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Exercise prevents obesity-induced cognitive decline and white matter damage in mice.

ABSTRACT: Obesity in the western world has reached epidemic proportions, and yet the long-term effects on brain health are not well understood. To address this, we performed transcriptional profiling of brain regions from a mouse model of western diet (WD)-induced obesity. Both the cortex and hippocampus from C57BL/6J (B6) mice fed either a WD or a control diet from 2 months of age to 12 months of age (equivalent to midlife in a human population) were profiled. Gene set enrichment analyses predicted that genes involved in myelin generation, inflammation, and cerebrovascular health were differentially expressed in brains from WD-fed compared to control diet-fed mice. White matter damage and cerebrovascular decline were evident in brains from WD-fed mice using immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. At the cellular level, the WD caused an increase in the numbers of oligodendrocytes and myeloid cells suggesting that a WD is perturbing myelin turnover. Encouragingly, cerebrovascular damage and white matter damage were prevented by exercising WD-fed mice despite mice still gaining a significant amount of weight. Collectively, these data show that chronic consumption of a WD in B6 mice causes obesity, neuroinflammation, and cerebrovascular and white matter damage, but these potentially damaging effects can be prevented by modifiable risk factors such as exercise.

SUBMITTER: Graham LC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7846054 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exercise prevents obesity-induced cognitive decline and white matter damage in mice.

Graham Leah C LC Grabowska Weronika A WA Chun Yoona Y Risacher Shannon L SL Philip Vivek M VM Saykin Andrew J AJ Sukoff Rizzo Stacey J SJ Howell Gareth R GR

Neurobiology of aging 20190503

Obesity in the western world has reached epidemic proportions, and yet the long-term effects on brain health are not well understood. To address this, we performed transcriptional profiling of brain regions from a mouse model of western diet (WD)-induced obesity. Both the cortex and hippocampus from C57BL/6J (B6) mice fed either a WD or a control diet from 2 months of age to 12 months of age (equivalent to midlife in a human population) were profiled. Gene set enrichment analyses predicted that ...[more]

PMID: 31170535

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Exercise prevents obesity-induced cognitive decline and white matter damage in mice.

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Exercise prevents obesity-induced cognitive decline and white matter damage in mice.

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