中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2024, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (3): 657-662.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.377771

• 原著:脑损伤修复保护与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

耐力运动训练可改善癫痫小鼠海马神经可塑性并减轻认知障碍

  

  • 出版日期:2024-03-15 发布日期:2023-09-02
  • 基金资助:
    科技创新2030重大项目(2022ZD0207600),国家自然科学基金项目(82171446,U22A20301,32070955);广东省基础与应用基础研究基金项目(2023B1515040015);广州市科技计划项目(202007030012)

Treadmill exercise improves hippocampal neural plasticity and relieves cognitive deficits in a mouse model of epilepsy

Hang Yu1, #, Mingting Shao1, #, Xi Luo1, Chaoqin Pang1, Kwok-Fai So1, 2, 3, *, Jiandong Yu1, 4, *, Li Zhang1, 3, 5, *   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of CNS Regeneration (Ministry of Education), Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; 2State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; 3Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation Institute, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China; 4Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Shandong Province, China; 5School of Psychology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
  • Online:2024-03-15 Published:2023-09-02
  • Contact: Kwok-Fai So, PhD, hrmaskf@hku.hk; Jiandong Yu, PhD, jiandongyu@qq.com; Li Zhang, PhD, zhangli@jnu.edu.cn.
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by STI2030-Major Projects, No. 2022ZD0207600 (to LZ), the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Nos. 82171446 (to JY), U22A20301 (to KFS), 32070955 (to LZ), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, No. 2023B1515040015 (to LZ), and Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou of China, No. 202007030012 (to KFS and LZ).

摘要:

癫痫经常导致认知障碍,且其治疗方法有限。而运动被认为可有效地改善多种神经系统疾病中的学习和记忆功能障碍,但其在癫痫治疗中仍存在争议。此次实验通过腹腔注射毛果芸香碱诱发小鼠癫痫,而后进行为期14d的跑步机运动。行为学测试结果证实,14d的跑步机运动可改善癫痫小鼠的认知和空间记忆;电生理测试揭示了运动能维持海马可塑性。进一步机制得出,运动可通过抑制神经炎症以及维持血脑屏障的完整性来保护小清蛋白阳性中间神经元,来发挥改善神经可塑性以及减轻认知障碍的作用的。这项研究揭示了运动改善癫痫认知功能的新机制。

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4039-4246 (Kwok-Fai So); https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0554-3912 (Jiandong Yu); 

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1489-0879 (Li Zhang)

关键词: 血脑屏障, 认知, 海马, 中间神经元, 长时程增强, 小胶质细胞, 神经炎症, 空间记忆, 颞叶癫痫, 跑步机运动

Abstract: Epilepsy frequently leads to cognitive dysfunction and approaches to treatment remain limited. Although regular exercise effectively improves learning and memory functions across multiple neurological diseases, its application in patients with epilepsy remains controversial. Here, we adopted a 14-day treadmill-exercise paradigm in a pilocarpine injection-induced mouse model of epilepsy. Cognitive assays confirmed the improvement of object and spatial memory after endurance training, and electrophysiological studies revealed the maintenance of hippocampal plasticity as a result of physical exercise. Investigations of the mechanisms underlying this effect revealed that exercise protected parvalbumin interneurons, probably via the suppression of neuroinflammation and improved integrity of blood-brain barrier. In summary, this work identified a previously unknown mechanism through which exercise improves cognitive rehabilitation in epilepsy.

Key words: blood-brain barrier, cognition, hippocampus, interneurons, long-term potentiation, microglial cell, neuroinflammation, spatial memory, temporal epilepsy, treadmill exercise