Skeletal myofiber VEGF is required for the exercise training-induced increase in dentate gyrus neuronal precursor cells
Skeletal myofiber VEGF is required for the exercise training-induced increase in dentate gyrus neuronal precursor cells
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2018
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Benjamin Rich;Miriam Scadeng;P. Wagner;E. Breen
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Benjamin Rich;Miriam Scadeng;P. Wagner;E. Breen
Exercise signals neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. This phenomenon requires vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) originating from outside the blood brain barrier, but no cellular source has been identified. Thus, we hypothesized that VEGF produced by skeletal myofibers plays a role in regulating hippocampal neuronal precursor cell proliferation following exercise training. This was tested in adult conditional skeletal myofiber-specific VEGF gene-ablated mice (VEGF HSA-/- ) by providing VEGF HSA-/- and non-ablated (VEGF f/f ) littermates with running wheels for 14 days. Following this training period, hippocampal cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and neuronal precursor cells (BrDU+/Nestin+) were detected by immunofluorescence. The VEGF f/f trained group showed improvements in both speed and endurance capacity in acute treadmill running tests (p<0.05). The VEGF HSA-/- group did not. The number of proliferating neuronal precursor cells was increased with training in VEGF f/f (p<0.05) but not in VEGF HSA-/-mice. Endothelial cell (CD31+) number did not change in this region with exercise training or skeletal myofiber VEGF gene deletion. However, resting blood flow through the hippocampal region was lower in VEGF HSA-/- mice, both untrained and trained, than untrained VEGF f/f mice (p<0.05). An acute hypoxic challenge decreased CBF (p<0.05) in untrained VEGF f/f , untrained VEGF HSA-/- , and trained VEGF HSA-/- , but not trained VEGF f/f mice. VEGF f/f , but not VEGF HSA-/- mice, were able to acutely run on a treadmill at an intensity sufficient to increase hippocampus VEGF levels. These data suggest that VEGF expressed by skeletal myofibers may directly or indirectly regulate both hippocampal blood flow and neurogenesis. a in of on 4. Resting VEGF levels in the hippocampus by induced VEGF knockout in myofibers; 5. A bout of acute exercise increases hippocampal VEGF levels in VEGF f/f mice, but VEGF HSA-/- mice; 6. A hypoxic challenge with 10% inspired O 2 lowers cerebral blood flow in trained and untrained VEGF HSA-/- mice and trained VEGF f/f mice from normoxia.