Teratogenic effects of the interaction acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and ethanol: morphologic and morphometric evaluation of the lingual epithelium in rat fetuses

Autor(es)

Marinho‚ SA ; Sala‚ MA ; Lopes‚ RA ; De Moraes Grisi‚ MF ; Novaes Jr‚ AB ; De Souza‚ SLS ; Taba Jr‚ M.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ANATOMIA HISTOLOGIA EMBRYOLOGIA; v. 36, n. 1, p. 14-18, 2007.

Resumo

The objective of the present work was to evaluate the teratogenic effects of the interaction between acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and ethanol on the epithelium of the lingual mucosa in rat fetuses. On the 10th pregnancy day, a single intraperitoneal ethanol dose (2.96 g/kg body weight) (Group I), ASA (200 mg/kg body weight) (Group II) and ASA plus ethanol, in the same doses (Group III), or saline (Group IV - control), were administrated. The epithelial alterations were assessed by means of histological and morphometric methods, on posterior dorsal, anterior dorsal and ventral regions of the tongue. ASA reduced, in rat fetuses, the ethanol deleterious effects on nuclear size in the epithelial prickle cell of the lingual mucosa. On the other hand, ASA did not influence the effects of ethanol in both epithelial layers of the lingual mucosa, when the nuclear shape, cell volume or epithelial layers thickness were evaluated. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 00/00360-7 - Efeitos teratogênicos da interação ácido acetil salicílico e etanol: avaliação morfológica e morfométrica em epitélio de língua de fetos de ratas
• Beneficiário: Sandra Aparecida Marinho
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado