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González-Franco DA, Pegueros-Maldonado R, Cruz-Quiroz AM, Serafín N, Bello-Medina PC, Prado-Alcalá RA, Quirarte GL. Intense inhibitory avoidance training increases nuclear-phosphorylated glucocorticoid receptors in neurons of CA1 of hippocampus and ventral caudate putamen. Brain Res 2023; 1808:148316. [PMID: 36906227 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
Abstract
Corticosterone (CORT), the principal glucocorticoid in rodents, is released after stressful experiences such as training with high foot-shock intensities in the inhibitory avoidance task (IA). CORT reaches the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) located in almost all brain cells; the GR is subsequently phosphorylated at serine 232 (pGRser232). This has been reported as an indicator of ligand-dependent activation of the GR, as well as a requirement for its translocation into the nucleus for its transcription factor activity. The GR is present in the hippocampus with a high concentration in CA1 and dentate gyrus (DG), and a smaller proportion in CA3, and sparsely present in the caudate putamen (CPu); both structures are involved in memory consolidation of IA. To study the participation of CORT in IA, we quantified the ratio of pGR-positive neurons in both dorsal hippocampus (CA1, CA3 and DG) and dorsal and ventral regions of CPu of rats trained in IA, using different foot-shock intensities. Brains were dissected 60 min after training for immunodetection of pGRser232 positive cells. The results show that the groups trained with 1.0 and 2.0 mA had higher retention latencies than the 0.0 mA or 0.5 mA groups. An increase in the ratio of pGR-positive neurons was found in CA1 and ventral region of CPu only for the 2.0 mA trained group. These findings suggest that activation of GRs in CA1 and ventral CPu is involved in the consolidation of a stronger memory of IA, possibly through the modulation of gene expression.
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- Diego A González-Franco
- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla. C.P. 76230, Querétaro, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla. C.P. 76230, Querétaro, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla. C.P. 76230, Querétaro, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla. C.P. 76230, Querétaro, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla. C.P. 76230, Querétaro, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla. C.P. 76230, Querétaro, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla. C.P. 76230, Querétaro, México.
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Ruiz-López CX, Medina AC, Bello-Medina PC, Quirarte GL, Prado-Alcalá RA. Recruitment of neurons in basolateral amygdala after intense training produces a stronger memory trace. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2021; 181:107428. [PMID: 33798697 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Typical amnestic treatments are ineffective when administered to subjects trained in aversively-motivated tasks using relatively high foot-shock intensities. This effect has been found when treatments that disrupt neuronal activity are administered to different regions of the brain, including the amygdala. However, the molecular mechanisms induced by this intense training are unknown. We made a detailed mapping of c-Fos-expressing neurons in four regions of the amygdala after moderate and intense one-trial inhibitory avoidance training. Rats were sacrificed 90 min after training or after appropriate control procedures, and their brains were prepared for immunohistochemical c-Fos protein detection in the central, lateral, and in the anterior and posterior parts of the basolateral amygdaloid nucleus. We found a high percentage of neurons expressing c-Fos in the anterior part of the basolateral nucleus after moderate training, and this percentage increased further after intense training. Moderate and intense training did not induce changes in c-Fos expression in the other explored amygdaloid regions. These results show that inhibitory avoidance training produces a localized expression of c-Fos in the basolateral anterior nucleus of the amygdala, which is dependent upon the intensity of training, and indicate that synaptic plastic changes in this region may be required for the formation of memory of moderate and intense aversive learning.
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- C X Ruiz-López
- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro 76230, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro 76230, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Qro. 76230, Mexico; División de Ciencias de Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Lerma, Estado de México 52005, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro 76230, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro 76230, Mexico.
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Skovgaard C, Christiansen D, Christensen PM, Almquist NW, Thomassen M, Bangsbo J. Effect of speed endurance training and reduced training volume on running economy and single muscle fiber adaptations in trained runners. Physiol Rep 2018; 6:e13601. [PMID: 29417745 PMCID: PMC5803184 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 01/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to examine whether improved running economy with a period of speed endurance training and reduced training volume could be related to adaptations in specific muscle fibers. Twenty trained male (n = 14) and female (n = 6) runners (maximum oxygen consumption (VO2 -max): 56.4 ± 4.6 mL/min/kg) completed a 40-day intervention with 10 sessions of speed endurance training (5-10 × 30-sec maximal running) and a reduced (36%) volume of training. Before and after the intervention, a muscle biopsy was obtained at rest, and an incremental running test to exhaustion was performed. In addition, running at 60% vVO2 -max, and a 10-km run was performed in a normal and a muscle slow twitch (ST) glycogen-depleted condition. After compared to before the intervention, expression of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) was lower (P < 0.05) and dystrophin was higher (P < 0.05) in ST muscle fibers, and sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 1 (SERCA1) was lower (P < 0.05) in fast twitch muscle fibers. Running economy at 60% vVO2 -max (11.6 ± 0.2 km/h) and at v10-km (13.7 ± 0.3 km/h) was ~2% better (P < 0.05) after the intervention in the normal condition, but unchanged in the ST glycogen-depleted condition. Ten kilometer performance was improved (P < 0.01) by 3.2% (43.7 ± 1.0 vs. 45.2 ± 1.2 min) and 3.9% (45.8 ± 1.2 vs. 47.7 ± 1.3 min) in the normal and the ST glycogen-depleted condition, respectively. VO2 -max was the same, but vVO2 -max was 2.0% higher (P < 0.05; 19.3 ± 0.3 vs. 18.9 ± 0.3 km/h) after than before the intervention. Thus, improved running economy with intense training may be related to changes in expression of proteins linked to energy consuming processes in primarily ST muscle fibers.
