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Res Vet Sci ; 140: 242-250, 2021 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34536813

ABSTRACT

Doxorubicin (DOX) is known to cause cognitive impairments in patients submitted to long-term chemotherapy (deficits also known as chemobrain). Therefore, there is an urgent need for therapeutic strategies capable of returning cancer survivors back to their previous quality of life. The present study investigated whether resveratrol (RSV) or curcumin (CUR) administration could affect mnemonic function and brain morphological changes following DOX administration in rats. Male Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups: DOX group (2.5 mg/kg/week for 4 weeks, i.p., plus distilled water for 28 days, oral gavage - OG), DOX + RSV group (DOX, 2.5 mg/kg/week for 4 weeks, i.p., plus RSV, 10 mg/kg/day for 28 days, OG), DOX + CUR group (DOX, 2.5 mg/kg/week for 4 weeks, i.p., plus CUR, 100 mg/kg/day for 28 days, OG) and control (CTR) group (0.9% saline solution weekly for 4 weeks, i.p., plus distilled water for 28 days, OG). Behavioral analyses (open field - OF - and the novel object recognition test - NORT) were performed. Brains were collected and analyzed by hematoxylin-eosin and luxol fast blue staining techniques and by immunohistochemistry for GFAP (glial fibrillary acidic protein) expression in astrocytes and Iba1 (ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1) expression in microglia. DOX-injected rats presented short-term and long-term memory impairments as seen in the NORT at 3 and 24 h after habituation and increased GFAP and Iba1 expression, respectively, in astrocytes and microglia of the frontal cortex, hypothalamus and hippocampus. Such cognitive deficits were prevented by CUR at both periods and by RSV at 24 h. DOX-induced astrogliosis and microgliosis were avoided by RSV and CUR. No signs of demyelination or neuronal loss were found in any group. Thus, CUR and RSV prevented memory loss, astrogliosis and microgliosis induced by DOX monotherapy.


Subject(s)
Cognitive Dysfunction , Curcumin , Animals , Cognitive Dysfunction/chemically induced , Cognitive Dysfunction/drug therapy , Curcumin/pharmacology , Curcumin/therapeutic use , Doxorubicin/toxicity , Male , Quality of Life , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Resveratrol
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Res Vet Sci ; 138: 39-48, 2021 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34091228

ABSTRACT

Methotrexate (MTX), an antifolate drug, is widely used in chemotherapeutic protocols for metastatic and primary brain tumors and some autoimmune diseases. Its efficacy for brain tumors is limited by the high incidence of central nervous system (CNS) complications. This investigation aimed to observe the morphological effects, including astroglial and microglial responses, following systemic short-term MTX administration in adult rats. Male Wistar rats received 5 or 10 mg/kg/day of MTX by intraperitoneal route for 4 consecutive days (respectively, MTX5 and MTX10 groups) or the same volume of 0.9% saline solution (control group). On the 5th day, brain samples were collected for hematoxylin-eosin and luxol fast blue staining techniques, as well as for immunohistochemical staining for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression in astrocytes and Iba1 (ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1) for microglia in the frontal cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus and molecular/granular layers of the cerebellum. Morphometric analyses were performed using Image Pro-Plus software. Brain levels of the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-1ß were determined by ELISA. No signs of neuronal loss or demyelination were observed in all groups. Increased GFAP and Iba1 expression was found in all areas from the MTX groups, although it was slightly higher in the MTX10 group compared to the MTX5. Both TNF-α and IL-1ß levels were decreased in the MTX5 group compared to controls. In the MTX10 group, TNF-α decreased, although IL-1ß was increased relative to controls. MTX administration induced microglial reaction and astrogliosis in several CNS areas. In the MTX5 group, it apparently occurred in the presence of decreased proinflammatory cytokines.


Subject(s)
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/administration & dosage , Astrocytes/drug effects , Calcium-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/metabolism , Gliosis/physiopathology , Methotrexate/administration & dosage , Microfilament Proteins/metabolism , Microglia/drug effects , Animals , Astrocytes/metabolism , Astrocytes/pathology , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Gliosis/chemically induced , Gliosis/pathology , Male , Microglia/metabolism , Microglia/pathology , Rats , Rats, Wistar
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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec. (Online) ; 72(1): 273-276, Jan.-Feb. 2020. tab
Article in English | LILACS, VETINDEX | ID: biblio-1088934

