PMID- 24930517 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150422 LR - 20220316 IS - 1899-1505 (Electronic) IS - 0867-5910 (Linking) VI - 65 IP - 3 DP - 2014 Jun TI - Moderate-intensity interval training increases serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor level and decreases inflammation in Parkinson's disease patients. PG - 441-8 AB - It has been demonstrated that physical training increases serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in healthy people. The aim of this study was to establish the effect of physical training on the basal serum level of the BDNF in the Parkinson's disease patients (PD patients) in relation to their health status. Twelve PD patients (mean +/- S.E.M: age 70 +/- 3 years; body mass 70 +/- 2 kg; height 163 +/- 3 cm) performed a moderate-intensity interval training (three 1-hour training sessions weekly), lasting 8 weeks. Basal serum BDNF in the PD patients before training amounted to 10,977 +/- 756 pg x mL(-1) and after 8 weeks of training it has increased to 14,206 +/- 1256 pg x mL(-1) (i.e. by 34%, P=0.03). This was accompanied by an attenuation of total Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) (P=0.01). The training resulted also in a decrease of basal serum soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (sVCAM-1) (P=0.001) and serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) (P=0.03) levels. We have concluded that the improvement of health status of the Parkinson's disease patients after training could be related to the increase of serum BDNF level caused by the attenuated inflammation in those patients. FAU - Zoladz, J A AU - Zoladz JA AD - Department of Muscle Physiology, Chair of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Rehabilitation, University School of Physical Education, Cracow, Poland. jerzy.zoladz@awf.krakow.pl. FAU - Majerczak, J AU - Majerczak J FAU - Zeligowska, E AU - Zeligowska E FAU - Mencel, J AU - Mencel J FAU - Jaskolski, A AU - Jaskolski A FAU - Jaskolska, A AU - Jaskolska A FAU - Marusiak, J AU - Marusiak J LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Poland TA - J Physiol Pharmacol JT - Journal of physiology and pharmacology : an official journal of the Polish Physiological Society JID - 9114501 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*blood MH - Exercise/*physiology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/metabolism/*pathology MH - Male MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Parkinson Disease/*blood/metabolism/*pathology EDAT- 2014/06/17 06:00 MHDA- 2015/04/23 06:00 CRDT- 2014/06/17 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/03/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/06/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/06/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/04/23 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - J Physiol Pharmacol. 2014 Jun;65(3):441-8.