Orientador: Marilda Mazzali / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T09:11:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nicolielo_RenatoLuizCursino_M.pdf: 2896438 bytes, checksum: 3df4ea3bde6ce115708b78e7b010be98 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Hiperuricemia é associada ao desenvolvimento de remodelamento vascular e hipertensão arterial em modelos experimentais. Por outro lado, o uso de agentes redutores dos níveis de ácido úrico (hipouricemiantes) proporciona a normalização pressórica e proteção contra o desenvolvimento de doença renal. Objetivo: Determinar o efeito de agentes hipouricemiantes sobre a pressão arterial de animais SHR. Métodos: ratos machos SHR e WKY, com 4 semanas de idade, acompanhados durante 9 semanas. Os animais SHR foram tratados com alopurinol (SHRALP) ou benzbromarona (SHRBENZ). Pressão arterial de cauda, função renal e histologia renal foram comparados aos animais SHR não tratados (SHRCT) e aos controles normotensos WKY (WKYCT). Pressão arterial de cauda foi medida no período inicial e semanalmente até o sacrifício. Resultados: Tratamento com agentes hipouricemiantes reduziu a PA em animais SHR, com melhor controle no grupo SHRALP (SHRCT 214±7,7; SHRALP 164±3,5; SHRBENZ 179±2,3 mmHg, p<0,05). O tratamento foi associado com redução significativa dos níveis de ácido úrico comparado aos controles SHR (SHRCT 1,6±0,6; SHRALP 0,9±0,2*; SHRBENZ 1,0±0,4* mg/dl, *p<0.05). A função renal permaneceu inalterada em todos os grupos durante o acompanhamento. Análise histológica dos fragmentos renais mostrou redução significativa do percentual de arteríolas pré-glomerulares remodeladas nos animais tratados, em comparação aos controles SHR (84,3±8,5%SHRCT; 66,4±20,1%SHRALP*; 71,6±15,3% SHRBENZ* p<0,05). Espessamento de arteríolas pré-glomerulares, quantificada por método de captura de imagem computadorizada mostrou redução significativa da área de parede arteriolar nos animais tratados em comparação aos SHR não tratados (SHRCT). A espessura arteriolar do grupo SHRALP foi compatível a dos animais controles WKY. Conclusão: O uso de agentes hipouricemiantes foi associado com redução de PA e de remodelamento vascular de arteríolas préglomerulares em animais SHR. Como esses animais já apresentam nível sérico de ácido úrico mais elevado que os WKY com 4 semanas de vida, apesar de níveis pressóricos normais, intervenção em idades mais precoces talvez possa prevenir o desenvolvimento de hipertensão arterial e remodelamento vascular nestes animais. / Abstract: Hyperuricemia is associated with vascular remodeling and hypertension in experimental models, and use of uric acid (UA) lowering agents is associated with BP normalization and protection of renal disease. Aim: To determine the effect of UA lowering agents on BP in SHR animals. Methods: Male SHR and WKY rats, 4 weeks old, were followed for 9 weeks. SHR animals received allopurinol (SHRALP) or benzbromarone (SHRBENZ) and BP, renal function, and renal histology were compared to untreated SHR (SHRCT) and WKY controls (WKYCT). Blood pressure was measured at baseline and every week until sacrifice. Results: Treatment with UA lowering agents reduced BP in SHR, with better control in SHRALP group (SHRCT 214±7.7, SHRALP 164±3.5, SHRBENZ 179±2.3 mmHg, p<0.05). Treatment was associated with a significant reduction in serum UA levels compared to SHRCT (SHRCT 1.6±0.6, SHRALP 0.9±0.2*, SHRBENZ 1.0±0.4* mg/dl, *p<0.05). Renal function remained unchanged in all groups. Histological analysis showed a significant reduction in vascular remodeling in SHR treated with UA-lowering agents compared to SHRCT (84.3±8.5%SHRCT, 66.4±20.1%SHRALP*, 71.6±15.3% SHRBENZ* p<0.05). Pre-glomerular arterial thickness, measured by computer assisted analysis, showed a reduction in arteriolar wall area in SHR treated compared to SHRCT. Arteriolar thickness in SHRALP group was comparable to WKYCT. Conclusion: The use of UA lowering agents was associated with a reduction in BP and pre glomerular arteriolopathy in SHR. As SHR rats already had higher UA than WKY controls at 4 weeks of life, despite normal BP, an earlier intervention might prevent the development of hypertension and vascular remodeling in these animals. / Mestrado / Ciencias Basicas / Mestre em Clinica Medica

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第21973号 / 農博第2363号 / 新制||農||1071(附属図書館) / 学位論文||R1||N5224(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科食品生物科学専攻 / (主査)教授 井上 和生, 教授 谷 史人, 准教授 大日向 耕作 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

