Diminuição do sinal insulínico em tecido muscular de ratos tratados com fluoreto de sódio

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Wendrew Douglas de Souza [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/149469; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/capelo/2017-01-27/000855975.pdf
• topic: Flúor; Proteínas substratos do receptor de insulina; Intoxicação por flúor; Diabetes mellitus; Insulina; Ratos; Fluorine

Over the last years, there has been a significant reduction in the incidence of dental caries in several regions of the world. This has been attributed to ingestion of fluoridated products, especially in the form of public water supplies and toothpaste. Simultaneously, there has been an increase in the prevalence of dental fluorosis. A study conducted in 25 patients (15 to 30 years of age) with endemic fluorosis showed that 40% of these had to impaired glucose tolerance, but this anomaly was reversed by removing the excess of fluoride from drinking water. NaF causes glycolysis inhibition, decrease on insulin secretion and hyperglycemia. These responses suggest that NaF can cause insulin resistance. If this is confirmed, the use of dentifrices with lower fluoride content is recommended, especially for diabetic children, for whom excessive F consumption may lead to worsening the condition of these children's health. Knowing that F can interfere with carbohydrate metabolism, we felt it was important and fundamental to undertake a study to examine the chronic effect of NaF on: 1) insulin sensitivity; 2) pp185 (IRS-1/IRS-2) tyrosine phosphorylation in gastrocnemius muscle of rats; 3) fluoremia, glycemia and insulinemia. For this study, castrated Wistar male rats (1 month of age) were used. Thirty days after castration, the animals were randomly divided in two groups: 1) control group (CN) which was subjected to treatment without NaF, but with a solution of NaCl (9.54 mg / kg bw) which contains the same amount of sodium in relation to the group NaF; 2) group NaF (FN) that was submitted to treatment with NaF administered in the drinking water and F contained in food pellets (F total inferred: 4.0 mg F / Kg bw / day in the form of NaF) during...