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| Author(s): |
Beatriz Aparecida Fioruci Fontanelli
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia |
| Defense date: | 2014-10-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Sérgio Luis Felisbino;
Sérgio Pereira;
Arielle Cristina Arena;
Bruno César Schimming;
Raquel Fantin Domeniconi
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| Advisor: | Francisco Eduardo Martinez; Sérgio Luis Felisbino |
| Abstract | |
Researchers have shown that chronic ethanol consumption alters the retinoic acid concentration, an active metabolite of vitamin A, in many organs including the prostate. The retinoic acid is essential for the normal development of prostate and for maintaining its glandular homeostasis. Changes in concentration and metabolism of retinoic acid are related to lesion development in the prostate. Additionally, the activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), also relates to development of alterations in prostate. Thus, this study aimed to describe the effects of low and high doses of ethanol consumption, on the proteins involved in the synthesis and catabolism of retinoic acid (Article I), as well as on the enzymatic activity of MMPs (Article II) the dorsal and lateral lobes of the prostate. Twenty adult rats (~ 90 days old) of each variety, UChA and UChB, were divided into groups (n = 10 / group): UChA (low ethanol consumption, 0.2-2 g /kg / day), UChAC (rats not consumed ethanol); UChB (high ethanol consumption, > 2 g/ kg/ day), UChBC (rats not consumed ethanol). After the experimental period (~ 150 days old), the rats were euthanized by decapitation and dorsal and lateral lobes of the prostates were collected and dissected: (1) for evaluate the levels and location of the proteins ALDH1A1, ALDH1A2, ALDH1A3, CYP26A1, CYP26B1, CYP2E1, by western blot and immunohistochemistry, as well as, catabolic activity of CYP26A1, CYP26B1, CYP2E1 by biochemical assay and quantification by HPLC¿MS/MS; (2) and to evaluate the activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9, and the levels of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP-1 / TIMP-2) using zymography and ELISA, respectively. In the UChA group, ALDH1A3 increased in dorsal prostate, while the proteins ALDH1A2 and ALDH1A1 decreased in the lateral prostate. In the UChB group, the proteins ALDH1A1, ALDH1A2 and ALDH1A3 increased in the dorsal prostate, while ALDH1A3 decreased in the lateral lobe. The concentration of retinoic acid increased, indicating a decrease in the CYP2E1 activity, and decreased when evaluated CYP26, indicating increased of CYP26 activity in the UChB dorsal prostate. Furthermore, the retinoic acid decreased when assessing the CYP total activity in the experimental groups, but only increased in the lateral prostate of UChA. The low ethanol consumption (UChA group) reduced the activities of MMP-2 and MMP-9 and the levels of TIMP-2 and TIMP-1 in the lateral prostate, while dorsal prostate the ethanol decreased the MMP-2 activity and the level of TIMP-1. On the other hand, in the UChB group, ethanol only decreased the activity of MMP-9 in the lateral prostate and did not alter the levels of TIMP-1 and TIMP-2. Our results indicate that ethanol modulates the synthesis and catabolism of retinoic acid in the rat prostate in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, the chronic and low consumption of ethanol decreases the activity of metalloproteinases -2 and -9 in the lateral lobe prostate, showing that this organ is more susceptible to these changes than dorsal lobe prostate (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/03394-4 - Retinoic acid metabolism in the dorsal and lateral prostate lobes of rat chronic ethanol consumers (UCH) |
| Grantee: | Beatriz Aparecida Fioruci Fontanelli |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |