Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are widely used and well accepted to provide contraception. It’s estimated that over 100 million women around the world make use of this contraceptive method. Although contraception is achieved, these...
moreCombined oral contraceptives (COCs) are widely used and well accepted to provide contraception. It’s estimated that over 100 million women around the world make use of this contraceptive method. Although contraception is achieved, these users are predisposed to developing venous thromboembolism or arterial and development of atherosclerosis due to the change caused by the hemostatic dose of estrogen and progestin type used in the formulations. In order to get a said formulation "correct" and hoping that the adverse effects that may occur at the expense of the contraceptive formulation composition are minimized, the literature indicates a contraceptive recently launched, whose composition contains Estradiol valerate (called natural estrogen by the pharmaceutical industry) as estrogen component and the Dienogest as synthetic progesterone, integrating the group of so classified new progestins. OBJECTIVE: Within the context that we present above, the research project aimed to evaluate two contraceptive formulations, through a comparative experimental study, where as the control group used the classic Levonorgestrel (LVG) and ethinylestradiol (EE), to compare it with the new progestin released in Brazil in 2011, composed of Dienogest (DNG) and estradiol valerate (17β Estradiol - active metabolite) - both alone and in combination medications, represented by MIX I (LVG plus EE) and MIX II (DNG plus 17β), respectively. ‘Cause little is known about the effects of the progestogen on the new vasoactive factors, hemostatic and inflammatory proposed here work with cultured endothelial cells derived from human umbilical cord stimulus them with LPS inflammatory agent and / or TNFα to further quantitate the following factors: HUVEC (Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell) - adhesion molecules VCAM-I, ICAM-I and E-selectin (supernatant and cell surface); endothelium-derived vasoactive factors (NO, PGE2 and Endothelin ET-1 - culture supernatant) and pro-inflammatory cytokines as IL-1β and IL-6 in the supernatant. HAEC (Human Arterial Endothelial Cell): Tissue factor on primary cell culture of umbilical cord artery. The drugs reduced the expression of adhesion molecules in the supernatant and the cell surface reduced the production of endothelium-derived vasoactive factors, regulated the production of cytokines proinflammatory and also reduced the expression of tissue factor, preventive and therapeutic way. The mixture of contraceptives represented by MIX MIX I and II showed significant differences when compared to the other study groups and MIX II showed greater effectiveness in reducing some factors studied here, giving an endothelial protection. Thus, we can conclude that the new progestogen released in Brazil showed antithrombotic effects and anti-inflammatory, to reduce significantly the levels of adhesion molecules, vasoactive factors, proinflammatory factors and hemostatic factor.
Keywords: 1.Contraceptives, 2.Endothelium, 3.Coagulation, 4.Vascular
inflammation
