PMID- 25918648 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151104 LR - 20181113 IS - 1687-5443 (Electronic) IS - 2090-5904 (Print) IS - 1687-5443 (Linking) VI - 2015 DP - 2015 TI - Neuronal BDNF signaling is necessary for the effects of treadmill exercise on synaptic stripping of axotomized motoneurons. PG - 392591 LID - 10.1155/2015/392591 [doi] LID - 392591 AB - The withdrawal of synaptic inputs from the somata and proximal dendrites of spinal motoneurons following peripheral nerve injury could contribute to poor functional recovery. Decreased availability of neurotrophins to afferent terminals on axotomized motoneurons has been implicated as one cause of the withdrawal. No reduction in contacts made by synaptic inputs immunoreactive to the vesicular glutamate transporter 1 and glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 is noted on axotomized motoneurons if modest treadmill exercise, which stimulates the production of neurotrophins by spinal motoneurons, is applied after nerve injury. In conditional, neuron-specific brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) knockout mice, a reduction in synaptic contacts onto motoneurons was noted in intact animals which was similar in magnitude to that observed after nerve transection in wild-type controls. No further reduction in coverage was found if nerves were cut in knockout mice. Two weeks of moderate daily treadmill exercise following nerve injury in these BDNF knockout mice did not affect synaptic inputs onto motoneurons. Treadmill exercise has a profound effect on synaptic inputs to motoneurons after peripheral nerve injury which requires BDNF production by those postsynaptic cells. FAU - Krakowiak, Joey AU - Krakowiak J AD - Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street, Room 405P, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. FAU - Liu, Caiyue AU - Liu C AD - Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Papudesu, Chandana AU - Papudesu C AD - Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street, Room 405P, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. FAU - Ward, P Jillian AU - Ward PJ AD - Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street, Room 405P, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. FAU - Wilhelm, Jennifer C AU - Wilhelm JC AD - Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424, USA. FAU - English, Arthur W AU - English AW AD - Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street, Room 405P, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. LA - eng GR - HD032571/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HD032571/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - K12 GM000680/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS057190/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - K12GM000680/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS057190/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150331 PL - United States TA - Neural Plast JT - Neural plasticity JID - 100883417 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Axotomy MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*physiology MH - Dendrites/physiology/ultrastructure MH - *Exercise Therapy MH - Female MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Motor Neurons/metabolism/*physiology/ultrastructure MH - *Nerve Regeneration MH - Synapses/*physiology PMC - PMC4397030 EDAT- 2015/04/29 06:00 MHDA- 2015/11/05 06:00 PMCR- 2015/03/31 CRDT- 2015/04/29 06:00 PHST- 2015/02/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/03/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/03/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/04/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/11/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/03/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2015/392591 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neural Plast. 2015;2015:392591. doi: 10.1155/2015/392591. Epub 2015 Mar 31.