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- Casper Skovgaard
- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and SportsSection of Integrative PhysiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- Team Danmark (Danish Elite Sports Organization)CopenhagenDenmark
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- Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL)Victoria UniversityMelbourneAustralia
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and SportsSection of Integrative PhysiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- Team Danmark (Danish Elite Sports Organization)CopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and SportsSection of Integrative PhysiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and SportsSection of Integrative PhysiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and SportsSection of Integrative PhysiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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Maïmoun L, Paris F, Coste O, Sultan C. [Intensive training and menstrual disorders in young female: Impact on bone mass]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 44:659-663. [PMID: 27751748 DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Participation in recreational physical activity is widely acknowledged to provide significant health benefits. Conversely, intense training imposes several constraints, such as intermittent or chronic metabolic and psychogenic training stressors and maintenance of very low body fat to maximize performance. Adolescent and adult athletic women are therefore at risk of overtraining and/or poor dietary intake, which may have several consequences for endocrine function particularly on hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Female athletes, particularly those participating in sports needing leanness or low body weight, present a high prevalence of menstrual disorders with clinical manifestations ranging from delayed menarche, oligomenorrhea to primary and secondary amenorrhea. A high degree of variability according to the type of sport and the intensity of the practice is however observed. Exercise-related reproductive dysfunction may have some consequences for growth velocity and peak bone mass acquisition during adolescence and bone pathologies in adults. Recent findings highlight the endocrine role of adipose tissue and energy balance in the regulation of homeostasis and reproductive function. A better understanding of the mechanisms whereby intense training affects the endocrine systems may orient research to develop innovative strategies probably based on individualized nutritional approach to improve the medical care of these female athletes and protect their reproductive function.
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- L Maïmoun
- Service de médecine nucléaire, hôpital Lapeyronie, université de Montpellier 1 (UM1), CHRU de Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France; PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Inserm U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
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- Unité d'endocrinologie et gynécologie pédiatrique, département de pédiatrie, hôpital A.-de-Villeneuve, UMI, CHRU de Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- Direction régionale de la jeunesse, des sports et de la cohésion sociale Languedoc Roussillon/Midi-Pyrénées, France
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- Unité d'endocrinologie et gynécologie pédiatrique, département de pédiatrie, hôpital A.-de-Villeneuve, UMI, CHRU de Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
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Roupas ND, Maïmoun L, Mamali I, Coste O, Tsouka A, Mahadea KK, Mura T, Philibert P, Gaspari L, Mariano-Goulart D, Leglise M, Sultan C, Georgopoulos NA. Salivary adiponectin levels are associated with training intensity but not with bone mass or reproductive function in elite Rhythmic Gymnasts. Peptides 2014; 51:80-5. [PMID: 24240086 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2013.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Revised: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Elite Rhythmic Gymnasts (RGs) constitute a unique metabolic model and they are prone to developing Anorexia Athletica. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of training intensity on salivary adiponectin levels and assess a possible role of salivary adiponectin levels as a predictive factor of reproductive dysfunction and bone mass acquisition in elite RGs. The study included 80 elite female RGs participating in the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship tournament held in Montpellier, France on September 2011. Anthropometric values were assessed, training data and menstrual pattern were recorded, bone mass was measured with Broadband ultrasound attenuation (dB/Mhz) and baseline salivary adiponectin levels were determined. The athletes were classified as intensely and very intensely trained, considering the mean training intensity (40.84h/week). Moreover, considering their reproductive status, they were divided into RG's with normal menstruation, primary amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea. All comparisons were adjusted to age, BMI and body fat percentage differences. Very intensely trained RGs showed higher salivary adiponectin levels (p=0.05). Moreover, salivary adiponectin levels showed significant correlation with training intensity (r=0.409, p=0.003). On the other hand, no association of salivary adiponectin levels was documented with either reproductive function or bone mass acquisition. The results of the present study suggest that, in elite RGs, salivary adiponectin levels are associated with the intensity of training, possibly reflecting the deterioration of energy balance rather than the training stress. On the other hand, a predictive role of salivary adiponectin levels in reproductive dysfunction or bone mass acquisition could not be supported.
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- Nikolaos D Roupas
- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Patras Medical School, University Hospital, Patras, Greece
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- Département d'Hormonologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHRU Montpellier et UMI, Montpellier, France; Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHRU Montpellier, France; Physiologie et Médecine Expérimentale du Cœur et des Muscles, INSERM U1046, Montpellier, France
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- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Patras Medical School, University Hospital, Patras, Greece
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- Département d'Hormonologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHRU Montpellier et UMI, Montpellier, France; Direction Régionale de la Jeunesse, des Sports et de la Cohésion Sociale, Montpellier, France
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- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Patras Medical School, University Hospital, Patras, Greece
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Département d'Information Médicale, CHRU Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1001, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- Département d'Hormonologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHRU Montpellier et UMI, Montpellier, France
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- Département d'Hormonologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHRU Montpellier et UMI, Montpellier, France; Direction Régionale de la Jeunesse, des Sports et de la Cohésion Sociale, Montpellier, France; Unité d'Endocrinologie et Gynécologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital A. de Villeneuve, CHRU Montpellier et UMI, Montpellier, France
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- Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) Medical Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Département d'Hormonologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHRU Montpellier et UMI, Montpellier, France; Unité d'Endocrinologie et Gynécologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital A. de Villeneuve, CHRU Montpellier et UMI, Montpellier, France
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- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Patras Medical School, University Hospital, Patras, Greece; Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) Medical Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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