RESUMO
The aims of this work were to evaluate the effects of the deficient ingestion of protein and vitamin B on the biochemical and hematologic parameters and on the NADH- and NADPH-diaphorase positive myenteric neurons. The control animals (n=10) received commercial chow and the experimental rats (n=10) received chow with protein level reduced to 8 percent during 120 days. At the time of killing blood was collected for assessment of the blood and hematologic parameters and the ascending colon for quantitative analysis of the neurons of the myenteric plexus. It was observed that the reduction of the protein level to 8 percent coupled to the reduction of the levels of vitamin B in adult rats neither led to qualitative or quantitative changes on red or white blood cells, nor decreased globulin levels, induced the formation of edema or gave rise to clinical signs typical of protein or vitamin B deficiency. On the other hand, the experimental protocol led to less weight gain, change on the body composition with fat deposition; decrease of the values of serum total protein and albumin; reduction of the area of colon and density of nitrergic and NADH-diaphorase myenteric neurons inferior to the expected
Assuntos
Animais , Masculino , Ratos , Células Sanguíneas/metabolismo , Colo/inervação , Plexo Mientérico/metabolismo , Deficiência de Proteína/metabolismo , Deficiência de Vitaminas do Complexo B/metabolismo , Células Sanguíneas/química , Di-Hidrolipoamida Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Plexo Mientérico/química , Plexo Mientérico/enzimologia , NADPH Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Deficiência de Proteína/sangue , Ratos Wistar , Deficiência de Vitaminas do Complexo B/sangueRESUMO
Urine samples, collected from Sprague Dawley rats treated with extracts of tobacco/masheri, benzo (a) pyrene, N'-nitrosonornicotine, N'-nitrosodiethylamine and maintained on semi-synthetic diets sufficient or deficient in Vitamin A, B and protein were tested for mutagenicity using Salmonella/microsome assay. The mutagenic activity of urine or various treated groups was in the order deficient diet greater than standard laboratory diet greater than nutritionally sufficient diet. Present results confirmed the earlier observations that nutritionally deficient animals are likely to have more exposure to mutagenic metabolites that are generated by increased phase I enzymes and decreased detoxification system.