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Acute toxicity and histopathology in ornamental fish amazon bluespotted corydora (Corydoras melanistius) exposed to formalin
(2012-12) SANTOS, Rudã Fernandes Brandão; DIAS, Henrique Malta; FUJIMOTO, Rodrigo Yudi
The objective of this work was to evaluate the acute toxicity of formalin and histopathological effects on the Amazon ornamental fish, bluespotted coridora (Corydoras melanistius). A randomized design was used, with ten concentrations of formalin (40%) (0, 3, 6, 12, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250mg.L-1) with four replicates and five fish per container (3L) in static system for 96 hours. The moribund fish were killed and fixed in 10% formalin to proceed the histopathological analysis of gill, liver and kidney. At the end of this experiment the following mortality rates (%) were obtained in increasing order of exposure: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 65, 85, 100, 100 and 100%. The lethal concentration 50% (LC50-96h (I)) estimated was 50.76 mg.L-1 with regression of y = 0.51x, and r² = 0.80. Further, in higher concentrations morphological changes as gill hyperplasia, with filling of interlamellar spaces, disorganization of liver arrangement, and necrosis in kidney were observed. In this study, the formalin can be considered slightly toxic to bluespotted corydora, and cause morphological changes when exposed to high concentrations. The use of formalin to treat of ornamental fish in the inner river of capture with wrong concentration can provoke negative environmental and biological effects.
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Aspectos bioquímicos e morfológicos da matriz extracelular das cartilagens septal e alares do nariz suíno
(Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 1999-07-02) MESSIAS JÚNIOR, Nazário de Souza; GOMES, Laurecir; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0032653238117133
The objective of the present study was to characterize some aspects of the extracellular matrix components of the alar and septal cartilage of the nose of swine and to examine the histological and histochemical aspects of the two types of cartilage. The kaotropic agent Gu-HCl was used to extract the matrix components. The predominant glycosaminoglycan in the two caitilages was chondroitin sulfate. After ultracentrifugation, the D4 fraction of the septal and alar cartilages was fractioned on DEAE-Sephacel using na NaCl gradient. SDS-PAGE analysiys showed similarities between the two cartilages, with the presence of fíbromodulin, decorin and binding proteins. Only the septal cartilage presented the 115 kDa component, which possibly appears as 30 kDa subunits after the action of the reducing agent. The glycosaminoglycan populations were determined by fractionation on Sepharose CL-6B followed by analysis of the samples on the agarosepolyacrilamide gel. The two cartilages presented a strongly polydispersed population, which was less uniformly polydispersed in the septal than in the alar cartilage. AD2 fractionation on DEAE-Sephacel and sample analysis by SDS-PAGE and agarosepolyacrylamide electrophoresis showed the presence of the small proteoglycans biglycan and decorin, possible associated with the large proteoglycans. The septal cartilage presents chondrocytes roughly arranged in rows accompanyng the widest axis of the cartilage, whereas the alar cartilage presents chondrocytes characteristically arranged in isogenic groups. Histhochemistry was performed usisng Xylidine Ponceau for total proteins, Picrosirius-Hematoxylin for collagen, Toluidine Blue for total glycosaminoglycans. And alcian blues, pH 2.5 and pH 1.0, for sulfated and carboxylated glycosaminoglycans. Total glycosaminoglycans are more cleary visible in the territorial matrix, whereas total proteins are more cleary visible in the interterritorial matrix. The collagen of the septal cartilage is roughly organized along the longitudinal axis of the specimens between the chondrocytes rows.
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Comparison between histopathologic features of leprosy in reaction lesions in HIV coinfected and non-coinfected patients
(2015-02) PIRES, Carla Andréa Avelar; MIRANDA, Mario Fernando Ribeiro de; BITTENCOURT, Maraya de Jesus Semblano; BRITO, Arival Cardoso de; XAVIER, Marília Brasil
BACKGROUND: Leprosy and HIV are diseases that have a major impact on public health in Brazil. Patients coinfected with both diseases, appear to be at higher risk to develop leprosy reactions. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to describe the histopathological aspects of cutaneous lesions during reactional states in a group of patients with HIV-leprosy coinfection, compared to patients with leprosy, without coinfection. METHODS: Two groups were established: group 1 comprised of 40 patients coinfected with HIV-leprosy; group 2, comprised of 107 patients with leprosy only. Patients presenting reactional states of leprosy had their lesions biopsied and comparatively evaluated. RESULTS: Reversal reaction was the most frequent feature in both groups, with dermis edema as the most common histopathological finding. Giant cells were seen in all group 1 histopathological examinations. Dermis edema was the most common finding in patients with erythema nodosum leprosum. CONCLUSION: Few histopathological differences were found in both groups, with reversal reaction as the most significant one, although this fact should be analyzed considering the predominant BT clinical form in the coinfected group and BB form in the group without HIV. Larger prospective studies in patients with HIV-leprosy coinfection are needed to confirm and broaden these results.
