PMID- 37306389 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230725 LR - 20230803 IS - 1522-1563 (Electronic) IS - 0363-6143 (Linking) VI - 325 IP - 2 DP - 2023 Aug 1 TI - Moderate exercise induces trained immunity in macrophages. PG - C429-C442 LID - 10.1152/ajpcell.00130.2023 [doi] AB - Despite its importance in protecting the host from infections and injury, excessive inflammation may lead to serious human diseases including autoimmune disorders, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer. Exercise is a known immunomodulator; however, whether exercise causes long-term changes in inflammatory responses and how these changes occur are lacking. Here, we show that chronic moderate-intensity training of mice leads to persistent metabolic rewiring and changes to chromatin accessibility in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs), which, in turn, tempers their inflammatory responses. We show that BMDMs from exercised mice exhibited a decrease in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NF-kappaB activation and proinflammatory gene expression along with an increase in M2-like-associated genes when compared with BMDMs from sedentary mice. This was associated with improved mitochondrial quality and increased reliance on oxidative phosphorylation accompanied with reduced mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Mechanistically, assay for transposase-accessible chromatin (ATAC)-seq analysis showed changes in chromatin accessibility of genes associated with inflammatory and metabolic pathways. Overall, our data suggest that chronic moderate exercise can influence the inflammatory responses of macrophages by reprogramming their metabolic and epigenetic landscape.NEW & NOTEWORTHY In this study, we explain how long-term moderate exercise training can reduce inflammation in mouse macrophages by reprogramming the way they sense and respond to the presence of pathogens. We completed a thorough analysis and showed that these changes persist in macrophages because exercise improves the ability of cells to utilize oxygen without producing damaging compounds, and changes the way they access their DNA. FAU - Murugathasan, Mayoorey AU - Murugathasan M AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Jafari, Ardavan AU - Jafari A AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Amandeep, Amandeep AU - Amandeep A AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Hassan, Syed A AU - Hassan SA AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Chihata, Matthew AU - Chihata M AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Abdul-Sater, Ali A AU - Abdul-Sater AA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0022-0930 AD - School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. LA - eng SI - figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.22568293 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230612 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Cell physiology JID - 100901225 RN - 0 (Chromatin) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - *Trained Immunity MH - *Macrophages/metabolism MH - Inflammation/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Chromatin/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - epigenetic OT - exercise OT - inflammation OT - macrophages OT - mitochondria EDAT- 2023/06/12 13:06 MHDA- 2023/07/25 06:42 CRDT- 2023/06/12 08:43 PHST- 2023/07/25 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/12 13:06 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/12 08:43 [entrez] AID - 10.1152/ajpcell.00130.2023 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2023 Aug 1;325(2):C429-C442. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00130.2023. Epub 2023 Jun 12.