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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.5.2012.tde-06022013-164806
Document
Author
Full name
Marcos Lucon
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2012
Supervisor
Committee
Bruschini, Homero (President)
Alves, Rogério Simonetti
Amaro, João Luiz
Cardoso, Luiz Eduardo de Macedo
Leite, Katia Ramos Moreira
Title in Portuguese
Avaliação do metabolismo de glicosaminoglicanos em pacientes portadores de cistite intersticial
Keywords in Portuguese
Ácido hialurônico
Cistite intersticial
Glicosaminoglicanas
Abstract in Portuguese
Introdução: a cistite intersticial é doença crônica do trato urinário inferior cujos sintomas são: aumento da freqüência urinária, nictúria, dor pélvica ou perineal que piora com a repleção vesical e melhora com a micção. A etiopatogenia não é totalmente conhecida, mas há indícios de que os glicosaminoglicanos e proteoglicanos que revestem o urotélio vesical possam participar da sua gênese. A perda destes componentes protetores facilitaria o contato de íons e solutos presentes na urina com as porções mais profundas do urotélio desencadeando e perpetuando um processo inflamatório local. Para tentar entender seu metabolismo, investigamos o comportamento dos glicosaminoglicanos na urina e no tecido (biópsia do urotélio vesical) de pacientes portadoras de cistite intersticial e de incontinência urinária de esforço genuína. Casuística e métodos: o perfil e expressão gênica de glicosaminoglicanos no tecido, e o perfil dos glicosaminoglicanos da urina de 11 pacientes com cistite intersticial foram comparados aos de 11 pacientes com incontinência urinária de esforço. A análise estatística foi feita através de teste T e Anova, considerando significativos valores p<0,05. Resultados: verificamos que pacientes com cistite intersticial excretam menor concentração de glicosaminoglicanos na urina do que as portadoras de incontinência urinária de esforço (0,45 ± 0,11 x 0,62 ± 0,13 g/mg creatinina, p<0,05), porém sem redução do conteúdo de glicosaminoglicanos no urotélio. Na imunofluorescência o urotélio de pacientes com cistite intersticial mostrou maior marcação de TGF-beta, decorim (um proteoglicano de condroitim/dermatam sulfato), fibronectina e de ácido hialurônico. Foi identificada menor expressão gênica (PCR em tempo real) das sintases e uma hialuronidase do ácido hialurônico no urotélio das cistites intersticiais. Conclusão: a combinação desses resultados sugere que os glicosaminoglicanos podem estar relacionados ao processo contínuo de inflamação e remodelamento do urotélio disfuncional presente na cistite intersticial. O estudo da expressão gênica pode representar uma altenativa para o entendimento da doença.
Title in English
Evaluation of the metabolism of glycosaminoglycans in patients with interstitial cystitis
Keywords in English
Cystitis interstitial
Glycosaminoglycans
Hyaluronic acid
Abstract in English
Introduction: interstitial cystitis is a chronic disease of the lower urinary tract whose symptoms are: increased urinary frequency, nocturia, perineal or pelvic pain that worses with bladder filling and improves with urination. The pathogenesis is not fully known, but there is evidence that proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans lining the bladder urothelium can participate in its genesis. The loss of these protective compounds facilitate the contact of ions and solutes in the urine with deeper portions of bladder wall triggering and perpetuating a local inflammatory process. We investigated GAG behavior in urine and tissue (biopsy of bladder urothelium) of patients with IC/PBS and genuine stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in an attempt to better understand its metabolism. Patients and Methods: gene expression and glycosaminoglycans profile in tissue, and glycosaminoglycans profile in urine of 11 patients with interstitial cystitis were compared to 11 patients with pure urinary stress incontinence. Statistical analysis were performed using t Student test and Anova, considering significant when p<0,05. Results: patients with interstitial cystitis excreted lower concentration of glycosaminoglycans in urine when compared to those with pure urinary stress incontinence (respectively 0.45 + 0.11 x 0.62 + 0.13 mg/mg creatinine, p< 0.05). However, there was no reduction of the content of glycosaminoglycans in the urothelium of both patients. The immunofluorescence study showed that patients with interstitial cystitis had a stronger staining of TGF-beta, decorin (a proteoglycan of chondroitin/dermatan sulfate), fibronectin and hyaluronic acid. We were able to indentify by real-time PCR lower gene expression of hyaluronic acid synthases and hyaluronidase in the urothelium of patients with interstitial cystitis. Conclusion: the results suggest that glycosaminoglycans may be related to the ongoing process of inflammation and remodeling of the dysfunctional urothelium that is present in the interstitial cystitis. The study of the gene expression may represent an alternative to understand the disease
 
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