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Biomed Pharmacother ; 98: 390-398, 2018 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29276967

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is a global public health problem. For some subtypes, such as Claudin-low, the prognosis is poorer and the treatment is still a challenge. Pyrazoles are an important class of heterocyclic compounds and are promising anticancer agents based on their chemical properties. The present study was aimed not only at testing pyrazoles previously prepared by our research group in two breast cancer cell lines characterized by intermediated response to conventional chemotherapy but also at analyzing the possible synergistic effect of these pyrazoles associated with doxorubicin. METHODS: Four 1-thiocarbamoyl-3,5-diaryl-4,5-dihydro-1H pyrazoles were tested for the first time in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 culture cells. The pyrazoles with best results in cytotoxicity were used in combination with doxorubicin and compared with this drug alone as standard. The synergic effect was analyzed using Combination Index method. In addition, cell death and apoptosis assays were carried out. RESULTS: Two pyrazoles with cytotoxic effect in MCF-7 and especially in MDA-MB-231 were identified. This activity was markedly higher in pyrazoles containing bromine and chlorine substituents. The combination of these pyrazoles with doxorubicin had a significant synergic effect in both cells tested and mainly in MDA-MB-231. These data were confirmed with apoptosis and cell death analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The synergic effect observed with combination of these pyrazoles and doxorubicin deserves special attention in Claudin-low breast cancer subtype. This should be explored in order to improve treatment results and minimize side effects.


Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy , Breast Neoplasms/metabolism , Claudins/metabolism , Doxorubicin/pharmacology , Pyrazoles/pharmacology , Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology , Apoptosis/drug effects , Cell Line, Tumor , Drug Synergism , Female , Humans , MCF-7 Cells
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Auton Neurosci ; 170(1-2): 42-7, 2012 Sep 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22951107

ABSTRACT

The paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus (PVN) is a well known site of integration for autonomic and cardiovascular responses, and the glutamate neurotransmitter plays an important role. The aim of our study was to evaluate the cardiovascular parameters and autonomic modulation by means of spectral analysis after ionotropic glutamate receptor inhibition in the PVN in conscious sedentary (S) or swimming trained (ST) rats. After exercise training protocol, adult male Wistar rats, instrumented with guide cannulae to PVN and artery and vein catheters were submitted to mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) recording. At baseline, physical training induced a resting bradycardia (S: 379 ± 3, ST: 349 ± 2 bpm, Pb<0.05) and promoted adaptations in HRV characterized by an increase of HF in normalized values and a decrease of LF in absolute and normalized units compared with the sedentary group. Microinjection of kynurenic acid (KYNA) in the PVN of sedentary and trained rats promoted decreases in MAP and HR, but the decrease in HR was smaller in the trained animals (ΔHRS: -48 ± 7, ST: -28 ± 4 bpm, Pb<0.05). Furthermore, the differences in baseline parameters of pulse interval, found between sedentary and trained animals, disappeared after KYNA microinjection in the PVN. Our data suggest that the cardiovascular and autonomic adaptations to the heart induced by exercise training may involve glutamatergic mechanisms in the PVN.


Subject(s)
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology , Glutamic Acid/physiology , Heart Rate/physiology , Kynurenic Acid/pharmacology , Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/physiology , Physical Conditioning, Animal/physiology , Synaptic Transmission/physiology , Animals , Arterial Pressure/drug effects , Arterial Pressure/physiology , Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/administration & dosage , Heart Rate/drug effects , Kynurenic Acid/administration & dosage , Male , Microinjections , Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/drug effects , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
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Brain Res ; 1375: 68-76, 2011 Feb 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21172321

ABSTRACT

It is well known that regular physical exercise alter cardiac function and autonomic modulation of heart rate variability (HRV). The paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus (PVN) is an important site of integration for autonomic and cardiovascular responses, where nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role. The aim of our study was to evaluate the cardiovascular parameters and autonomic modulation by means of spectral analysis after nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition in the PVN in conscious sedentary (S) or swimming trained (ST) rats. After swimming training protocol, adult male Wistar rats, instrumented with guide cannulas to PVN and femoral artery and vein catheters were submitted to mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) recording. At baseline, the physical training induced a resting bradycardia (S: 374±5, ST: 346±1bpm) and promoted adaptations in HRV characterized by an increase in high-frequency oscillations (HF; 26.43±6.91 to 88.96±2.44) and a decrease in low-frequency oscillations (LF; 73.57±6.91 to 11.04±2.44) in normalized units. The microinjection of N(ω)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) in the PVN of sedentary and trained rats promoted increase in MAP and HR. l-NAME in the PVN did not significantly alter the spectral parameters of HRV of sedentary animals, however in the trained rats increased LF oscillations (11.04±2.44 to 27.62±6.97) and decreased HF oscillations (88.96±2.44 to 72.38±6.97) in normalized units compared with baseline. Our results suggest that NO in the PVN may collaborate to cardiac autonomic modulation after exercise training.


