Son Hye Joo, Lee Suk Hyun
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dankook University Medical Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Chungnam 31116, Republic of Korea.
Department of Radiology, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 07441, Republic of Korea.
Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jan 31;26(3):1249. doi: 10.3390/ijms26031249.
Emerging evidence from observational studies suggests that lifestyle modifications, particularly moderate-intensity exercise, may confer neuroprotective benefits against dementia, potentially by enhancing brain resistance through clearance mechanisms. Using light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) with tissue clearing, we investigated the role of voluntary swimming in ameliorating β-amyloid pathology in a transgenic Alzheimer's disease (AD) mouse model. Twenty 52-week-old hAPPsw mice were randomly divided into a 5-week voluntary swimming intervention group and a control group (each = 10). Each session included a 10-min swim followed by a 10-min rest, escalating from one session per day in the first week to three sessions per day by the fifth week. The excised brains were prepared using tissue-clearing and volume immunostaining with thioflavin-S for β-amyloid. For LSFM imaging, the individual plaque area and volume, total plaque load, and morphological parameters were quantified via an Imaris-based three-dimensional (3D) volumetric surface model. Visual comparison revealed that the intervention group presented significantly lower β-amyloid accumulation. The total surface volume of β-amyloid accumulation in the intervention group was significantly lower than that of the control group (intervention, 122,180,948 μm [105,854,660-169,063,081]; control, 167,201,016 μm [139,367,765-193,535,450]; = 0.043). There were no significant differences in the morphological parameters, such as ellipticity and sphericity. Our LSFM study demonstrated notable reductions in β-amyloid, as evidenced by a decrease in total surface volume, in 52-week-old transgenic mice after a 5-week structured swimming program, supporting the notion that even in advanced AD stages, leisure-time voluntary swimming serves as an efficacious intervention for augmenting resistance to pathology.
观察性研究的新证据表明,生活方式的改变,特别是中等强度的运动,可能通过清除机制增强大脑抵抗力,从而对痴呆症具有神经保护作用。我们使用光片荧光显微镜(LSFM)结合组织透明化技术,在转基因阿尔茨海默病(AD)小鼠模型中研究了自愿游泳在改善β-淀粉样蛋白病理学方面的作用。将20只52周龄的hAPPsw小鼠随机分为5周自愿游泳干预组和对照组(每组 = 10只)。每次训练包括10分钟游泳,随后休息10分钟,从第一周每天一次训练逐渐增加到第五周每天三次训练。切除的大脑采用组织透明化和硫黄素-S体积免疫染色法检测β-淀粉样蛋白。对于LSFM成像,通过基于Imaris的三维(3D)体积表面模型对单个斑块面积和体积、总斑块负荷以及形态学参数进行量化。视觉比较显示,干预组的β-淀粉样蛋白积累明显减少。干预组β-淀粉样蛋白积累的总表面积体积显著低于对照组(干预组,122,180,948 μm[105,854,660 - 169,063,081];对照组,167,201,016 μm[139,367,765 - 193,535,450];P = 0.043)。椭圆率和球度等形态学参数无显著差异。我们的LSFM研究表明,在52周龄的转基因小鼠中,经过5周的结构化游泳训练后,β-淀粉样蛋白显著减少,总表面积体积下降,这支持了即使在AD晚期,休闲时间的自愿游泳也是增强对病理学抵抗力的有效干预措施这一观点。