School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, UK.
Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia.
Transl Psychiatry. 2020 Jul 24;10(1):254. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-00927-x.
First-episode psychosis (FEP) is a psychiatric disorder, characterised by positive and negative symptoms, usually emerging during adolescence and early adulthood. FEP represents an early intervention opportunity for intervention in psychosis. Redox disturbance and subsequent oxidative stress have been linked to the pathophysiology of FEP. Exercise training can perturb oxidative stress and rebalance the antioxidant system and thus represents an intervention with the potential to interact with a mechanism of disease. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of exercise on markers of redox status in FEP. Twenty-two young men were recruited from Birmingham Early Intervention services and randomised to either a 12-week exercise programme or treatment as usual (control). Measures of blood and brain glutathione (GSH), markers of oxidative damage, inflammation, neuronal health, symptomology and habitual physical activity were assessed. Exercise training was protective against changes related to continued psychosis. Symptomatically, those in the exercise group showed reductions in positive and general psychopathology, and stable negative symptoms (compared to increased negative symptoms in the control group). Peripheral GSH was increased by 5.6% in the exercise group, compared to a significant decrease (24.4%) (p = 0.04) in the control group. Exercise attenuated negative changes in markers of neuronal function (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), lipid damage (thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances) and total antioxidant capacity. C-reactive protein and tumour necrosis factor-α also decreased in the exercise group, although protein and DNA oxidation were unchanged. Moderate-intensity exercise training has the ability to elicit changes in markers of oxidative stress and antioxidant concentration, with subsequent improvements in symptoms of psychosis.
首发精神病(FEP)是一种精神障碍,其特征为阳性和阴性症状,通常在青少年和成年早期出现。FEP 是干预精神病的早期干预机会。氧化还原失调和随后的氧化应激与 FEP 的病理生理学有关。运动训练可以扰乱氧化应激并重新平衡抗氧化系统,因此代表了一种具有潜在与疾病机制相互作用的干预措施。本研究旨在评估运动对 FEP 氧化还原状态标志物的影响。从伯明翰早期干预服务中招募了 22 名年轻男性,并随机分为 12 周的运动计划组或常规治疗(对照组)。评估了血液和大脑谷胱甘肽(GSH)、氧化损伤、炎症、神经元健康、症状和习惯性体力活动的标志物。运动训练可预防与持续精神病相关的变化。在症状方面,运动组表现出阳性和一般精神病症状的减少,以及稳定的阴性症状(与对照组的阴性症状增加相比)。与对照组相比,运动组外周 GSH 增加了 5.6%,而对照组则显著下降了 24.4%(p=0.04)。运动减轻了神经元功能(脑源性神经营养因子)、脂质损伤(硫代巴比妥酸反应物质)和总抗氧化能力的负向变化。运动组 C 反应蛋白和肿瘤坏死因子-α也下降,尽管蛋白质和 DNA 氧化不变。中等强度运动训练有能力引起氧化应激和抗氧化剂浓度标志物的变化,随后改善精神病症状。