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- Toward an Integrated Strategy for Volumetric Muscle Loss Regeneration.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Cellular senescence and inflammageing: from mechanisms to senotherapeutic interventions.Biogerontology · 2026Review
- Super homotypic targeting by surface engineering of extracellular vesicles.Nature biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- A biomimetic cryoprotectant preserves extracellular vesicles bioactivity for intravenous administration and potentiates wound healing.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Recent investigations into heterochronic parabiosis have unveiled robust rejuvenating effects of young blood on aged tissues. However, the specific rejuvenating mechanisms remain incompletely elucidated. Here we demonstrate that small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) from the plasma of young mice counteract pre-existing aging at molecular, mitochondrial, cellular and physiological levels. Intravenous injection of young sEVs into aged mice extends their lifespan, mitigates senescent phenotypes and ameliorates age-associated functional declines in multiple tissues. Quantitative proteomic analyses identified substantial alterations in the proteomes of aged tissues after young sEV treatment, and these changes are closely associated with metabolic processes. Mechanistic investigations reveal that young sEVs stimulate PGC-1α expression in vitro and in vivo through their miRNA cargoes, thereby improving mitochondrial functions and mitigating mitochondrial deficits in aged tissues. Overall, this study demonstrates that young sEVs reverse degenerative changes and age-related dysfunction, at least in part, by stimulating PGC-1α expression and enhancing mitochondrial energy metabolism.
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