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ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2015

Influence of hyperprolactinemia on collagen fibers in the lacrimal gland of female mice.

Ariadne Stavare Leal Araujo, Manuel de Jesus Simões, Carina Verna, Ricardo Santos Simões, José Maria Soares Júnior, Edmund Chada Baracat, Regina Célia Teixeira Gomes

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Article in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ariadne Stavare Leal AraujoMorfologia e Genética, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, BR.
Manuel de Jesus SimõesUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
Carina VernaUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
Ricardo Santos SimõesOftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
José Maria Soares JúniorFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
Edmund Chada BaracatFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
Regina Célia Teixeira GomesUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo quantify the collagen fibers in the lacrimal gland of female mice with hyperprolactinemia.

methodsForty adult female mice were randomly divided into two groups with 20 animals each: nonpregnant control (CTR1, control group, 0.2 mL of saline solution) and nonpregnant experimental (HPRL1, experimental group, 200 µg/day metoclopramide). Treatments lasted for 50 consecutive days. On day 50, 10 females from each group (control and experimental) were euthanized in the proestrus phase; then, the blood was collected and the lacrimal glands were removed. Thereafter, the remaining females were placed with the mates and continued to receive treatment with saline solution or metoclopramide. On the 6th post-coital day, 10 pregnant females from the control group (CTR2) and 10 pregnant females from the experimental group (HPRL2) were euthanized, after which blood was collected and the lacrimal glands removed. The lacrimal glands were processed for morphological analyses and collagen quantification, and prolactin and sex steroid levels were measured in the blood samples. Data were statistically analyzed using an unpaired Student t test (p<0.05).

resultsMorphological analysis revealed greater structural tissue disorganization of the lacrimal glands in the metoclopramide-treated groups. The total collagen content was significantly higher in the HPRL1 group than in the CTR1 group (p<0.05), whereas the difference between the CTR2 and HPRL2 groups was not significant.

conclusionOur data suggest an impairment in the functioning of the lacrimal gland as a consequence of increased prolactin levels and decreased serum levels of estrogen and progesterone.

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AnimalsCollagenEstradiolFemaleHyperprolactinemiaLacrimal ApparatusMetoclopramideMicePregnancyProestrusProgesteroneProlactinRadioimmunoassayRandom AllocationCollagenEstradiolMetoclopramideProgesteroneProlactin

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PMCPMC4557571
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