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Optimization of visibility and quantification of aberrant crypt foci in colonic mucosa in Wistar rats / Otimização da visibilidade e quantificação de focos de criptas aberrantes em mucosa cólica de ratos Wistar
Burlamaqui, Idália Maria Brasil; Dornelas, Conceição Aparecida; Escalante, Rodrigo Dornenfeld; Mota, Daniel Magalhães Coutinho; Mesquita, Francisco José Cabral; Carvalho, Eduardo Rebouças; Veras, Lara Burlamaqui; Rodrigues, Lusmar Veras.
  • Burlamaqui, Idália Maria Brasil; UFC. Postgraduate Program in Surgery. BR
  • Dornelas, Conceição Aparecida; UFC. Postgraduate Program in Surgery. BR
  • Escalante, Rodrigo Dornenfeld; UNIFOR. BR
  • Mota, Daniel Magalhães Coutinho; UFC. School of Medicine. BR
  • Mesquita, Francisco José Cabral; UFC. School of Medicine. BR
  • Carvalho, Eduardo Rebouças; UFC. School of Medicine. BR
  • Veras, Lara Burlamaqui; FMJ. School of Medicine. BR
  • Rodrigues, Lusmar Veras; UFC. Department of Surgery. BR
Acta cir. bras ; 25(2): 148-152, Mar.-Apr. 2010. ilus, graf, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-540490
ABSTRACT

Purpose:

Test immersion of microscopy samples in water as an aid to visualizing and quantifying aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in rat colon mucosa.

Methods:

Carcinogenesis was induced with azoxymethane in Wistar rats kept on a conventional diet or a hypercaloric diet containing unsaturated fat. Fifteen weeks after induction, colon samples were retrieved and fixated in a 10 percent formaldehyde solution. The samples were divided into segments (distal, middle, proximal) and stained with 1 percent toluidine blue. The technique tested in the study consisted of immersing microscopy samples in distilled water in order to eliminate the problem of light reflection known from conventional microscopy.

Results:

When samples were immersed in water during microscopy, significantly more ACF could be visualized in all colon segments than with the conventional method proposed by Bird.

Conclusion:

Immersing microscopy samples in water aids the visualization and quantification of aberrant crypt foci in rat colon mucosa fixed in formaldehyde.
RESUMO

Objetivo:

Otimizar a visibilização de focos de criptas aberrantes (FCA) em mucosa cólica de ratos Wistar.

Métodos:

Colo de rato Wistar, sob diferentes dietas e submetidos a iniciação de carcinogênese pelo azoximetano há 4 meses, foram previamente lavados, abertos e fixados em solução de formalina a 10 por cento por 24 horas. Após serem corados em azul de toluidina a 1 por cento, foram divididos em segmentos distal, médio e proximal e imersos em água destilada para quantificação de FCA.

Resultados:

No método de imersão foi visibilizado maior quantidade de focos de criptas aberrantes em todos os segmentos cólicos, com diferença significante, quando comparado com o método de Bird.

Conclusão:

O método de imersão otimiza a visibilização e quantificação de focos de criptas aberrantes em mucosa cólica (ratos Wistar) fixada em solução de formalina a 10 por cento.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Colorectal Neoplasms / Aberrant Crypt Foci / Intestinal Mucosa Limits: Animals Language: English Journal: Acta cir. bras Journal subject: General Surgery / Procedimentos Cir£rgicos Operat¢rios Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: FMJ/BR / UFC/BR / UNIFOR/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Colorectal Neoplasms / Aberrant Crypt Foci / Intestinal Mucosa Limits: Animals Language: English Journal: Acta cir. bras Journal subject: General Surgery / Procedimentos Cir£rgicos Operat¢rios Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: FMJ/BR / UFC/BR / UNIFOR/BR