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Table 3 The effects of acute exercise on exosome-like vesicles

From: Exosomes and microRNAs as mediators of the exercise

Exercise protocol

Bio-fluid

Time of collection

Verification method

Verification marker

Exercise effect on EVs

Refs.

Treadmill 40 min at low intensity (14–16 m/min, 20% below MLSS) in untrained Wistar rats

Treadmill 40 min at moderate intensity (20–22 m·min − 1, on MLSS)

Treadmill for 40 min at high intensity (24–26 m·min − 1, 20% above MLSS)

SER

(i) Non-Ex Group

(ii) Post-Ex Group

RPS

TEM

I-EM

CD63

ApoA-IV Calnexin

2 to threefold Post-Ex RPS particle count;

↑ CD63 Post-Ex

 ↔ ApoA-IV

[198]

Rota-Rod for 60 min at a speed of 5.8 m·min − 1

PLA

(i) Non-Ex Group

(ii) Post-Ex

(iii) 15 m Post-Ex

TEM

ALIX

Hsp70

Hsp60

No detectable

ALIX, Hsp60, Hsp70 in Non-Ex

↑ALIX, Hsp60, Hsp70 Post-Ex

↑ ALIX, Hsp60, Hsp70 15 m

Post-Ex

[200]

The treadmill running incremental to exhaustion (2 km/h · min − 3) at 1.5% inclination

PLA

(i) Pre-Ex

(ii) Post-Ex

(iii) 10 m Post-Ex

(iv) 30 m Post-Ex

(v) 90 m Post-Ex

None

Flot1

Hsc/Hsp70

↑ Flot1, Hsp70

Post-Ex to 90 m

Post-Ex

[190]

Cycling ergometer incremental test to exhaustion (50W · min − 3) in recreationally active men

The treadmill running incremental to exhaustion (2 km/h · min − 3) at 1.5% inclination

PLA

(i) Pre-Ex

(ii) Post-Ex

(iii) 90 m Post-Ex

(i) Pre-Ex

(ii) Post-Ex

(iii) 90 m Post-Ex

(iv) 6 h Post-Ex

NTA

No EM

Flot1

Hsp/Hsc70

TSG101

Integrin allb

2.7-fold NTA particle count Post-Ex;

↑Flot1, Hsp/Hsc70 Post-Ex

 ↔ TSG101, IntaIIb

1.5-fold NTA particle count Post-Ex; ↑Flot1 Post-Ex

 ↔ Hsp/Hsc70, IntaIIb

TSG101 not detectable by WB

[182]

Submaximal test at moderate constant workload (60% VO2max) for 30 min or until exhaustion in healthy or obese men and women

PLA

(i) Pre-Ex

(ii) Post-Ex

(iii) 3 h Post-Ex

(iv) 24 h Post-Ex

NTA

No EM

None

↓Post-Ex NTA particle Coun

[201]

Cycling (1 h; 30 min at 55%, 20 min at 70%, and 10 min at 80% of VO2max until exhaustion) in healthy men

PLA

(i) Pre-Ex

(ii) Post-Ex

(iii) 4 h Post-Ex

NTA

C-EM

Proteomic

Analysis:

TSG101

ALIX

CD63

CD9

twofold NTA particle count Post-Ex; " ↑322 proteins at Post-Ex

 ↔ NTA particle count 4 h Post-Ex

↑ 3 proteins 4 h

Post-Ex

[188]

PMJ (10 × 10 maximal jumps) followed by DHR (5 × 4 min DHR at 10 km/h at 10% decline) in untrained males

PLA

(i) Pre-Ex

(ii) 2 h Post-Ex

(iii) 24 h Post-Ex

NTA

TEM

None

 ↔ No change 2 h and 24 h Post-Ex

[199]

Cycling ergometer incremental test to exhaustion (40 W min − 3) in trained men

PLA

(i) Pre-Ex

(ii) During Ex (RQ 0.9)

(iii) Post-Ex

NTA

EM

CD9

CD63

CD81

TSG101

ApoA1

EV Array,

MACSPlex

 ↔ No change in NTA particle counts

↑CD63, CD9, CD81

[181]

  1. SER serum, Ex exercise, RPS resistive pulse sensing, TEM transmission electron microscopy, I-EM integrated enterprise modeling, PLA plasma, NTA nanoparticle tracking analysis, CEM the current exposure method, CD cluster of differentiation, TSG101 Tumor Susceptibility 101, ALIX ALG-2-interacting protein X, Flot1 flotillin-1, Hsp heat shock protein, Hsc70 heat shock cognate protein 70, IntaIIb Integrin allb, ApoA-IV Apolipoprotein A-IV