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Vol. 9. Issue 6.
Pages 481-492 (November - December 2003)
ARTIGO ORIGINAL/ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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O epitélio respiratório em ratos Wistar nascidos em ruído de baixa frequência e expostos a ruído adicional
Respiratory epithelia in Wistar rats born in low frequency noise plus varying amounts of additional exposure
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Nuno A.A. Castelo Branco1, Emanuel Monteiro2, António Costa e Silva3, José Manuel Reis Ferreira4, Mariana Alves-Pereira5
1 Médico Anátomo-Patologista. Presidente do Conselho Científico. Centro da Performance Humana, Alverca do Ribatejo
2 Técnico de Anatomia. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Universidade do Porto
3 Técnico de Anatomia. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Universidade do Porto
4 Médico Pneumologista. Unidade de Estudo Funcional Respiratório. Hospital da Força Aérea, Lisboa
5 Mestre em Engenharia Biomédica. Doutoranda, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente. Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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RESUMO

A exposição ao ruído de baixa frequência (RBF) (≤500Hz, incluindo os infra-sons) provoca lesões no epitélio do aparelho respiratório. Em ratos cuja gestação ocorreu sob o efeito de RBF, e que subsequentemente passaram um ano em silêncio, observaram-se lesões estabilizadas e definitivas do epitélio respiratório. Neste estudo, investigam-se as lesões que se observam em ratos nascidos em RBF e expostos a RBF adicional. Ratos nascidos em RBF foram posteriormente expostos a RBF adicional antes de serem sacrificados: 145h (Grupo A), 235h (Grupo B), 2213h (Grupo C), 2438h (GroupD), 4399h (Grupo E) e 5304h (Grupo F). Todos os animais foram tratados de acordo com a norma aplicável (86/609/CE). Fragmentos do epitélio respiratório foram processados para microscopia óptica e electrónica. No grupo A, as microvilosidades das células em escova (CE) juntam-se, deixando de ter a distribuição uniforme observada nos ratos de controlo; no grupo B as microvilosidades das CE aglomeram-se e, nos restantes grupos, apresentam-se fundidas. As rosetas (anéis de células secretoras centradas numa CE) são visíveis nos grupos A-D e tornam-se difíceis de identificar nos grupos E, F. A quantidade de cílios “ceifados” aumenta com o tempo de exposição, bem como as imagens de desdiferenciação celular. O RBF produz um efeito nefasto sobre o epitélio respiratório destes ratos.

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Palavras-chave:
ruído de baixa frequência
doenças do colagénio
célula em escova
cílios
microvilosidade
desdiferenciação
doença vibroacústica
metaplasia
displasia
carcinoma pavimentocelular
ABSTRACT

Earlier studies of Wistar rat respiratory epithelia exposed to low frequency noise (LFN) (≤500Hz, including infrasound) showed that LFN effects trauma on the respiratory tract. In rats gestated and born in LFN environments, trauma was still evident after spending 1 year in silence. This report studies Wistar rats gestated and born in a LFN environment and exposed to additional LFN. Wistar rats were gestated and born while exposed to LFN. After birth, the following groups were exposed to LFN for an additional 145hrs (Group A), 235hrs (Group B), 2213hrs (Group C), 2438hrs (Group D), 4399hrs (Group E), and 5304hrs (Group F). All animals were treated in accordance with 86/609/EC. Respiratory epithelial fragments were prepared for light and scanning/transmission electron microscopy. Group A brush cell (BC) microvilli tended to group together; in Group B they were clearly clustered together, and in Groups C-F they became fused. Rosetta structures (rings of secretory cells centered on a BC) were visible in Groups A-D and difficult to identify in Groups E,F. The amount of sheared cilia increased with exposure time, as did the images of cellular dedifferentiation. LFN exposure induces severe trauma on the respiratory epithelial cells in these rats.

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Key-words:
low frequency noise
brush cell
collagen diseases
ciliated cell
microvilli
cilia
de-differentiation
vibroacoustic disease
metaplasia
displasia
squamous-cell carcinoma
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