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| Provedor de dados: |
BABT
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Metabolic and behavioral effects of ractopamine at continuous low levels in rats under stress
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| Autores: |
Lopes,Edna
Sousa,Raimundo Vicente de
Zangeronimo,Márcio Gilberto
Pereira,Andressa Naira de Jesus
Coelho,Mariana de Resende
Ferreira,Matheus Soares da Silva
Lima,Renato Ribeiro
Marcondes,Fernanda Klein
Napimoga,Marcelo Henrique
Pereira,Luciano José
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| Data: |
2015-06-01
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| Ano: |
2015
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| Palavras-chave: |
Β-adrenergic agonist
Ractopamine
Zootechnical performance
Metabolism
Elevated Plus-Maze Tests
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| Resumo: |
This study aimed at evaluating the effect of ractopamine (RAC) on metabolism, zootechnical performance, body composition, and behavior in Wistar rats submitted to acute and chronic restrain stress. The oral dose of 5 mg/kg of RAC was administered in periods of 0, 7, 14, 21, and 28 days. The elevated plus-maze test (EPMT) was used for behavioral assessment. Blood, carcass and viscera characteristics were evaluated. Insulin-dependent glucose transporters (GLUT-4) were semi-quantified by Western Blot in epididymal adipocytes. RAC periods associated with chronic stress increased the GLUT-4 protein expression in adipose tissue in a time-dependent manner (P=0.01), i.e., the longer the RAC addition period, the higher the GLUT-4 concentration in chronically stressed animals (0=1.42; 7=1.19; 14=2.03; 21=1.59; 28=2.35). The stress periods combined with RAC increased the time spent in the opened arms of the maze (Chronic stress: 0=10.6; 7=8.7; 14=5.9; 21=12.3; 28=4.0; Acute stress 0=3.1; 7= 4.7; 14=7.5; 21=0.0; 28=2.8) (P=0.04). Chronic (entries on the closed arms [ECA]=3.60) and acute (ECA=3.80) stress reduced locomotive activity in the maze (P=0.03). The results suggested that stress could negatively affect the possible benefits offered by the RAC, mainly impairing the adipose tissue metabolism and behavior in the animals.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132015000300406
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| Editor: |
Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1516-8913201500056
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology v.58 n.3 2015
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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