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Effect of Lamivudine on the Rat Pregnancy Outcome / Efecto de la Lamivudina en la Rata Preñada
Pontes, Rosana Dorsa Vieira; Amed, Abês Mamed; Simões, Manuel Jesus; Oliveira-Filho, Ricardo Martins; Simões, Ricardo Santos; Kulay Jr, Luiz.
  • Pontes, Rosana Dorsa Vieira; Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine. Department of Obstetrics. São Paulo. BR
  • Amed, Abês Mamed; Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine. Department of Obstetrics. São Paulo. BR
  • Simões, Manuel Jesus; Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine. Department of Morphology. São Paulo. BR
  • Oliveira-Filho, Ricardo Martins; University of São Paulo. Institute of Biomedical Sciences. Department of Pharmacology. São Paulo. BR
  • Simões, Ricardo Santos; Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine. Department of Obstetrics. São Paulo. BR
  • Kulay Jr, Luiz; Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine. Department of Obstetrics. São Paulo. BR
Int. j. morphol ; 23(3): 205-208, 2005. ilus
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-626780
ABSTRACT
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is in growing incidence throughout the world. Due to the increasing proportion of affected women in reproductive years, the association of pregnancy with HIV infection becomes a matter of major Public Health concern. Antiretroviral drug administration turned out to be imperative during pregnancy in order to prevent the vertical transmission; accordingly, new antiretroviral drugs and anti-HIV drug associations have been tested in experimental pregnancy models before they are approved to be included in protocols for use during human pregnancy. Lamivudine is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor currently used in association with other antiretrovirals. Since no data exist on the perinatal safety of lamivudine alone, as it is used in combination with other antiretroviral agents, and, until now, only preliminary data on the lamivudine-zidovudine combination were available, we decided to examine the gross maternal and fetal effects of lamivudine administered alone during the entire period of rat pregnancy. Forty pregnant animals were assigned at random to 4 groups (G1, G2, G3 and G4). G1 received drug vehicle; G2, G3 and G4 received daily oral doses of 5, 15 or 45 mg/kg of lamivudine, respectively. Rats were weighed on days 0, 7, 14 and 20 of pregnancy. On day 20 they were killed, their fetuses and placentas counted and weighed. The body weight gain of the rats was that normally expected for the gestation progression; no differences were noticed among the groups. In addition, no effects were observed regarding the fetal or placental number and weight, nor in the number of implantations, reabsortions, fetal or maternal deaths. In conclusion, the adverse effects reported for the lamivudine-zidovudine combination therapy may well be not due to lamivudine; further research involving a variety of strategies is needed to definitively ascertain the safety of that combination for preventing maternal-infant ...
RESUMEN
La infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (HIV) presenta incidencia creciente en todo el mundo. Debido al aumento en la proporción de mujeres afectadas en sus años reproductivos, el binomio embarazo/infección con HIV constituyen un tema preocupante en Salud Pública. Por esto que, la administración de fármacos antirretrovirales ha sido considerada obligatoria durante la gestación para prevenir la transmisión vertical del HIV; de este modo, nuevos fármacos y combinaciones de fármacos con actividad anti-HIV han sido desarollados y testeados en modelos de preñez experimental, previo a su empleo en estrategias de terapia antirretroviral durante la gestación humana. Lamivudina es un inhibidor nucleosídico de la transcriptasa reversa usada en combinación con otros antirretrovirales, pero no hay datos sobre la seguridad de su uso aislado. En el presente trabajo son estudiados los posibles efectos de la lamivudine cuando es administrada durante toda la preñez de la rata albina. Cuarenta ratas preñadas fueron tratadas durante toda la preñez (desde el día 0 hasta el día 20 de la gestación) con 5, 15 o 45 mg/kg de lamivudina, una vez al día. Los controles recibieron el vehículo de la droga. La evolución del peso corporal de los animales fue lo esperado para la progresión normal del peso durante la preñez, sin diferencias significativas entre los grupos. Igualmente no hubo diferencias en cuanto al número de fetos y de placentas y tampoco en cuanto a sus pesos. Ningún efecto fue notado con respecto al número de implantaciones o de reabsorciones. Se concluye que los efectos adversos reportados para la combinación zidovudina-lamivudina no deben, en principio, ser atribuidos a la presencia de la lamivudina.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: LILACS (Américas) Assunto principal: Prenhez / Lamivudina / Fármacos Anti-HIV Tipo de estudo: Guia de Prática Clínica Limite: Animais / Gravidez Idioma: Inglês Revista: Int. j. morphol Assunto da revista: Anatomia Ano de publicação: 2005 Tipo de documento: Artigo País de afiliação: Brasil Instituição/País de afiliação: Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine/BR / University of São Paulo/BR

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: LILACS (Américas) Assunto principal: Prenhez / Lamivudina / Fármacos Anti-HIV Tipo de estudo: Guia de Prática Clínica Limite: Animais / Gravidez Idioma: Inglês Revista: Int. j. morphol Assunto da revista: Anatomia Ano de publicação: 2005 Tipo de documento: Artigo País de afiliação: Brasil Instituição/País de afiliação: Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine/BR / University of São Paulo/BR