EFEITOS DA ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE UM CONTRACEPTIVO ORAL COMBINADO SOBRE A HISTOMORFOMETRIA GÁSTRICA DE CAMUNDONGOS FÊMEAS ALIMENTADAS COM DIETA NORMO- OU HIPERLIPÍDICA
EFEITOS DA ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE UM CONTRACEPTIVO ORAL COMBINADO SOBRE A HISTOMORFOMETRIA GÁSTRICA DE CAMUNDONGOS FÊMEAS ALIMENTADAS COM DIETA NORMO- OU HIPERLIPÍDICA
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.531112505033
Palavras-chave: Contraceptivo hormonal, Drospirenona, Estômago, Etinilestradiol, obesidade.
Keywords: Drospirenone, Ethinylestradiol, Hormonal contraception, Stomach, Obesity.
Abstract: Oral contraceptives are widely used by women; however, their effects on gastric morphology remain largely unexplored, despite the gastrointestinal tract being the primary site of contact with these drugs. This study evaluated the effects of administering a combined oral contraceptive (ACO) containing ethinylestradiol (EE2) and drospirenone (DRSP) on the gastric morphology of female mice fed a normolipidic diet (DN) or a hyperlipidic diet (DH). Adult Swiss female mice were fed either DN or DH and received a daily gavage of 0.2 mL of distilled water [control (CTL)-ND and CTL-HFD groups] with or without 0.6 µg EE2 plus 60 µg DRSP (ACO-DN and ACO-DH groups) for 65 days. ACO treatment increased stomach weight in ACO-DN females without affecting body weight or abdominal adiposity. DH intake induced obesity without altering gastric weight. ACO treatment attenuated the obesogenic effects of DH on weight gain and abdominal adiposity in ACO-HFD females. Both ACO-DN and CTL-DH females exhibited a reduction in the thickness of the keratin, epithelial, and muscular layers of the mucosal tunic in the non-secretory gastric region. In the secretory portion of the stomach, only DH intake increased the thickness of the epithelial mucosal tunic in Both CTL-DH and ACO-DH groups. Independently, both COC treatment and HFD intake reduced the thickness of the external muscular tunic in ACO-DN and CTL-DH females, respectively. Therefore, ACO administration or DH intake induced structural changes in the non-secretory gastric portion, indicative of mucosal tunic atrophy. In the secretory portion, ACO treatment mitigated both the increase in epithelial thickness and the reduction in the external muscular layer caused by DH consumption.
- Stefanny Calixto da Silva
- Janaina de Oliveira Chaves
- Gésily de Souza Aguiar
- Helene Nara Henriques Blanc
- Rosane Aparecida Ribeiro