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Fetal-placental hypoxia does not result from failure of spiral arterial modification in mice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20580083     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: To determine if fetal-placental hypoxia is a primary outcome of defective spiral artery remodeling.
STUDY DESIGN: Pregnancies in Rag2(-/-)Il2rg(-/-) double knock-out mice, which fail to undergo normal physiological spiral arterial remodeling, were compared to syngeneic BALB/c control pregnancies. Mice at gestation day (gd)6, 8, 10, 12 and 18 were infused with Hypoxyprobe-1 before euthanasia to enable detection of cellular hypoxia by immunohistochemistry.
RESULTS: In implantation sites of both phenotypes, trophoblast cells were reactive to Hypoxyprobe-1. No major differences were observed between the phenotypes in decidua or placenta at any gd or in gd18 fetal brain, lung, heart, liver or intestine or in maternal heart, brain, liver or spleen. Maternal kidneys from BALB/c were significantly hypoxic to Rag2(-/-)Il2rg(-/-) kidneys.
CONCLUSIONS: In mice, lack of pregnancy-associated spiral artery remodeling does not impair oxygen delivery to the conceptus, challenging the concept that deficient spiral arterial remodeling leads to fetal hypoxia in human gestational complications such as preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction. The isolated hypoxic response of normal kidney has revealed that renal lymphocytes may have unique, tissue-specific regulatory actions on vasoconstriction that are pregnancy independent.
Authors:
E Leno-Durán; K Hatta; J Bianco; A T Yamada; C Ruiz-Ruiz; E G Olivares; B A Croy
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-07-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  Placenta     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1532-3102     ISO Abbreviation:  Placenta     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-06     Completed Date:  2010-11-24     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8006349     Medline TA:  Placenta     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  731-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anoxia / metabolism*
Embryo Implantation*
Female
Fetal Diseases / metabolism*
Kidney Tubules / metabolism
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Knockout
Oxygen / metabolism*
Placenta / metabolism*
Pregnancy
Uterine Artery / physiology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7782-44-7/Oxygen

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