Ações farmacológicas da rutina na pancreatite aguda em camundongos

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Abreu, Fabíula Francisca de
• Orientador(a): Camargo, Enilton Aparecido
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas
• Palavras-chave em Português: Farmacologia clínica; Pancreatite; Vitaminas - Uso terapêutico; Vitaminas; Rutina; Inflamação; Dor; Estresse Oxidativo
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Clinical pharmacology; Pancreatitis; Vitamin therapy; Acute pancreatitis; Rutin; Inflammation; Pain; Oxidative Stress
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::FISIOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/3982

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a severe disease in about 20% of patients, causing hospitalization and death, mainly due to associated systemic complications. The treatment of this condition is still insufficient to control the intrinsic inflammatory process and is focused on managing the complications and symptoms of patients. Among the many factors involved in AP, the inflammatory response and oxidative stress can be highlighted. In this context, rutin is presented as a natural substance with important potential to treat AP, by considering its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. The aim of this study is to investigate the pharmacological effects of rutin on experimental AP induced by L-arginine administration in mice. Adult male Swiss mice (25-30 g) were used in this study and all experiments were approved by this institution´s Ethics Committee in Animal Research (43/2012). For the induction of AP, mice received 2 injections of L-arginine (8%, 4 g/kg, i.p., with an interval of 1 h). The control group received the same volume of saline (0.9%) instead of L-arginine. Mice submitted to AP induction were treated with rutin (37.5, 75 or 150 mg/kg, p.o.) or saline (vehicle) after 24, 36, 48 and 60 h of the first injection of L-arginine. The control group was treated with vehicle at the same time points. The euthanasia occurred after 72 h of induction and was accompanied by blood and organ (pancreas, lung, liver and kidney) collection. We investigated parameters that permitted us to infer about pancreatic and systemic inflammation and evaluate serum concentrations of pancreatic enzymes, abdominal hyperalgesia and oxidative stress. In animals injected with L-arginine, it was detected the increase of inflammatory and biochemical parameters that confirmed the induction of AP, when compared with saline-injected animals. The treatment with rutin reduced the myeloperoxidase activity in pancreas (p<0.001 for 37.5, 75 or 150 mg/kg), but not in lung, reduced the pancreatic edema index (p<0.001 for 37.5 mg/kg and p<0.05 for 75 and 150 mg/kg) and the serum concentration of amylase (p<0.001 for 75 and 150 mg/kg). From these experiments, we chose the dose of 75 mg/kg for the next steps. In this way, treatment with this dose of rutin also reduced the serum lipase (p<0.001), C reactive protein (p<0.001) and interleukin-6 (p<0.001) concentrations, as well as decreased the abdominal hyperalgesia (p<0.05), when compared with Vehicle + L-arginine group after 72 h of L-arginine injection. The administration of rutin also diminished lipid peroxidation induced by L-arginine in pancreas, liver and kidney (p<0.001) and increased both the activity of catalase in pancreas (p<0.001), glutathione peroxidase in pancreas (p<0.05) and superoxide dismutase in pancreas (p<0.01) and liver (p<0.05). Besides, it decreased the expression of 3-nitrotyrosine in pancreas (p<0.05). Altogether, these results demonstrate that rutin exert anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive and antioxidant actions during AP induced by L-arginine, which are suggestive that this flavonoid is of interest for developing future studies or approaches focused on new alternatives to treat AP in humans.