PMID- 34245761 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220214 LR - 20220214 IS - 1872-7549 (Electronic) IS - 0166-4328 (Linking) VI - 413 DP - 2021 Sep 10 TI - Exercise prevents the impairment of learning and memory in prenatally phthalate-exposed male rats by improving the expression of plasticity-related proteins. PG - 113444 LID - S0166-4328(21)00332-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113444 [doi] AB - Regular exercise has been identified to facilitate neuroplasticity that maximize functional outcome after brain injuries. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has emerged as a key facilitator of neuroplasticity after exercise. The activity-regulated cytoskeleton associated protein (Arc) is induced by BDNF and N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR), contributing to functional modification of neuroplasticity in the hippocampus. Meanwhile, early-life exposure to neuroendocrine disruptor di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP) is a risk factor for behavioral deficits, but the mechanisms responsible for DEHP-induced neurotoxicity are not well understood. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether hippocampal Arc expression is impaired by DEHP exposure and to examine the protective role of exercise in the prenatally DEHP-exposed male rats. Sprague Dawley dams were fed with vehicle or DEHP during gestation. The male offspring were trained to treadmill running for 5 weeks followed by examination of behavioral and biochemical outcomes. The results showed that DEHP-exposed rats exhibited impairment of spatial learning and memory as well as down-regulations of BDNF, NMDAR, Arc, and synaptophysin. Importantly, aerobic exercise during childhood-adolescence prevented the impairment of learning and memory by recovering the expressions of BDNF, NMDAR, Arc, and synaptophysin. These findings suggest that exercise may provide beneficial effects on ameliorating the impairment of neuroplasticity in the prenatally DEHP-exposed male rats at late adolescence. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Sun, Gwo-Ching AU - Sun GC AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address: gcsun39@kmu.edu.tw. FAU - Lee, Yi-Ju AU - Lee YJ AD - Department of Sports Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address: lyr092124@gmail.com. FAU - Lee, Yi-Ching AU - Lee YC AD - Department of Food and Beverage Services, Tainan University of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address: t10045@mail.tut.edu.tw. FAU - Yu, Hsien-Fu AU - Yu HF AD - Department of Sports Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address: sjm71518056@gmail.com. FAU - Wang, Dean-Chuan AU - Wang DC AD - Department of Sports Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address: dcw@kmu.edu.tw. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210707 PL - Netherlands TA - Behav Brain Res JT - Behavioural brain research JID - 8004872 RN - 0 (Endocrine Disruptors) RN - 0 (Phthalic Acids) RN - 6O7F7IX66E (phthalic acid) SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Animals MH - Behavior, Animal/*physiology MH - Cognitive Dysfunction/*chemically induced/metabolism/physiopathology/*prevention & control MH - Endocrine Disruptors/*adverse effects MH - Female MH - Male MH - Neuronal Plasticity/*physiology MH - Phthalic Acids/*adverse effects MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal/*physiology MH - Pregnancy MH - Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/*chemically induced/metabolism/physiopathology/*prevention & control MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Spatial Learning/physiology MH - Spatial Memory/physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Activity-regulated cytoskeleton associated protein OT - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - Di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate OT - Exercise OT - N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor EDAT- 2021/07/11 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/15 06:00 CRDT- 2021/07/10 20:08 PHST- 2021/03/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/10 20:08 [entrez] AID - S0166-4328(21)00332-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113444 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Behav Brain Res. 2021 Sep 10;413:113444. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113444. Epub 2021 Jul 7.