Intravenous injection of substance P (SP) increases renal nerve firing and heart rate in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKYs) by stimulating sympathetic ganglia. Blood pressure is increased in SHRs but lowered in WKYs. This study assesses the role of neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptors in mediating the ganglion actions of SP. Rats for functional studies were anesthetized and then treated with chlorisondamine. Renal nerve, blood pressure, and heart rate responses to intravenous injection of the NK1 receptor agonist GR-73632 were similar but less than those to equimolar doses of SP in SHRs. GR-73632 only slightly increased renal nerve firing and heart rate and lowered blood pressure in WKYs. The NK1 receptor antagonist GR-82334 (200 nmol/kg iv) blocked the ganglionic actions of GR-73632 and the pressor response to SP in SHRs. It reduced the renal nerve and heart rate responses by 52 and 35%. This suggests that the pressor response to SP is mediated by ganglionic NK1 receptors and that NK1 receptors also have a prominent role in mediating the renal nerve and heart rate responses to SP. Quantitative autoradiography showed that NK1 receptors are more abundant in the superior cervical ganglia of SHRs. RT-PCR showed increased abundance of NK1 receptor mRNA in SHRs as well. These observations suggest that the greater ganglionic stimulation caused by SP in SHRs is due to upregulation of NK1 receptors.

Long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) are the primary energy source in the myocardium and an imbalance in the LCFA and glucose utilization could cause cardiovascular diseases. More than 50% of LCFA uptake by the heart is mediated by the fatty acid translocase CD36 and disruption of its function has been shown to impair cardiovascular functions. The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) harbors a deletion variant of the Cd36 gene that results in reduced LCFA transport into myocytes. Therefore, the main aim of this thesis was to investigate the importance of a functional CD36 to sustain normal physiological functions of the heart. We used SHR and two genetic modified SHR strains, the congenic SHR-4 and the transgenic SHR-Cd36, with fully functional CD36. They differ in the CD36 expression and in the manner how they were derived from the SHR. CD36 has been proven to play a role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. Therefore we analyzed the effect of a functional CD36 on insulin resistance and protein kinase C (PKC) expression, which is known to be involved in the mechanism of insulin resistance, in the heart of SHR-4 and SHR. We showed that the SHR-4 had lower serum free fatty acids (FFA) and triacylglycerols (TAG) concentrations, indicating improved insulin sensitivity. Furthermore, SHR-4 had increased...

Master of Science / Department of Psychology / Kimberly Kirkpatrick / Several studies have examined timing and impulsive choice behavior in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) as a possible pre-clinical model for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, the strain has not been specifically selected for the traits of ADHD and as a result their appropriateness as a model has been questioned. This study investigated whether SHR would exhibit timing deficits, poor reward processing and impulsive behavior in comparison to the Wistar Kyoto (WKY) control strain in a discrete-trial choice task. In addition, as a first approach to find another potential animal model of ADHD, we evaluated a strain that has shown high levels of impulsivity, the Lewis (LEW) rats and compared them with the Wistar (WIS) rats. In the first phase of the experiment, rats could chose a lever associated with a Smaller-sooner (SS) reward of 1 pellet delivered after 10 s and a Larger-later (LL) reward of 2 pellets delivered after 30 s. Subsequently, the rats were exposed to different phases, where the reward on the LL choice was increased to 3 and 4 pellets and where the delay to the SS choice was increased to 15 and 20 s. The SHR and WKY strains did not differ in their timing or choice behavior. In comparison to WIS, LEW showed timing deficits in both manipulations and deficits in choice behavior in the delay manipulation, indicating deficits in time processing. Individual differences among the rat within a strain accounted a significant proportion of the total variance and contributed more variance than the strain of the rat. These results indicate that the SHR and LEW strains are not sufficiently homogeneous with respect to impulsive choice behavior to be considered as viable models for impulse control disorders such as ADHD.

