PMID- 22867973 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130501 LR - 20191210 IS - 1873-7544 (Electronic) IS - 0306-4522 (Linking) VI - 223 DP - 2012 Oct 25 TI - Negative effects of ultrafine particle exposure during forced exercise on the expression of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in the hippocampus of rats. PG - 131-9 LID - S0306-4522(12)00805-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.07.057 [doi] AB - Exercise improves cognitive function, and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) plays a key role in this process. We recently reported that particulate matter (PM) exposure negatively contributed to the exercise-induced increase in human serum BDNF concentration. Furthermore, PM exposure is associated with neuroinflammation and cognitive decline. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP) during a single bout of forced exercise on the expression of inflammatory (IL1alpha, IL1beta, TNF, IL6, NOS2, NOS3) and oxidative stress (NFE2L2)-related genes, as well as BDNF in the brain of rats. Four groups (n=6/group) of Wistar rats were exposed for 90 min to one of the following exposure regimes: UFP+exercise, UFP+rest, ambient air+exercise, ambient air+rest (control). Hippocampus, olfactory bulb and prefrontal cortex were collected 24h after exposure. Gene expression changes were analyzed with real-time PCR. In the condition ambient air+exercise, hippocampal expression of BDNF and NFE2L2 was up-regulated, while the expression of IL1alpha and NOS3 in the prefrontal cortex and IL1alpha in the olfactory bulb was down-regulated compared to the control. In contrast, gene expression in the condition UFP+exercise did not differ from the control. In the condition UFP+rest, hippocampal expression of NFE2L2 was down-regulated and there was a trend toward down-regulation of BDNF expression compared to the control. This study shows a negative effect of UFP exposure on the exercise-induced up-regulation of BDNF gene expression in the hippocampus of rats. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Bos, I AU - Bos I AD - Environmental Risk and Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium. inge.bos@vito.be FAU - De Boever, P AU - De Boever P FAU - Int Panis, L AU - Int Panis L FAU - Sarre, S AU - Sarre S FAU - Meeusen, R AU - Meeusen R LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120804 PL - United States TA - Neuroscience JT - Neuroscience JID - 7605074 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Particulate Matter) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Silicones) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cytokines/genetics/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects/physiology MH - Hippocampus/*drug effects/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I/genetics/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics/metabolism MH - Particulate Matter MH - *Physical Conditioning, Animal MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Silicones/*pharmacology EDAT- 2012/08/08 06:00 MHDA- 2013/05/02 06:00 CRDT- 2012/08/08 06:00 PHST- 2012/02/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/07/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/08/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/08/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/05/02 06:00 [medline] AID - S0306-4522(12)00805-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.07.057 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuroscience. 2012 Oct 25;223:131-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.07.057. Epub 2012 Aug 4.