Efeitos vasculares promovidos pela estrona em ratas Wistar ovariectomizadas

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Thiago Sardinha de
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• dARK ID: ark:/38995/001300000dc4k
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/8868
• topic: Estrona; Ovariectomia; Disfunção endotelial; Pressão arterial; Reatividade vascular; Ovariectomy; Endothelial dysfunction; Blood pressure; Vascular reactivity; Estrone; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::FARMACOLOGIA

Estrone (E1), the major component of Premarin® and predominant estrogen in postmenopausal women, does not have its vascular effects involving its vasodilatory mechanism of action completely elucidated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of E1 treatment on the vascular reactivity of isolated aortic rings and blood pressure in ovariectomized Wistar rats (OVX). For this purpose, 12 week-old Wistar rats were divided into four experimental groups, Sham (physiological estrous rats treated with vehicle), OVX (OVX rats treated with vehicle), OVX + E1 (OVX rats treated with 825μg / kg of E1) and OVX + 17β-estradiol (E2) (OVX rats treated with 15μg / kg of E2). The treatments started after the 8 weeks of surgery trough subcutaneous pathway for 30 days. At the end of treatment, blood pressure measurement by tail plethysmograph was performed. In addition, aortic rings were isolated to evaluate contractile response to phenylephrine (Phe), relaxation to acetylcholine (ACh) or sodium nitroprusside (NPS) by means of concentration curves. The response to ACh in rings previously incubated with superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) or apocynin (NADPH oxidase inhibitor) was also evaluated. The protein expression of SOD, CAT, NOX 1, NOX 2 and NOX 4 were quantified by Western blotting. Follow-up of the weight gain after the OVX or Sham procedure was also performed. After euthanasia, the weight of retroperitoneal fat, uterus and heart were evaluated. E1 treatment decreased body weight and retroperitoneal fat, increased uterine weight, and corrected both the increased blood pressure, and the decreased hyperreactivity to Phe vasoconstrictor agent and also increased endothelium-dependent vasodilatory response to ACh. The effects presented by this hormone are related to compensatory mechanisms in the activity of antioxidant enzymes such as SOD and catalase besides the reduction in the expression of the NADPH oxidase NOX 4 isoform. In addition, E1 reverses the increase in total and LDL cholesterol in the OVX group. Our study confirms the role of oxidative stress in endothelial dysfunction of OVX rats and further demonstrates that E1 reverses elevation of blood pressure and restores endothelial function in OVX rats.