Morphologic repercussions of the protein malnutrition pre and postnatal and postnatal refeeding on the lingual mucosa of Wistar rats in the pubescent and adult phases: structural evaluations and the expressions of the IGF-I e IGF-IR, insulin and your receptor

Author(s)

Lucilene Ferreira Luiz

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD)
• Defense date: 2012-02-13

Examining board members

Edson Aparecido Liberti; Flavia de Oliveira; Jefferson Russo Victor

• Advisor: Edson Aparecido Liberti

Abstract

Similarly to many tissue and organs, the structure of lingual mucosa is influenced by many factors, among nutritional and metabolic factors. This way, the pre-natal protein under nutrition associated to several post-natal pathologies and the activity of IGF-I and insulin, represents important points to be correlated in the morphological and functional tissue evaluation. Thus, the effects of pre and post-natal protein under nutrition and post-natal re-nutrition on the epithelial renewal taxes relating it to insulin and IGF-I activity, in order to find possible association between the morph functional changes with the activity of these important hormones on the development of the lingual epithelium in the puberal and adult phase. For this purpose, the experimental groups were formed by heterogenic animals (n=3) according to diet (protein and hypoprotein), and, with the respective ages in the groups N and S (nourished and under-nourished at 60 days old, when the puberal period is finite), R (re-nourished from 21 up to 60 days old), NN (nourished up to 100 days old) and RR (re-nourished from weaning up to 100 days of age). After observation under light microscopy with routine histological and immunehistochemical tecnhiques for identification of IGF-I, insulin and respective receptors, it has been verified that the layers of lingual mucosa do not present differences among studied groups. The filliform papillae of triangular shape in group N animals not always been detected in the S and R groups, being in the adult phase (NN and RR groups) presented under bastonete form. Related to tipification of collagen fibers, the type I was predominant in S group, being verified homogeneity in the distribution of type I and III fibers in the other groups. The density of immune reactive cells to insulin and its receptor (IR), as well as IGF-I and its receptor (IGF-IR) were higher in the S and R groups when compared to N group, and were similar in the groups NN and RR. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/13505-8 - Morphologic repercussions of the protein malnutrition pre and postnatal and postnatal refeeding on the lingual mucosa of wistar rats in the pubescent and adult phases: structural evaluations and the expressions of the IGF-I e IGF-IR, insulin...
• Grantee: Lucilene Ferreira Luiz
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master