ABSTRACT
Cessation of long-term alcohol exposure is reported to enhance rat hepatocarcinogenesis. The purpose of the present study was to assess this possibility using glutathione-S transferase placental form (GST-P) positive foci as end point lesions. All rats were treated with a single i.p. injection of diethylnitrosamine (DEN) (200 mg/kg body weight) and then given a MF pellet diet for 2 weeks. Thereafter, the animals were maintained on: alcohol liquid diet in which 36% of total calories were provided by alcohol (5% Al diet) for 6 weeks (group 1); control liquid diet (C diet) for 6 weeks (group 2); 5% Al diet for 6 weeks and subsequently C diet for 4 weeks (group 3); 5% Al diet for 10 weeks (group 4); or C diet for 10 weeks (group 5). All rats were subjected to two thirds partial hepatectomy at 3 weeks after DEN injection. The number and area of GST-P positive foci per cm2 of liver tissue were slightly increased in group 1 compared to the group 2 and significantly elevated in the group 4 compared to group 5. However, numbers in group 3 were significantly lower in group 4 and similar to the group 5 values. PCNA positive cells in the GST-P positive foci in the group 1 and group 4 were significantly increased as compared with respective controls (groups 2 and 5, respectively), while indices in the group 3 were again similar to values for group 5. Cessation of short-term alcohol administration thus had no promoting effects on development of GST-P foci, suggesting that the duration of alcohol treatment may be important. The results also imply the existence of a cumulative exposure time or dose threshold for alcohol if promoting effects of cessation are to be seen on rat hepatocarcinogenesis.
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Alcohols/adverse effects , Animals , Biopsy, Needle , Diethylnitrosamine , Glutathione Transferase/metabolism , Immunohistochemistry , Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology , Male , Random Allocation , Rats , Rats, Inbred F344 , Reference Values , Sensitivity and Specificity , Substance Withdrawal Syndrome/pathologyABSTRACT
El comportamiento de fases en un sistema surfactante-agua-aceite se afecta por las llamadas variables de formulación, por ejemplo, por la naturaleza de los componentes o su ambiente fisicoquímico. Una de estas variables es la presencia del tipo y concentración de alcohol en el sistema. Para estudiar este efecto se realizaron barridos de formulación variando el número de óxido de etileno (EON) del sistema, por medio de la mezcla de un surfactante lipofílico con otro hidrofílico con el fin de hallar el sistema de máxima solubilidad (Winsor III óptimo) e incorporar en este sistema los alcoholes a diferentes concentraciones para observar el cambio de transición. El reparto se determinó por cromatografía líquida de alta resolución (HPLC). La adición de alcoholes lineales lipofílicos a estos sistemas proporciona mayor polaridad a la fase oleica y por ende mayor fraccionamiento hacia la misma. Se encontró que si la cadena alquílica del co-surfactante está por encima de un número de átomos de carbono promedio del alcohol (ACAN, acrónimo del inglés alcohol carbon atom number) igual a 4,5 el 50 por ciento del fraccionamiento no se ve afectado por el incremento de la concentración ni por el tipo de alcohol lipofílico.
Phase behavior in surfactant-water-oil systems is affected by the so-called formulation variables, for example, thenature of the components or their physiochemical environment. One of these variables is the presence of the type and concentration of the alcohol in the systems. The formulation scan varying the ethylene oxide number (EON) of the system were carried out, by means of the mixture of a lypophilic surfactant with another hydrophylic with the purpose of finding the maximum solubility system (Winsor III optimum) and to incorporate in this system the different alcohols with different concentrations to observe the transition change. The partititon coefficient was determined by high performance liquid cromatografic (HPLC). The addition of lineal lipophilics alcohols to these systems provides more polarity to the oil phase in consequence more fractionation towards it same one. It was found that if the alkyl chain of the co-surfactant is above an ACAN (alcohol atom carbon number) equal to 4,5 the 50 percent of fractionation is not affected by the increment of the concentration neither for the type of alcohol.
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Oils/analysis , Oils/chemistry , Surface-Active Agents/analysis , Surface-Active Agents/chemistry , Alcohols/analysis , Alcohols/adverse effects , Alcohols/chemistry , ChemistryABSTRACT
Neste estudo aplicamos o questionário CAGE a 432 pacientes internados num hospital geral universitário, no dia de sua internaçäo. No período de 24 a 32 horas após a internaçäo, os pacientes com este CAGE positivo e seus controles pareados CAGE negativos foram submetidos a um exame psiquiátrico para avaliaçäo de sintomas sugestivos de síndrome de abstinência, preenchendo-se a escala CIWA-A. Os resultados sugerem uma pequena especificidade do questionário CAGE para síndrome de abstinência grave; porém, este instrumento mostrou-se eficaz na detecçäo de pacientes com síndrome de grau leve