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Prostatic alterations associated to early weaning and its relation with cocoa powder supplementation. Experimental study in adult wistar rats
Early weaning can predispose the offspring to greater risk of developing chronic diseases in adulthood. It is believed that the consumption of functional foods is able to prevent these effects. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of maternal and postnatal cocoa powder supplementation on...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321461/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34115453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.1114 |
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author | de Oliveira, Carolina Alves Procópio Rocha, Gabrielle de Souza Fernandes-Santos, Caroline Sampaio, Francisco José Barcellos Gregorio, Bianca Martins |
author_facet | de Oliveira, Carolina Alves Procópio Rocha, Gabrielle de Souza Fernandes-Santos, Caroline Sampaio, Francisco José Barcellos Gregorio, Bianca Martins |
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description | Early weaning can predispose the offspring to greater risk of developing chronic diseases in adulthood. It is believed that the consumption of functional foods is able to prevent these effects. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of maternal and postnatal cocoa powder supplementation on body mass, metabolism, and morphology of the prostate of early weaned Wistar rats. The animals were divided into four experimental groups according to lactation time (21 or 18 days, n=6, each) as follows: control group (C), cocoa control group (CCa), early weaning group (EW), and cocoa early weaning group (EWCa). The animals were euthanized at 90 days of age. Serum biochemical analysis and prostate histomorphometric evaluation were performed. The animals supplemented with cocoa powder were heavier than their respective controls (p <0.05), although with no difference in food intake among the groups. Likewise, these same groups showed a reduction in the serum glucose in relation to C and EW groups (p <0.0001). With respect to the prostate, there was no difference in smooth muscle and lumen area densities, while the EW group had a lower epithelial height and a higher percentage of mast cells than the C group (p <0.05). On the other hand, the EWCa group managed to reverse these parameters, leveling with the controls. Early weaning resulted in hyperglycemia and important morphological changes in the prostate. In contrast, dietary supplementation with cocoa powder attenuated these effects on the metabolism and prostatic histoarchitecture, proving to be a good nutritional treatment strategy. |
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spelling | pubmed-83214612021-08-06 Prostatic alterations associated to early weaning and its relation with cocoa powder supplementation. Experimental study in adult wistar rats de Oliveira, Carolina Alves Procópio Rocha, Gabrielle de Souza Fernandes-Santos, Caroline Sampaio, Francisco José Barcellos Gregorio, Bianca Martins Int Braz J Urol Original Article Early weaning can predispose the offspring to greater risk of developing chronic diseases in adulthood. It is believed that the consumption of functional foods is able to prevent these effects. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of maternal and postnatal cocoa powder supplementation on body mass, metabolism, and morphology of the prostate of early weaned Wistar rats. The animals were divided into four experimental groups according to lactation time (21 or 18 days, n=6, each) as follows: control group (C), cocoa control group (CCa), early weaning group (EW), and cocoa early weaning group (EWCa). The animals were euthanized at 90 days of age. Serum biochemical analysis and prostate histomorphometric evaluation were performed. The animals supplemented with cocoa powder were heavier than their respective controls (p <0.05), although with no difference in food intake among the groups. Likewise, these same groups showed a reduction in the serum glucose in relation to C and EW groups (p <0.0001). With respect to the prostate, there was no difference in smooth muscle and lumen area densities, while the EW group had a lower epithelial height and a higher percentage of mast cells than the C group (p <0.05). On the other hand, the EWCa group managed to reverse these parameters, leveling with the controls. Early weaning resulted in hyperglycemia and important morphological changes in the prostate. In contrast, dietary supplementation with cocoa powder attenuated these effects on the metabolism and prostatic histoarchitecture, proving to be a good nutritional treatment strategy. Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2021-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8321461/ /pubmed/34115453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.1114 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article de Oliveira, Carolina Alves Procópio Rocha, Gabrielle de Souza Fernandes-Santos, Caroline Sampaio, Francisco José Barcellos Gregorio, Bianca Martins Prostatic alterations associated to early weaning and its relation with cocoa powder supplementation. Experimental study in adult wistar rats |
title | Prostatic alterations associated to early weaning and its relation with cocoa powder supplementation. Experimental study in adult wistar rats |
title_full | Prostatic alterations associated to early weaning and its relation with cocoa powder supplementation. Experimental study in adult wistar rats |
title_fullStr | Prostatic alterations associated to early weaning and its relation with cocoa powder supplementation. Experimental study in adult wistar rats |
title_full_unstemmed | Prostatic alterations associated to early weaning and its relation with cocoa powder supplementation. Experimental study in adult wistar rats |
title_short | Prostatic alterations associated to early weaning and its relation with cocoa powder supplementation. Experimental study in adult wistar rats |
title_sort | prostatic alterations associated to early weaning and its relation with cocoa powder supplementation. experimental study in adult wistar rats |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321461/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34115453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.1114 |
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