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    The role of cyclooxygenase-2 on endurance exercise training in female LDL-receptor knockout ovarieetomized mice
    (Acad Brasileira De Ciencias, 2013-09-01) De Oliveira, Flavia [UNIFESP]; Maifrino, Laura Beatriz Mesiano [UNIFESP]; Jesus, Gustavo Protasio Pacheco de [UNIFESP]; Carvalho, Juliana Goncalves [UNIFESP]; Marchon, Claudia; Ribeiro, Daniel Araki [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Univ Sao Judas Tadeu; Inst Dante Pazzanese Cardiol
    Estrogen deprivation in postmenopausal women increases cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular risk as a result of atherosclerosis is able to induce an inflammatory disease as far as cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression. The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of COX-2 on exercise training in female mice low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout (LDL-KO) with or without ovariectomy. A total of 15 female C57BL/6 mice and 15 female LDE-KO mice were distributed into 6 groups: sedentary control, sedentary control ovariectomized, trained control ovariectomized, LDL-KO sedentary, LDL-KO sedentary ovariectomized and LDL-KO trained ovariectomized. The ascending part of the aorta was stained with H&E and COX-2 expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry. Results revealed that ovariectomy as well as exercise training were not able to induce histopathological changes in mouse aorta for all groups investigated. LDL-KO mice demonstrated plaque containing cholesterol clefts, foamy histiocytes and mild inflammatory process for all groups indistinctly. Ovariectomy induced a strong immunoexpression in atherosclerosis lesion of EDE-KO mice. Nevertheless, a down-regulation of COX-2 expression was detected in LDL-KO trained ovariectomized when compared to LDE-KO sedentary. Our results are consistent with the notion that exercise training is able to modulate COX-2 expression in LDL-KO mice as a result of COX-2 down-regulation.