PMID- 24744464 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20140418 LR - 20211021 IS - 0860-021X (Print) IS - 2083-1862 (Electronic) IS - 0860-021X (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Mar TI - Endurance exercise training and diferuloyl methane supplement: changes in neurotrophic factor and oxidative stress induced by lead in rat brain. PG - 41-6 LID - 10.5604/20831862.1029820 [doi] AB - Lead is a highly neurotoxic agent that particularly affects the developing central nervous system. In the current study we investigated the neuroprotective effects of exercise training and/or diferuloyl methane (DM) supplement, which is known as curcumin, on lead acetate-induced neurotoxicity in the rat hippocampus. Sixty rats were randomly divided into six groups: 1) lead acetate, 2) DM supplement, 3) endurance training, 4) training+ DM supplement, 5) sham and 6) base. The rats in the training groups performed treadmill running consisting of 15 to 22 m . min(-1) for 25 to 64 min, 5 times a week for 8 weeks. All groups except sham received lead acetate (20 mg . kg(-1)), whereas the sham group received DM solvent. In addition, the DM and training + DM groups received DM solution (30 mg . kg(-1)) intraperitoneally. Chronic administration of lead acetate resulted in a significant increase in the malondialdehyde (MDA) in plasma, but not in the hippocampus. In addition, it led to significantly decreased brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) levels, as compared to the sham group. Treadmill running, DM supplementation, or both resulted in a significant decrease in MDA levels and significantly increased BDNF and TAC levels, as compared to the lead acetate group. These results provide a rationale for an inhibitory role of DM supplement and regular exercise in the attenuation of lead-induced neurotoxicity. FAU - Dabidi, Roshan V AU - Dabidi RV AD - College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Department of Sport Physiology, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. FAU - Hosseinzadeh, S AU - Hosseinzadeh S AD - Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. FAU - Mahjoub, S AU - Mahjoub S AD - Fatemeh Zahra Infertility and Reproductive health Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran ; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. FAU - Hosseinzadeh, M AU - Hosseinzadeh M AD - Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers vej 7D-3, DK 9220 Aalborg, Denmark. FAU - Myers, J AU - Myers J AD - Cardiology Division, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20130121 PL - Poland TA - Biol Sport JT - Biology of sport JID - 8700872 PMC - PMC3944559 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - diferuloyl methane supplement OT - endurance exercise OT - lead OT - oxidative stress EDAT- 2014/04/20 06:00 MHDA- 2014/04/20 06:01 PMCR- 2013/03/01 CRDT- 2014/04/19 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/04/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/04/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/04/20 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2013/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1029820 [pii] AID - 10.5604/20831862.1029820 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Sport. 2013 Mar;30(1):41-6. doi: 10.5604/20831862.1029820. Epub 2013 Jan 21.