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Vol. 9. Issue 5.
Pages 381-388 (September - October 2003)
ARTIGO ORIGINAL/ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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O epitélio respiratório em ratos Wistar
Respiratory epithelia in Wistar rats
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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 doença vibroacústica é uma patologia sistémica, caracterizada pela proliferação anormal das matrizes extra-celulares e causada pela exposição crónica a ruído de baixa frequência (RBF) (≤500Hz, incluindo os infra-sons). Neste contexto, nos estudos conduzidos em ratos Wistar expostos a RBF, na tentativa de reproduzir a patologia observada em trabalhadores expostos a esta noxa, observaram-se aspectos não descritos. Urge assim esclarecer os aspectos normais em populações de ratos Wistar não expostos. Dez ratos Wistar, tratados de acordo com a norma 86/609/ CE, foram mantidos em silêncio até à idade de 3,5 meses e então sacrificados tendo sido colhidos fragmentos de traqueia e brônquios para microscopia óptica e electrónica de varrimento (MEV) e de transmissão (MET). As células em escova (CE) que se observam frequentemente em MET são menos visíveis em MEV, devido aos cílios das células vizinhas. São frequentes as estruturas em roseta, constituídas por um anel de células secretoras centradas numa CE. Em MET observam-se corpos multivesiculares dentro das CE. Observam-se, tanto em MEV como em MET, numerosas vesículas emanando da membrana plasmática dos cílios e das microvilosidades das CE. Estes dados podem contribuir para a compreensão da função das CE.

REV PORT PNEUMOL 2003; IX (5): 381-388

Palavras-chave:
ruído de baixa frequência
célula em escova
célula secretora
cílios
microvilosidade
morfologia
microscopia electrónica
ABSTRACT

Morphofunctional changes of respiratory epithelia became the object of intense study in Wistar rats after previous research showed that occupationally-simulated exposure to low frequency noise (≤500Hz, including infrasound) induced irreversible lesions in these tissues. Aspects of normal respiratory epithelia in rats are lacking in the literature, and are the object of this report. Ten Wistar rats were kept in silence, fed standard rat food, and had unrestrained access to water (treated in accordance with 86/609/CE). The animals were sacrificed at 3.5months of age, and respiratory epithelial fragments were excised and prepared for scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron microscopy. Brush cells (BC) were frequently observed with TEM, but with SEM they were often covered by the cilia of neighbouring cells. BC were always observed at the center of a ring of secretory cells (SC), in a rosetta-shaped formation. In TEM, the microvilli of SC surrounding the BC were uniform, and had the same density and shape in all cells. Multivesicular bodies were identified in areas within the BC. Formation and budding of vesicles from ciliary plasma membranes and from BC microvilli were frequently observed in both TEM and SEM. These data contribute to the understanding of the BC function.

REV PORT PNEUMOL 2003; IX (5): 381-388

Keywords:
low frequency noise
brush cell
secretory cell
cilia
microvilli
morphology
electron microscopy
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