PMID- 23916757 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140318 LR - 20211203 IS - 1872-7549 (Electronic) IS - 0166-4328 (Linking) VI - 253 DP - 2013 Sep 15 TI - Paternal treadmill exercise enhances spatial learning and memory related to hippocampus among male offspring. PG - 297-304 LID - S0166-4328(13)00439-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.07.040 [doi] AB - Both epidemiologic and laboratory studies suggest that parents can shape their offspring's development. Recently, it has been shown that maternal exercise during pregnancy benefits the progeny's brain function. However, little is known regarding the influence of paternal exercise on their offspring's phenotype. In this study we attempt to determine the effects of 6 weeks paternal treadmill exercise on spatial learning and memory and the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and reelin in their male offspring. Sibling males were divided into two groups: the control (C) and the exercise group (E). The mice in the E group were exercised on a motor-driven rodent treadmill for 5 days per week for 6 weeks. After 6 weeks of exercise, the male mouse was mated with its sibling female. After weaning, male pups underwent behavioral assessment (Open field and Morris water maze tests). Immunohistochemistry staining, real time-PCR and western blot were performed to determine hippocampal BDNF and reelin expression of the male pups after behavior tasks. Our results showed that paternal treadmill exercise improved the spatial learning and memory capability of male pups, which was accompanied by significantly increased expression of BDNF and reelin, as compared to those of C group. Our results provide novel evidence that paternal treadmill exercise can enhance the brain functions of their F1 male offspring. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Yin, M M AU - Yin MM AD - Department of Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China. FAU - Wang, W AU - Wang W FAU - Sun, J AU - Sun J FAU - Liu, S AU - Liu S FAU - Liu, X L AU - Liu XL FAU - Niu, Y M AU - Niu YM FAU - Yuan, H R AU - Yuan HR FAU - Yang, F Y AU - Yang FY FAU - Fu, L AU - Fu L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130731 PL - Netherlands TA - Behav Brain Res JT - Behavioural brain research JID - 8004872 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal) RN - 0 (Extracellular Matrix Proteins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Reelin Protein) RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (Reln protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (Serine Endopeptidases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Body Weight/physiology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/metabolism MH - Extracellular Matrix Proteins/metabolism MH - Female MH - Hippocampus/*physiology MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Male MH - Maze Learning/*physiology MH - Memory/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Motor Activity/physiology MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal/*psychology MH - Pregnancy MH - RNA/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Reelin Protein MH - Serine Endopeptidases/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - CA OT - CM OT - DG OT - EM OT - HFD OT - LTP OT - MWM OT - Male pup OT - Morris water maze OT - Paternal treadmill exercise OT - Reelin OT - Spatial learning and memory OT - brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - cornus ammonis OT - dentate gyrus OT - high-fat diet OT - long-term potentiation OT - paternal exercise male pups OT - paternal sedentary male pups EDAT- 2013/08/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/03/19 06:00 CRDT- 2013/08/07 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/07/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/07/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/08/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/08/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/03/19 06:00 [medline] AID - S0166-4328(13)00439-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.07.040 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Behav Brain Res. 2013 Sep 15;253:297-304. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.07.040. Epub 2013 Jul 31.