PMID- 30585393 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200420 LR - 20240411 IS - 1474-9726 (Electronic) IS - 1474-9718 (Print) IS - 1474-9718 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Apr TI - Hypothalamic gene transfer of BDNF promotes healthy aging in mice. PG - e12846 LID - 10.1111/acel.12846 [doi] LID - e12846 AB - The aging process and age-related diseases all involve perturbed energy adaption and impaired ability to cope with adversity. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hypothalamus plays important role in regulation of energy balance. Our previous studies show that recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated hypothalamic BDNF gene transfer alleviates obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndromes in both diet-induced and genetic models. Here we examined the efficacy and safety of a built-in autoregulatory system to control transgene BDNF expression mimicking the body's natural feedback systems in middle-aged mice. Twelve-month-old mice were treated with either autoregulatory BDNF vector or yellow fluorescence protein (YFP) control, maintained on normal diet, and monitored for 28 weeks. BDNF gene transfer prevented the development of aging-associated metabolic declines characterized by: preventing aging-associated weight gain, reducing adiposity, reversing the decline of brown fat activity, increasing adiponectin while reducing leptin and insulin in circulation, improving glucose tolerance, increasing energy expenditure, alleviating hepatic steatosis, and suppressing inflammatory genes in the hypothalamus and adipose tissues. Moreover, BDNF treatment reduced anxiety-like and depression-like behaviors. These safety and efficacy data provide evidence that hypothalamic BDNF is a target for promoting healthy aging. CI - (c) 2018 The Authors. Aging Cell published by the Anatomical Society and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - McMurphy, Travis AU - McMurphy T AD - Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. AD - The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio. FAU - Huang, Wei AU - Huang W AD - Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. AD - The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio. FAU - Liu, Xianglan AU - Liu X AD - Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. AD - The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio. FAU - Siu, Jason J AU - Siu JJ AD - Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. AD - The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio. FAU - Queen, Nicholas J AU - Queen NJ AD - Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. AD - The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio. FAU - Xiao, Run AU - Xiao R AD - Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. AD - The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio. FAU - Cao, Lei AU - Cao L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0322-4985 AD - Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. AD - The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio. LA - eng GR - R01 CA163640/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA166590/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA178227/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AG041250/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 AG041250/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20181226 PL - England TA - Aging Cell JT - Aging cell JID - 101130839 RN - 0 (Bdnf protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - Female MH - *Healthy Aging MH - Hypothalamus/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL PMC - PMC6413658 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - adipose tissue OT - aging OT - gene transfer OT - hypothalamus OT - steatosis EDAT- 2018/12/27 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/21 06:00 PMCR- 2019/04/01 CRDT- 2018/12/27 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/08/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/09/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/12/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ACEL12846 [pii] AID - 10.1111/acel.12846 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aging Cell. 2019 Apr;18(2):e12846. doi: 10.1111/acel.12846. Epub 2018 Dec 26.