PMID- 29558209 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181029 LR - 20181029 IS - 1715-5320 (Electronic) IS - 1715-5312 (Linking) VI - 43 IP - 5 DP - 2018 May TI - Electrically evoked local muscle contractions cause an increase in hippocampal BDNF. PG - 491-496 LID - 10.1139/apnm-2017-0536 [doi] AB - High-intensity exercise has recently been shown to cause an increase in brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus. Some studies have suggested that myokines secreted from contracting skeletal muscle, such as irisin (one of the truncated form of fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5 (FNDC5)), play important roles in this process. Thus, we hypothesized that locally evoked muscle contractions may cause an increase of BDNF in the hippocampus through some afferent mechanisms. Under anesthesia, Sprague-Dawley rats were fixed on a custom-made dynamometer and their triceps surae muscles were made to maximally contract via delivery of electric stimulations of the sciatic nerve (100 Hz with 1-ms pulse and 3-s duration). Following 50 repeated maximal isometric contractions, the protein expressions of BDNF and activation of its receptor in the hippocampus significantly increased compared with the sham-operated control rats. However, the expression of both BDNF and FNDC5 within stimulated muscles did not significantly increase, nor did their serum concentrations change. These results indicate that local muscular contractions under unconsciousness can induce BDNF expression in the hippocampus. This effect may be mediated by peripheral reception of muscle contraction, but not by systemic factors. FAU - Maekawa, Takahiro AU - Maekawa T AD - a Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan. FAU - Ogasawara, Riki AU - Ogasawara R AD - a Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan. AD - b Department of Life and Materials Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan. FAU - Tsutaki, Arata AU - Tsutaki A AD - c Graduate School of Health and Sport Sciences, Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo 158-8508, Japan. FAU - Lee, Kihyuk AU - Lee K AD - c Graduate School of Health and Sport Sciences, Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo 158-8508, Japan. FAU - Nakada, Satoshi AU - Nakada S AD - a Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan. FAU - Nakazato, Koichi AU - Nakazato K AD - c Graduate School of Health and Sport Sciences, Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo 158-8508, Japan. FAU - Ishii, Naokata AU - Ishii N AD - a Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180320 PL - Canada TA - Appl Physiol Nutr Metab JT - Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme JID - 101264333 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (FNDC5 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Fibronectins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Electric Stimulation MH - Fibronectins/blood/genetics MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Hippocampus/*metabolism MH - *Isometric Contraction MH - Male MH - Muscle, Skeletal/physiology MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley OTO - NOTNLM OT - afferent pathway OT - brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) OT - contraction musculaire locale OT - domaine de fibronectine de type III (FNDC5) OT - facteur neutrophique derive du cerveau (BDNF) OT - fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5(FNDC5) OT - hippocampe OT - hippocampus OT - local muscular contraction OT - muscles squelettiques OT - skeletal muscle OT - voie afferente EDAT- 2018/03/21 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/30 06:00 CRDT- 2018/03/21 06:00 PHST- 2018/03/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/21 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1139/apnm-2017-0536 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2018 May;43(5):491-496. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2017-0536. Epub 2018 Mar 20.