scholarly journals Antioxidative Defense Enzymes in Placenta Protect Placenta and Fetus in Inherited Thrombophilia from Hydrogen Peroxide

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Bogdanovic Pristov ◽  
Ivan Spasojevic ◽  
Željko Mikovic ◽  
Vesna Mandic ◽  
Nikola Cerovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Placental Tissue ◽  
Maternal Blood ◽  
Oxidative Status ◽  
Defense Enzymes ◽  
Antioxidative Defense ◽  
Fetal Blood ◽  
Inherited Thrombophilia ◽  
Threefold Increase ◽  
Ascorbyl Radical ◽  
Increased Activity

Our aim was to investigate the activities of antioxidative defense enzymes in the placenta, fetal blood and amnion fluid in inherited thrombophilia. Thrombophilia was associated with nearly threefold increase of activity (p < 0.001) of the placental catalase (81.1 ± 20.6 U/mg of proteins in controls and 270.0 ± 69.9 U/mg in thrombophilic subjects), glutathione (GSH) peroxidase (C: 20.2 ± 10.1 U/mg; T: 60.0 ± 15.5 U/mg), and GSH reductase (C: 28.9 ± 5.6 U/mg; T: 72.7 ± 23.0 U/mg). The placental activities of superoxide dismutating enzymes—MnSOD and CuZnSOD, did not differ in controls and thrombophilia. Likewise, the activities of catalase and SOD in the fetal blood, and the level of ascorbyl radical which represents a marker of oxidative status of amniotic fluid, were similar in controls and thrombophilic subjects. From this we concluded that in thrombophilia, placental tissue is exposed to H2O2-mediated oxidative stress, which could be initiated by pro-thrombic conditions in maternal blood. Increased activity of placental H2O2-removing enzymes protects fetus and mother during pregnancy, but may increase the risk of postpartum thrombosis.

Florid Bacillus cereus Infection of the Placenta Associated With Intrauterine Fetal Demise

2021 ◽  
pp. 109352662199902
Author(s):  
Stephanie Shea ◽  
Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi ◽  
Emilia Sordillo ◽  
Michael Nowak ◽  
Fumiko Dekio
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Cereus ◽  
Placental Tissue ◽  
Maternal Blood ◽  
Gastrointestinal Infections ◽  
Gram Positive ◽  
Fetal Demise ◽  
Placental Infection ◽  
Intrauterine Fetal Demise ◽  
Acute Necrotizing ◽  
Poor Outcomes

Bacillus cereus is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly implicated in foodborne illness but has also become increasingly recognized as a source of serious non-gastrointestinal infections, including sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia. Non-gastrointestinal B. cereus infections have been identified in children, especially in neonates; however, there are no previously described cases of fetal demise associated with B. cereus placental infection. We present a case of acute chorioamnionitis-related intrauterine fetal demise of twin A at 17 weeks gestation, noted two days after selective termination of twin B. Histological examination revealed numerous gram-positive bacilli in placental tissue, as well as fetal vasculature, in the setting of severe acute necrotizing chorioamnionitis and subchorionitis, intervillous abscesses, acute villitis, and peripheral acute funisitis. Cultures of maternal blood and placental tissue both yielded growth of B. cereus. This case underscores the importance of B. cereus as a human pathogen, and specifically demonstrates its potential as an agent of severe intraamniotic and placental infection with poor outcomes for the fetus.

scholarly journals Antioxidant enzyme activities in rabbits under oxidative stress induced by high fat diet

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Skowron ◽  
Jolanta Zalejska-Fiolka ◽  
Urszula Błaszczyk ◽  
Ewa Chwalińska ◽  
Aleksander Owczarek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Enzyme ◽  
Antioxidant System ◽  
Oxidative Status ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme Activities ◽  
High Fat ◽  
Enzymatic Antioxidant ◽  
High Fat Diets ◽  
Fat Diets ◽  
Increased Activity ◽  
Total Superoxide Dismutase

AbstractIntroductionThe aim of this study was to investigate whether the type and form of oil (raw/non-oxidised (N) or post-frying/oxidised (O)) consumed in high-fat diets affect the oxidative status of an organism, as observed by malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration as an oxidative factor and antioxidant enzyme activity.Material and MethodsFats in the diet came from rapeseed oil (R) and olive oil (O).ResultsThe applied diet caused a decrease in MDA concentration (μmol/L) in serum in group RN from 2.94 ± 0.87 to 1.76 ± 0.13, in group ON from 2.45 ± 0.62 to 1.50 ± 0.10, and in group OO from 2.70 ± 1.16 to 1.84 ± 0.36. Meanwhile, MDA concentration (mmol/L) increased in blood haemolysate in group RO from 0.15 ± 0.07 to 0.22 ± 0.03 and in group OO from 0.17 ± 0.02 to 0.22 ± 0.02. The observed changes caused a response of the enzymatic antioxidant system in both models, especially followed by an increase in activities of total superoxide dismutase and its mitochondrial isoenzyme in all experimental groups, while its cytosolic isoenzyme activity increased only in ON and OO groups. Increased activity of glutathione peroxidase (GPX) in groups RN and RO and of catalase (CAT) in groups ON and OO was observed. Significant differences in responses to the different types and forms of oils were probably caused by the different oxidative stability of the studied oils.ConclusionThis diet disturbed the body’s oxidative status; however, during the six-month study the enzymatic antioxidant system remained effective.

Oxygen equilibrium properties of blood and hemoglobin of fetal and adult Weddell seals

1981 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 999-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Qvist ◽  
R. E. Weber ◽  
W. M. Zapol
Keyword(s):  
Whole Blood ◽  
Maternal Blood ◽  
Bohr Effect ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Fetal Blood ◽  
Maternal Circulation ◽  
Weddell Seals ◽  
Blood Ph ◽  
Ph Decrease ◽  
2,3 Dpg

Oxygen equilibria of whole blood and hemoglobins from adult and fetal Weddell seals are reported. The maternal blood shows a lower O2 affinity than the fetal blood (halfsaturation O2 tension P50 = 26.9 +/- 1.18 and 21.4 +/- 1.25 Torr, respectively, at 37 degrees C and pH 7.4), and a greater Bohr effect (delta log P50/delta pH = -0.49 and -0.31, respectively, at pH 7.4-6.8), correlated with higher red cell 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) concentrations (6.45 +/- 0.81 mmol.1-1, compared to 2.65 +/- 0-42 mmol.1-1 in the fetus). Both the maternal and fetal erythrocytes contain two major and two minor hemoglobin components occurring in the same ratio and the 2,3-DPG-free whole hemolysates, as well as the isolated major components from each stage, show the same oxygenation properties, ascribing the whole-blood differences to the higher adult DPG levels. A 2,3-DPG effect also appears to account for the disparity in the Bohr effects, which will favor unloading of O2 from the maternal circulation during diving as maternal and fetal blood pH decrease in parallel.

scholarly journals Maternal inflammation at midgestation impairs subsequent fetal myoblast function and skeletal muscle growth in rats, resulting in intrauterine growth restriction at term1

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 867-876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin N Cadaret ◽  
Robert J Posont ◽  
Kristin A Beede ◽  
Hannah E Riley ◽  
John Dustin Loy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Intrauterine Growth Restriction ◽  
Muscle Growth ◽  
Maternal Blood ◽  
Protein Catabolism ◽  
Fetal Blood ◽  
Intrauterine Growth ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Growth ◽  
Maternal Inflammation

Abstract Maternal inflammation induces intrauterine growth restriction (MI-IUGR) of the fetus, which compromises metabolic health in human offspring and reduces value in livestock. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of maternal inflammation at midgestation on fetal skeletal muscle growth and myoblast profiles at term. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were injected daily with bacterial endotoxin (MI-IUGR) or saline (controls) from the 9th to the 11th day of gestational age (dGA; term = 21 dGA). At necropsy on dGA 20, average fetal mass and upper hindlimb cross-sectional areas were reduced (P &lt; 0.05) in MI-IUGR fetuses compared with controls. MyoD+ and myf5+ myoblasts were less abundant (P &lt; 0.05), and myogenin+ myoblasts were more abundant (P &lt; 0.05) in MI-IUGR hindlimb skeletal muscle compared with controls, indicating precocious myoblast differentiation. Type I and Type II hindlimb muscle fibers were smaller (P &lt; 0.05) in MI-IUGR fetuses than in controls, but fiber type proportions did not differ between experimental groups. Fetal blood plasma TNFα concentrations were below detectable amounts in both experimental groups, but skeletal muscle gene expression for the cytokine receptors TNFR1, IL6R, and FN14 was greater (P &lt; 0.05) in MI-IUGR fetuses than controls, perhaps indicating enhanced sensitivity to these cytokines. Maternal blood glucose concentrations at term did not differ between experimental groups, but MI-IUGR fetal blood contained less (P &lt; 0.05) glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Fetal-to-maternal blood glucose ratios were also reduced (P &lt; 0.05), which is indicative of placental insufficiency. Indicators of protein catabolism, including blood plasma urea nitrogen and creatine kinase, were greater (P &lt; 0.05) in MI-IUGR fetuses than in controls. From these findings, we conclude that maternal inflammation at midgestation causes muscle-centric fetal programming that impairs myoblast function, increases protein catabolism, and reduces skeletal muscle growth near term. Fetal muscle sensitivity to inflammatory cytokines appeared to be enhanced after maternal inflammation, which may represent a mechanistic target for improving these outcomes in MI-IUGR fetuses.

Role of endogenous digitalis-like factors in the clinical manifestations of severe preeclampsia: a systematic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (12) ◽  
pp. 1215-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vardaman M. Buckalew
Keyword(s):  
Antihypertensive Drugs ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Antibody Fragment ◽  
Placental Tissue ◽  
Maternal Blood ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Red Cell Membrane ◽  
Natriuretic Hormone

Endogenous digitalis-like factor(s), originally proposed as a vasoconstrictor natriuretic hormone, was discovered in fetal and neonatal blood accidentally because it cross-reacts with antidigoxin antibodies (ADAs). Early studies using immunoassays with ADA identified the digoxin-like immuno-reactive factor(s) (EDLF) in maternal blood as well, and suggested it originated in the feto–placental unit. Mammalian digoxin-like factors have recently been identified as at least two classes of steroid compounds, plant derived ouabain (O), and several toad derived bufodienolides, most prominent being marinobufagenin (MBG). A synthetic pathway for MBG has been identified in mammalian placental tissue. Elevated maternal and fetal EDLF, O and MBG have been demonstrated in preeclampsia (PE), and inhibition of red cell membrane sodium, potassium ATPase (Na, K ATPase (NKA)) by EDLF is reversed by ADA fragments (ADA-FAB). Accordingly, maternal administration of a commercial ADA-antibody fragment (FAB) was tested in several anecdotal cases of PE, and two, small randomized, prospective, double-blind clinical trials. In the first randomized trial, ADA-FAB was administered post-partum, in the second antepartum. In the post-partum trial, ADA-FAB reduced use of antihypertensive drugs. In the second trial, there was no effect of ADA-FAB on blood pressure, but the fall in maternal creatinine clearance (CrCl) was prevented. In a secondary analysis using the pre-treatment maternal level of circulating Na, K ATPase (NKA) inhibitory activity (NKAI), ADA-FAB reduced the incidence of pulmonary edema and, unexpectedly, that of severe neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). The fall in CrCl in patients given placebo was proportional to the circulating level of NKAI. The implications of these findings on the pathophysiology of the clinical manifestations PE are discussed, and a new model of the respective roles of placenta derived anti-angiogenic (AAG) factors (AAGFs) and EDLF is proposed.

Acetate as a metabolic substrate in the fetal lamb

1976 ◽  
Vol 230 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
VC Char ◽  
RK Creasy
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Maternal Blood ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Fetal Blood ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Metabolic Substrate ◽  
Acetate Concentration ◽  
Fetal Lamb ◽  
The Mean

Fetal acetate metabolsim was studied in chronically catheterized fetal lambs of 110-141 days' gestation. Acetate concentration was measured enzymatically in whole blood drawn simultaneously from maternal and fetal pre- and postplacental vessels. The oxygen content of the fetal blood samples was also measured. Fetal umbilical venous acetate concentration was found to be proportional to the maternal arterial acetate concentration and had a mean value of 0.366 mM. Fetal blood acetate increased significantly, by a mean of 0.081 mM, during circulation through the placenta. This increase was proportional to both the maternal acetate concentration and the concentration gradient of acetate across the placenta. The mean maternal arterial acetate concentration was 1.153 mM. Maternal blood lost significant amounts of acetate, 0.112 mM, during circulation through the uterus and appeared to be the source of the acetate being gained by the fetus. It is estimated that a total of 23 mmol of acetate/kg of fetal weight is being taken up by the fetus each day, providing it with 0.560 g of carbon/kg. Comparisons of acetate uptake with fetal oxygen uptake indicate 10% of the daily fetal oxygen consumption would be required to completely oxidize the acetate being gained by the fetus.

Anti-adipogenesis and antioxidative defense status of a crude extract of ‘Kalasin 2’ peanut sprouts in 3T3-L1 mouse adipocytes

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 740-749
Author(s):  
Tantip Boonsong ◽  
Siriporn Pakwan ◽  
Wanida Chawnawa
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Protein Expression ◽  
Oxidative Status ◽  
Peroxisome Proliferator ◽  
Antioxidative Defense ◽  
Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor ◽  
Defense Systems ◽  
Treatment Of Obesity ◽  
Mouse Adipocytes ◽  
And Oxidative Stress

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of extracts from germinated (GPE) and non-germinated peanuts (NGPE) on adipogenesis and oxidative status in normal and oxidative-stress-induced 3T3-L1 mouse adipocytes. The treated cells were analysed for cell growth, lipid accumulation, levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), and the expression levels of mRNAs and proteins related to adipogenesis and antioxidative defense systems. The results indicated that an extract from peanuts made 9 days after germination (9GPE) reduced lipid contents and mRNA expression of adipogenesis-related genes to a greater extent than an extract from peanuts made 1-day after germination (1GPE) or from NGPE, respectively. In oxidative-stress-induced adipocytes, 9GPE decreased ROS levels, lipid content, and the protein expression of peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor gamma, and also increased the protein expression of antioxidants. These results illustrate the anti-adipogenic capacity and oxidative status improvement achievable with GPE, and that it could be used as a putative therapeutic agent in the prevention of and (or) treatment of obesity and diseases associated with oxidative stress.

scholarly journals Antibiotic Concentration in Maternal Blood, Cord Blood and Placental Tissue in Women with Chorioamnionitis

1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Maberry ◽  
Kenneth J. Trimmer ◽  
Roger E. Bawdon ◽  
Sorab Sobhi ◽  
Jody B. Dax ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cord Blood ◽  
Placental Tissue ◽  
Maternal Blood ◽  
Antibiotic Concentration

Pharmacokinetics of ethanol and its metabolite, acetaldehyde, and fetolethality in the third-trimester pregnant guinea pig for oral administration of acute, multiple-dose ethanol

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 1060-1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Clarke ◽  
Nancy A. E. Steenaart ◽  
Christopher J. Slack ◽  
James F. Brien
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Amniotic Fluid ◽  
Ethanol Concentration ◽  
Fetal Brain ◽  
Maternal Blood ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Gas Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Fetal Blood ◽  
Third Trimester ◽  
The Third

The pharmacokinetics of ethanol and its metabolite, acetaldehyde, were determined in the third-trimester pregnant guinea pig (56–59 days gestation) for oral intubation of four doses of 1 g ethanol/kg maternal body weight, administered at 1-h intervals. Animals (n = 4–7) were sacrificed at each of selected times during the 26-h study. Ethanol and acetaldehyde concentrations were determined by headspace gas-liquid chromatography. The maternal and fetal blood ethanol concentration–time curves were virtually superimposable, which indicated unimpeded bidirectional placental transfer of ethanol in the matemal–fetal unit. The blood and brain ethanol concentrations were similar in each of the maternal and fetal compartments during the study, which indicated rapid equilibrium distribution of ethanol. There was accumulation of ethanol in the amniotic fluid resulting in higher ethanol concentration compared with maternal and fetal blood during the elimination phase, which indicated that the amniotic fluid may serve as a reservoir for ethanol in utero. Acetaldehyde was measurable in all the biological fluids and tissues at concentrations that were at least 1000-fold less than the respective ethanol concentrations and were variable. There was ethanol-induced fetolethality that was delayed and variable among animals, and was 55% at 23 h. At this time interval, the ethanol concentrations in maternal blood and brain, fetal brain, and amniotic fluid were 35- to 53-fold greater and the acetaldehyde concentrations in maternal blood and fetal brain were four- to five-fold higher in the animals with dead fetuses compared with the guinea pigs with live litters. These data indicated that decreased ethanol elimination from the maternal–fetal unit was related temporally to the fetolethality.

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