Subject(s)
Autonomic Nervous System/physiology , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Hemodynamics/physiology , NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester/pharmacology , Nitric Oxide Synthase/antagonists & inhibitors , Nitric Oxide/biosynthesis , Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/metabolism , Physical Conditioning, Animal/physiology , Animals , Autonomic Nervous System/drug effects , Blood Pressure/drug effects , Enzyme Inhibitors/administration & dosage , Heart Rate/drug effects , Hemodynamics/drug effects , Male , Microinjections , NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester/administration & dosage , Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/drug effects , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Swimming/physiology
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Semina cienc. biol. saude ; 29(2): 163-170, jul.-dez. 2008. tab, graf
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-520858

ABSTRACT

O tumor Walker-256 é um carcinoma de crescimento rápido e tem sido estudado sob vários aspectos metabólicos, associados ou não, à caquexia. Foi observado, em nosso laboratório, que em animais portadores de tumor Walker-256 após morte espontânea (geralmente em torno do décimo quinto dia) apresentavam edema pulmonar significativo com presença de líquido na cavidade pleural. Alguns trabalhos têm sugerido que o treinamento físico melhora a sobrevida de animais com tumor e minimiza os efeitos da caquexia. O objetivo de nosso trabalho foi o de avaliar o índice de edema pulmonar e massa muscular esquelética e cardíaca, além da sobrevida de ratos portadores de tumor Walker-256 submetidos previamente a treinamento físico por natação (N). Para este estudo, foram usados ratos Wistar machos (200 a 220g), submetidos ao treinamento físico por natação (1 hora; 5 dias/semana,4 semanas). Um dia após o treinamento, ratos sedentários (C) ou treinados (N) foram submetidos à inoculação no flanco direito de 8 x 107 células de tumor de Walker 256 (T). Imediatamente após a morte espontânea desses animais, foram avaliados o índice de edema pulmonar (IEP), a massa musculares esquelética (gastrocnêmio e soleus) e cardíaca. O edema pulmonar foi avaliado pelo índice calculado pela relação entre os pesos pulmonar e corporal de cada animal, e multiplicada por 100 (PP/PC x 100) (LEEet al., 2001). O índice de massa muscular (IMM) foi calculado de forma similar. Em animais normais,o IEP é igual a 0,53±0,02 (n=20). Em ratos portadores de tumor após a morte espontânea apresentaramIEP significativamente maior (2,62±0,31, n=18). Após o treinamento físico em animais sem tumor, oIEP foi de 0,55±0,03 (n=5). Já em animais portadores de tumor previamente treinados obteve-se umíndice de edema inferior ao grupo controle com tumor (1,46±0,16, n=5; p<0,05)...


Walker-256 tumor is a fast-growing tumor and has been studied under several metabolic aspects associated or not to cachexia. It was observed in our laboratory that animals with Walker-256 tumor,after spontaneous death (usually around the fifteenth day), showed significant pulmonary edema withfluid in the pleural cavity. Some studies have suggested that physical training improves the survival of animals with tumor and minimizes the effects of cachexia. The purpose of our work was to assess the pulmonary edema index as well as the cardiac and skeletal muscle mass, besides the survival of rats with Walker-256 tumor submitted previously to physical training through swimming (N). For this studymale Wistar rats (200 to 220 g) were used, submitted to physical training through swimming (1 hour;5 days a week, four weeks). One day after the training, sedentary rats (C) or trained ones (N) weresubmitted to inoculation on the right flank of 8 x 107 Walker-256 tumor cells (T). Immediately after spontaneous death of these animals, the pulmonary edema index (PEI), cardiac and skeletal musclemass (gastrocnemius and soleus) were evaluated. Pulmonary edema was evaluated through the indexcalculated by the relation between lung and body weights of each animal, and multiplied by 100 (PP/PCx 100) (LEE et al., 2001). Muscle mass (MM) index was calculated similarly. In normal animals the PEIis equal to 0,53±0,02 (n=20). In tumor-bearing rats after spontaneous death the PEI was significantly higher (2,62±0,31, n=18). After the physical training in rats without tumor, the PEI was 0,55±0,03 (n=5).Whereas in tumor-bearing rats previously trained, it was obtained a pulmonary edema index lower thanthat of the control group with tumor (1,46±0,16, n=5; p<0,05).


Subject(s)
Animals , Male , Mice , Cachexia , Exercise , Neoplasms
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