PMID- 30396264 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 2093-4777 (Print) IS - 2093-6931 (Electronic) IS - 2093-4777 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - Suppl 3 DP - 2018 Oct TI - Treadmill Exercise Improves Motor Function by Suppressing Purkinje Cell Loss in Parkinson Disease Rats. PG - S147-155 LID - 10.5213/inj.1836226.113 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Rotenone is the most widely used neurotoxin for the making Parkinson disease (PD) animal model. The neurodegenerative disorder PD shows symptoms, such as slowness of movements, tremor at resting, rigidity, disturbance of gait, and instability of posture. We investigated whether treadmill running improves motor ability using rotenone-caused PD rats. The effect of treadmill running on PD was also assessed in relation with apoptosis of cerebellar Purkinje cells. METHODS: Treadmill running was applied to the rats in the exercise groups for 30 minutes once a day for 4 weeks, starting 4 weeks after birth. We used rota-rod test for the determination of motor coordination and balance. In this experiment, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining, immunohistochemistry for calbindin, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), Iba-1, and western blot analysis for Bax and Bcl-2 were performed. RESULTS: Treadmill running enhanced motor balance and coordination by preventing the loss of Purkinje cells in the cerebellar vermis. Treadmill running suppressed PD-induced expression of GFAP-positive reactive astrocytes and Iba-1-positive microglia, showing that treadmill running suppressed reactive astrogliosis and microglia activation. Treadmill running suppressed TUNEL-positive cell number and Bax expression and enhanced Bcl-2 expression, demonstrating that treadmill running inhibited the progress of apoptosis in the cerebellum of rotenone-induced PD rats. CONCLUSION: Treadmill running improved motor ability of the rotenone-induced PD rats by inhibiting apoptosis in the cerebellum. Apoptosis suppressing effect of treadmill running on rotenone-induced PD was achieved via suppression of reactive astrocyte and inhibition of microglial activation. FAU - Lee, Jae-Min AU - Lee JM AD - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Kim, Tae-Woon AU - Kim TW AD - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Park, Sang-Seo AU - Park SS AD - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Han, Jin-Hee AU - Han JH AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kyung Hee Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Shin, Mal-Soon AU - Shin MS AD - School of Global Sport Studies, Korea University, Sejong, Korea. FAU - Lim, Baek-Vin AU - Lim BV AD - Division of Leisure & Sports Science, Department of Exercise Prescription, Dongseo University, Busan, Korea. FAU - Kim, Sang-Hoon AU - Kim SH AD - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. AD - Department of Sport & Health Science, College of Natural Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Baek, Seung-Soo AU - Baek SS AD - Department of Sport & Health Science, College of Natural Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Cho, Young Sam AU - Cho YS AD - Department of Urology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Kim, Khae Hawn AU - Kim KH AD - Department of Urology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. LA - eng GR - Astellas Pharma Korea Inc/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181031 PL - Korea (South) TA - Int Neurourol J JT - International neurourology journal JID - 101534513 PMC - PMC6234730 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - Motor coordination OT - Parkinson disease OT - Rotenone, Cerebellum OT - Treadmill exercise COIS- Conflict of Interest KHK and YSC, associate editors of INJ, are the corresponding and 9th authors of this article. However, they played no role whatsoever in the editorial evaluation of this article or the decision to publish it. Except for that, no potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. EDAT- 2018/11/07 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/07 06:01 PMCR- 2018/10/01 CRDT- 2018/11/07 06:00 PHST- 2018/09/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/10/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/11/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/11/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/07 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - inj.1836226.113 [pii] AID - inj-1836226-113 [pii] AID - 10.5213/inj.1836226.113 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Neurourol J. 2018 Oct;22(Suppl 3):S147-155. doi: 10.5213/inj.1836226.113. Epub 2018 Oct 31.