THAIS MAUAD

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Projetos de Pesquisa
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Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/26 - Laboratório de Pesquisa em Cirurgia Experimental, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/05 - Laboratório de Poluição Atmosférica Experimental, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder

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  • article 31 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Short-term exposure of mice to cigarette smoke and/or residual oil fly ash produces proximal airspace enlargements and airway epithelium remodeling
    (2011) BISELLI, P. J. C.; LOPES, F. D. T. Q. S.; MORIYA, H. T.; RIVERO, D. H. R. F.; TOLEDO, A. C.; SALDIVA, P. H. N.; MAUAD, T.; MARTINS, A.
    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with inflammatory cell reactions, tissue destruction and lung remodeling. Many signaling pathways for these phenomena are still to be identified. We developed a mouse model of COPD to evaluate some pathophysiological mechanisms acting during the initial stage of the disease. Forty-seven 6- to 8-week-old female C57/BL6 mice (approximately 22 g) were exposed for 2 months to cigarette smoke and/or residual oil fly ash (ROFA), a concentrate of air pollution. We measured lung mechanics, airspace enlargement, airway wall thickness, epithelial cell profile, elastic and collagen fiber deposition, and by immunohistochemistry transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), macrophage elastase (MMP12), neutrophils and macrophages. We observed regional airspace enlargements near terminal bronchioles associated with the exposure to smoke or ROFA. There were also increases in airway resistance and thickening of airway walls in animals exposed to smoke. In the epithelium, we noted a decrease in the ciliated cell area of animals exposed to smoke and an increase in the total cell area associated with exposure to both smoke and ROFA. There was also an increase in the expression of TGF-beta 1 both in the airways and parenchyma of animals exposed to smoke. However, we could not detect inflammatory cell recruitment, increases in MMP12 or elastic and collagen fiber deposition. After 2 months of exposure to cigarette smoke and/or ROFA, mice developed regional airspace enlargements and airway epithelium remodeling, although no inflammation or increases in fiber deposition were detected. Some of these phenomena may have been mediated by TGF-beta 1.
  • article 104 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Aerobic exercise attenuates pulmonary injury induced by exposure to cigarette smoke
    (2012) TOLEDO, A. C.; MAGALHAES, R. M.; HIZUME, D. C.; VIEIRA, R. P.; BISELLI, P. J. C.; MORIYA, H. T.; MAUAD, T.; LOPES, F. D. T. Q. S.; MARTINS, M. A.
    It has recently been suggested that regular exercise reduces lung function decline and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among active smokers; however, the mechanisms involved in this effect remain poorly understood. The present study evaluated the effects of regular exercise training in an experimental mouse model of chronic cigarette smoke exposure. Male C57BL/6 mice were divided into four groups (control, exercise, smoke and smoke+exercise). For 24 weeks, we measured respiratory mechanics, mean linear intercept, inflammatory cells and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, collagen deposition in alveolar walls, and the expression of antioxidant enzymes, matrix metalloproteinase 9, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP) 1, interleukin (IL)-10 and 8-isoprostane in alveolar walls. Exercise attenuated the decrease in pulmonary elastance (p<0.01) and the increase in mean linear intercept (p=0.003) induced by cigarette smoke exposure. Exercise substantially inhibited the increase in ROS in BAL fluid and 8-isoprostane expression in lung tissue induced by cigarette smoke. In addition, exercise significantly inhibited the decreases in IL-10, TIMP1 and CuZn superoxide dismutase induced by exposure to cigarette smoke. Exercise also increased the number of cells expressing glutathione peroxidase. Our results suggest that regular aerobic physical training of moderate intensity attenuates the development of pulmonary disease induced by cigarette smoke exposure.
