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| GUIMARÃES,CARINE A.; BIELLA,MAIRIS S.; LOPES,ABIGAIL; DEROZA,PEDRO F.; OLIVEIRA,MARIANA B.; MACAN,TAMIRES P.; STRECK,EMILIO L.; FERREIRA,GUSTAVO C.; ZUGNO,ALEXANDRA I.; SCHUCK,PATRÍCIA F.. |
| Increased fructose concentrations are the biochemical hallmark of fructosemia, a group of inherited disorders on the metabolic pathway of this sugar. The main clinical findings observed in patients affected by fructosemia include neurological abnormalities with developmental delay, whose pathophysiology is still undefined. In the present work we investigated the in vitro and in vivo effects of fructose on acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity in brain structures of developing rats. For the in vitro experiments, fructose was added at increasing concentrations to the incubation medium. It was observed that fructose provoked an inhibition of acetylcholinesterase activity in cerebral cortex of 30-day-old-rats, even at low concentrations (0.1 mM). For the in... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Acetylcholinesterase; Brain; Fructosel hereditary fructose intolerance. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652014000401919 |
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| DIMER,NÁDIA W.; SCHUCK,PATRÍCIA F.; STRECK,EMILIO L.; FERREIRA,GUSTAVO C.. |
| Inherited metabolic diseases are a heterogeneous group of diseases caused by a punctual defect in cell metabolism, resulting in the accumulation of toxic intermediate metabolites or in the lack of important biomolecules for adequate cell functioning. D-glyceric aciduria is an inherited disease caused by a deficiency of glycerate 2-kinase activity, whose pathophysiological mechanisms remain unknown. The main clinical and neurological symptoms seen in affected patients include progressive encephalopathy, hypotonia, psychomotor and mental retardation, microcephaly, seizures, speech delay, metabolic acidosis, and even death. In this review we shall discuss these clinical and biochemical findings, as well as diagnosis and treatment of affected patients in order... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: D-glycerate; D-glyceric aciduria; Glycerate kinase; Glyceric acid; Organic acidurias. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000301409 |
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| GIOVANELLA,FRANCIANNE; FERREIRA,GABRIELA K.; PRÁ,SAMIRA D.T. DE; CARVALHO-SILVA,MILENA; GOMES,LARA M.; SCAINI,GISELLI; GONÇALVES,RENATA C.; MICHELS,MONIQUE; GALANT,LETÍCIA S.; LONGARETTI,LUIZA M.; DAJORI,ANA LUIZA; ANDRADE,VANESSA M.; DAL-PIZZOL,FELIPE; STRECK,EMILIO L.; SOUZA,RENAN P. DE. |
| Primaquine and chloroquine are used for the treatment of malaria; evidence from the literature suggests that these drugs may induce oxidative stress. In this study we investigated the effects of primaquine and chloroquine on oxidative damage and DNA damage in brain, liver and kidney of rats after 7, 14 and 21 days of administration. Our results demonstrated that primaquine causes DNA damage in brain after 7, 14 and 21 days, and in liver after 7 and 14 days. Moreover, primaquine increases TBARS levels in the kidney and protein carbonyls in the brain after 14 days, and decreases protein carbonyls in the liver after 7 days. Whereas chloroquine causes DNA damage in the kidney after 7 and 14 days, and in the liver after 14 and 21 days, increases TBARS levels in... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Primaquine; Chloroquine; Oxidative damage; DNA damage; Antimalarial drugs. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000301487 |
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| TEODORAK,BRENA P.; FERREIRA,GABRIELA K.; SCAINI,GISELLI; WESSLER,LETÍCIA B.; HEYLMANN,ALEXANDRA S.; DEROZA,PEDRO; VALVASSORI,SAMIRA S.; ZUGNO,ALEXANDRA I.; QUEVEDO,JOÃO; STRECK,EMILIO L.. |
| Fenproporex is the second most commonly amphetamine-based anorectic consumed worldwide; this drug is rapidly converted into amphetamine, in vivo, and acts by increasing dopamine levels in the synaptic cleft. Considering that fenproporex effects on the central nervous system are still poorly known and that acetylcholinesterase is a regulatory enzyme which is involved in cholinergic synapses and may indirectly modulate the release of dopamine, the present study investigated the effects of acute administration of fenproporex on acetylcholinesterase activity in brain of young rats. Young male Wistar rats received a single injection of fenproporex (6.25, 12.5 or 25mg/kg i.p.) or vehicle (2% Tween 80). Two hours after the injection, the rats were killed by... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Acetylcholinesterase; Amphetamine; Dopamine; Fenproporex. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000301389 |
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