Investigação da toxicidade da isotretinoína oral sobre a conjuntiva humana utilizando a citologia de impressão

• Ano de defesa: 2009
• Autor(a) principal: Queiroga, Isabella Bezerra Wanderley de
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraí­ba; BR; Farmacologia; Programa de Pós Graduação em Produtos Naturais e Sintéticos Bioativos; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Isotretinoína; Efeitos adversos; Olho seco; Citologia de impressão; Isotretinoin; Adverse effects; Dry eye; Impression cytology; CNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::FARMACOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/6770

The physiological and pharmacological effects of isotretinoin are yet to be completely understood despite its widespread use in the treatment of acne vulgaris and the known adverse effects that it may cause, dry eyes being one of the most common. The objective of this study was to evaluate the toxicity of oral isotretinoin on the conjunctiva of patients submitted to treatment with this drug, using impression cytology. A prospective cohort clinical trial was conducted at the Ophthalmological Referral Center of the Federal University of Paraíba and at the Laboratory of External Eye Diseases of the Federal University of São Paulo. Twentyeight patients with acne vulgaris were selected. A questionnaire on symptoms was applied and biomicroscopy, tear film break-up time (TBUT), fluorescein staining, Shirmer s test, rose bengal staining and impression cytology (IC) were performed prior to and after three months of treatment with oral isotretinoin. Samples for IC were collected from the temporal, superior, nasal and inferior bulbar conjunctiva of both eyes. The doses of isotretinoin varied from 0.35 to 0.88 mg/kg/day. Compared to pretreatment, burning, pruritus and gritty eye sensation were significantly more common during treatment with this drug, as were the biomicroscopic changes of hyperemia and blepharitis. The percentage of positive results for dry eyes according to TBUT and for rose bengal conjunctival staining was also greater during treatment. Regarding Shirmer s test and fluorescein staining of the cornea, no statistically significant changes were found with exposure to the drug. With respect to IC performed on the samples obtained from the superior and temporal quadrants, there was a reduction in the percentage of normal results from 100% to 82% and from 75% to 43%, respectively, and an increase in the percentage of borderline results from 0 to 14% and from 21% to 47%, respectively, during treatment compared to baseline results. For the samples from the nasal quadrant, an increase occurred in the percentage of abnormal findings from 0 to 11%, while in the samples taken from the inferior quadrant, no changes were found with the use of isotretinoin. The parameters affected by this treatment were cell-to-cell contact, nucleus-tocytoplasm ratio and the distribution of goblet cells, the scores of which increased significantly. No significant correlation was found between the results of IC, symptom score and tear function tests. Therefore, the present findings show that acne treatment with oral isotretinoin results in changes in the conjunctival epithelium in a significant percentage of patients. These changes are seen both in the exposed region of the bulbar conjunctiva (temporal and nasal) and in the unexposed conjunctiva (superior) and reflect a trend towards squamous metaplasia as an adaptive response of the conjunctival epithelium, which tends to become nonsecretory under the effect of the drug.