  • article 15 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Inflammation and Remodeling in Infantile, Juvenile, and Adult Allergic Sensitized Mice
    (2011) CARNIELI, Denise S.; YOSHIOKA, Eliane; SILVA, Luiz Fernando F.; LANCAS, Tatiana; ARANTES, Fernanda M.; PERINI, Adenir; MARTINS, Milton A.; SALDIVA, Paulo Hilario N.; DOLHNIKOFF, Marisa; MAUAD, Thais
    Background: Airway structural changes occur early in childhood asthma, but it is unknown whether the development of airway alterations in children is similar to that of adults. We compared inflammation and remodeling parameters in allergic sensitized infantile, juvenile, and adult mice. Methods: Infantile mice (18D) were sensitized with three intraperitoneal injections (i.p.) of ovalbumin (OVA) at days 5 and 7 and challenged with OVA at days 14-16. The 18D1 group received an additional challenge at days 9-11. The juvenile mice (40D) received challenges at days 22-24 and 36-38. Adult mice (100D) were sensitized at days 60-62 and received three inhalations at days 77-79 and 96-98. Animals were submitted to whole body plethysmography. Airway eosinophils, CD3+ T-lymphocytes, IL-5+ cells, mucus content, collagen and reticular fibers density, and smooth muscle thickness were quantified. Results: All sensitized animals presented with airway hyperresponsiveness, without differences in eosinophil cell density The density of CD3+ T-cells was higher in the 100D and 1801 groups than in the 18D and 40D groups. Infantile sensitized groups demonstrated increased interleukin-5 expression in the airways. Infantile mice demonstrated more mucus in the bronchiolar epithelium than the 40D and 100D mice. The 18D animals demonstrated less collagen than the 18D1 group. Juvenile and adult mice had increased airway smooth muscle thickness when compared to age-matched controls, but no differences were observed in the infantile groups. Conclusion: We have shown that infantile mice develop inflammatory and structural alterations in the airways that are partially different from those developed in older animals. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2011;46:650-665. (C) 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
  • article 31 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Respiratory mechanics do not always mirror pulmonary histological changes in emphysema
    (2011) ANCIAES, Adriana Martins; OLIVO, Clarice Rosa; PRADO, Carla Maximo; KAGOHARA, Keila H.; PINTO, Tatiana da Silva; MORIYA, Henrique T.; MAUAD, Thais; MARTINS, Milton de Arruda; LOPES, Fernanda Degobbi Tenorio Quirino dos Santos
    OBJECTIVE : To verify the accordance of functional and morphometric parameters during the development of emphysema. METHODS : BALB/c mice received a nasal drop of either papain or saline solution and were studied after 1, 3, 15, 28, and 40 days. Functional parameters, such as airway resistance, tissue damping, and tissue elastance, were analyzed. To evaluate the structural changes and possible mechanisms involved in this disease, we measured the mean linear intercept, the volume proportions of elastic and collagen fibers, the number of macrophages, the numbers of cells expressing metalloprotease 12 and 8-isoprostane in lung parenchyma. RESULTS : We only observed decreases in tissue elastance and tissue damping on the 28(th) day, with a concomitant increase in the mean linear intercept, indicating the presence of emphysema. However, only the mean linear intercept values remained increased until the 40(th) day. The volume proportion of collagen fibers was increased from the 15(th) day to the 40(th) day, whereas the volume proportion of elastic fibers was only increased on the 40(th) day. The number of macrophages increased beginning on the 1(st) day. The expression of metalloproteinase 12 was increased from the 3(rd) day until the 40(th) day. However, 8-isoprostane expression was only increased on the 1(st) and 3(rd) days. CONCLUSIONS : In this study, morphometric parameters were found to be more reliable for detecting the presence of emphysema than the functional parameters measured by respiratory mechanics. Further investigations are necessary to understand how the extracellular matrix remodeling observed in the lung parenchyma could be involved in this process.
  • article 15 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    iNOS Inhibition Reduces Lung Mechanical Alterations and Remodeling Induced by Particulate Matter in Mice
    (2019) PRADO, Carla Maximo; RIGHETTI, Renato Fraga; LOPES, Fernanda Degobbi Tenorio Quirino dos Santos; LEICK, Edna Aparecida; ARANTES-COSTA, Fernanda Magalhaes; ALMEIDA, Francine Maria de; SALDIVA, Paulo Hilario Nascimento; MAUAD, Thais; TIBERIO, Iolanda de Fatima Lopes Calvo; MARTINS, Milton de Arruda
    Background. The epidemiologic association between pulmonary exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) and acute lung damage is well known. However, the mechanism involved in the effects of repeated exposures of PM in the lung injury is poorly documented. This study tested the hypotheses that chronic nasal instillation of residual oil fly ash (ROFA) induced not only distal lung and airway inflammation but also remodeling. In addition, we evaluated the effects of inducible nitric oxide inhibition in these responses. For this purpose, airway and lung parenchyma were evaluated by quantitative analysis of collagen and elastic fibers, immunohistochemistry for macrophages, neutrophils, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), and alveolar septa 8-iso prostaglandin F2 (8-iso-PGF-2) detection. Anesthetized in vivo (airway resistance, elastance, H, G, and Raw) respiratory mechanics were also analyzed. C57BL6 mice received daily 60ul of ROFA (intranasal) for five (ROFA-5d) or fifteen days (ROFA-15d). Controls have received saline (SAL). Part of the animals has received 1400W (SAL+1400W and ROFA-15d+1400W), an iNOS inhibitor, for four days before the end of the protocol. A marked neutrophil and macrophage infiltration and an increase in the iNOS, nNOS, and 8-iso-PGF2 expression was observed in peribronchiolar and alveolar wall both in ROFA-5d and in ROFA-15d groups. There was an increment of the collagen and elastic fibers in alveolar and airway walls in ROFA-15d group. The iNOS inhibition reduced all alterations induced by ROFA, except for the 8-iso-PGF2 expression. In conclusion, repeated particulate matter exposures induce extracellular matrix remodeling of airway and alveolar walls, which could contribute to the pulmonary mechanical changes observed. The mechanism involved is, at least, dependent on the inducible nitric oxide activation.
