Alterações metabolicas na isquemia e reperfusao da medula espinhal em ratos pre-tratados com l-alanil-glutamina

• Ano de defesa: 2003
• Autor(a) principal: López Carrillo, Sonia Elizabeth
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Isquemia; Medula Espinal
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/7649

A study has been conducted to investigate the effects of L-alanyl-glutamine (L-Ala-Gln) upon blood and tissue (spinal cord) concentrations of glucose, pyruvate, lactate and ATP in rats subjected to spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion. Seventy-two male Wistar rats distributed in 2 equal groups received either saline 2.0 ml or 20% solution of L-Ala-Gln (0.75g/Kg). Thirty minutes later rats of each group were randomized in two subgroups (n=18) and subjected to surgical trauma (G1) or to surgical trauma and infradiafragmatic aortic clamping for 30 minutes (G2), followed by 10 or 20 minutes of reperfusion. L-Ala-Gln treated rats were subjected to the same procedures (G3 and G4, respectively). Arterial blood and spinal cord samples were collected and the end of ischemia and 10/20 minutes later. Metabolites were submitted to enzymatic analyses. Results were expressed as Mean ± S.E.M. Student’s “t” and Mann-Whitney tests were utilized for statistical analyses. P<0.05 was accepted as significant. Blood and spinal cord glucose and lactate were not different in G1 and G2 rats. However, spinal cord pyruvate concentrations decreased significantly after 20 minutes of reperfusion in L-Ala-Gln treated rats (G3) compared with G1. ATP concentrations decreased significantly in G4 rats, reflecting an increased utilization for energy production. Lactate concentrations were also increased during reperfusion in ischemic L-Ala-Gln treated rats (G4) possibly due to an increased turnover of pyruvate to lactate. It is concluded that the model utilized in this study did not induce an important spinal cord ischemia. Increased blood and spinal cord lactate concentrations could be related to enhanced glycolysis possibly secondary to increased glutamate availability leading to malate-aspartate shuttle activation