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Immediate graft histological assay, post pig's liver transplantation
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2013-09) BRITO, Marcus Vinicius Henriques; ARAÚJO, Marialva Tereza Ferreira de; CUNHA, Luane Cristine Batista; OLIVEIRA, Antônio Jorge Barbosa de; RODRIGUES, Jacqueline Barreto; BRITO, Nathalya Botelho
PURPOSE: To describe the vascular and tissue histopathological changes in seven sequential experimental liver transplantations in pigs. METHODS: Fourteen female pigs, Sus domesticus species, with body mass between 5 and 8 kg were utilized. After the end of all anastomoses of the graft implantation in the receptor, the animal was monitored for 30 minutes, and at its end one of the biopsies was collected for histological analysis. The histological criteria utilized were: lytic hepatocyte necrosis, density of septal and portal inflammatory infiltrated, sinusoidal congestion and hemorrhage. The analysis was performed separately for the portal region in zone 1, 2 and 3. RESULTS: Among the structural changes undergone by the graft, those with greater frequency and intensity were vascular congestion and steatosis, which stood out in transplantations 5, 6 and 7. CONCLUSIONS: The technique demonstrated vascular alterations represented by vasocongestion, edema and minimum inflammatory reaction. In relation to the parenchyma, was observed macrovacuolar pan-acinar steatosis, focal lytic and occasional hemorrhages, beyond the accumulation of hemosiderin in Kuppfer's cells.
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Infection by Henneguya sp. (Myxozoa) in the bone tissue of the gill filaments of the Amazonian catfish Hypophthalmus marginatus (Siluriformes)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-09) SILVA, Michele Velasco Oliveira da; VIDEIRA, Marcela Nunes; SINDEAUX NETO, José Ledamir; SANTOS, Patricia dos; SANCHES, Osimar de Carvalho; MATOS, Patrícia Santos
This study describes aspects of the infection caused by the myxosporean genus Henneguya, which forms cysts in the bony portion of the gill filaments of Hypophthalmusmarginatus. Specimens of this catfish were acquired dead from artisanal fishermen near the town of Cametá, state of Pará, northern Brazil, between July 2011 and May 2012. They were transported in refrigerated containers to the Carlos Azevedo Research Laboratory at the Federal Rural University of Amazonia, in Belém, where analyses were performed. After confirmation of parasitism by the genus Henneguya, observation were made using optical and differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy. The histological technique of embedment in paraffin was used. Ziehl-Neelsen staining was applied to the histological sections. Necropsy analyses on specimens of H. marginatus showed that 80% of them (40/50) had cysts of whitish coloration inside the bony portion of the gill filaments, filled with Henneguya spores. The present study found inflammatory infiltrate in the vicinity of the cysts. Furthermore, the special Ziehl-Neelsen staining technique made it possible to mark the Henneguya sp. cysts in the bone tissue and in spore isolates in the gill tissue structure. The descriptions of these histopathological findings show that this parasite is very invasive and causes damage to its host tissues.
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Kudoa spp. (Myxozoa) infection in musculature of Plagioscion squamosissimus (Sciaenidae) in the Amazon region, Brazil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-06) OLIVEIRA, Joyce Cardim de; SILVA, Michele Velasco Oliveira da; SANTOS, Patrícia de Fátima Saco dos; SILVA, José Mauro Viana; SÃO CLEMENTE, Sérgio Carmona de; MATOS, Edilson Rodrigues
Ninety specimens of Plagioscion squamosissimus captured using fishing tackle in the Outeiro district, state of Pará, were examined. Fish were placed in plastic bags containing water, under conditions of artificial aeration, and transported live to the Carlos Azevedo Research Laboratory (LPCA), in Belém, Pará. They were anesthetized, euthanized and necropsied; small fragments of the epaxial and hypaxial muscles were removed for examination of fresh histological sections by means of optical microscopy. In 100% of the specimens analyzed, parasitic pseudocysts were seen to be interspersed within and between the skeletal muscle. These contained pseudoquadrate and/or star-shaped spores that presented four valves and four polar capsules, which were identified from their morphology as belonging to the genus Kudoa. This is the first report of Kudoa in P. squamosissimus in the Amazon region, Pará, Brazil.
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Lesão intestinal após isquemia-reperfusão: estudo comparativo usando sal tetrazólico (MTT) e histologia
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2001-03) BRITO, Marcus Vinicius Henriques; ARAÚJO, Marialva Tereza Ferreira de; ACÁCIO, Glayce June Sasaki; ACÁCIO, Glayce Josy Sasaki; REIS, José Maciel Caldas dos
Many methods are used to evaluate ischemia reperfusion injury, but the most employed one is the histological study. However, it only demonstrates on mucosal tunic, the index of lesion and morphologic preserved cells, but not the index of viable functional cells, present in the sample. With this purpose, a colorimetric method was used, employing Methyl Thiazolyl Blue (MTT). The experiment was conducted in 30 Wistar male rats, distributed in 3 groups: Group Control (GC), Group ischemia and reperfusion-1 (GIR-1) and Group ischemia and reperfusion-3 (GIR-3), with 10 animals each. The Groups GIR-1 and GIR-3 were submitted to intestinal ischemia for 30 minutes by a false ligature of superior mesenteric artery, and submitted to euthanasia after 1 and 3 days of reperfusion, when material was picked for absorbency and histological procedures. It was observed a smaller proportion of viable cells and a larger degree of mucosal lesion in GIR-3 group (p<0.05), while GC group was the one with the larger proportion of viable cells and smaller degree of the mucosal injury (p<0.05). This way we concluded that MTT is as effective and reliable as the histological study at evaluating alterations produced by intestinal ischemia-reperfusion.