A hipertensão arterial (HA) é um importante problema de saúde pública e representa um dos fatores de risco mais relevantes na etiologia das doenças cardiovasculares. O incremento na resistência vascular periférica (RVP) é a principal característica da HA e está diretamente associado a alterações vasculares estruturais, mecânicas e funcionais. O aumento do estresse oxidativo tem sido considerado um importante fator que contribui para o desenvolvimento e estabelecimento da HA. A prática regular de exercício físico aeróbio, utilizada como medida não farmacológica para o tratamento da HA, tem se mostrado efetiva em reduzir os valores de pressão arterial através da promoção de diversas adaptações cardiovasculares. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar os efeitos do treinamento físico (TF) aeróbio sobre as alterações vasculares de artérias coronárias e mesentéricas de resistência induzidas pela HA. Para isso ratos espontaneamente hipertensos (SHR) foram submetidos a um protocolo de TF aeróbio. Este TF promoveu alterações estruturais, avaliadas através de um miógrafo de pressão, como o remodelamento vascular em coronárias e redução de colágeno com aumento na área das fenestras da elastina em mesentéricas, as quais foram associadas com a melhora na rigidez vascular. Além disso, o TF induziu melhora da função endotelial, avaliada através de estudos de reatividade vascular, principalmente mediada por aumento na disponibilidade de óxido nítrico ocasionada por redução do estresse oxidativo. Os resultados sugerem que o TF promoveu alterações vasculares que podem contribuir para diminuir a RVP e reduzir a pressão arterial / Hypertension is a major public health problem and represents one of the most important risk factors in the etiology of cardiovascular diseases. Peripheral vascular resistance increased is the main feature of hypertension and it is directly associated with vascular structural, mechanical and functional alterations. Oxidative stress increased has been considered an important factor that contributes to the development and establishment of hypertension. Regular exercise training, used as a non pharmacological treatment of hypertension, has been effective reducing blood pressure by promoting several cardiovascular adaptations. The aim of the present study was evaluate the effects of treadmill training on the vascular alterations of coronary and mesenteric resistance arteries induced by hypertension. Then, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were submitted to an aerobic exercise training protocol. The exercise training promoted structural alterations, measured by a pressure myography, as coronary vascular remodeling and collagen reduction and also the area of fenestrae in the elastin of mesenteric arteries were increased, which were associated with vascular stiffness improvement. In addition, the exercise training improved the endothelial function in both arterial beds, as evaluated by vascular reactivity analysis, mediated primarily by increasing nitric oxide availability caused by oxidative stress reduction. The results suggest that exercise training promoted vascular changes that can contribute to reduce peripheral vascular resistance and blood pressure

A hipertensão arterial cursa com disfunção autonômica e lesão da barreira hematoencefálica (BHE) em áreas de controle autonômico. Demonstramos recentemente que o treinamento aeróbio corrige a lesão da BHE, e a disfunção autonômica, a qual se encontra correlacionada com a integridade da BHE observada nos hipertensos treinados. O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar a expressão gênica e proteica de componentes da BHE envolvidos na mediação das respostas cardiovasculares à hipertensão e ao treinamento aeróbio (T). Ratos espontaneamente hipertensos (SHR) e seus controles normotensos (WKY) (250-300g) foram submetidos ao protocolo de T em esteira ou mantido sedentários (S) por 4 semanas. Ao final do T os animais dos grupos experimentais foram canulados para aquisição das variáveis hemodinâmicas. A seguir procedeu-se à infusão intra-arterial de 2 corantes (Rodamina-d, 70 KD, e FITC-d,10 KD) e 20 min após os encéfalos foram coletados para realização de ensaios de fluorescência no Núcleo Paraventricular do Hipotálamo (PVN). Outros ratos