The improvement effect and metabolic mechanism of physical activity intervention on depression in college students
YAO Chong1, ZHAO Shanguang2, MAO Zhihong3, HUI Qi1, QIANG Jiahao2,MA Qiang2, WANG Baoping2, YAN Junhu4, CHI Aiping2*
(1 School of Psychology, 2 School of Physical Education,3 Psychological Counseling Center of Student Affairs Office,4 University Hospital, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi′an 710119, Shaanxi, China)
Abstract:
In order to explore the effect of different levels of physical activity on college students′ depression and the corresponding metabolic mechanism, Beck depression inventory (BDI) and selfrating depression scale (SDS) were used to screen out the students with depression. 18 weeks of high physical activity intervention were carried out and urine samples were collected from the subjects.The differential metabolite detection and related metabolic pathway analysis were performed on the samples by liquidphase mass spectrometry (LCMS) and MetPA database. The results showed that physical activity intervention group had a significant improvement on the depressive symptoms.The depression group screened 15 differential metabolites (4↑11↓), involving 5 metabolic pathways (ubiquinone biosynthesis, glycineserinethreonine metabolic, tyrosine metabolism, pyrimidine metabolism and steroid hormone biosynthesis).After intervention with high physical activity, 33 differential metabolites (19↑14↓) were screened, involving 8 metabolic pathways (ubiquinone biosynthesis, tyrosine metabolism, pyrimidine metabolism, tryptophan metabolism, alanineaspartateglutamate metabolism, histidine metabolism, arginineproline metabolism and glutamineglutamate metabolism).The high level of physical activity has a significant improvement on the depressive symptoms of college students.Its metabolic mechanism is related to the improvement of three pathways: ubiquinone biosynthesis, tyrosine metabolism and pyrimidine metabolism under longterm high physical activity intervention.
KeyWords:
depression; physical activity; metabonomics; undergraduate