PMID- 24549184 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140617 LR - 20211021 IS - 1559-7016 (Electronic) IS - 0271-678X (Print) IS - 0271-678X (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 5 DP - 2014 May TI - Intermittent fasting attenuates increases in neurogenesis after ischemia and reperfusion and improves recovery. PG - 897-905 LID - 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.36 [doi] AB - Intermittent fasting (IF) is neuroprotective across a range of insults, but the question of whether extending the interval between meals alters neurogenesis after ischemia remains unexplored. We therefore measured cell proliferation, cell death, and neurogenesis after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) or sham surgery (SHAM) in mice fed ad libitum (AL) or maintained on IF for 3 months. IF was associated with twofold reductions in circulating levels of the adipocyte cytokine leptin in intact mice, but also prevented further reductions in leptin after MCAO. IF/MCAO mice also exhibit infarct volumes that were less than half those of AL/MCAO mice. We observed a 30% increase in basal cell proliferation in the hippocampus and subventricular zone (SVZ) in IF/SHAM, relative to AL/SHAM mice. However, cell proliferation after MCAO was limited in IF mice, which showed twofold increases in cell proliferation relative to IF/SHAM, whereas AL/MCAO mice exhibit fivefold increases relative to AL/SHAM. Attenuation of stroke-induced neurogenesis was correlated with reductions in cell death, with AL/MCAO mice exhibiting twice the number of dying cells relative to IF/MCAO mice. These observations indicate that IF protects against neurological damage in ischemic stroke, with circulating leptin as one possible mediator. FAU - Manzanero, Silvia AU - Manzanero S AD - School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. FAU - Erion, Joanna R AU - Erion JR AD - Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, USA. FAU - Santro, Tomislav AU - Santro T AD - School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. FAU - Steyn, Frederik J AU - Steyn FJ AD - School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. FAU - Chen, Chen AU - Chen C AD - School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. FAU - Arumugam, Thiruma V AU - Arumugam TV AD - School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. FAU - Stranahan, Alexis M AU - Stranahan AM AD - Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140219 PL - United States TA - J Cereb Blood Flow Metab JT - Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism JID - 8112566 RN - 0 (Leptin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Death MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Fasting/*physiology MH - Hippocampus/blood supply/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/blood/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Leptin/blood MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - *Neurogenesis MH - Neurons/cytology/*pathology MH - Weight Loss PMC - PMC4013772 EDAT- 2014/02/20 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/18 06:00 PMCR- 2015/05/01 CRDT- 2014/02/20 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/01/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/01/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/02/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jcbfm201436 [pii] AID - 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.36 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2014 May;34(5):897-905. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.36. Epub 2014 Feb 19.