Effects of treadmill exercise on β-amyloid precursor protein and Tau protein gene expressions in hippo- campus of D-galactose Alzheimer's disease rats

Bo Xu, Feng Yu, Xianliang Zhang

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Abstract

Objective: To explore the effects of 8-week aerobic treadmill training on expressions of β-amyloid precursor protein (APP), Tau protein and glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) mRNA in hippocampus of D-galactose (D-gal) Alzheimer's disease (AD) rats.

Method: Sixteen male Sprague-Dawley(SD) rats were randomly divided into control group (C, n=8), exercise group(T, n=8). All rats of two groups were injected D-gal 120mg/(kg· d) in abdominal for 8 weeks to obtain AD model rats. Group T was given aerobic treadmill, 5 times a week for 8 weeks. The expression levels of APP, Tau and GSK-3β in hippocampus of all rats were inspected by real-time fluorescence quantitative RT-PCR.

Result: After 8- week aerobic treadmill exercise made the expressions of APP mRNA (42%, P<0.05), Tau mRNA (45%, P<0.01) and GSK-3β (38%, P<0.05) were down-regulated significantly in hippocampus of Dgal AD rats.

Conclusion: Eight- week aerobic treadmill training could made some inhibition effects on the expressions of APP and Tau mRNA in D-gal AD rats. The mechanisms might be related with the lower expression level of GSK-3β mRNA, which was down-regulated by 8 weeks aerobic treadmill exercise and would made some important regulation effects on the levels of APP and Tau protein expression.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1010-1015
Number of pages6
JournalChinese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume29
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Amyloid precursor protein
  • Glycogen synthase kinase-3β
  • Tau protein
  • Treadmill exercise

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