Influência da obesidade induzida por dieta hiperlipídica saturada sobre o comportamento da via beta-adrenérgica miocárdica em ratos Wistar

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Vileigas, Danielle Fernandes [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Coração - Doenças; Obesidade - Fisiopatologia; Rato como animal de laboratorio; Comorbidade; Ratos Wistar; Obesity - Treatment; Comorbidity
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/128179; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/21-09-2015/000847634.pdf

The changes in cardiac function resulting from obesity may be associated with several factors such as the β-adrenergic system, which performs an important role in regulating heart performance and is hyperactive in the presence of excess body fat. Considering the lack of information on cardiac β-adrenergic pathway in this disease and the frequent association between saturated fatty acids and cardiovascular complications, the purpose of this study was to investigate wheter the obesity leads to change in behavior of the components of myocardial β-adrenergic system in obese rats by saturated high-fat diet. Male Wistar rats were divided into two groups: control (C, n=18; saturated normolipidic diet) and obese (Ob; n=19; saturated high-fat diet) for 30 weeks. Obesity was determined by adiposity index and comorbidities were evaluated. Cardiac morphological profile was estimated by post-death macroscopic analysis. The protein expressions of β1 and β2 receptors, adenylate cyclase (AC), Gαs protein e protein kinase A (PKA) were performed by the method of Western Blotting, and cyclic adenosine monosfato (cAMP) levels and activity of PKA, by ELISA. Obese rats showed increased adiposity index (p<0.001) and several comorbidities such as hypertension (p=0.009), glucose intolerance (p<0.001), insulin resistance (p=0.02) and dyslipidemia, characterized by hypertriglyceridemia (p=0.001) and hypercholesterolemia (total cholesterol, p=0.037; LDL, p=0.033). There was no cardiac remodeling in the macroscopic study (p>0.05). Protein expression of myocardial AC was significantly elevated in the Ob group compared to C (p=0.025); additionally, there was no change in the other components evaluated. In conclusion, obesity by saturated high-fat diet resulted in increased protein levels of AC in myocardial β-adrenergic system, without affecting the other componentes