dos grupos experimentais foram perfundidos com salina via transcardíaca e realizada a microdissecção do PVN. O mRNA foi extraído e sua concentração de foi analisada pela técnica de RT-PCR. Para investigar os efeitos da hipertensão e do T nos componentes da BHE, foram utilizados os seguintes primers: Occludina, Claudina-5, Zônula Ocludens 1 (proteínas da junção oclusiva), Caveolina-1 (indicador de transporte transcelular), Laminina alfa 1 e Colágeno 4 (componentes da membrana basal), PDGFR&beta; (marcador de pericitos)e Aquaporina-4 (indicador de podócitos de astrócitos), todos eles normalizados para o HPRT endógeno. Os dados de PCR em tempo real foram quantificados pelo método 2&Delta; &Delta;CT. Além disso, outros ratos dos mesmos grupos experimentais foram perfundidos com paraformaldeído 4% para a fixação do encéfalo. O tecido foi crioprotegido e seccionado em criostato, 30 um, os cortes foram incubados em anticorpos primários (Reca-1(marcador endotelial), Claudina-5, Caveolina-1, PDGFR&beta; e Aquaporina-4) e secundários (Alexa Flúor 488 e 594), e sua quantificação no PVN foi realizada através da densidade integrada. Não foi observada diferença na pressão arterial entre os grupos T e S, porém, houve bradicardia de repouso nos animais T (SHR-T:317±3 e WKY-T:308±2) comparados com os animais S (SHR-S: 344±4 e WKY-S: 323±3). A permeabilidade da BHE foi reduzida e normalizada pelo T nos animais hipertensos (SHR-S: 13,6±1,2% e SHR-T: 3,8±0,4%; WKY-S: 3,9±0,2% e WKY-T: 4,1±0,16%), e análise do RT-PCR não mostrou nenhuma diferença para Claudina, PDGFR&beta; e Aquaporina-4 entre os T e S. A expressão gênica de Caveolina-1 estava aumentada nos SHR comparado aos WKY, e o T foi capaz de reduzir sua expressão (SHR-T: 1,05±0,1). O que foi confirmado pela expressão proteica no PVN: a Caveolina-1 encontrava-se aumentada significativamente nos SHR-S em relação aos WKY, e o T reduziu sua expressão no PVN dos SHR. Conclusão: Nossos dados sugerem que o aumento da permeabilidade da BHE no PVN de hipertensos é devida ao aumento de transcitose, identificada pela expressão de Caveolina-1 e que o treinamento aeróbio reverte esta permeabilidade ao reduzir o transporte transcelular sem alterar o transporte paracelular. / The arterial hypertension courses with autonomic dysfunction and Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) damage in areas of autonomic control. We recently demonstrated that aerobic training corrects the damage to the BBB, and autonomic dysfunction, which is correlated with the integrity of the BBB observed in trained hypertense subjects. The objective of this work is to evaluate the gene and protein expression of BBB components involved in mediating cardiovascular responses to hypertension and aerobic training (T). Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and their normotensive controls (WKY) (250-300g) were submitted to treadmill protocol or maintained sedentary (S) for 4 weeks. At the end of the T, the animals of the experimental groups were cannulated to acquire the hemodynamic variables. Intra-arterial infusion of two dyes (Rhodamine-d, 70 KD, and FITC-d, 10 KD) and 20 min after brains were collected for fluorescence assays in the Paraventricular Nucleus of hypothalamus (PVN). Other rats from the experimental groups were perfused with transcardiacally with saline and the PVN was microdissected. The mRNA was extracted and its concentration was analyzed by the RT-PCR technique. To investigate the effects of hypertension and T in the BBB components, the following primers were used: Occludin, Claudin-5, Zonula Ocludens 1 (tight junction proteins), Caveolina-1 (indicator of transcellular transport), Laminin &alpha; 1 and Collagen-4 (basement membrane components), PDGFR&beta; (pericyte marker) and Aquaporin-4 (astrocyte podocyte indicator), all standardized for endogenous HPRT. Real-time PCR data were quantified by the method 2&Delta;&Delta;CT. In addition, other rats from the same experimental groups were perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde for fixation of the brain. The tissue was cryoprotected and cross-sectioned, 30 m, sections were incubated on primary (Reca-1 (endothelial marker), Claudin-5, Caveolin-1, PDGFR&beta; and Aquaporin-4) and secondary antibodies (Alexa Fluor 488 and 594), and its