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ArticleMolecular metabolism2025

Exercise training remodels inter-organ endocrine networks.

Cheehoon Ahn, Andrea L Hevener, Laurie J Goodyear, Sue C Bodine, Karyn A Esser, Marcus M Seldin, Lauren M Sparks

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Article in Molecular metabolism, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Cheehoon AhnTranslational Research Institute, AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, USA.
Andrea L HevenerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System GRECC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Laurie J GoodyearSection on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Sue C BodineOklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Karyn A EsserDepartment of Physiology and Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Marcus M SeldinDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Lauren M SparksTranslational Research Institute, AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, USA. Electronic address: Lauren.Sparks@AdventHealth.com.

Funding

SPECIAL ASSAY COREP30DK036836 · NIDDK · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI ROHIT N. KULKARNI · 1986 to 2026
$50.5M
Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium Adult Clinical CenterU01AR071130 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI MUSI, NICOLAS, RASMUSSEN, BLAKE B · 2017 to 2024
$17.7M
The Exercise and Physical Activity Collaborative Team (ExPACT): a Proposed MoTrPAC Clinical CenterU01AR071133 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BUFORD, THOMAS W, GOODPASTER, BRET H · 2017 to 2024
$16.7M
Supplement Proposal-A Pediatric Clinical Center for Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity (MoTrPAC): Towards a Molecular Map of Exercise in the Pediatric Origins of Health Across the LifespanU01AR071158 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI COOPER, DAN M, RADOM-AIZIK, SHLOMIT · 2017 to 2024
$8.0M
UF PASS: Regulation of exercise transducers: supplement for diverse studentsU01AG055137 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI ESSER, KARYN A · 2017 to 2023
$3.2M
Animal Studies Investigating Molecular Transducers of Physical ActivityU01AG055135 · NIA · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI GOODYEAR, LAURIE J · 2017 to 2023
$3.1M
NIAMS NIH HHS U01 AR071130NIAMS NIH HHS U01 AR071133NIAMS NIH HHS U01 AR071158NIA NIH HHS U01 AG055135NIA NIH HHS U01 AG055137NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK036836
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExercise induces organism-wide molecular adaptations, partly mediated by humoral factors released in response to acute and chronic physical activity. However, the extent and specificity of endocrine effects from training-induced secreted factors remain unclear.

methodsHere, we applied systems genetics approaches to quantify inter-organ endocrine networks using multi-tissue transcriptomics and proteomics data collected from endurance-trained rats in The Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC).

resultsEight weeks of endurance training significantly altered both the magnitude and specificity of endocrine effects across multiple origin-target tissue pairs. Subcutaneous white adipose tissue emerged as a key endocrine regulator impacted by training, while extracellular matrix-derived factors were identified as globally regulated secretory features in trained vs sedentary animals. Notably, secretory Wnt signaling factors were identified as key mediators of exercise-induced endocrine adaptations in multiple tissues.

conclusionOur systems genetics framework provides an unprecedented atlas of inter-organ communication significantly remodeled by endurance exercise, serving as a valuable resource for novel exerkine discovery.

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Endocrine SystemPhysical Conditioning, AnimalAdaptation, PhysiologicalAdipose Tissue, WhiteAnimalsEndurance TrainingMaleProteomicsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTranscriptomeWnt Signaling PathwayEndocrine networkExerciseMoTrPACTissue crosstalk

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PMID40701293
PMCPMC12340562

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