  • article 24 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Anacardic Acids from Cashew Nuts Ameliorate Lung Damage Induced by Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Particles in Mice
    (2013) CARVALHO, Ana Laura Nicoletti; ANNONI, Raquel; TORRES, Larissa Helena Lobo; DURAO, Ana Carolina Cardoso Santos; SHIMADA, Ana Lucia Borges; ALMEIDA, Francine Maria; HEBEDA, Cristina Bichels; LOPES, Fernanda Degobbi Tenorio Quirino Santos; DOLHNIKOFF, Marisa; MARTINS, Milton Arruda; SILVA, Luiz Fernando Ferraz; FARSKY, Sandra Helena Poliselli; SALDIVA, Paulo Hilario Nascimento; ULRICH, Cornelia M.; OWEN, Robert W.; MARCOURAKIS, Tania; TREVISAN, Maria Teresa Salles; MAUAD, Thais
    Anacardic acids from cashew nut shell liquid, a Brazilian natural substance, have antimicrobial and antioxidant activities and modulate immune responses and angiogenesis. As inflammatory lung diseases have been correlated to environmental pollutants exposure and no reports addressing the effects of dietary supplementation with anacardic acids on lung inflammation in vivo have been evidenced, we investigated the effects of supplementation with anacardic acids in a model of diesel exhaust particle-(DEP-) induced lung inflammation. BALB/c mice received an intranasal instillation of 50 mu g of DEP for 20 days. Ten days prior to DEP instillation, animals were pretreated orally with 50, 150, or 250mg/kg of anacardic acids or vehicle (100 mu L of cashew nut oil) for 30 days. The biomarkers of inflammatory and antioxidant responses in the alveolar parenchyma, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and pulmonary vessels were investigated. All doses of anacardic acids ameliorated antioxidant enzyme activities and decreased vascular adhesion molecule in vessels. Animals that received 50mg/kg of anacardic acids showed decreased levels of neutrophils and tumor necrosis factor in the lungs and BALF, respectively. In summary, we demonstrated that AAs supplementation has a potential protective role on oxidative and inflammatory mechanisms in the lungs.
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    Histological analysis of compensatory lung growth effects in emphysematous rats after bilobectomy
    (2013) ALMEIDA, Francine Maria; SARAIVA-ROMANHOLO, Beatriz M.; PAULA, Rodolfo de; MORIYA, Henrique Takachi; LIGEIRO-DE-OLIVEIRA, Ana Paula; LOPES, Fernanda D. Q. S.; MAUAD, Thais; MARTINS, Milton de Arruda; PAZETTI, Rogerio
  • article 10 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Enriched inorganic compounds in diesel exhaust particles induce mitogen-activated protein kinase activation, cytoskeleton instability, and cytotoxicity in human bronchial epithelial cells
    (2015) SERIANI, Robson; JUNQUEIRA, Mara S.; CARVALHO-SOUSA, Claudia E.; ARRUDA, Alessandra Ct.; MARTINEZ, Diana; ALENCAR, Adriano M.; GARIPPO, Ana L.; BRITO, Jose Mara; MARTINS, Milton A.; SALDIVA, Paulo H. N.; NEGRI, Elnara M.; MAUAD, Thais; MACCHIONE, Mariangela
    This study assessed the effects of the diesel exhaust particles on ERR and JNK MAPKs activation, cell rheology (viscoelasticity), and cytotoxicity in bronchial epithelial airway cells (BEAS-2B). Crude DEP and DEP after extraction with hexane (DEP/HEX) were utilized. The partial reduction of some DEP/HEX organics increased the biodisponibility of many metallic elements. JNK and ERR were activated simultaneously by crude DEP with no alterations in viscoelasticity of the cells. Mitochondrial activity, however, revealed a decrease through the MIT assay. DEP/HEX treatment increased viscoelasticity and cytotoxicity (membrane damage), and also activated JNK. Our data suggest that the greater bioavailability of metals could be involved in JNK activation and, consequently, in the reduction of fiber coherence and increase in the viscoelasticity and cytotoxicity of BEAS cells. The adverse findings detected after exposure to crude DEP and to DEP/HEX reflect the toxic potential of diesel compounds. Considering the fact that the cells of the respiratory epithelium are the first line of defense between the body and the environment, our data contribute to a better understanding of the pathways leading to respiratory cell injury and provide evidence for the onset of or worsening of respiratory diseases caused by inorganic compounds present in DEP.
