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Park 2017 Metab Brain Dis

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Park HS, Cho HS, Kim TW (2017) Physical exercise promotes memory capability by enhancing hippocampal mitochondrial functions and inhibiting apoptosis in obesity-induced insulin resistance by high fat diet. Metab Brain Dis 33:283-92.

ยป PMID: 29185193

Park HS, Cho HS, Kim TW (2017) Metab Brain Dis

Abstract: A high-fat diet induces obesity in mice, leading to insulin resistance, decreased mitochondrial function, and increased apoptosis in the hippocampus, which eventually result in memory loss. The present study investigated the effect of physical exercise on memory, hippocampal mitochondrial function, and apoptosis in mice with in insulin resistance caused by obesity due to high-fat diet. Mice were randomly divided into four groups: control (CON), control and exercise (CONโ€‰+โ€‰EX), high fat diet (HFD), and high fat diet and exercise (HFDโ€‰+โ€‰EX). After receiving a high-fat (60%) diet for 20 weeks to induce obesity, the animals were subjected to an exercise routine 6 times per week, for 12 weeks. The exercise duration and intensity gradually increased over 4-week intervals. Hippocampal memory was examined using the step-down avoidance task. Mitochondrial function and apoptosis were also examined in the hippocampus and dentate gyrus. We found that obesity owing to a high-fat diet induced insulin resistance and caused a decrease in memory function. Insulin resistance also caused a decrease in mitochondrial function in the hippocampus by reducing Ca2+ retention and O2, respiration, increasing the levels of H2O2, and Cyp-D, and mPTP opening. In addition, apoptosis in the hippocampus increased owing to decreased expression of Bcl-2 and increased expression of Bax, cytochrome c, and caspase-3 and TUNEL-positive cells. In contrast, physical exercise led to reduced insulin resistance, improved mitochondrial function, and reduced apoptosis in the hippocampus. The results suggest that physiological stimulations such as exercise improve hippocampal function and suppress apoptosis, potentially preventing the memory loss associated with obesity-induced insulin resistance. โ€ข Keywords: Apoptosis, Exercise, Hippocampus, Memory, Mitochondria functions, Obesity, Tissue slice โ€ข Bioblast editor: Kandolf G โ€ข O2k-Network Lab: KR Seoul Pak YK


Labels: MiParea: Respiration, Exercise physiology;nutrition;life style  Pathology: Diabetes  Stress:Cell death  Organism: Mouse  Tissue;cell: Nervous system  Preparation: Permeabilized tissue 


Coupling state: LEAK, OXPHOS  Pathway: N, NS  HRR: Oxygraph-2k 

2017-12, KR