PMCID
PMC12980391

Blood Biochemical Responses to Acute Exercise: Findings from the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC).

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Abstract

Exercise benefits numerous organ systems and tissues, however limited knowledge exists about its underlying molecular pathways. Identifying the exercise-induced biochemical changes that occur in the circulation may provide further insights into how exercise confers systemic health changes. Here, we perform large-scale plasma proteomic, metabolomic, and whole blood transcriptional profiling in sedentary human participants undergoing acute endurance exercise (EE), resistance exercise (RE), or a non-exercise control (CON) in up to 7 timepoints over a 24 hour period. We observe 7066 transcript, 189 protein, and 448 metabolite changes in response to EE or RE compared to CON. Our analyses reveal numerous shared biochemical responses between EE and RE modes, but also differences in immune cell responses, lipid metabolism, and pathways reflective of tissue repair and angiogenesis. Taken together, our findings highlight novel temporal and exercise mode-specific blood-based molecular responses to acute exercise, and provide a new resource for the scientific community.

Year of Publication
2026
Journal
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
Date Published
03/2026
ISSN
2692-8205
DOI
10.64898/2026.03.02.704798
PubMed ID
41835387
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