RESUMO
To study the effects of diclofenac, a nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), on lipid profile, oxidized low-density-lipoprotein (Ox-LDL), serum antioxidant defenses and markers of oxidative stress, male Wistar rats were divided into two groups (n=10): (C) receiving intramuscularly a single daily dose of saline (NaCl 0.9%), and (AI) receiving intramuscularly a single daily dose of 10 mg/kg diclofenac sodium (C14H10Cl2NNaO2). After 28 days diclofenac-treated rats had lower Ox-LDL, apoprotein B (apo-B), apo-B/LDL-cholesterol and lipid hydroperoxide than C. Total antioxidant substances and superoxide dismutase were increased in diclofenac-treated rats, while no significant changes were observed in catalase, glutathione peroxidase and nitric oxide. A perincubation test done to examine the possibility of mechanism-based activation showed that diclofenac had no effect on maximal superoxide dismutase velocity, but significantly reduced the Michaelis-Menten (KM) constant, indicating that diclofenac induced SOD activation increasing substrate linkage affinity to the enzyme-catalytic site. In conclusion, diclofenac had beneficial effects decreasing Ox-LDL and improving antioxidant defense. It appears that the application of this agent may be feasible and beneficial for serum antioxidant protection, which certainly would bring new insights on dyslipidemia control.
Assuntos
Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/uso terapêutico , Antioxidantes/metabolismo , Diclofenaco/uso terapêutico , Dislipidemias/tratamento farmacológico , Lipídeos/sangue , Lipoproteínas LDL/sangue , Animais , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Colesterol/sangue , Dislipidemias/sangue , Peróxidos Lipídicos/sangue , Masculino , NADP/sangue , Estresse Oxidativo/fisiologia , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Superóxido Dismutase/sangue , Triglicerídeos/sangue , Aumento de Peso/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
Na Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (FMB), os cursos de clínica médica (CM) vêm sendo tradicionalmente ministrados nas enfermarias, ambulatórios, UTI e pronto-socorro do Hospital das Clínicas da FMB, sob a supervisão do Departamento de CM. Em outubro de 2002, a FMB passou a gerenciar o Hospital Estadual Bauru (HEB), tornando possível a transferência de parte do ensino de CM no internato para hospital secundário. Desde janeiro de 2004, grupos de internato, compostos por oito alunos, passaram a estagiar em enfermaria de clínica geral do HEB, sob a supervisão de preceptores da disciplina de CM geral. Entre as vantagens decorrentes dessa mudança, citamos a possibilidade de atender doentes com patologias mais simples, maior responsabilidade com o paciente, maior contato com o preceptor e o aprendizado sobre a necessidade de cumprir metas estabelecidas pelo hospital. A principal dificuldade na execução do estágio é a sobrecarga de trabalho para os preceptores, que é causada, em parte, pela ausência de residentes na enfermaria. Consideramos que a experiência em transferir parte do internato de CM para hospital secundário foi bem-sucedida e esta pode vir a estimular outras áreas da FMB para a busca de novos cenários de ensino.
In the Botucatu School of Medicine (BSM), the internal medicine course has traditionally been run in the infirmaries, out-patient clinics, emergency unit, and intensive care unit of the BSM Hospital under the supervision of the Internal Medicine Department. In October 2002, BSM took over the management of the Bauru State Hospital (BSH) making possible to transfer part of the internal medicine training program to a secondary level hospital. Since January 2004, groups of eight students have stayed for a training program at the BSH Internal Medicine Infirmary under the supervision of internal medicine teaching doctors. Advantages of this scheme include exposing students to the simpler pathologies found in the general population, more responsibility with the patient, more contact between student and teacher, and learning about the need to reach the goals set by the hospital. The main functional difficulty of this training program is the heavy workload the teaching doctors have to face, in part due to the absence of residents in the infirmary. In conclusion, we consider the experience of transferring part of internal medicine training program to a secondary hospital has been a success and capable of stimulating other medical disciplines in the BSM to look for new settings for their training programs.