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Sex- and Neuropsychiatric-Dependent Circadian Alterations in Daily Voluntary Physical Activity Engagement and Patterns in Aged 3xTg-AD Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232213671. [PMID: 36430150 PMCID: PMC9696337 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232213671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients suffer from circadian rhythm alterations affecting their daily physical activity patterns with less willingness to perform a voluntary exercise. In preclinical studies, there is no clarity on whether animal models of AD can replicate these impairments. Here, we provide a proof of concept of the performance and behavioral effects of four weeks of voluntary wheel running (VWR) in a group of 14-month-old male and female 3xTg-AD mice at advanced stages of AD and the daily variance (behavioral circadian rhythmicity) of VWR associated with sex and their neuropsychiatric-like phenotype. Higher levels of horizontal exploration in the open field (OF) test were found in mice submitted to exercise. A linear mixed effect model showed significant sex-dependent differences in the VWR activity performed on the first night of follow-up, with high-NIBI males running less than high-NIBI females. Thus, an influence of NPS-like symptoms on the circadian patterns of VWR may account for such differences. In addition, males remained more active than females during diurnal periods. We hypothesize that this increment in energy expenditure during resting periods may be related to hyperactive behavior, similar to that observed in humans' exacerbated agitation or sundowning behavior. These findings support the usage of the 3xTg-AD mouse as a reliable model for studying circadian rhythm alterations in AD and, at the translational level, the importance of tailored and individualized physical activity programs in clinical settings.
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Cadney MD, Hiramatsu L, Thompson Z, Zhao M, Kay JC, Singleton JM, Albuquerque RLD, Schmill MP, Saltzman W, Garland T. Effects of early-life exposure to Western diet and voluntary exercise on adult activity levels, exercise physiology, and associated traits in selectively bred High Runner mice. Physiol Behav 2021; 234:113389. [PMID: 33741375 PMCID: PMC8106885 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Exercise behavior is under partial genetic control, but it is also affected by numerous environmental factors, potentially including early-life experiences whose effects persist into adulthood. We studied genetic and early-life environmental effects on wheel-running behavior in a mouse model that includes four replicate high runner (HR) lines selectively bred for increased voluntary wheel running as young adults and four non-selected control (C) lines. In a full factorial design, mice from each line were granted wheel access or not and administered either standard or Western diet (WD) from weaning (3 weeks old) to 6 weeks of age (sexual maturity). In addition to acute effects, after a washout period of 8 weeks (∼6 human years) in which all mice had standard diet and no wheel access, we found both beneficial and detrimental effects of these early-life exposures. During the first week of treatments, WD increased distance run by 29% in C mice and 48% in HR mice (significant Diet × Linetype interaction), but diet effects disappeared by the third week. Across the three weeks of juvenile treatment, WD significantly increased fat mass (with lean mass as a covariate). Tested as adults, early-life exercise increased wheel running of C mice but not HR mice in the first week. Early-life exercise also reduced adult anxiety-like behavior and increased adult fasted blood glucose levels, triceps surae mass, subdermal fat pad mass, and brain mass, but decreased heart ventricle mass. Using fat mass as a covariate, early-life exercise treatment increased adult leptin concentration. In contrast, early-life WD increased adult wheel running of HR mice but not C mice. Early-life WD also increased adult lean mass and adult preference for Western diet in all groups. Surprisingly, early-life treatment had no significant effect on adult body fat or maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max). No previous study has tested for combined or interactive effects of early-life WD and exercise. Our results demonstrate that both factors can have long-lasting effects on adult voluntary exercise and related phenotypes, and that these effects are modulated by genetic background. Overall, the long-lasting effects of early-life exercise were more pervasive than those of WD, suggesting critical opportunities for health intervention in childhood habits, as well as possible threats from modern challenges. These results may be relevant for understanding potential effects of activity reductions and dietary changes associated with the obesity epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marcell D Cadney
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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A comparison of two types of running wheel in terms of mouse preference, health, and welfare. Physiol Behav 2018; 191:82-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Hiramatsu L, Garland T. Mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel-running behavior conserve more fat despite increased exercise. Physiol Behav 2018; 194:1-8. [PMID: 29680707 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Physical activity is an important component of energy expenditure, and acute changes in activity can lead to energy imbalances that affect body composition, even under ad libitum food availability. One example of acute increases in physical activity is four replicate, selectively-bred High Runner (HR) lines of mice that voluntarily run ~3-fold more wheel revolutions per day over 6-day trials and are leaner, as compared with four non-selected control (C) lines. We expected that voluntary exercise would increase food consumption, build lean mass, and reduce fat mass, but that these effects would likely differ between HR and C lines or between the sexes. We compared wheel running, cage activity, food consumption, and body composition between HR and C lines for young adults of both sexes, and examined interrelationships of those traits across 6 days of wheel access. Before wheel testing, HR mice weighed less than C, primarily due to reduced lean mass, and females were lighter than males, entirely due to lower lean mass. Over 6 days of wheel access, all groups tended to gain small amounts of lean mass, but lose fat mass. HR mice lost less fat than C mice, in spite of much higher activity levels, resulting in convergence to a fat mass of ~1.7 g for all 4 groups. HR mice consumed more food than C mice (with body mass as a covariate), even accounting for their higher activity levels. No significant sex-by-linetype interactions were observed for any of the foregoing traits. Structural equation models showed that the four sex-by-linetype groups differed considerably in the complex phenotypic architecture of these traits. Interrelationships among traits differed by genetic background and sex, lending support to the idea that recommendations regarding weight management, diet, and exercise may need to be tailored to the individual level.
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- Layla Hiramatsu
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Renner M, Feng R, Springer D, Chen MK, Ntamack A, Espina A, Saligan LN. A murine model of peripheral irradiation-induced fatigue. Behav Brain Res 2016; 307:218-26. [PMID: 27012391 PMCID: PMC4853268 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE Fatigue is the most ubiquitous side effect of cancer treatment, but its etiology remains elusive. Further investigations into cancer-related fatigue pathobiology necessitate the expanded use of animal models. This study describes the development of a murine model of radiation-induced fatigue. METHODS Voluntary wheel running activity measured fatigue in 5-8 week-old, male C57BL/6 mice before and after γ irradiation totaling 2400cGy (3 consecutive days×800cGy daily fractionated doses) to the lower abdominal areas. Three trials confirmed fatigue behavior at this dose. Anhedonia, body weight, and hemoglobin were also measured. Gastrointestinal, skeletal muscle, and bone marrow tissue samples were evaluated for signs of damage. RESULTS In two validation trials, irradiated mice (trial 1, n=8; trial 2, n=8) covered less cumulative distance in kilometers post-irradiation (trial 1, mean=115.3±12.3; trial 2, mean=113.6±21.8) than sham controls (trial 1, n=5, mean=126.3±5.7, p=0.05; trial 2, n=8, mean=140.9±25.4, p=0.02). Decreased mean daily running distance and speed were observed during the last four hours of the dark cycle in irradiated mice compared to controls for two weeks post-irradiation. There were no differences in saccharin preference or hemoglobin levels between groups, no effect of changes in body weight or hemoglobin on wheel running distance, additionally, histology showed no damage to muscle, bone marrow, or gastrointestinal integrity, with the latter confirmed by ELISA. CONCLUSION We characterized a novel mouse model of fatigue caused by peripheral radiation and not associated with anemia, weight changes, or anhedonia. This model provides opportunities for detailed study of the mechanisms of radiation-induced fatigue.
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- Michael Renner
- National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- Murine Phenotyping Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, United States
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- National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States.
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Acosta W, Meek TH, Schutz H, Dlugosz EM, Vu KT, Garland T. Effects of early-onset voluntary exercise on adult physical activity and associated phenotypes in mice. Physiol Behav 2015; 149:279-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Revised: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Liu HL, Zhao G, Cai K, Zhao HH, Shi LD. Treadmill exercise prevents decline in spatial learning and memory in APP/PS1 transgenic mice through improvement of hippocampal long-term potentiation. Behav Brain Res 2011; 218:308-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Revised: 12/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Jung AP, Luthin DR. Wheel access does not attenuate weight gain in mice fed high-fat or high-CHO diets. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2010; 42:355-60. [PMID: 19927024 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181a6d88f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine the effect of a high-fat or high-carbohydrate diet and running wheel activity on body composition, body mass, and caloric intake in C57Bl/6 mice. METHODS At 4 wk of age, five groups of C57Bl/6 mice were housed individually. Two groups had running wheels, whereas the other three groups did not. Within the running wheel groups, FAT-W consumed a high-fat diet (60.3% fat) and CHO-W consumed a high-carbohydrate diet (70.4% carbohydrate). Within the nonrunning groups, FAT consumed the high-fat diet, CHO consumed the high-carbohydrate diet, and the fifth group consumed standard chow. All groups consumed food ad libitum and were exposed to their respective conditions for 12 wk. Wheel activity, food consumption, body mass (BM), and percentage of body fat (%BF) were recorded. RESULTS There was no significant difference in %BF or BM at the end of 12 wk between FAT-W and FAT or between CHO-W and CHO (P > 0.05). %BF was significantly higher in both FAT-W (42.9% +/- 0.6%) and FAT (45.9% +/- 0.8%) compared with CHO-W (30.8% +/- 1.4%) or CHO (33.4% +/- 1.0%; P < 0.001). BM was significantly higher in both FAT-W (42.8 +/- 0.7 g) and FAT (44.7 +/- 1.2 g) compared with either CHO-W (32.8 +/- 1.6 g) or CHO (37.1 +/- 0.8; P < 0.01). There was no difference in wheel activity between FAT-W and CHO-W (P > 0.05). Daily caloric intake was higher in both FAT-W (17.0 +/- 0.8 kcal) and FAT (15.9 +/- 0.9 kcal) compared with that in CHO-W (13.9 +/- 0.7 kcal) and CHO (13.6 +/- 0.5 kcal; P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Access to a running wheel had no protective effect on BM or %BF in C57Bl/6 mice that consumed either a high-fat or a high-carbohydrate diet during a 12-wk period. Access to a running wheel did not affect caloric intake; however, average daily caloric intake was higher in mice on high-fat diets compared with that in mice on a high-carbohydrate diet.
