Effect of maternal protein deprivation on morphological and quantitative aspects of the myenteric plexus neurons of proximal colon in rats

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Emeri V.s. Leite-mello¹  Sandra Regina Stabille¹  Marcílio H. Miranda-neto¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Maringá Departamento de Ciências Morfofisiológicas

关键词: enteric neurons;    myenteric plexus;    proteic deprivation;    proximal colon;    gestation;    lactation;    colo proximal;    desnutrição protéica;    neurônios entéricos;    plexo mientérico;    gestação;    lactação;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X1997000100017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We have studied the morphological and quantitative aspects of the myenteric plexus neurons of the proximal colon in rats (Rattus norvegicus of Wistar strain) submitted to a protein deprivation during prenatal and lactation periods. Twenty pregnant dams were divided in four groups labeled according to the kind of nourishment they were given: Group NN, normal diet; Group DN, low protein diet during prenatal period, and normal diet during lactation period; Group ND, normal diet during prenatal period, and low protein diet during lactation period; Group DD, low protein diet during prenatal and lactation periods. Histological analyses were developed with proximal colon segments using the haematoxylin and eosin staining method. Membrane preparations were stained by Giemsa's method. The statistical analysis has demonstrated no significant difference among the means of neurons found in the four studied groups. It was noticed that the animals under protein deprivation during prenatal and lactation periods presented greater quantity of large and strongly basophilic myenteric neurons. This suggests that neurons have accumulated protein in the cytoplasm.

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