ABSTRACT

Angiostrongylus cantonensis e Angiostrongylus costaricensis são nematoides parasitas que residem em roedores e usam gastrópodes como hospedeiros intermediários. Achatina fulica, conhecida como caramujo-gigante-africano, é um hospedeiro intermediário que desempenha importante papel na dispersão de A. cantonensis e A. costaricensis, patógenos zoonóticos que causam, respectivamente, meningoencefalite eosinofílica e angiostrongilíase abdominal em humanos. O objetivo deste estudo foi o de coletar caramujos (A. fulica, n=90) de oito regiões diferentes (Rudge Ramos, Baeta Neves, Planalto, Demarchi, Dos Alvarengas, Batistini, Montanhão, Rio Grande) da cidade de São Bernardo do Campo (SP) para detecção molecular de A. cantonensis ou A. costaricensis pela técnica de reação em cadeia da polimerase (PCR). As amostras foram processadas em pools (n=25) segundo a região de coleta. Com exceção da região de Baeta Neves, as demais apresentaram caramujos infectados com larvas de nematoides. Seis regiões apresentaram amostras positivas para A. cantonensis. Quatorze (56%) das 25 amostras em pool apresentaram larvas de nematoides, e 52% delas (13/25) foram positivas para A. cantonensis. Nenhuma amostra positiva para A. costaricensis foi encontrada. A presença de A. fulica naturalmente infectada por A. cantonensis deve servir como um alerta para as autoridades de saúde pública sobre o risco potencial de infecção para humanos.(AU)


Subject(s)
Animals , Snails/parasitology , Strongylida Infections/epidemiology , Angiostrongylus cantonensis , Brazil
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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec. (Online) ; 71(5): 1741-1744, set.-out. 2019. tab
Article in English | VETINDEX, LILACS | ID: biblio-1038676

ABSTRACT

Em seres humanos, a adiponectinemia está associada à obesidade e ao risco aumentado a uma ampla variedade de cânceres. Embora o papel dessa adipocina esteja bem documentado na patogênese do câncer em humanos, tal associação permanece a ser determinada em cães. Nesses animais, a relação da adiponectina com a carcinogênese parece ser ainda meramente especulativa. Nesse contexto, buscou-se nesta investigação comparar os níveis séricos de adiponectina em fêmeas hígidas e em portadoras de carcinomas mamários com diagnóstico histopatológico de carcinoma mamário tubular simples estágio 4, com comprometimento de linfonodos, porém sem metástases a distância detectadas. Foi observado que as cadelas diagnosticadas com carcinoma mamário tiveram níveis séricos de adiponectina significativamente menores (média de 3,72±1,54µg/mL, P<0,05) em relação às fêmeas consideradas hígidas (média de 5,61±2,18µgl/mL), sugerindo associação entre câncer e hipoadiponectinemia similar à encontrada em humanos. Em relação à idade e ao peso corporal dos animais do estudo, não foi encontrada diferença significativa entre os grupos. Os resultados encontrados nas cadelas portadoras de carcinoma mamário do presente estudo corroboram a associação já descrita em humanos entre ocorrência de carcinogênese e baixos níveis de adiponectina.(AU)


Subject(s)
Animals , Female , Dogs , Adenocarcinoma/blood , Adenocarcinoma/veterinary , Adiponectin , Obesity/complications , Obesity/veterinary
5.
Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec. (Online) ; 69(5): 1335-1338, set.-out. 2017. tab
Article in English | LILACS, VETINDEX | ID: biblio-879371

ABSTRACT

O estresse oxidativo causa peroxidação lipídica e formação de substâncias reativas ao ácido tiobarbitúrico (TBARS), processo que está comprovadamente associado à progressão de neoplasias malignas em seres humanos. Por sua vez, espécies reativas de oxigênio (EROs) são produzidas no processo carcinogênico, de forma que a geração de EROs parece ser, ao mesmo tempo, causa e consequência dele. Em cães, a associação da peroxidação lipídica com a carcinogênese permanece ainda obscura, com estudos escassos, de resultados conflitantes, que, muitas vezes, incluem, dentro de um mesmo grupo amostral, animais portadores de tumores heterogêneos dos pontos de vista morfológico e comportamental, além de estes se apresentarem em estágios bastante distintos. Nesse contexto, buscou-se, na presente investigação, avaliar a concentração plasmática de TBARS em fêmeas hígidas e portadoras de carcinomas mamários com diagnóstico histopatológico de carcinoma mamário tubular simples estágio 4, com comprometimento de linfonodos, porém sem metástases detectadas. Foi observado que as cadelas diagnosticadas com carcinoma mamário tiveram níveis plasmáticos de TBARS significativamente maiores (média de 7,98 ± 1,43µmol/mL, p < 0,0001) em relação às fêmeas consideradas hígidas (média de 6,14 ± 0,53µmol/mL), o que sugere associação entre câncer e maior ocorrência de estresse oxidativo.(AU)


Subject(s)
Animals , Female , Dogs , Lipid Peroxidation , Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/physiopathology , Oxidative Stress , Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances/analysis
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Braz J Med Biol Res ; 47(1): 19-23, 2014 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24345873

ABSTRACT

The duties of humans toward non-human animals and their rights in society have been debated for a long time. However, a discussion on the terminology used for the identification of laboratory animals is usually not considered, although the employment of inadequate terminology may generate disastrous consequences for the animals before, during, and after the experiment. This study intends to defend the use of appropriate terminology, call attention to an unethical attitude of certain professionals when dealing with experimental animals, and also propose operational mechanisms, which allow for those distortions to be corrected.


Subject(s)
Animal Experimentation/ethics , Animals, Laboratory , Animal Rights , Animals , Bioethical Issues , Humans , Terminology as Topic
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