Exercise-induced increases of corticosterone contribute to exercise-enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) is suppressed by chronic stress. The negative effect of stress is mainly attributed to increased levels of stress hormones (e.g. glucocorticoids, GCs). Exercise enhances AHN, yet it also stimulates GC secretion. To delineate the paradoxical role of GCs, we took t...

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Autores principales: Tzu-Feng Wang, Sheng-Feng Tsai, Zi-Wei Zhao, Monica Meng-Chun Shih, Chia-Yih Wang, Ting-Ting Yang, Yu-Min Kuo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:38ddc1c5a87347909d5d3b0d206335b82021-11-12T10:09:38ZExercise-induced increases of corticosterone contribute to exercise-enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice0304-49202666-005910.4103/cjp.cjp_39_21https://doaj.org/article/38ddc1c5a87347909d5d3b0d206335b82021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.cjphysiology.org/article.asp?issn=0304-4920;year=2021;volume=64;issue=4;spage=186;epage=193;aulast=Wanghttps://doaj.org/toc/0304-4920https://doaj.org/toc/2666-0059Adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) is suppressed by chronic stress. The negative effect of stress is mainly attributed to increased levels of stress hormones (e.g. glucocorticoids, GCs). Exercise enhances AHN, yet it also stimulates GC secretion. To delineate the paradoxical role of GCs, we took the advantage of a unique mouse strain (L/L) which exhibits an inert response to stress-induced secretion of GCs to study the role of GCs in exercise-induced AHN. Our results showed that basal corticosterone (CORT), the main GCs in rodents, levels were similar between the L/L mice and wild-type (WT) mice. However, levels of CORT in the L/L mice were barely altered and significantly lower than those of the WT mice during treadmill running (TR). AHN was enhanced by 4 weeks of TR in the WT mice, but not L/L mice. WT mice that received daily injection of CORT to evoke serum CORT levels similar to those during exercise for 4 weeks did not affect AHN, whereas injection with large amount of CORT inhibited AHN. Taken together, our results indicated that exercise-related elevation of CORT participates in exercise-enhanced AHN. CORT alone is not sufficient to elicit AHN and may inhibit AHN if the levels are high.Tzu-Feng WangSheng-Feng TsaiZi-Wei ZhaoMonica Meng-Chun ShihChia-Yih WangTing-Ting YangYu-Min KuoWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticleadult hippocampal neurogenesiscorticosteroneexerciseglucocorticoidsstressPhysiologyQP1-981ENChinese Journal of Physiology, Vol 64, Iss 4, Pp 186-193 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
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topic adult hippocampal neurogenesis
corticosterone
exercise
glucocorticoids
stress
Physiology
QP1-981
spellingShingle adult hippocampal neurogenesis
corticosterone
exercise
glucocorticoids
stress
Physiology
QP1-981
Tzu-Feng Wang
Sheng-Feng Tsai
Zi-Wei Zhao
Monica Meng-Chun Shih
Chia-Yih Wang
Ting-Ting Yang
Yu-Min Kuo
Exercise-induced increases of corticosterone contribute to exercise-enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice
description Adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) is suppressed by chronic stress. The negative effect of stress is mainly attributed to increased levels of stress hormones (e.g. glucocorticoids, GCs). Exercise enhances AHN, yet it also stimulates GC secretion. To delineate the paradoxical role of GCs, we took the advantage of a unique mouse strain (L/L) which exhibits an inert response to stress-induced secretion of GCs to study the role of GCs in exercise-induced AHN. Our results showed that basal corticosterone (CORT), the main GCs in rodents, levels were similar between the L/L mice and wild-type (WT) mice. However, levels of CORT in the L/L mice were barely altered and significantly lower than those of the WT mice during treadmill running (TR). AHN was enhanced by 4 weeks of TR in the WT mice, but not L/L mice. WT mice that received daily injection of CORT to evoke serum CORT levels similar to those during exercise for 4 weeks did not affect AHN, whereas injection with large amount of CORT inhibited AHN. Taken together, our results indicated that exercise-related elevation of CORT participates in exercise-enhanced AHN. CORT alone is not sufficient to elicit AHN and may inhibit AHN if the levels are high.
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author Tzu-Feng Wang
Sheng-Feng Tsai
Zi-Wei Zhao
Monica Meng-Chun Shih
Chia-Yih Wang
Ting-Ting Yang
Yu-Min Kuo
author_facet Tzu-Feng Wang
Sheng-Feng Tsai
Zi-Wei Zhao
Monica Meng-Chun Shih
Chia-Yih Wang
Ting-Ting Yang
Yu-Min Kuo
author_sort Tzu-Feng Wang
title Exercise-induced increases of corticosterone contribute to exercise-enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice
title_short Exercise-induced increases of corticosterone contribute to exercise-enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice
title_full Exercise-induced increases of corticosterone contribute to exercise-enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice
title_fullStr Exercise-induced increases of corticosterone contribute to exercise-enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice
title_full_unstemmed Exercise-induced increases of corticosterone contribute to exercise-enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice
title_sort exercise-induced increases of corticosterone contribute to exercise-enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/38ddc1c5a87347909d5d3b0d206335b8
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