Running to remember: The effects of exercise on perineuronal nets, microglia, and hippocampal angiogenesis in female and male mice

Author:

Maheu Madeleine G.,James Noah,Clark Zach,Yang Alex,Patel Ridhi,Beaudette Shawn M.,MacPherson Rebecca E.K.,Duarte-Guterman PaulaORCID

Abstract

AbstractExercise is accepted as a positive health behaviour; however, a less commonly known benefit of exercise is its role in neuroprotection and cognitive health. The purpose of this investigation was to explore the neurobiological benefits of chronic treadmill exercise in female and male mice through its role in microglial content and morphology, cerebral vascularization, and perineuronal net (PNN). We further examined how these neurobiological changes relate to spatial memory outcomes. C57BL/6J mice were assigned to a sedentary (12F/12M) or exercise group (11F/12M). Mice were treadmill-trained for an hour per day, five days per week, at an increasing speed and incline for eight weeks. During the final week of the exercise intervention, all mice were trained on a spatial memory task (Barnes Maze) and brains were collected for immunohistochemistry. Exercised mice made fewer errors than sedentary mice during the first two days of training as well as the probe. Females, regardless of exercise training, made fewer errors during Barnes maze training, and demonstrated a greater frequency of spatial strategy use compared to males. Exercised mice, regardless of sex, had fewer PNNs in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus compared to sedentary controls. The number of PNNs in the dorsal dentate gyrus was positively correlated with total errors during training. During the probe, greater errors were correlated with more PNNs among the exercised group only. Microglia count and cerebral vascularization were not affected by exercise, although sedentary mice had significantly greater thick/thin microglia compared to ameboid microglia in the ventral dentate gyrus, which was not observed in the exercised group. It was concluded that exercise decreases PNNs in the dentate gyrus in both sexes and this may be related to better spatial learning and memory.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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