Abstract
Aging significantly influences cellular activity and metabolism in glucose-responsive tissues, yet a comprehensive evaluation of the impacts of aging and associated cell-type responses has been lacking. This study integrates transcriptomic, methylomic, single-cell RNA sequencing, and metabolomic data to investigate aging-related regulations in adipose and muscle tissues. Through coexpression network analysis of the adipose tissue, we identified aging-associated network modules specific to certain cell types, including adipocytes and immune cells. Aging upregulates the metabolic functions of lysosomes and downregulates the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) degradation pathway. Additionally, aging-associated changes in cell proportions, methylation profiles, and single-cell expressions were observed in the adipose. In the muscle tissue, aging was found to repress the metabolic processes of glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation, along with reduced gene activity of fast-twitch type II muscle fibers. Metabolomic profiling linked aging-related alterations in plasma metabolites to gene expression in glucose-responsive tissues, particularly in tRNA modifications, BCAA metabolism, and sex hormone signaling. Together, our multi-omic analyses provide a comprehensive understanding of the impacts of aging on glucose-responsive tissues and identify potential plasma biomarkers for these effects.
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