quantification in thePVN was performed through the integrated density. There was no difference in blood pressure between the T and S groups, but there was resting bradycardia in the T animals (SHR-T: 317 ± 3 and WKY-T: 308 ± 2) compared to S controls (SHR-S: 344 ± 4 and WKY-S: 323 ± 3). The permeability of BBB was reduced and normalized by T in hypertensive animals (SHR-S: 13.6 ± 1.2% and SHR-T: 3.8 ± 0.4%; WKY-S: 3.9 ± 0, 2% and WKY-T: 4.1 ± 0.16%), and RT-PCR analysis showed no difference for Claudin-5, PDGFR&beta; and Aquaporin-4 between T and S. Caveolin-1 gene expression was increased in SHR compared to WKY, and T was able to reduce its expression (SHR-T: 1.05 ± 0.1). This was confirmed by protein expression in PVN: Caveolin-1 was significantly increased in SHR-S relative to WKY, and T reduced its expression in the PVN of SHR. Conclusion: Our data suggest that increased permeability of BBB in the PVN of hypertense individuals is due to the increase transcytosis as identified by Caveolin-1 expression and that aerobic training reverses this permeability by reducing transcellular transport without altering the paracellular transport.

Submitted by GABRIEL MULINARI DOS SANTOS (gabriel_mulinari@hotmail.com) on 2018-02-14T10:31:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Gabriel_Repositorio.pdf: 2013798 bytes, checksum: e83e70bf61f06fb298685c59bc39ea6f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Claudio Hideo Matsumoto null (claudio@foa.unesp.br) on 2018-02-14T18:04:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 santos_gm_me_araca_int.pdf: 2013798 bytes, checksum: e83e70bf61f06fb298685c59bc39ea6f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-14T18:04:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 santos_gm_me_araca_int.pdf: 2013798 bytes, checksum: e83e70bf61f06fb298685c59bc39ea6f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-09 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Introdução: A hipertensão está associada a doenças cardiovasculares, mas também com alterações na qualidade óssea. A hipertensão, portanto, pode ser um fator de risco para a osseointegração. Estudos pré-clínicos sugerem que o losartan, um bloqueador dos receptores da angiotensina II amplamente utilizado para tratar a hipertensão, tem um efeito benéfico na consolidação do enxerto. No entanto, o efeito da hipertensão e do losartan na osteointegração permanece desconhecido. Material e Métodos: Aqui utilizamos ratos ratas espontaneamente hipertensivos (SHR) e ratos Wistar albinus normotensos que receberam losartan (30 mg / kg, p.o.) ou não tratados. Após uma semana, mini-implantes de titânio foram inseridos na tíbia. Sessenta dias após a implantação, a estabilidade do implante foi avaliada pela medição de torque de remoção considerada o ponto final primário. A tomografia computadorizada micro e a análise histomorfométrica foram parâmetros secundários. Resultados: o Losartan aumentou o torque de remoção no grupo SHR hipertenso para os níveis dos controles Wistar. Enquanto os parâmetros corticais da osseointegração permaneceram inalterados, losartan aumentaram a formação do osso medular. A micro tomografia computorizada revelou maior volume ósseo por volume de tecido e espessura trabecular nos ratos SHR tratados com losartan. A análise histomorfométrica mostrou ainda que o losartan aumentou significativamente a espessura do osso recém-formado na área medular em ratos SHR hipertensos. O losartan não alterou significativamente os parâmetros de osseointegração em ratos normotensos. Conclusões: Os dados apresentados sugerem que o antagonista dos receptores da angiotensina II losartan aumenta os parâmetros medulares da osseointegração no modelo da tíbia de ratos espontaneamente hipertensos. / Background: Hypertension is associated with cardiovascular diseases but also with alterations in bone quality. Hypertension therefore might be a risk factor for osseointegration. Preclinical studies suggest that losartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker widely used to treat hypertension, has a beneficial effect in graft consolidation. However, the effect of hypertension and losartan on osseointegration remains unknown. Methods: Here we used spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar albinus rats receiving