  • article 22 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Chronic exposure of diesel exhaust particles induces alveolar enlargement in mice
    (2015) YOSHIZAKI, Kelly; BRITO, Jose Mara; MORIYA, Henrique T.; TOLEDO, Alessandra C.; FERZILAN, Sandra; OLIVEIRA, Ana Paula Ligeiro de; MACHADO, Isabel D.; FARSKY, Sandra H. P.; SILVA, Luiz F. F.; MARTINS, Milton A.; SALDIVA, Paulo H. N.; MAUAD, Thais; MACCHIONE, Mariangela
    Background: Diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) are deposited into the respiratory tract and are thought to be a risk factor for the development of diseases of the respiratory system. In healthy individuals, the timing and mechanisms of respiratory tract injuries caused by chronic exposure to air pollution remain to be clarified. Methods: We evaluated the effects of chronic exposure to DEP at doses below those found in a typical bus corridor in Sao Paulo (150 mu g/m(3)). Male BALB/c mice were divided into mice receiving a nasal instillation: saline (saline; n = 30) and 30 mu g/10 mu L of DEP (DEP; n = 30). Nasal instillations were performed five days a week, over a period of 90 days. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was performed, and the concentrations of interleukin (IL)-4, IL-10, IL-13 and interferon-gamma (INF-gamma) were determined by ELISA-immunoassay. Assessment of respiratory mechanics was performed. The gene expression of Muc5ac in lung was evaluated by RT-PCR. The presence of IL-13, MAC2+ macrophages, CD3+, CD4+, CD8+ T cells and CD20+ B cells in tissues was analysed by immunohistochemistry. Bronchial thickness and the collagen/elastic fibers density were evaluated by morphometry. We measured the mean linear intercept (Lm), a measure of alveolar distension, and the mean airspace diameter (D0) and statistical distribution (D2). Results: DEP decreased IFN-gamma levels in BAL (p = 0.03), but did not significantly alter IL-4, IL-10 and IL-13 levels. MAC2+ macrophage, CD4+ T cell and CD20+ B cell numbers were not altered; however, numbers of CD3+ T cells (p <= 0.001) and CD8+ T cells (p <= 0.001) increased in the parenchyma. Although IL-13 (p = 0.008) expression decreased in the bronchiolar epithelium, Muc5ac gene expression was not altered in the lung of DEP-exposed animals. Although respiratory mechanics, elastic and collagen density were not modified, the mean linear intercept (Lm) was increased in the DEP-exposed animals (p <= 0.001), and the index D2 was statistically different (p = 0.038) from the control animals. Conclusion: Our data suggest that nasal instillation of low doses of DEP over a period of 90 days results in alveolar enlargement in the pulmonary parenchyma of healthy mice.
  • article 51 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Airway epithelium mediates the anti-inflammatory effects of exercise on asthma
    (2011) VIEIRA, Rodolfo Paula; TOLEDO, Alessandra Choqueta de; FERREIRA, Sergio Cesar; SANTOS, Angela Batista Gomes dos; MEDEIROS, Maria Cristina Rodrigues; HAGE, Marcia; MAUAD, Thais; MARTINS, Milton de Arruda; DOLHNIKOFF, Marisa; CARVALHO, Celso Ricardo Fernandes de
    Airway epithelium plays an important role in the asthma physiopathology. Aerobic exercise decreases Th2 response in murine models of allergic asthma, but its effects on the structure and activation of airway epithelium in asthma are unknown. BALB/c mice were divided into control, aerobic exercise, ovalbumin-sensitized and ovalbumin-sensitized plus aerobic exercise groups. Ovalbumin sensitization occurred on days 0, 14, 28, 42, and aerosol challenge from day 21 to day 50. Aerobic exercise started on day 22 and ended on day 50. Total cells and eosinophils were reduced in ovalbumin-sensitized group submitted to aerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise also reduced the oxidative and nitrosative stress and the epithelial expression of Th2 cytokines, chemokines, adhesion molecules, growth factors and NF-kB and P2X7 receptor. Additionally, aerobic exercise increased the epithelial expression of IL-10 in non-sensitized and sensitized animals. These findings contribute to the understanding of the beneficial effects of aerobic exercise for chronic allergic airway inflammation, suggesting an immune-regulatory role of exercise on airway epithelium.