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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
Evidence implicates pivotal roles for parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) in stimulating cell growth and differentiation, placental calcium transport, and placental vasodilatation. As spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) fetuses are growth restricted compared with those of its normotensive control, the Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rat, we examined intrauterine PTHrP and total and ionic calcium concentrations in these rats. Fetal plasma PTHrP concentrations, but not total calcium concentrations, were lower in the SHR compared with WKY (P < 0.05). SHR placental concentrations of PTHrP were lower than in WKY (P < 0.03) and failed to show the increase observed in WKY near term (P < 0.05). PTHrP concentrations in amniotic fluid from SHR were not raised near term and were lower compared with WKY (P < 0.0005). The increased ionic calcium concentrations in amniotic fluid in the WKY near term (P < 0.05) were not detected in the SHR. Thus SHR fetal plasma, placental, and amniotic fluid PTHrP concentrations were reduced and associated with fetal growth restriction. We suggest that PTHrP may play a role in the etiology of both growth restriction during pregnancy and hypertension later in life.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0363-6119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
R31-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Amniotic Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Extraembryonic Membranes, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Fetal Blood, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Fetal Growth Retardation, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Gestational Age, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Rats, Inbred SHR, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Rats, Inbred WKY, pubmed-meshheading:10896861-Uterus
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduced fetal, placental, and amniotic fluid PTHrP in the growth-restricted spontaneously hypertensive rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia 3065. m.wlodek@physiology.unimelb.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't