Exercise training exerts beneficial effects on Alzheimer’s disease through multiple signaling pathways

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive memory loss and cognitive dysfunction that affects millions of people worldwide, placing a massive burden on families and economies. Exercise training can effectively reduce the prevalence of AD and alleviate its sy...

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Main Authors: Jihe Kang, Mei Liu, Qiang Yang, Xiangji Dang, Qun Li, Ting Wang, Bin Qiu, Yibao Zhang, Xudong Guo, Xiaoling Li, Yan Liu
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2025.1558078/full
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author Jihe Kang
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Qiang Yang
Xiangji Dang
Qun Li
Ting Wang
Bin Qiu
Yibao Zhang
Xudong Guo
Xiaoling Li
Yan Liu
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Mei Liu
Qiang Yang
Xiangji Dang
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Ting Wang
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Yibao Zhang
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Yan Liu
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description Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive memory loss and cognitive dysfunction that affects millions of people worldwide, placing a massive burden on families and economies. Exercise training can effectively reduce the prevalence of AD and alleviate its symptoms through the modulation of multiple signaling pathways involved in the pathophysiological process of AD, including the PI3K/Akt, Wnt/β-catenin, AMPK-related, MAPK, NF-κB, PINK1-PARKIN, JAK/STAT, and TREM2 signaling pathways. Different signaling pathways also crosstalk with each other through different targets to inhibit the formation of Amyloid β (Aβ) plaques, reduce the level of hyperphosphorylated tau protein, reduce apoptosis, relieve neuroinflammation, reduce autophagy dysfunction, and ultimately improve cognitive impairment in AD patients. This review summarizes the pathophysiological processes of AD affected by exercise training through different signaling pathways. We further provide a reference for the future development of new effective AD prevention and treatment targets to develop promising personalized, combined intervention strategies.
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spelling doaj-art-841615946b8d4ce8b99d76f256ab22f52025-08-20T02:32:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience1663-43652025-05-011710.3389/fnagi.2025.15580781558078Exercise training exerts beneficial effects on Alzheimer’s disease through multiple signaling pathwaysJihe Kang0Mei Liu1Qiang Yang2Xiangji Dang3Qun Li4Ting Wang5Bin Qiu6Yibao Zhang7Xudong Guo8Xiaoling Li9Yan Liu10Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, ChinaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, ChinaDepartment of Pharmaceutical, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, ChinaUltrasound Medical Center, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, ChinaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive memory loss and cognitive dysfunction that affects millions of people worldwide, placing a massive burden on families and economies. Exercise training can effectively reduce the prevalence of AD and alleviate its symptoms through the modulation of multiple signaling pathways involved in the pathophysiological process of AD, including the PI3K/Akt, Wnt/β-catenin, AMPK-related, MAPK, NF-κB, PINK1-PARKIN, JAK/STAT, and TREM2 signaling pathways. Different signaling pathways also crosstalk with each other through different targets to inhibit the formation of Amyloid β (Aβ) plaques, reduce the level of hyperphosphorylated tau protein, reduce apoptosis, relieve neuroinflammation, reduce autophagy dysfunction, and ultimately improve cognitive impairment in AD patients. This review summarizes the pathophysiological processes of AD affected by exercise training through different signaling pathways. We further provide a reference for the future development of new effective AD prevention and treatment targets to develop promising personalized, combined intervention strategies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2025.1558078/fullexercise trainingAlzheimer’s diseasesignaling pathwayAβ metabolismtau pathologyPI3K/Akt signaling pathway
spellingShingle Jihe Kang
Mei Liu
Qiang Yang
Xiangji Dang
Qun Li
Ting Wang
Bin Qiu
Yibao Zhang
Xudong Guo
Xiaoling Li
Yan Liu
Exercise training exerts beneficial effects on Alzheimer’s disease through multiple signaling pathways
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
exercise training
Alzheimer’s disease
signaling pathway
Aβ metabolism
tau pathology
PI3K/Akt signaling pathway
title Exercise training exerts beneficial effects on Alzheimer’s disease through multiple signaling pathways
title_full Exercise training exerts beneficial effects on Alzheimer’s disease through multiple signaling pathways
title_fullStr Exercise training exerts beneficial effects on Alzheimer’s disease through multiple signaling pathways
title_full_unstemmed Exercise training exerts beneficial effects on Alzheimer’s disease through multiple signaling pathways
title_short Exercise training exerts beneficial effects on Alzheimer’s disease through multiple signaling pathways
title_sort exercise training exerts beneficial effects on alzheimer s disease through multiple signaling pathways
topic exercise training
Alzheimer’s disease
signaling pathway
Aβ metabolism
tau pathology
PI3K/Akt signaling pathway
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2025.1558078/full
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