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Jokai M, Torma F, McGreevy KM, Koltai E, Bori Z, Babszki G, Bakonyi P, Gombos Z, Gyorgy B, Aczel D, Toth L, Osvath P, Fridvalszky M, Teglas T, Posa A, Kujach S, Olek R, Kawamura T, Seki Y, Suzuki K, Tanisawa K, Goto S, Kerepesi C, Boldogh I, Ba X, Davies KJA, Horvath S, Radak Z. DNA methylation clock DNAmFitAge shows regular exercise is associated with slower aging and systemic adaptation. GeroScience 2023; 45:2805-2817. [PMID: 37209203 PMCID: PMC10643800 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-023-00826-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023] Open
Abstract
DNAmPhenoAge, DNAmGrimAge, and the newly developed DNAmFitAge are DNA methylation (DNAm)-based biomarkers that reflect the individual aging process. Here, we examine the relationship between physical fitness and DNAm-based biomarkers in adults aged 33-88 with a wide range of physical fitness (including athletes with long-term training history). Higher levels of VO2max (ρ = 0.2, p = 6.4E - 4, r = 0.19, p = 1.2E - 3), Jumpmax (p = 0.11, p = 5.5E - 2, r = 0.13, p = 2.8E - 2), Gripmax (ρ = 0.17, p = 3.5E - 3, r = 0.16, p = 5.6E - 3), and HDL levels (ρ = 0.18, p = 1.95E - 3, r = 0.19, p = 1.1E - 3) are associated with better verbal short-term memory. In addition, verbal short-term memory is associated with decelerated aging assessed with the new DNAm biomarker FitAgeAcceleration (ρ: - 0.18, p = 0.0017). DNAmFitAge can distinguish high-fitness individuals from low/medium-fitness individuals better than existing DNAm biomarkers and estimates a younger biological age in the high-fit males and females (1.5 and 2.0 years younger, respectively). Our research shows that regular physical exercise contributes to observable physiological and methylation differences which are beneficial to the aging process. DNAmFitAge has now emerged as a new biological marker of quality of life.
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Affiliation(s)
- Matyas Jokai
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
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- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
- Sports Neuroscience Division, Advanced Research Initiative for Human High Performance (ARIHHP), Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Tsukuba, 305-8574, Japan
- Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Tsukuba, 305-8574, Japan
| | - Kristen M McGreevy
- Department of Biostatistics, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
| | - Erika Koltai
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Zoltan Bori
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Gergely Babszki
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Peter Bakonyi
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Zoltan Gombos
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Bernadett Gyorgy
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Dora Aczel
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Laszlo Toth
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Peter Osvath
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Marcell Fridvalszky
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Timea Teglas
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Aniko Posa
- Interdisciplinary Excellence Center, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, 6700, Szeged, Hungary
| | - Sylwester Kujach
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Gdańsk, Poland
| | - Robert Olek
- Department of Athletics, Strength and Conditioning, Poznań University of Physical Education, Poznań, Poland
| | - Takuji Kawamura
- Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, 2-579-15, Japan
| | - Yasuhiro Seki
- Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, 2-579-15, Japan
| | - Katsuhiko Suzuki
- Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, 2-579-15, Japan
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- Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, 2-579-15, Japan
| | - Sataro Goto
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Csaba Kerepesi
- Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI), Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Istvan Boldogh
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
| | - Xueqing Ba
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
| | - Kelvin J A Davies
- Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Centre of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology; Division of Molecular & Computational Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, of the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences; and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine of the USC Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0191, USA
| | - Steve Horvath
- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Altos Labs, Cambridge Institute of Science, Cambridge, UK
| | - Zsolt Radak
- Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary.
- Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, 2-579-15, Japan.
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