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  1. Article ; Online: Efficacy of the superoxide dismutase mimetic tempol in animal hypertension models: a meta-analysis.

    Dornas, Waleska C / Silva, Maísa / Tavares, Ricardo / de Lima, Wanderson G / dos Santos, Rinaldo C / Pedrosa, Maria L / Silva, Marcelo E

    Journal of hypertension

    2015  Volume 33, Issue 1, Page(s) 14–23

    Abstract: Objective: Considering the growing body of evidence that indicates the contribution of superoxide anions (O2) and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) to the development of hypertension, we assessed whether animal models of hypertension have a benefic ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Considering the growing body of evidence that indicates the contribution of superoxide anions (O2) and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) to the development of hypertension, we assessed whether animal models of hypertension have a benefic effect with tempol, a superoxide dismutase mimetic, to help augment the design of future studies.
    Methods: Studies published between July 1998 and December 2012 on blood pressure (BP) in different hypertensive models were obtained after an electronic and manual search of PubMed. In-depth analyses of the methodological quality of the studies and the mean arterial pressure (MAP) changes after treatment with tempol were performed, as well as the subgroup analyses on the route of tempol delivery.
    Results: Out of the 144 identified studies, 28 were included after screening. The data showed that tempol reduced MAP by computing the standardized mean difference with the value of 4.622 (95% confidence interval 3.24-5.99). The quality of studies included in the meta-analysis was category II; however, omission of details in the trials might have biased the results. There was substantial heterogeneity in the results with an I of 94.45%, which persisted after stratifying for the route of tempol delivery.
    Conclusion: In conclusion, this analysis shows that antioxidant treatment with tempol can reduce BP, suggesting that ROS plays a role in the pathogenesis of increased BP in the hypertension models used in the current research practice.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antioxidants/therapeutic use ; Biomimetic Materials/pharmacology ; Biomimetic Materials/therapeutic use ; Blood Pressure/drug effects ; Blood Pressure/physiology ; Cyclic N-Oxides/pharmacology ; Cyclic N-Oxides/therapeutic use ; Disease Models, Animal ; Hypertension/drug therapy ; Hypertension/metabolism ; Rats ; Spin Labels ; Superoxide Dismutase/pharmacology ; Superoxide Dismutase/therapeutic use ; Superoxides/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Antioxidants ; Cyclic N-Oxides ; Spin Labels ; Superoxides (11062-77-4) ; Superoxide Dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1) ; tempol (U78ZX2F65X)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Meta-Analysis ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 605532-1
    ISSN 1473-5598 ; 0263-6352 ; 0952-1178
    ISSN (online) 1473-5598
    ISSN 0263-6352 ; 0952-1178
    DOI 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000422
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  2. Article ; Online: Hypolipidemic effect of the edible mushroom Agaricus blazei in rats subjected to a hypercholesterolemic diet.

    de Miranda, Aline M / Ribeiro, Gustavo M / Cunha, Aureliano C / Silva, Lorena S / dos Santos, Rinaldo C / Pedrosa, Maria Lúcia / Silva, Marcelo E

    Journal of physiology and biochemistry

    2013  Volume 70, Issue 1, Page(s) 215–224

    Abstract: The effects of Agaricus blazei intake on the lipid profile of animals fed a hypercholesterolemic diet were evaluated. Thirty-two female Fisher rats were divided into four groups and given the standard AIN-93 M diet (C), this diet + 1 % A. blazei (CAb), a ...

