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| Author(s): |
Vinicius Guzzoni
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba |
| Defense date: | 2010-09-17 |
| Examining board members: |
Fernanda Klein Marcondes;
Caroline Morini Calil;
Ana Paula Tanno
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| Advisor: | Fernanda Klein Marcondes; Pedro Duarte Novaes |
| Abstract | |
The risk-benefit of androgenic-anabolic steroid abuse in elite athletes has been of great corcern for researchers. Nandrolone decanoate was previously observed to inhibit the adaptative vascular effects in the thoracic aorta of rats under resistance training, probably due to an inhibitory effect on the nitric oxide synthesis. The aim of this in vitro study was to analyze the thoracic aorta sensibility to acetylcholine vasodilator effect, considering the vascular media layer thickness, the bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO) and the superoxide anion production in the thoracic aorta in Male Wistar rats, aged 2 months. Animals were assigned to four groups: non-trained animals treated with vehicle (NTV); non-trained animals treated with nandrolone (NTN); trained animals treated with vehicle (TV); and trained animals treated with nandrolone (TN). After the adaptation period, animals were submitted to resistance physical training consisting of jumps in liquid ambient with overload (4 sets, 10 repetitions, 30 second rest, 50-70% body weight-load, 5 days/week, 6 weeks). Two days after the last training session, the animals were killed by decapitation and the thoracic aorta was isolated. Thoracic aorta was divided into three parts and rings were removed from the middle third of the aorta of each animal to obtain concentration-effect curves for acetylcholine (ACh). Segments obtained from the part below the middle third were processed to evaluate the production of nitric oxide (NO) and oxygen reactive species (EROx). Data were analyzed using 2-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey test, at a 5% significance level. A significant increase in the final body weight was observed in the four experimental groups, while a significant decrease was found in the final body weight for the groups treated with nandrolone. Trained animals showed a significant increase in the aorta middle layer thickness compared to non-trained groups. Aortas of the rats treated with nandrolone showed a decrease in vasodilator response compared to those of rats treated with vehicle. Isolated rings of non-trained rats treated with vehicle or nandrolone revealed 100% relaxation in response to ACh, while isolated rings of the trained rats treated with vehicle and nandrolone showed relaxation of 79 and 51%, respectively. Animals treated with nandrolone presented decreased production of NO compared to those treated with vehicle. The EROx production dropped in trained rats treated with vehicle but not in those treated with nandrolone. In conclusion, the physical training protocol used in this study caused morphological, functional, and metabolic adaptations in the aorta of the rats; supraphysiological doses of nandrolone potentiated and inhibited the responses triggered by intense physical training. (AU) | |