| Placental metabolic reprogramming: do changes in the mix of energy-generating substrates modulate fetal growth? | |
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PMID: 19924633 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Insufficient oxygen leads to the cessation of growth in favor of cellular survival. Our unique model of high-altitude human pregnancy indicates that hypoxia-induced reductions in fetal growth occur at higher levels of oxygen than previously described. Fetal PO(2) is surprisingly high and fetal oxygen consumption unaffected by high altitude, whereas fetal glucose delivery and consumption decrease. Placental delivery of energy-generating substrates to the fetus is thus altered by mild hypoxia, resulting in maintained fetal oxygenation but a relative fetal hypoglycemia. Our data point to this altered mix of substrates as a potential initiating factor in reduced fetal growth, since oxygen delivery is adequate. These data support the existence, in the placenta, of metabolic reprogramming mechanisms, previously documented in tumor cells, whereby HIF-1 stimulates reductions in mitochondrial oxygen consumption at the cost of increased glucose consumption. Decreased oxygen consumption is not due to substrate (oxygen) limitation but rather results from active inhibition of mitochondrial oxygen utilization. We suggest that under hypoxic conditions, metabolic reprogramming in the placenta decreases mitochondrial oxygen consumption and increases anerobic glucose consumption, altering the mix of energy-generating substrates available for transfer to the fetus. Increased oxygen is available to support the fetus, but at the cost of less glucose availability, leading to a hypoglycemia-mediated decrease in fetal growth. Our data suggest that metabolic reprogramming may be an initiating step in the progression to more severe forms of fetal growth restriction and points to the placenta as the pivotal source of fetal programming in response to an adverse intrauterine environment. |
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Authors:
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Nicholas P Illsley; Isabella Caniggia; Stacy Zamudio |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The International journal of developmental biology Volume: 54 ISSN: 1696-3547 ISO Abbreviation: Int. J. Dev. Biol. Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-01-08 Completed Date: 2010-03-31 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8917470 Medline TA: Int J Dev Biol Country: Spain |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 409-19 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Womens Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA. illsleni@umdnj.edu |
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| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Anoxia
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metabolism* Blood Glucose / metabolism* Energy Metabolism / physiology Female Fetal Development / physiology* Humans Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 / metabolism Maternal-Fetal Exchange / physiology Oxygen Consumption / physiology* Placenta / metabolism* Pregnancy |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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HD042737/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD046982/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; MT14096//Canadian Institutes of Health Research; TW007444/TW/FIC NIH HHS |
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0/Blood Glucose; 0/Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 |
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