在铜螯合剂诱导的脱髓鞘模型中,低强度体育锻炼与髓鞘形成改善和小胶质细胞活化减少有关。
Low-Intensity Physical Exercise is Associated with Improved Myelination and Reduced Microglial Activation in a Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination Model.
作者信息
Hahn Kyu Ri, Hwang In Koo, Yoo Dae Young
机构信息
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
出版信息
Neurochem Res. 2025 Jun 5;50(3):182. doi: 10.1007/s11064-025-04441-8.
Demyelinating diseases like multiple sclerosis cause damage to the myelin sheath, leading to neurological problems. While the exact causes of MS are unclear, it is known that inflammatory processes and poor remyelination contribute to disease progression. Exercise has shown promise as a non-drug treatment for MS, with benefits reported for mobility, mood, and potential neuroprotection. However, the specific ways in which exercise affects remyelination and neuroinflammation in demyelinating conditions are not fully understood. This study explores the effects of low-intensity physical exercise on myelination, neuroinflammation, and neurogenesis in a cuprizone-induced demyelination model, focusing on the hippocampus, which are critical for cognitive function and interhemispheric communication. Mice subjected to cuprizone treatment underwent a low-intensity forced wheel-running exercise. The results showed that low-intensity physical exercise significantly increased the expression of myelin basic protein in the stratum lacunosum-moleculare of the hippocampus and the corpus callosum, suggesting enhanced remyelination in these regions. Additionally, cuprizone-induced demyelination led to morphological changes in microglia, activating them in the hippocampus. However, low-intensity physical exercise significantly reduced microglial activation, indicating that exercise modulated the neuroinflammatory response. Despite observing reduced microglial activation with low-intensity exercise, TNF-α levels remained elevated in the low-intensity exercise group, suggesting a complex relationship between microglial activation markers and cytokine production in this model of demyelination. This indicates that low-intensity exercise may not fully suppress the pro-inflammatory potential of microglia in the cuprizone model. Although low-intensity exercise promoted remyelination and modulated neuroinflammation in the cuprizone-induced demyelination model, it did not significantly counteract the cuprizone-induced reduction in proliferating cells and immature neurons in the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus. These findings suggest that while the exercise regimen had beneficial effects, it did not significantly influence overall neurogenesis. This novel study investigates the region-specific effects of low-intensity exercise on myelination and neuroinflammation, with a focus on the hippocampus, which is less frequently explored in the context of demyelination models. The findings highlight the potential rehabilitative benefits of low-intensity exercise for demyelination-related neurological disorders and provide new insights into the underlying mechanisms contributing to neuroprotection.
像多发性硬化症这样的脱髓鞘疾病会对髓鞘造成损害,从而导致神经问题。虽然多发性硬化症的确切病因尚不清楚,但已知炎症过程和髓鞘再生不良会促进疾病进展。运动已被证明有望成为治疗多发性硬化症的非药物疗法,据报道其对活动能力、情绪以及潜在的神经保护作用有益。然而,运动在脱髓鞘病症中影响髓鞘再生和神经炎症的具体方式尚未完全明确。本研究在铜螯合剂诱导的脱髓鞘模型中探究了低强度体育锻炼对髓鞘形成、神经炎症和神经发生的影响,重点关注对认知功能和半球间通信至关重要的海马体。接受铜螯合剂治疗的小鼠进行了低强度的强迫轮转运动。结果显示,低强度体育锻炼显著增加了海马体分子层和胼胝体中髓鞘碱性蛋白的表达,表明这些区域的髓鞘再生增强。此外,铜螯合剂诱导的脱髓鞘导致小胶质细胞形态发生变化,使其在海马体中被激活。然而,低强度体育锻炼显著降低了小胶质细胞的激活,表明运动调节了神经炎症反应。尽管观察到低强度运动使小胶质细胞激活减少,但低强度运动组中的肿瘤坏死因子-α水平仍然升高,这表明在这个脱髓鞘模型中,小胶质细胞激活标志物与细胞因子产生之间存在复杂的关系。这表明低强度运动可能无法完全抑制铜螯合剂模型中小胶质细胞的促炎潜力。虽然低强度运动在铜螯合剂诱导的脱髓鞘模型中促进了髓鞘再生并调节了神经炎症,但它并未显著抵消铜螯合剂诱导的齿状回颗粒下区增殖细胞和未成熟神经元数量的减少。这些发现表明,虽然运动方案具有有益效果,但它并未显著影响整体神经发生。这项新研究调查了低强度运动对髓鞘形成和神经炎症的区域特异性影响,重点关注海马体,而在脱髓鞘模型的背景下对海马体的研究较少。这些发现突出了低强度运动对脱髓鞘相关神经疾病的潜在康复益处,并为神经保护的潜在机制提供了新的见解。