    Abstract The effects of Agaricus blazei intake on the lipid profile of animals fed a hypercholesterolemic diet were evaluated. Thirty-two female Fisher rats were divided into four groups and given the standard AIN-93 M diet (C), this diet + 1 % A. blazei (CAb), a hypercholesterolemic diet with 25 % soybean oil and 1 % cholesterol (H) or this diet + 1 % A. blazei (HAb) for 6 weeks. Food intake, weight gain, liver and serum lipid profiles, activity of aminotransferases [alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)], and creatinine and urea levels as well as abdominal fat weight were measured. Histological analysis of kidney and liver tissue was also performed. The HAb group had a higher food intake, but a lower weight gain as compared to group H. This resulted in a significant decrease in abdominal fat weight, to values close to those of groups C and CAb. Supplementing the hypercholesterolemic diet with A. blazei promoted a significant reduction in total and non-HDL cholesterol, as well as in the atherogenic index, as compared to group H, and this effect was more pronounced in the serum. There was no hepatotoxic effect caused by the supplementation of the diets with the mushroom. We conclude that in our experimental model and in the concentration used, A. blazei was effective in improving the lipid profile of the animals.
    MeSH term(s) Abdominal Fat/metabolism ; Abdominal Fat/pathology ; Agaricus/chemistry ; Animals ; Anticholesteremic Agents/pharmacology ; Anticholesteremic Agents/therapeutic use ; Cholesterol/blood ; Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; Energy Intake ; Feces/chemistry ; Female ; Hypercholesterolemia/drug therapy ; Hypercholesterolemia/etiology ; Kidney/drug effects ; Kidney/pathology ; Liver/drug effects ; Liver/metabolism ; Liver/pathology ; Organ Size ; Rats ; Rats, Inbred F344 ; Triglycerides/blood
    Chemical Substances Anticholesteremic Agents ; Triglycerides ; Cholesterol (97C5T2UQ7J)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-11-08
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1325104-1
    ISSN 1877-8755 ; 0034-9402 ; 1138-7548
    ISSN (online) 1877-8755
    ISSN 0034-9402 ; 1138-7548
    DOI 10.1007/s13105-013-0295-y
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  3. Article ; Online: Iron toxicity mediated by oxidative stress enhances tissue damage in an animal model of diabetes.

    Sampaio, Ana Flávia S / Silva, Maisa / Dornas, Waleska C / Costa, Daniela C / Silva, Marcelo E / Dos Santos, Rinaldo C / de Lima, Wanderson G / Pedrosa, Maria Lúcia

    Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine

    2014  Volume 27, Issue 2, Page(s) 349–361

    Abstract: Although iron is a first-line pro-oxidant that modulates clinical manifestations of various systemic diseases, including diabetes, the individual tissue damage generated by active oxidant insults has not been demonstrated in current animal models of ... ...

    Abstract Although iron is a first-line pro-oxidant that modulates clinical manifestations of various systemic diseases, including diabetes, the individual tissue damage generated by active oxidant insults has not been demonstrated in current animal models of diabetes. We tested the hypothesis that oxidative stress is involved in the severity of the tissues injury when iron supplementation is administered in a model of type 1 diabetes. Streptozotocin (Stz)-induced diabetic and non-diabetic Fischer rats were maintained with or without a treatment consisting of iron dextran ip at 0.1 mL day(-1) doses administered for 4 days at intervals of 5 days. After 3 weeks, an extensive increase (p < 0.001) in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in neutrophils of the diabetic animals on iron overload was observed. Histological analysis revealed that this treatment also resulted in higher (p < 0.05) tissue iron deposits, a higher (p < 0.001) number of inflammatory cells in the pancreas, and apparent cardiac fibrosis, as shown by an increase (p < 0.05) in type III collagen levels, which result in dysfunctional myocardial. Carbonyl protein modification, a marker of oxidative stress, was consistently higher (p < 0.01) in the tissues of the iron-treated rats with diabetes. Moreover, a significant positive correlation was found between ROS production and iron pancreas stores (r = 0.42, p < 0.04), iron heart stores (r = 0.54, p < 0.04), and change of the carbonyl protein content in pancreas (r = 0.49, p < 0.009), and heart (r = 0.48, p < 0.02). A negative correlation was still found between ROS production and total glutathione content in pancreas (r = -0.50, p < 0.03) and heart (r = -0.45, p < 0.04). In conclusion, our results suggest that amplified toxicity in pancreatic and cardiac tissues in rats with diabetes on iron overload might be attributed to increased oxidative stress.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/chemically induced ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/chemically induced ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/pathology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Iron Overload/chemically induced ; Iron Overload/complications ; Iron Overload/metabolism ; Iron-Dextran Complex/administration & dosage ; Iron-Dextran Complex/pharmacokinetics ; Iron-Dextran Complex/toxicity ; Male ; Oxidative Stress/drug effects ; Rats ; Rats, Inbred F344 ; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism ; Streptozocin ; Tissue Distribution
    Chemical Substances Reactive Oxygen Species ; Streptozocin (5W494URQ81) ; Iron-Dextran Complex (9004-66-4)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-04
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1112688-7
    ISSN 1572-8773 ; 0966-0844
    ISSN (online) 1572-8773
    ISSN 0966-0844
    DOI 10.1007/s10534-014-9717-8
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