PMID- 23615664 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140324 LR - 20240323 IS - 1740-634X (Electronic) IS - 0893-133X (Print) IS - 0893-133X (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 10 DP - 2013 Sep TI - Exercise and sodium butyrate transform a subthreshold learning event into long-term memory via a brain-derived neurotrophic factor-dependent mechanism. PG - 2027-34 LID - 10.1038/npp.2013.104 [doi] AB - We demonstrate that exercise enables hippocampal-dependent learning in conditions that are normally subthreshold for encoding and memory formation, and depends on hippocampal induction of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a key mechanism. Using a weak training paradigm in an object location memory (OLM) task, we show that sedentary mice are unable to discriminate 24 h later between familiar and novel object locations. In contrast, 3 weeks of prior voluntary exercise enables strong discrimination in the spatial memory task. Cognitive benefits of exercise match those attained with post-training sodium butyrate (NaB), a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor previously shown to enable subthreshold learning. We demonstrate that the enabling effects of exercise and NaB on subthreshold OLM learning are dependent on hippocampal BDNF upregulation, and are blocked by hippocampal infusion of BDNF short-interfering RNA. Exercise and NaB increased bdnf transcripts I and IV, and the increases were associated with BDNF promoter acetylation on H4K8 but not H4K12. These data provide support for the concept that exercise engages epigenetic control mechanisms and serves as a natural stimulus that operates in part like NaB and potentially other HDAC inhibitors, placing the brain into a state of readiness for plasticity. FAU - Intlekofer, Karlie A AU - Intlekofer KA AD - Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. FAU - Berchtold, Nicole C AU - Berchtold NC FAU - Malvaez, Melissa AU - Malvaez M FAU - Carlos, Anthony J AU - Carlos AJ FAU - McQuown, Susan C AU - McQuown SC FAU - Cunningham, Michael J AU - Cunningham MJ FAU - Wood, Marcelo A AU - Wood MA FAU - Cotman, Carl W AU - Cotman CW LA - eng GR - F31 DA029368/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - AG34667/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH081004/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AG034667/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 AG000538/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - T32AG9629/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - F31DA29368/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - MH081004/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - AG00538/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130424 PL - England TA - Neuropsychopharmacology JT - Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology JID - 8904907 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 107-92-6 (Butyric Acid) SB - IM MH - Acetylation MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/drug effects/metabolism/*physiology MH - Butyric Acid/*pharmacology MH - Discrimination Learning/drug effects/*physiology MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Male MH - Memory, Long-Term/drug effects/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Microinjections MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal/*physiology MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - RNA, Small Interfering/administration & dosage/pharmacology MH - Up-Regulation PMC - PMC3746687 EDAT- 2013/04/26 06:00 MHDA- 2014/03/25 06:00 PMCR- 2014/09/01 CRDT- 2013/04/26 06:00 PHST- 2013/03/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/04/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/04/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/04/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/03/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - npp2013104 [pii] AID - 10.1038/npp.2013.104 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 Sep;38(10):2027-34. doi: 10.1038/npp.2013.104. Epub 2013 Apr 24.