EFEITO DO USO PRECOCE DA METFORMINA OU DO ORLISTAT NA PREVENÇÃO DA DISFUNÇÃO DE ADIPÓCITOS EM RATOS WISTAR SUBMETIDOS À DIETA HIPERGLICÍDICA-HIPERLIPÍDICA

Abstract

Obesity is a disease with a complex multifactorial pathophysiology and acts as a risk factor for other diseases, particularly type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. When insulin resistance is present, the metabolic syndrome, consisting of chronic low-grade inflammation, oxidative stress and dysfunction of adipocytes. This interdisciplinary research evaluates the effect of early use of metformin or orlistat in preventing dysfunction of adipocytes in male wistar rats, adults, submitted to hiperglicídica and hiperlipídica diet. In this study we evaluated four groups of 10 animals, and the control group received standard balanced ration. Other 3 groups received cafeteria modified ration, and in 2 groups there was drug intervention, 1 with metformin (40 mg/day) and another with orlistat (10 mg/day). The doses were calculated based on basal metabolic rate. Were compared weight, biochemical parameter, and histomorphometry evaluation of visceral fat. There was no statistically significant difference in weight and nor in biochemical parameters in comparison between the groups (p > 0.05). Histomorphometry evaluation showed hyperplasia of adipocytes in all groups but was most significant in the group that used the standard diet compared to that used modified cafeteria diet, with or without therapeutic intervention (p < 0.001). Occurred more in the adipocytes of hypertrophy group that used the cafeteria diet modified p < 0.001). The therapeutic intervention groups showed no statistical difference when compared to the balanced diet Group (p > 0.05). This study has shown that small doses of metformin or orlistat prevented the hypertrophy of adipocytes in visceral fat, which is the decisive step for the development of the metabolic syndrome. This research demonstrated that it may be possible to the prevention of non-communicable chronic diseases related to dysfunction of adipocytes.