The supplementation with fatty poliinsaturated omega-3 acids reduced the plasmatic concentration of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids of the lactate desidrogenase enzyme and muscular lesions in rats submitted to sessions of swimming. / A suplementação com acidos graxos polinsaturados omega-3 reduziu a concentração plasmatica de eicosanoides pro-inflamatorios, da enzima lactato desidrogenase e de lesões musculares em ratos submetidos a sessões de natação.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

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The use of antiinflammatory drugs is common among athletes in which the prevalence of muscular lesions is elevated in training and competition periods. However, some of those drugs have an immunosuppression action, and when used in high dosages or for long time can provoke a decrease in the immunological responses. The objective of the present Thesis was to verify if the supplementation with polyunsaturated fatty acids omega-3 would cause a reduction, in the plasmatic concentrations of the indicators of muscular lesion (lactate dehidrogenase enzyme and creatine kinase) as well as in the chemical mediators of the inflammation of the series "2" (prostaglandin E2, thromboxane B2 and leukotriene B4) derived of arachidonic acid (C20:4, ?-6) and the morphologic alterations of skeletal muscle. The experiment was developed with 36 Wistar rats distributed at random in four experimental groups with nine rats. The formed groups were the following: Group 1 - sedentary rats without supplementation; Group 2 - sedentary rats with supplementation; Group 3 - rats submitted to swimming sessions (60 minutes daily), with load of gaining extra weight, without supplementation and Group 4 - rats submitted to swimming sessions, with load of gaining extra weight, with supplementation. The supplementation was made daily by "gavage" using 3,0g of fish oil containing AGPI ?-3 (EPA: 187,0 mg/g and DHA: 140,0 mg/g) for 28 days. The groups not supplemented received 3,0g of olive oil daily (control group). The rats received a non-purified diet of closed formula (MP-77-Primor) and water was ad libitum, with their weight being checked weekly. The indicators of muscular lesion (LDH and CK), histological and morphometric analyses of the skeletal muscular fibers as well as the mediators of the inflammatory process (PGE2, TXB2 and LTB4) were determinated at the end of the experiment. The obtained results indicate that the supplementation with AGPI ?-3 did reduce the plasmatic concentration of the LDH enzyme in the sedentary animals as well as in the animals submitted to the physical training (p<0,05). With respect to the chemical mediators of the inflammation (PGE2, TXB2 and LTB4) the plasmatic concentrations were reduced significantly (p <0,05) in the sedentary animals, but were not reduced in the animals submitted to the physical exercise. However, by observing this results, it was verified that in all of the chemical mediators there was a reduction in the absolute values in the supplemented animals with AGPI ?-3. By the histological analysis of the muscular fibers showed that in the trained groups, the no supplemented rats had the following morphologic alterations: presence of the process of phagocytosis of muscular fiber, atrophic fiber, polymorphic fibers, while that in the supplemented rats, the histological analysis showed an accentuated reduction of those alterations that resulted in an almost inexistence of muscular lesions. Having in mind the obtained results, it can be suggested that the antiinflammatory action of AGPI ?-3 in the rats and for extension in athletes, would be improved if the supplementation was administered daily independently of the training period.

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acidos graxos - omega-3 musculos - ferimentos e lesões histologia wounds and injuries exercise muscles exercicios fisicos eicosanoides eicosanoids omega fatty acids histology

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