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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Morphological changes in the spiral arteries of the placental bed have been studied in patients with preeclampsia, one of the largest causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The reports show that vasospasm and vascular endothelial injury were two major pathological conditions for preeclampsia. The aim of this study was to investigate the microvessel density of spiral arteries in the placental bed, in pregnancies complicated by hypertension and proteinuria, and in normal pregnancies. DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a cross-sectional survey of immunohistochemical studies on biopsies from the spiral arteries of the placental bed, among women undergoing cesarean sections for clinical and obstetrical reasons at Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: Placental bed biopsies were obtained during cesarean section after placenta removal, with direct viewing of the central area of placenta insertion. The microvessel density of spiral arteries was measured by immunohistochemical methods in decidual and myometrial segments, using CD34 antibody. RESULTS: Biopsies containing spiral arteries were obtained from 34 hypertensive pregnant women with proteinuria, and 26 normotensive pregnant women. The microvessel densities in decidual and myometrial segments of the placental bed were compared between the groups. It was observed that, with increasing blood pressure and proteinuria, the microvessel density gradually decreased. CONCLUSION: The presence of high levels of hypertension and proteinuria may be associated with a progressive decrease in microvessel density in the placental bed.

OBJETIVO: analisar alterações macroscópicas e histológicas que ocorrem com o uso da sinvastatina em endometriose experimental em ratas. MÉTODOS: quarenta ratas da linhagem Wistar foram submetidas à técnica de autotransplante uterino em mesentério. Após três semanas, 24 ratas desenvolveram endometriose experimental grau III e foram divididas em dois grupos: Sinvastatina (dado 20 mg/kg/dia via oral) e Controle (dado cloreto de sódio a 0,9% na quantidade de 1 mL/100 g de peso corpóreo via oral), que receberam gavagem durante 14 dias seguido de morte. Os volumes dos implantes foram calculados [4pi (comprimento/2) x (largura/2) x (altura/2)/3] nas intervenções cirúrgicas e após a morte dos animais. Os autotransplantes foram retirados, corados com a hematoxilina-eosina e analisados à microscopia de luz. Foram usados o teste de Mann-Whitney para amostras independentes e o teste de Wilcoxon para amostras relacionadas. Para avaliação histológica, foi usado o teste exato de Fisher, adotando-se nível de significância de 5%. RESULTADOS: a diferença entre os volumes médios iniciais dos autotransplantes nos dois grupos foi insignificante (p=1,00), e, entre os volumes médios finais, significante (p=0,04). Houve aumento significativo (p=0,01) entre os volumes médios iniciais e finais do Grupo Controle e redução insignificante no Grupo Sinvastatina (p=0,95). Histologicamente (p=0,64), o Grupo Sinvastatina (n=9) mostrou a parede epitelial moderadamente preservada em sete casos (77,80%) e dois casos com camada epitelial bem preservada (22,2%), e o Grupo Controle (n=12) com sete casos (58,30%) moderadamente preservados e cinco casos (41,70%) bem preservados. CONCLUSÕES: a sinvastatina impediu o crescimento dos focos de endometriose experimental. São promissores os estudos com uso da sinvastatina por período mais prolongado.PURPOSE: to analyze the macroscopic and histological changes that occur with the use of sinvastatin in experimental endometriosis in female rats. METHODS: forty Wistar female rats were submitted to the technique of uterine self-transplant in mesenterium. After three weeks, 24 of them developed experimental endometriosis grade III, and were divided in two groups: one group received sinvastatin orally (20 mg/kg/day) and the other (control group) received 0.9% of sodium chloride orally (1 mL/100 g of body weight/day). Both groups received gavage for 14 days, followed by death. The implant volume was calculated [4pi (lenght/2) x (width/2) x (height/2)/3] at the surgical intervention and after the animal’s death. The self-transplants were removed, dyed with hematoxylin-eosin and analyzed by light microscopy. The Mann-Whitney’s test was used in the independent samples and the Wilcoxon’s test for the related samples. The Fisher’s exact test was used for the histological evaluation, with a significance level of 5%. RESULTS: the difference between groups of the initial average volumes of the self-transplants was not significant (p=1.00), but became significant for the final average volumes (p=0.04). There was a significant increase (p=0.01) between the initial and final average volumes in the control group, and a no significant decrease in the sinvastatin group (p=0.95). Histologically, the sinvastatin group (n=9) presented seven cases (77.8%) of moderately preserved and two cases (22.2%) of well preserved epithelial wall, while the control group (n=12) presented seven cases (58.3%) of moderately preserved and five cases (41.7%) of well preserved epithelial wall. CONCLUSIONS: sinvastatin prevented the growth of experimental endometriosis. Studies with sinvastatin for longer periods are promising.

PURPOSE: To evaluate macroscopically the growth degree of self-transplantation of endometriosis in rats. METHODS: Forty female rats, after a 7-day period for adpating and evaluating of the estrous cycle regularity, underwent tail abdominal midline laparotomy with 3-cm cuts. The average third of the left uterine horn was removed, 4mm x 4mm patches in liquid environment were made, and self-transplanted in the rat mesenterium with a single stitch, and the endometrial surface of the endometriotic implant facing the lumen of the peritoneal cavity. The rats were programmed to die after three weeks. The abdominal cavity displaying was held and self-transplants were identified and classified. RESULTS: The results achieved were: one case for degree 0 (2,5%), three cases for degree 1 (7,5%), eleven cases for degree II (27,5%) and twenty-five cases for degree III (62,5%). CONCLUSION: The experimental endometriosis development, through the self-transplantation technique, showed to be most common in degrees 3 and 2 of development.OBJETIVO: Avaliar macroscopicamente o grau de crescimento de autotransplantes de endometriose em ratos. MÉTODOS: Quarenta ratos fêmeas, após período de sete dias para adaptação e avaliação da regularidade do ciclo estral, foram submetidas à laparotomia mediana abdominal caudal com incisões de três cm. Foi retirado o terço médio do corno uterino esquerdo, feito retalhos de quatro mm x quatro mm em meio líquido, sendo em seguida autotransplantado no mesentério da rata com ponto simples, tomando o cuidado de manter a superfície mucosa voltada para luz abdominal. Após o período de três semanas as mortes das ratas foram programadas. Realizou-se a exposição da cavidade abdominal com identificação e classificação dos autotransplantes. RESULTADOS: os resultados encontrados foram: grau 0 obteve um caso (2,5%), o grau I foi observado em três casos (7,5%), o grau II com onze casos (27,5%) e o grau III foi visto em vinte cinco casos (62,5%). CONCLUSÃO:Desenvolve-se a endometriose experimental pela técnica do autotransplante com a maioria dos casos em grau 3 e 2 de desenvolvimento.