In:
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Hindawi Limited, Vol. 2016 ( 2016), p. 1-11
Abstract:
This study investigates morphological and biochemistry effects of binge ethanol consumption in parotid (PG) and submandibular (SG) salivary glands of rats from adolescence to adulthood. Female Wistar rats ( n = 26 ) received ethanol at 3 g/kg/day (20% w/v) for 3 consecutive days/week from the 35th until the 62nd day of life. Animals were treated in two periods: 1 week (G1) and 4 weeks (G2), with a control (treated with distilled water) and an ethanol group to each period. In morphological analysis, morphometric and immunohistochemistry evaluation for smooth muscle actin ( α SMA), cytokeratin-18 (CK-18), and vimentin (VIM) were made. Biochemical changes were analyzed by concentration of nitrites and levels of malondialdehyde (MDA). The difference between groups in each analysis was evaluated by Mann-Whitney U test or Student’s t -test ( p ≤ 0.05 ). PG showed, at one week of ethanol exposure, lower CK-18 and α -SMA expression, as well as MDA levels. After four weeks, lower CK-18 and higher MDA levels were observed in PG exposed to ethanol, in comparison to control group. SG showed lower α -SMA expression after 1 and 4 weeks of ethanol exposure as well as higher MDA levels after 1 week. Ethanol binge consumption during adolescence promotes tissue and biochemical changes with only one-week binge in acinar and myoepithelial PG cells.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1942-0900
,
1942-0994
DOI:
10.1155/2016/7323627
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hindawi Limited
Publication Date:
2016
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2455981-7
