Data/hora: 29/05/2024 05:49:17

Provedor de dados: 	Revista de Microbiologia	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Hepatosplenomegaly caused by an extract of cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa bloom collected in the Manguaba Lagoon, Alagoas - Brazil	
Autores: 	Porfirio,Zenaldo; Ribeiro,Micheline P.; Estevam,Cicero S.; Houly,Ricardo L. S.; Sant'Ana,Antonio Euzébio G.	
Data: 	1999-07-01	
Ano: 	1999	
Palavras-chave: 	Microcystis aeruginosa; Cyanobacteria; Hepatomegaly; Splenomegaly.	
Resumo: 	Cyanobacteria (Microcystis aeruginosa), which produce powerful hepatotoxic cyclopeptides, were collected and submitted to the determination of toxicity through intraperitoneal injections made in 30 and 90 days-old Swiss albino mice. The liver and the spleen were histopathologically analyzed and the weight and vital signs development were monitored. Test of toxicity resulted in a LD50 of 154.28 mg.Kg-1. M. aeruginosa represented 95% of the analyzed biomass. The ratios between liver weight and body weight in the animal inoculated with a single dose were 6.0% and 7.2%, with multi doses 7.0% and 7.5% and in the control animals 4.0% and 5.0%, for adult and young animals, respectively. There was an accentuated increase in the volume and weight of the spleen, and the animals inoculated with a single dose showed a ratio between spleen weight and body weight of 0.67% and 0.37%, with multidoses 1.22% and 1.05% and the control animals the ratio was 0.12% and 0.15%, for adult and young animals, respectively. The young animals inoculated with single and multi doses had an increase of 150% and 407% in the spleen size while the adults increased, 607% and 845%, respectively, in relation to the control. The histopathological analysis showed strong differences in the structure of the hepatic parenchyme in control animals and in those exposed to the M. aeruginosa extract. The main alterations were the congestive aspect, including the sinusoid, and intrahepatic haemorrhagia. The histopathological analysis showed considerable increase in the number of multinuclear giant cells in the spleen of the animals intoxicated by M. aeruginosa.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37141999000300016	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0001-37141999000300016	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Revista de Microbiologia  v.30 n.3 1999	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess