Efeitos da doxazosina e da combinação doxasina mais finasterida sobre a interação parenquina-estroma na prostata de rato : proliferação, morte celular, atividade das MMPs-2 e 9 e expressão genica dos TIMPs 1 e 2 / Effects of doxazosin, or their combination ont th parenquimal-stromal interaction in the rat prostate : cellular proliferation and death, MMP-2 and 9 activity and TIMPs-1 and 2 gene expression

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

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Finasteride (Fin), an inhibitor of type II 5-a reductase, and Doxazosin (Dox), an a1- adrenergic blocker, have been widely used in treatment of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) symptoms. Recently, clinical data have demonstrated that the combined therapy with Fin+Dox reduced the long-term risk of acute urinary retention and the need for invasive therapies than either drug alone. Moreover, both drugs, alone or in combination have been suggested to be effective in the treatment of prostate cancer by inducing apoptosis in normal and tumoral cells. However, little is known about the effects of these drugs administrated alone or their combination on prostate tissue morphohysiology, including prostate morphology, cell proliferation, apoptosis and matrix metalloproteinases activities. Male adult Wistar rats (13 weeks old) were treated with doxazosin (25mg/kg/day) or with finasteride (25mg/kg/day) or with the combination of both drugs. The ventral (VP), dorsolateral (DLP) and anterior prostate (AP) were excised and processed for histochemical, morphometric and biochemical analysis. The results of morphological and stereological analyses demonstrate that Dox treatment for 3 day resulted in an increased in ventral prostate absolute and relative weight with secretion accumulation. The weight of dorsolateral and anterior prostate did not change in this period of treatment. However, after 30 days, the prostate exhibited an absolute and relative weight reduction of about 20% and an increase in collagen volume fraction in the stromal space in the three prostatic lobes. Dox also reduced epithelial cell proliferation and increased apoptosis in the three prostatic lobes in all periods of tretament. Rat VP treated with Fin+Dox also presented a reduction in absolute and relative weight, decrease in epithelial cell proliferation, increase in apoptosis and collagen volume fraction in the stroma in all periods analyzed, more than Dox alone. Fin+Dox treatment also increased the TGF-ß 1 immunoreaction in the epithelium and in the stroma of VP. The mRNA for MMP-2, TIMPs-1 and - 2 expression after 30 days of treatment were decreased. The mRNA for MMP-9 was not detected in any groups analyzed. Fin+Dox treatment for 30 days promoted a decrease in gelatinolitic activity of MMP-2 and an increase in MMP-9. Take together, these results demonstrated that both Dox alone or in combination with Fin induced changes in glandular histoarchitecture, leading to a prostate atrophy, being the combined treatment more effective in inducing glandular atrophy, possibly to the complementary action of the Fin and Dox on prostate parenchyma and stroma, respectively. In this process, the MMP-9 and TGF-ß1 appear to participate effectively. Our results contribute to a better understanding of the clinical data, demonstrating that the combined treatment can be more effective in the BPH treatment.

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doxazosina matrix metalloproteinases morphology metaloproteinases de matriz finasteride doxazosin morfologia prostate finasterida prostata

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