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Microglia and neurons in the hippocampus of migratory sandpipers
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-11) DINIZ, Cristovam Guerreiro; MAGALHÃES, Nara Gyzely de Morais; SOUSA, Aline Andrade de; SANTOS FILHO, Carlos; DINIZ, Daniel Guerreiro; LIMA, Camila Mendes de; OLIVEIRA, Marcus Augusto de; PAULO, Dario Carvalho; PEREIRA, Patrick Douglas Corrêa; SHERRY, David Francis
The semipalmated sandpiper Calidris pusilla and the spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia are long- and short-distance migrants, respectively. C. pusilla breeds in the sub-arctic and mid-arctic tundra of Canada and Alaska and winters on the north and east coasts of South America. A. macularia breeds in a broad distribution across most of North America from the treeline to the southern United States. It winters in the southern United States, and Central and South America. The autumn migration route of C. pusilla includes a non-stop flight over the Atlantic Ocean, whereas autumn route of A. macularia is largely over land. Because of this difference in their migratory paths and the visuo-spatial recognition tasks involved, we hypothesized that hippocampal volume and neuronal and glial numbers would differ between these two species. A. macularia did not differ from C. pusilla in the total number of hippocampal neurons, but the species had a larger hippocampal formation and more hippocampal microglia. It remains to be investigated whether these differences indicate interspecies differences or neural specializations associated with different strategies of orientation and navigation.
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Stem cells from adipose tissue improve the time of wound healing in rats
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2016-12) OHASHI, Camila Melo; CALDEIRA, Fabio Alves Morikawa; FEITOSA JUNIOR, Denilson José Silva; VALENTE, André Lopes; DUTRA, Paulo Roberto Witter; MIRANDA, Moysés dos Santos; SANTOS, Simone do Socorro Damasceno; BRITO, Marcus Vinicius Henriques; OHASHI, Otávio Mitio; YASOJIMA, Edson Yuzur
PURPOSE: To evaluate the Adipose Stem Cells (ACS) therapy efficacy on the time and quality of wound healing process in rats. METHODS: Nine male Wistar rats were randomly distributed into three groups I) 7 days of healing; II) 14 days of healing; III) 21 days of healing. Four incisions were made on the dorsal surface of each rat and then treated with intralesional ACS, meloxicam, and no treatment and ACS+meloxicam. Macroscopic evaluation was measured by percentage of healing and histopathological by hematoxylineosin was performed. RESULTS: All groups have the wound reduced during the three weeks (p<0.001) and after 14 days of healing had greater reduction than others. Wounds treated with ASC had accelerated healing in relation to no treatment and only meloxicam (p<0.001), excepting the ASC+Meloxicam that was similar (p=0.13). There was no difference in histopathological analysis between lesions. CONCLUSION: Adipose stem cell have benefits in reducing time of healing of experimental model of wound in rats, observed 7 days of after application.
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Utilização de peixes nativos da Amazônia como biomarcadores na avaliação da qualidade da água de uma área industrial no rio Pará - PA - Brasil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011) MONTES, Caroline da Silva; FERREIRA, Maria Auxiliadora Pantoja; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1832728101486131; ROCHA, Rossineide Martins da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4371300451793081
Indiscriminate dumping of toxic substances impairs and deteriorates the water quality. Fish gills have a large surface area; they remain in close contact with the external environment and are particularly sensitive to changes in water quality, for this reason they are quite relevant for environmental monitoring. This study analyzes the gill structure of the fish species Plagioscion squamossissimus and Lithodoras dorsalis from two different sites located an Amazon estuary. A total of 324 specimens were used, this total 176 were P. squamossissimus and 148 L. dorsalis, removing the second gill arch for histological, ultrastructural and immunohistochemical analyses. The histological changes were analysed semiquantitatively according to the histopathological evaluation. The sampled sites differ regarding the rate of occurrence of altered animals, only site A showed healthy animals, 84% of L. dorsalis and 77% of P. squamossissimus had normal gill structure, with the lamellae lined by simple squamous epithelial, composed of pillar, mucous and chloride cells. However, all the specimens collected in sites B revealed tissue changes in the gill lamellae such as: aneurysm; epithelial lifting; cell proliferation; lamellar fusion and cell hypertrophy, this result was also confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. TUNEL analysis indicated that only animals captured on site B showed apoptotic cells. The presence of injury in gill tissues in the animals captured on site B emphasizes the need for more effective pollution control measures with regards to discarding pollutant loads as well as the need for urban planning in this region.