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Whether these neuroprotective benefits are mediated, in part, by hepatic ketone production remains unclear. To investigate the role of hepatic ketone production on brain health during exercise, healthy 6\u2010month\u2010old female rats underwent viral knockdown of the rate\u2010limiting enzyme in the liver that catalyses the first reaction in ketogenesis: 3\u2010hydroxymethylglutaryl\u2010CoA synthase 2 (HMGCS2). Rats were then subjected to either a bout of acute exercise or 4\u00a0weeks of chronic treadmill running (5\u00a0days\/week) and cognitive behavioural testing. Acute exercise elevated ketone plasma concentration 1\u00a0h following exercise. Hepatic HMGCS2 knockdown, verified by protein expression, reduced ketone plasma concentration 1\u00a0h after acute exercise and 48\u00a0h after chronic exercise. Proteomic analysis and enrichment of the frontal cortex revealed hepatic HMGCS2 knockdown reduced markers of mitochondrial function 1\u00a0h after acute exercise. HMGCS2 knockdown significantly reduced state 3 complex I\u00a0+\u00a0II respiration in isolated mitochondria from the frontal cortex after chronic exercise. Spatial memory and protein markers of synaptic plasticity were significantly reduced by HMGCS2 knockdown. These deficiencies were prevented by chronic endurance exercise training. In summary, these are the first data to propose that hepatic ketogenesis is required to maintain cognition and mitochondrial function, irrespective of training status, and that endurance exercise can overcome neuropathology caused by insufficient hepatic ketogenesis. These results establish a mechanistic link between liver and brain health that enhance our understanding of how peripheral tissue metabolism influences brain health.\n                      <jats:boxed-text content-type=\"graphic\" position=\"anchor\">\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" mimetype=\"image\/png\" position=\"anchor\" specific-use=\"enlarged-web-image\" xlink:href=\"graphic\/tjp16507-gra-0001-m.png\">\n                          <jats:alt-text>image<\/jats:alt-text>\n                        <\/jats:graphic>\n                      <\/jats:boxed-text>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key points<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Decades of literature demonstrate endurance exercise to be neuroprotective.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Whether neuroprotective benefits are mediated, in part, by hepatic ketone production remains unclear.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>This study provides the first set of data that suggest hepatic ketogenesis is required to maintain cognition, synaptic plasticity and mitochondrial function.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>These data indicate endurance exercise can protect against cognitive decline caused by compromised hepatic ketogenesis.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>These results establish a mechanistic link between liver and brain function, 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