Exercise-Intervened Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Hypertensive Plus Hypoxic Conditions

Our group has recently demonstrated that exercise intervention affects the release and function of bone marrow endothelial progenitor cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) in transgenic hypertensive mice. Whether such an exercise regimen can impact circulating EVs (cEVs) remains unknown. In this...

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Main Authors: Smara Sigdel, Shuzhen Chen, Gideon Udoh, Jinju Wang
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description Our group has recently demonstrated that exercise intervention affects the release and function of bone marrow endothelial progenitor cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) in transgenic hypertensive mice. Whether such an exercise regimen can impact circulating EVs (cEVs) remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the influence of exercise on cEV level and function. Transgenic hypertensive mice (Alb1-Ren) underwent 8-week treadmill exercise (10 m/min for 1 h, 5 days per week). Age- and sex-matched sedentary Alb1-Ren mice served as controls. cEVs were isolated from the blood of exercised and sedentary mice and are denoted as ET-cEV and nET-cEV, respectively. cEVs were labeled to determine their uptake efficiency and pathways. The functions of cEVs were assessed in an Angiotensin II (Ang II) plus hypoxia-injured cerebral microvascular endothelial cell (mBMEC) injury model. Cellular migration ability and oxidative stress were evaluated. We found that treadmill exercise stimulated cEV release, and ET-cEVs were more prone to be internalized by mBMECs. The ET-cEV internalization was mediated by macropinocytosis and endocytosis pathways. Functional studies showed that ET-cEVs can improve the compromised migration capability of mBMECs challenged by Ang II plus hypoxia. Additionally, ET-cEV treatment upregulated the expression of p-Akt/Akt in mBMECs. Compared to nET-cEVs, ET-cEVs significantly reduced ROS overproduction in Ang II plus hypoxia-injured mBMECs, associated with decreased Nox2 expression. All these findings suggest that exercise-intervened cEVs can protect cerebral microvascular endothelial cells against hypertensive and hypoxic injury.
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spelling doaj-art-bd91e6ee36bf4027924b98d22ee531142025-01-24T13:19:24ZengMDPI AGAntioxidants2076-39212025-01-011417710.3390/antiox14010077Exercise-Intervened Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Hypertensive Plus Hypoxic ConditionsSmara Sigdel0Shuzhen Chen1Gideon Udoh2Jinju Wang3Department of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USADepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USADepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USADepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USAOur group has recently demonstrated that exercise intervention affects the release and function of bone marrow endothelial progenitor cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) in transgenic hypertensive mice. Whether such an exercise regimen can impact circulating EVs (cEVs) remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the influence of exercise on cEV level and function. Transgenic hypertensive mice (Alb1-Ren) underwent 8-week treadmill exercise (10 m/min for 1 h, 5 days per week). Age- and sex-matched sedentary Alb1-Ren mice served as controls. cEVs were isolated from the blood of exercised and sedentary mice and are denoted as ET-cEV and nET-cEV, respectively. cEVs were labeled to determine their uptake efficiency and pathways. The functions of cEVs were assessed in an Angiotensin II (Ang II) plus hypoxia-injured cerebral microvascular endothelial cell (mBMEC) injury model. Cellular migration ability and oxidative stress were evaluated. We found that treadmill exercise stimulated cEV release, and ET-cEVs were more prone to be internalized by mBMECs. The ET-cEV internalization was mediated by macropinocytosis and endocytosis pathways. Functional studies showed that ET-cEVs can improve the compromised migration capability of mBMECs challenged by Ang II plus hypoxia. Additionally, ET-cEV treatment upregulated the expression of p-Akt/Akt in mBMECs. Compared to nET-cEVs, ET-cEVs significantly reduced ROS overproduction in Ang II plus hypoxia-injured mBMECs, associated with decreased Nox2 expression. All these findings suggest that exercise-intervened cEVs can protect cerebral microvascular endothelial cells against hypertensive and hypoxic injury.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/14/1/77circulating extracellular vesiclesexercisecerebral microvascular endothelial cellshypertensionhypoxia
spellingShingle Smara Sigdel
Shuzhen Chen
Gideon Udoh
Jinju Wang
Exercise-Intervened Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Hypertensive Plus Hypoxic Conditions
Antioxidants
circulating extracellular vesicles
exercise
cerebral microvascular endothelial cells
hypertension
hypoxia
title Exercise-Intervened Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Hypertensive Plus Hypoxic Conditions
title_full Exercise-Intervened Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Hypertensive Plus Hypoxic Conditions
title_fullStr Exercise-Intervened Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Hypertensive Plus Hypoxic Conditions
title_full_unstemmed Exercise-Intervened Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Hypertensive Plus Hypoxic Conditions
title_short Exercise-Intervened Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Hypertensive Plus Hypoxic Conditions
title_sort exercise intervened circulating extracellular vesicles alleviate oxidative stress in cerebral microvascular endothelial cells under hypertensive plus hypoxic conditions
topic circulating extracellular vesicles
exercise
cerebral microvascular endothelial cells
hypertension
hypoxia
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/14/1/77
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