losartan (30 mg/kg, p.o.) or left untreated. After one week, titanium miniscrews were inserted into the tibia. Sixty days after implantation, implant stability was evaluated by removal torque measurement considered the primary endpoint. Micro computed tomography and histomorphometric analysis were secondary endpoints. Results: Losartan increased the removal torque in the hypertensive SHR group to levels of the Wistar controls. While the cortical parameters of osseointegration remained unchanged, losartan increased medullary bone formation. Micro computed tomography revealed a higher bone volume per tissue volume and trabecular thickness in the SHR rats treated with losartan. Histomorphometric analysis further showed that losartan significantly increased the thickness of newly formed bone in medullary area in hypertensive SHR rats. Losartan did not significantly alter the parameters of osseointegration in normotensive rats. Conclusions: The data presented suggest that the angiotensin II receptor antagonist losartan increases the medullary parameters of osseointegration in a tibia model of spontaneously hypertensive rats. / 16/03245-2

A hipertensão arterial (HA) é um importante problema de saúde pública e representa um dos fatores de risco mais relevantes na etiologia das doenças cardiovasculares. O incremento na resistência vascular periférica (RVP) é a principal característica da HA e está diretamente associado a alterações vasculares estruturais, mecânicas e funcionais. O aumento do estresse oxidativo tem sido considerado um importante fator que contribui para o desenvolvimento e estabelecimento da HA. A prática regular de exercício físico aeróbio, utilizada como medida não farmacológica para o tratamento da HA, tem se mostrado efetiva em reduzir os valores de pressão arterial através da promoção de diversas adaptações cardiovasculares. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar os efeitos do treinamento físico (TF) aeróbio sobre as alterações vasculares de artérias coronárias e mesentéricas de resistência induzidas pela HA. Para isso ratos espontaneamente hipertensos (SHR) foram submetidos a um protocolo de TF aeróbio. Este TF promoveu alterações estruturais, avaliadas através de um miógrafo de pressão, como o remodelamento vascular em coronárias e redução de colágeno com aumento na área das fenestras da elastina em mesentéricas, as quais foram associadas com a melhora na rigidez vascular. Além disso, o TF induziu melhora da função endotelial, avaliada através de estudos de reatividade vascular, principalmente mediada por aumento na disponibilidade de óxido nítrico ocasionada por redução do estresse oxidativo. Os resultados sugerem que o TF promoveu alterações vasculares que podem contribuir para diminuir a RVP e reduzir a pressão arterial / Hypertension is a major public health problem and represents one of the most important risk factors in the etiology of cardiovascular diseases. Peripheral vascular resistance increased is the main feature of hypertension and it is directly associated with vascular structural, mechanical and functional alterations. Oxidative stress increased has been considered an important factor that contributes to the development and establishment of hypertension. Regular exercise training, used as a non pharmacological treatment of hypertension, has been effective reducing blood pressure by promoting several cardiovascular adaptations. The aim of the present study was evaluate the effects of treadmill training on the vascular alterations of coronary and mesenteric resistance arteries induced by hypertension. Then, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were submitted to an aerobic exercise training protocol. The exercise training promoted structural alterations, measured by a pressure myography, as coronary vascular remodeling and collagen reduction and also the area of fenestrae in the elastin of mesenteric arteries were increased, which were associated with vascular stiffness improvement. In addition, the exercise training improved the endothelial function in both arterial beds, as evaluated by vascular reactivity analysis, mediated primarily by increasing nitric oxide availability caused by oxidative stress reduction. The results suggest that exercise training promoted vascular changes that can contribute to reduce peripheral vascular resistance and blood pressure

