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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-11
pubmed:abstractText
Pre-eclampsia is one of the most common causes of perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality. High blood pressure and proteinuria are important clinical signs of pre-eclampsia. Sympathetic overactivity and elevated level of circulating vaso active substances, such as monoamines has been shown. Extracellular concentrations of monoamines are normally kept low by specific transporter proteins of which many are expressed in the placenta. In this study we used in situ hybridization and real-time PCR to study the gene expression of monoamine transporters, such as NET, SERT, VMAT2, EMT and OCT1/2, in normal as well as in pre-eclamptic placentae. We demonstrated high expression of NET mRNA in the trophoblast cells of the anchoring villi and a lower expression intensity in the chorionic villi. SERT mRNA was mainly detected in chorionic villi. VMAT2 mRNA was not detected in the central part of the placenta but was present in the spiral arteries of placenta bed biopsies, in cytokeratin positive cells. EMT mRNA was mainly detected in the intra lobular septa and together with OCT1 and OCT2 mRNAs also expressed in scattered cells of placental vessel adventitias. Moreover, quantitative analysis showed a significant lower expression of NET and EMT mRNAs in pre-eclamptic placentae as compared to the control group. A defective gene expression or function of these monoamines transporters might explain the elevated concentrations of monoamines in pre-eclamptic patients. Monoamine transporters may serve as a protective mechanism preventing vasoconstriction in the placental vascular bed and thereby securing a stable blood flow to the fetus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0143-4004
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
518-29
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Chorionic Villi, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Organic Cation Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Organic Cation Transporter 1, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Pre-Eclampsia, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Symporters, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Trophoblasts, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Vesicular Biogenic Amine Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15135235-Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Norepinephrine transporter (NET), serotonin transporter (SERT), vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) and organic cation transporters (OCT1, 2 and EMT) in human placenta from pre-eclamptic and normotensive pregnancies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund University Hospital, Klinikgatan, 221 85, Lund, Scania, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't