Differential Effects of Endurance Exercise on Musculoskeletal and Hematopoietic Modulation in Old Mice

Aging Dis. 2024 Apr 1;15(2):755-766. doi: 10.14336/AD.2023.0713.

Abstract

One of the most important strategies for successful aging is exercise. However, the effect of exercise can differ among individuals, even with exercise of the same type and intensity. Therefore, this study aims to confirm whether endurance training (ETR) has the same health-promoting effects on the musculoskeletal and hematopoietic systems regardless of age. Ten weeks of ETR improved endurance exercise capacity, with increased skeletal muscle mitochondrial enzymes in both young and old mice. In addition, age-related deterioration of muscle fiber size and bone microstructure was improved. The expression levels of myostatin, muscle RING-finger protein-1, and muscle atrophy F-box in skeletal muscle and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ in the femur increased with age but decreased after ETR. ETR differentially modulated hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) depending on age; ETR induced HSC quiescence in young mice but caused HSC senescence in old mice. ETR has differential effects on modulation of the musculoskeletal and hematopoietic systems in old mice. In other words, endurance exercise is a double-edged sword for successful aging, and great effort is required to establish exercise strategies for healthy aging.

MeSH terms

  • Aging / physiology
  • Animals
  • Mice
  • Mitochondria / metabolism
  • Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / metabolism
  • Muscle, Skeletal* / metabolism
  • Transcription Factors* / metabolism

Substances

  • Transcription Factors

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, Information and Communications Technology and Future Planning, Republic of Korea (2019R1A2C2084453, 2020R1C1 C1004968, and 2021R1A2C2006032). This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2018S1A5A8029715).