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ArticleInternational journal of experimental pathology2011

Effect of prolonged use of high dose of tibolone on the vagina of ovariectomized rats.

Helene Nara Henriques, Ana Carolina Bergmann de Carvalho, Porphirio José Soares Filho, José Augusto Soares Pantaleão, Maria Angélica Guzmán-Silva

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Article in International journal of experimental pathology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Helene Nara HenriquesDepartment of Pathology, UFF, Niterói, RJ, Brazil. helenebiomed@yahoo.com.br
Ana Carolina Bergmann de Carvalho
Porphirio José Soares Filho
José Augusto Soares Pantaleão
Maria Angélica Guzmán-Silva
Universidade Federal Fluminense · BRYahoo (Spain) · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was evaluate the effect of prolonged use of high dose of tibolone on the vagina of ovariectomized rats. Bilateral ovariectomy was performed on 14 rats weighing 250 g. Thirty days later, vaginal smears were collected verifying the menopause status by anoestrus cytology. Rats were divided randomly into groups: experimental rats (n = 9) received 1 mg tibolone/day orally and control rats (n = 6) received placebo (carboxymethylcellulose). After 150 days, all rats were sedated and euthanized by cervical displacement. The vagina was removed, fixed in 10% buffered formalin, sampled and processed for paraffin embedding. Histological sections were stained with haematoxylin and eosin, picrosirius red, periodic acid Schiff (PAS) and PAS-diastase, and Weigert's resorcin-fuchsin. Cell proliferation was analysed by immunohistochemistry to detect Ki67. Histomorphometric analyses were performed for epithelial thickness, per cent area of collagen fibres and blood vessels, mast cells and Ki67-positive nuclei per mm of basal membrane. Means and standard error of means were calculated, and data were compared using the Mann-Whitney test, with significance level at P < 0.05. In the vagina, epithelial thickness, number of Ki67-positive nuclei per mm of basal membrane, number of vessels and number of mast cells were significantly higher in the tibolone group when compared with the control group. Furthermore, the content of glycogen and glycoproteins in the vaginal epithelium was modified by tibolone. Tibolone administered in high dose and for a long period has a trophic effect, reversing vaginal atrophy, and has no dysplastic or neoplastic effect in the vagina of ovariectomized rats.

Indexed as

Hormone Replacement TherapyOvariectomyAnimalsBasement MembraneCell ProliferationDose-Response Relationship, DrugEpitheliumEstrogen Receptor ModulatorsFemaleGlycogenGlycoproteinsModels, AnimalNorpregnenesRatsRats, WistarRegenerationEstrogen Receptor ModulatorsGlycogenGlycoproteinsNorpregnenestibolone

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PMID21518049
PMCPMC3144515
OpenAlexW2130510405

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