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Exercise alters molecular rhythms in the central nervous system that negatively correlate with depression-like behavior.
Neuroreport 2024 March 7
Major depressive disorder (MDD) ranks among the top 10 leading causes of death. However, exercise is known to improve depressive symptoms but the mechanism responsible is still unknown. To date, numerous studies have shown that molecular rhythms and exercise are associated with MDD. Thus, we hypothesized that exercise could affect the expression of central nervous system clock genes to improve depressive symptoms. Ninety adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (250 g) were divided into a control Normal Group, an unpredictable chronic mild stress (CMS) treated CMS Group and an Exercise Group, which was intervened by a moderate-intensity exercise training on a treadmill at 2 p.m. every day for 4 weeks after CMS treatment. The open field test, elevated plus maze and forced swim test were employed to test mood-related behaviors. The telemetry recording method recorded voluntary locomotor activity and core body temperature. Expression of core clock genes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) was tested by qRT-PCR. Compared with the CMS Group, depressive symptoms were improved in the Exercise Group ( P < 0.05). Moreover, the periodic changes of molecular rhythms in the Exercise Group were close to those of rats in Normal Group. Next, exercise increased oscillations of expression of core clock genes in SCN after CMS treatment, and the amplitudes of core clock gene expression oscillations were negatively correlated with depressive-like behavior. Our findings suggested that exercise could change the expressions of central clock genes in MDD animals, and this effect was positively correlated with the improvement of depressive symptoms by exercise.
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