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Physical exercise induces rapid release of small extracellular vesicles into the circulation

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Frühbeis, Carsten, Helmig, Susanne, Tug, Suzan, Simon, Perikles, Krämer‐Albers, Eva‐Maria·2015·Journal of Extracellular Vesicles

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Cells secrete extracellular vesicles (EVs) by default and in response to diverse stimuli for the purpose of cell communication and tissue homeostasis. EVs are present in all body fluids including peripheral blood, and their appearance correlates with specific physiological and pathological conditions. Here, we show that physical activity is associated with the release of nano-sized EVs into the circulation. Healthy individuals were subjected to an incremental exercise protocol of cycling or running until exhaustion, and EVs were isolated from blood plasma samples taken before, immediately after and 90 min after exercise. Small EVs with the size of 100-130 nm, that carried proteins characteristic of exosomes, were significantly increased immediately after cycling exercise and declined again within 90 min at rest. In response to treadmill running, elevation of small EVs was moderate but appeared more sustained. To delineate EV release kinetics, plasma samples were additionally taken at the end of each increment of the cycling exercise protocol. Release of small EVs into the circulation was initiated in an early phase of exercise, before the individual anaerobic threshold, which is marked by the rise of lactate. Taken together, our study revealed that exercise triggers a rapid release of EVs with the characteristic size of exosomes into the circulation, initiated in the aerobic phase of exercise. We hypothesize that EVs released during physical activity may participate in cell communication during exercise-mediated adaptation processes that involve signalling across tissues and organs.

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  • A single bout of exhaustive exercise triggers the release of EVs with the size and marker profile of exosomes, which are cleared from the circulation during the early recovery period after cycling, but stay elevated after running exercise.

    “a single bout of exhaustive exercise triggers the release of EVs with the size and marker profile of exosomes, which are cleared from the circulation during the early recovery period after cycling, but stay elevated after running exercise.”

    From Skeletal Muscle-Released Extracellular Vesicles: State of the Art (2019) · cites this paper as Frühbeis et al., 2015

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Authors
Frühbeis, C., Helmig, S., Tug, S., Simon, P., & Krämer‐Albers, E.
Affiliations
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Simon, Perikles
  • Krämer‐Albers, Eva‐Maria
Venue
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-01
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
28239-28239
ISSN
2001-3078 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2164210247
Cited by
360
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 42 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 2
FWCI
5.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Extracellular Vesicles (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Gutenberg Open Science (submittedVersion, cc-by-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Gutenberg Open Science
Funders
California Department of Fish and Game (KR3668/1-1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Keywords
extracellular vesicles, exosomes, physical activity, plasma vesicles, cycling exercise, treadmill running, anaerobic threshold, lactate, exercise adaptation

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