Characterization of blood-derived exosomal proteins after exercise
Hongkai Xiang1, Shisheng Chen1, Junhan Zhou1
1The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Objective:
To assess changes in plasma exosome levels and protein content in mice after long-term exercise.
Methods:
We subjected 9-month-old adult C57BL/6J mice to daily treadmill running exercise for 4 weeks prior to the isolation of blood-derived exosomes. Exosomal proteins were identified using mass spectrometry.
Results:
Extracellular bodies were successfully isolated from mouse blood. Protein levels were altered in blood-derived exosomes after chronic treadmill exercise. Levels of the secretagogue secretogranin 2 were markedly elevated in exercise-induced exosomes.
Conclusion:
Our data suggest that levels of secretogranin 2 were increased in mouse exosomes following chronic treadmill exercise. We conclude that exercise increases exocrine secretion of secretogranin 2.
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