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| Author(s): |
Stephen Fernandes de Paula Rodrigues
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2008-04-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Zuleica Bruno Fortes;
Lusiane Maria Bendhack;
Maria Luiza Morais Barreto de Chaves;
Sandra Helena Poliselli Farsky;
Wothan Tavares de Lima
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| Advisor: | Zuleica Bruno Fortes |
| Abstract | |
Amlodipine and diclofenac may be combined so the potential for interaction of both is high. We determined if amlodipine interferes with the antimigratory effect of diclofenac in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and wistar rats. Rats were treated with either diclofenac or amlodipine alone or combined (for 15 days). Leukocyte migration was evaluated by intravital microscopy and cell adherence molecules expression by immunohistochemistry. Amlodipine reduces migration in both SHR and wistar rats by reducing venular endothelial cell ICAM-1 expression. In wistar the antimigratory effect of amlodipine may also be due to reduction in PECAM-1 expression. Diclofenac effect was reduced by amlodipine in both SHR and wistar. In SHR amlodipine reduces the effect of diclofenac by impairing its reducing effect on ICAM-1. Reduction of the BP levels seems to contribute to reduction of the leukocyte migration caused by amlodipine in SHR. Pharmacokinetic interaction was excluded. (AU) | |