PMID- 24120943 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140605 LR - 20231213 IS - 1932-7420 (Electronic) IS - 1550-4131 (Print) IS - 1550-4131 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 5 DP - 2013 Nov 5 TI - Exercise induces hippocampal BDNF through a PGC-1alpha/FNDC5 pathway. PG - 649-59 LID - S1550-4131(13)00377-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.09.008 [doi] AB - Exercise can improve cognitive function and has been linked to the increased expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms driving the elevation of this neurotrophin remain unknown. Here we show that FNDC5, a previously identified muscle protein that is induced in exercise and is cleaved and secreted as irisin, is also elevated by endurance exercise in the hippocampus of mice. Neuronal Fndc5 gene expression is regulated by PGC-1alpha, and Pgc1a(-/-) mice show reduced Fndc5 expression in the brain. Forced expression of FNDC5 in primary cortical neurons increases Bdnf expression, whereas RNAi-mediated knockdown of FNDC5 reduces Bdnf. Importantly, peripheral delivery of FNDC5 to the liver via adenoviral vectors, resulting in elevated blood irisin, induces expression of Bdnf and other neuroprotective genes in the hippocampus. Taken together, our findings link endurance exercise and the important metabolic mediators, PGC-1alpha and FNDC5, with BDNF expression in the brain. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Wrann, Christiane D AU - Wrann CD AD - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. FAU - White, James P AU - White JP FAU - Salogiannnis, John AU - Salogiannnis J FAU - Laznik-Bogoslavski, Dina AU - Laznik-Bogoslavski D FAU - Wu, Jun AU - Wu J FAU - Ma, Di AU - Ma D FAU - Lin, Jiandie D AU - Lin JD FAU - Greenberg, Michael E AU - Greenberg ME FAU - Spiegelman, Bruce M AU - Spiegelman BM LA - eng GR - DK90861/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK31405/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 DK031405/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - RC4 DK090861/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK054477/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK031405/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK020572/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131010 PL - United States TA - Cell Metab JT - Cell metabolism JID - 101233170 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (FNDC5 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Fibronectins) RN - 0 (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha) RN - 0 (Ppargc1a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Receptors, Estrogen) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM CIN - Cell Metab. 2013 Nov 5;18(5):612-4. PMID: 24206660 MH - Adenoviridae/genetics MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Feedback, Physiological/drug effects MH - Fibronectins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/drug effects MH - Genetic Vectors/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neurons/drug effects/metabolism MH - Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha MH - *Physical Conditioning, Animal MH - Protein Binding/drug effects MH - Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology MH - *Signal Transduction/drug effects/genetics MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - ERRalpha Estrogen-Related Receptor PMC - PMC3980968 MID - NIHMS524991 EDAT- 2013/10/15 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/06 06:00 PMCR- 2014/11/05 CRDT- 2013/10/15 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/08/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/09/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/10/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/11/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1550-4131(13)00377-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.09.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Metab. 2013 Nov 5;18(5):649-59. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.09.008. Epub 2013 Oct 10.