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-03-06T14:57:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 gustavomontesnovaes.pdf: 4933394 bytes, checksum: d1148020d41a74584cee8821c8f26603 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-03-06T20:25:13Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 gustavomontesnovaes.pdf: 4933394 bytes, checksum: d1148020d41a74584cee8821c8f26603 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-06T20:25:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 gustavomontesnovaes.pdf: 4933394 bytes, checksum: d1148020d41a74584cee8821c8f26603 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-10 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A hipertensão é uma doença crônica que está relacionada com o aumento da pressão exercida pelo sangue nas paredes dos vasos sanguíneos. Seu surgimento está relacionado a síndromes metabólicas e, frequentemente, á obesidade. Entre o período de 2000 e 2011, esta patologia foi considerada a maior causa de morte no mundo devido à complicações inerentes a sua disfunção, como por exemplo acidente vascular cerebral e o infarto do miocárdio. Diversos estudos vêm sendo realizados com o objetivo de compreender melhor os mecanismos que estão relacionados ao surgimento da hipertensão bem como as disfunções causadas pela doença. Dentre estas disfunções, existem as alterações fisiológicas que ocorrem no coração sendo que as principais alterações ocorrem na atividade elétrica e mecânica do órgão cardíaco. A modelagem computacional se mostra como uma ferramenta muito eficaz no auxílio de tais estudos. A possibilidade de simular as disfunções causadas pela hipertensão no coração permitiria realizar experimentos prévios com baixo custo e em um pequeno intervalo de tempo. Assim este trabalho tem por principal objetivo apresentar modelos computacionais capazes de reproduzir a atividade eletromecânica transmural do miócito de ratos normotensos e hipertensos. Para isto, é proposto um novo modelo matemático/computacional resultado de um acoplamento de outros dois presentes na literatura. O modelo computacional proposto obteve resultados bastante satisfatórios visto que foi capaz de reproduzir as alterações fisiológicas ocorridas em miócitos de ratos, tanto para células de origem do epicárdio quanto para células de origem do endocárdio, nas principais variáveis associadas ao batimento cardíaco: potencial de ação, transiente intracelular de cálcio e o encurtamento do sarcômero. / The hypertension is a chronic disease that is related to an increased in the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of blood vessels. Its appearance is related to the metabolic syndrome and often with obesity. Between the years 2000 and 2011, this condition was considered the leading cause of death worldwide due to the complications inherent to its dysfunction, such as stroke and myocardial infarction. Several studies have been conducted in order to better understand the mechanisms that are related to the onset of hypertension and the dysfunctions caused by this disease. Among these disorders, there are the physiological changes that occur in the heart with the main changes occuring in electrical and mechanical activity of the heart organ. The Computational modeling can become a very effective tool in aid of such studies. The possibility of simulating the dysfunctions caused by hypertension in the heart would results in a possibility to do previous in silico experiments with low cost and in a short period of time. So this work is primarily engaged to present computational models capable of reproducing the transmural electromechanical activity of myocyte of normotensive and hypertensive rats. For this, a new mathematical / computational model was proposed resulted from a coupling of two others models presented in the literature. The proposed computational model obtained satisfactory results since it was able to reproduce the physiological changes in myocytes of rats, both for epicardial origin of cells and for endocardial cells of origin, the main variables associated with the heartbeat: the action potential, calcium intracellular transient and the shortening of the sarcomere.