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Record W4415545551 · doi:10.1038/s41380-025-03317-1

Rapid antidepressant effect of single-bout exercise is mediated by adiponectin-induced APPL1 nucleus translocation in anterior cingulate cortex

2025· article· en· W4415545551 on OpenAlexfundno aff
Tong Cheng, Formolo Douglas Affonso, Jiasui Yu, Yunxiao Zhong, Zonghao Ma, Fernanda D’Oliveira Guimarães da Silveira, Li Zhang, Kenneth K.Y. Cheng, Georg S. Kranz, Kangguang Lin, Gang Chen, Parco M. Siu, Jung Sun Yoo, Cora Sau Wan Lai, Aimin Xu, Kwok‐Fai So, Suk‐Yu Yau

Bibliographic record

VenueMolecular Psychiatry · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicAdipose Tissue and Metabolism
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaManitoba Health Research Council
KeywordsGlutamatergicAntidepressantBehavioural despair testAnterior cingulate cortexPremovement neuronal activityHippocampusTranylcypromine

Abstract

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Emerging evidence suggests that a single bout of physical exercise can induce rapid antidepressant effects, yet the underlying neural mechanisms remain largely unknown. We established a mouse model designed to mimic the mood-elevating effects of acute exercise observed in humans. We found that this rapid antidepressant response in exercised mice correlated with increased brain levels of adiponectin, an adipocyte-secreted hormone. Using whole-brain c-Fos mapping, immunofluorescence staining of glutamatergic neurons using the marker CaMKII, and in vivo calcium imaging, we identified ACC glutamatergic neurons that were rapidly activated by single-bout physical exercise. Chemogenetic manipulation of these neurons modulated the rapid antidepressant effects of exercise. Genetic manipulations demonstrated that the global knockout of adiponectin or the selective deletion of its receptor, AdipoR1, in ACC-glutamatergic neurons abolished both neural activation and the rapid antidepressant response. Mechanistically, acute exercise upregulated adiponectin, activating AdipoR1 and promoting nuclear translocation of APPL1 in ACC-glutamatergic neurons. This molecular cascade enhanced the epigenetic regulation of synaptic protein expression and spinogenesis, culminating in a rapid antidepressant response. These findings not only elucidate a novel role for APPL1 nuclear translocation in mediating the antidepressant effects of acute exercise but also identify AdipoR1 as a potential therapeutic target for developing rapid-acting antidepressant interventions.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.001
Threshold uncertainty score0.004

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.006
GPT teacher head0.257
Teacher spread0.251 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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Published2025
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