Efeitos do ácido ascórbico intracameral sobre o endotélio corneal e sobre o fator de necrose tumoral alfa (TNF-a) em cães submetidos à facoemulsificação

• Autor(a) principal: Martinez Pádua, Ivan Ricardo [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/126389; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/12-08-2015/000835480.pdf
• topic: Cão; Catarata; Faco-emulsificação; Endotelio; Cornea; Fator de necrose de tumor; Cataract

Cataract is among the most common eye diseases in dogs. Phacoemulsification is the method that best fits to therapy and a favorite among veterinary ophthalmologists. The cellularity of the corneal endothelium is considered to be a condition for the success of the surgery, since a permanent endothelial injury can induce corneal decompensation. The goal of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant effects of ascorbic acid on the corneal endothelium, as well as the expression of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) in the aqueous humor was evaluated of dogs submitted to phacoemulsification. It was used 40 eyes of 20 dogs, male or female, with 7 to 12 years, and bilateral senile cataracts. The dogs were separated into two groups (n = 20), differing only in the composition of the solution used to irrigate the eyes in the phacoemulsification. Group 1 (G1) received balanced salt solution (BSS) and Group 2 (G2) received sterile BSS containing 0.001 M ascorbic acid. The corneal endothelium was evaluated by non-contact specular microscopy before and at different times after phacoemulsification, in terms of cell density (cells/mm2), cell area (mm2), corneal thickness (mm), hexagonality, and coefficient of variation in cell size. The expression of TNF-α in the aqueous humor was measured by competitive enzyme immunoassay. P values equal to or less than 0.05 were considered significant. Regarding the density of endothelial cells, both groups showed losses, but these were lower in G2. There were no significant differences in corneal thickness (P>0.05). The hexagonality significantly reduced in the immediate postoperative of G1. Also in G1, the coefficient of variation in cell size increased. TNF-α expression was not observed in the aqueous humor in G1 and G2. According to the results, it can be assumed that ascorbic acid was able to minimize losses in endothelial cellularity arising from phacoemulsification