PMID- 31111002 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 2288-176X (Print) IS - 2288-1778 (Electronic) IS - 2288-176X (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Apr TI - Effects of treadmill exercise on the anxiety-like behavior through modulation of GSK3beta/beta-catenin signaling in the maternal separation rat pup. PG - 206-212 LID - 10.12965/jer.1938094.047 [doi] AB - Maternal separation causes depression and anxiety. Exercise ameliorates maternal separation-induced depression. In this study, we investigated the effect of treadmill exercise on anxiety-like behavior in relation with glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3beta)/beta-catenin pathway using maternal separation rat pups. For this study, elevated plus maze test, immunohistochemistry for serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), and western blot for total GSK3beta (t-GSK3beta), phosphorylated GSK3beta (p-GSK3beta), total beta-catenin (t-beta-catenin), and phosphorylated beta-catenin (p-beta-catenin) were conducted. The rat pups in the exercise groups were scheduled to run on a treadmill for 30 min once a day for 10 days, starting on postnatal day 21. For the rat pups in the fluoxetine-treated group, fluoxetine was orally administrated once a day for 10 consecutive days, starting on postnatal day 21. Anxiety-like behavior was appeared in the rat pups by maternal separation. Maternal separation suppressed 5-HT and TPH expression in the dorsal raphe. Maternal separation suppressed phosphorylation of GSK3beta and increased phosphorylation of beta-catenin in the hippocampus. However, treadmill exercise and fluoxetine treatment alleviated anxiety and increased 5-HT and TPH expression in the dorsal raphe. Treadmill exercise and fluoxetine treatment also enhanced GSK3beta phosphorylation and suppressed beta-catenin phosphorylation in the hippocampus. In this study, alleviating effect of treadmill exercise on maternal separation-induced anxiety appeared through enhancing 5-HT expression and GSK3beta phosphorylation, and then inhibiting beta-catenin phosphorylation. These results showed that treadmill exercise relieves anxiety through GSK3beta/beta-catenin pathway. Treadmill exercise showed similar ameliorating effect on anxiety-like behavior as fluoxetine. FAU - Wang, Lin Ru AU - Wang LR AD - Department of Sport & Health Care, College of Art & Culture, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Kim, Sang-Hoon AU - Kim SH AD - Department of Sport & Health Care, College of Art & Culture, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Baek, Seung-Soo AU - Baek SS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1340-2098 AD - Department of Sport & Health Care, College of Art & Culture, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190426 PL - Korea (South) TA - J Exerc Rehabil JT - Journal of exercise rehabilitation JID - 101615171 PMC - PMC6509449 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anxiety OT - Exercise OT - Glycogen synthase kinase 3beta OT - Maternal separation OT - Serotonin OT - beta-Catenin COIS- CONFLICT OF INTEREST No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. EDAT- 2019/05/22 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/22 06:01 PMCR- 2019/04/26 CRDT- 2019/05/22 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/05/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/05/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jer-15-2-206 [pii] AID - 10.12965/jer.1938094.047 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Exerc Rehabil. 2019 Apr 26;15(2):206-212. doi: 10.12965/jer.1938094.047. eCollection 2019 Apr.