Estudo comparativo da atividade vasodilatadora de diferentes frações obtidas de um extrato aquoso da planta Alpinia zerumbet na aorta isolada de rato

• Autor(a) principal: Forte, Antonio Jorge de Vasconcelos
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/15646
• topic: Alpinia; Endotélio Vascular; Vasodilatação; Óxido Nítrico

Recent studies conducted at the LFE showed that the aqueous extract from Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) Burtt. et Smith (EaAz), popularly known as Colônia, causes vasodilation on isolated rat aortic rings. In order to find the active compound, the EaAz was diluted with different solvents and the vasodilator effect from the different fractions was analyzed on isolated rings of rat aorta. Additionally, the mechanism of action of the ethyl acetate fraction obtained from EaAz was characterized. Male rats Wistar (250 to 300g), provided by the vivarium of UFC, were terminated by cervical dislocation and the thoracic aorta was removed and dissected. The aortic rings (4 to 5 mm) were placed in chambers, which contained Krebs solution and carbogen and were kept at 37o C, in order to measure isometric tension variation. The endothelium integrity was assessed with acetylcholine (ACh; 10-5 M). Afterwards, the EaAz and the other fractions obtained from EaAz, hexane (FHxAz), ethyl acetate (FAmAz), dichloromethane (FDmAz) (0,15; 0,5; 1,5; 5; 15 and 50 g/mL) were tested in preparations that contained phenylephrine (Phe; 10-8 – 3x10-8 M). The FAmAz fraction, ACh and sodium nitroprussiate (SNP; 10-8 M) were tested in preparations without endothelium and treated with L-NAME (100 M), charybdotoxin (CTX; 100nM) plus apamine (100 nM), ODQ (30 M), catalase (500 U/mL), superoxide dismutase (SOD; 500 U/mL) and PEG-catalase (500 U/mL). The EaAz and the FHxAz and FAmAz fractions were able to relax significantly the isolated rat aortic rings, and EC50 was respectively 19,73, 11,15 and 9,08 (n = 5, 5 and 7, respectively, for each group). However, the FDmAz fraction did not present vasodilator activity. The vasodilatory effect of the FAmAz fraction was characterized. The vasodilator activity of the FAmAz fraction was impaired in preparation without endothelium and previously treated with L-NAME (n = 5), ODQ (n = 6) and PEG-Catalase (n = 2). However, the vasodilator activity of the FAmAz fraction remained unchanged after treatment with CTX plus apamin, catalase and SOD on the isolated rat aortic rings (n = 5, 6 and 6, respectively, for each group). The FAmAz and FHxAz fractions presented higher potency in their activity when compared to EaAz. This phenomenon suggests that these fractions possibly contain the active compound responsible for the EaAZ vasodilator effect. In addition, it was concluded that the vasodilator effect caused by the FAmAz fraction on the isolated rat aortic ring is endothelium-dependent and via NO-cGMP. We also believe that the intracellular reactive oxygen species play an important role on the vasodilator mechanism