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- Alan P Jung
- Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229, USA.
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Snyder JS, Glover LR, Sanzone KM, Kamhi JF, Cameron HA. The effects of exercise and stress on the survival and maturation of adult-generated granule cells. Hippocampus 2009; 19:898-906. [PMID: 19156854 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Stress strongly inhibits proliferation of granule cell precursors in the adult dentate gyrus, whereas voluntary running has the opposite effect. Few studies, however, have examined the possible effects of these environmental manipulations on the maturation and survival of young granule cells. We examined the number of surviving granule cells and the proportion of young neurons that were functionally mature, as defined by seizure-induced immediate-early gene (IEG) expression, in 14- and 21-day-old granule cells in mice that were given access to a running wheel, restrained daily for 2 h, or given no treatment during this period. Treatments began 2 days after BrdU injection, to isolate effects on survival from those on cell proliferation. We found a large increase in granule cell survival in running mice when compared with controls at both time points. In addition, running increased the proportion of granule cells expressing the IEG Arc in response to seizures, suggesting that it speeds incorporation into circuits, i.e., functional maturation. Stressed mice showed no change in Arc expression, compared with control animals, but, surprisingly, showed a transient increase in survival of 14-day-old granule cells, which was gone 7 days later. Examination of cell proliferation, using the endogenous mitotic marker PCNA showed an increase in cell proliferation after 12 days of running but not after 19 days of running. The number of proliferating cells was unchanged 24 h after the 12th or 19th episode of daily restraint stress. These findings demonstrate that running has strong effects on survival and maturation of young granule cells as well as their birth and that stress can have positive but short-lived effects on granule cell survival. Published 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Jason S Snyder
- Unit on Neuroplasticity, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Ozburn AR, Harris RA, Blednov YA. Wheel running, voluntary ethanol consumption, and hedonic substitution. Alcohol 2008; 42:417-24. [PMID: 18579336 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2007] [Revised: 04/21/2008] [Accepted: 04/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Few studies have examined the relationship between naturally rewarding behaviors and ethanol drinking behaviors in mice. Although natural and drug reinforcers activate similar brain circuitry, there is behavioral evidence suggesting food and drug rewards differ in perceived value. The primary goal of the present study was to investigate the relationships between naturally reinforcing stimuli and consumption of ethanol in ethanol preferring C57BL/6J mice. Mouse behaviors were observed after the following environmental manipulations: standard or enhanced environment, accessible or inaccessible wheel, and presence or absence of ethanol. Using a high-resolution volumetric drinking monitor and wheel running monitor, we evaluated whether alternating access to wheel running modified ethanol-related behaviors and whether alternating access to ethanol modified wheel running or subsequent ethanol-related behaviors. We found that ethanol consumption remains stable with alternating periods of wheel running. Wheel running increases in the absence of ethanol and decreases upon reintroduction of ethanol. Upon reintroduction of ethanol, an alcohol deprivation effect was seen. Collectively, the results support theories of hedonic substitution and suggest that female C57BL/6J mice express ethanol seeking and craving under these specific conditions.
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Wheel-running in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: Protection or symptom? Behav Brain Res 2008; 190:74-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2007] [Revised: 01/31/2008] [Accepted: 02/04/2008] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Pietropaolo S, Sun Y, Li R, Brana C, Feldon J, Yee BK. The impact of voluntary exercise on mental health in rodents: a neuroplasticity perspective. Behav Brain Res 2008; 192:42-60. [PMID: 18468702 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2007] [Revised: 03/06/2008] [Accepted: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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There is growing interest in the effects of voluntary wheel running activity on brain and behaviour in laboratory rodents and their implications to humans. Here, the major findings to date on the impact of exercise on mental health and diseases as well as the possible underlying neurobiological mechanisms are summarised. Several critical modulating factors on the neurobehavioural effects of wheel running exercise are emphasized and discussed--including the amount of wheel running, sex and strain/species differences. We also reported the outcome of an empirical investigation of the impact of wheel running exercise on the expression of both cognitive and non-cognitive phenotypes in a triple (3 x Tg-AD) transgenic mouse model for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Clear sex- and paradigm-specific effects of exercise on the genetically determined phenotypes are illustrated, including the efficacy of wheel running activity in attenuating the sex-specific cognitive deficits. It is concluded that the wheel running paradigm represents a unique environmental manipulation for the investigation of neurobehavioural plasticity in terms of gene-environment interactions relevant to the pathogenesis and therapies of certain neuropsychiatric conditions.
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- Susanna Pietropaolo
- Laboratory of Behavioural Neurobiology, ETH Zurich, Schorenstrasse 16, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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