Journal
HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 186-195Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10641955.2017.1295052
Keywords
eNOS; prostacyclin (PGI(2)); uterine vasculature; endothelial layers; preeclampsia
Funding
- European Union through the ASPRE project [601852]
- Hananja ehf
- Icelandic Centre for Research
- Cardiovascular Research Institute of the University of Vermont
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Placental protein 13 (PP13) induces hypotension in rats. This study aims to evaluate PP13 effects on isolated uterine arteries from nonpregnant and mid-pregnant rats. Vessels were isolated, cannulated, and pressurized to 50 mmHg within an arteriograph, preconstricted and exposed to increasing PP13 concentrations (10(-13)-10(-8) M). PP13 elicited 38-50% arterial vasodilation with half-maximum response (EC50) = 1 pM. The relaxation was mediated by activating the endothelial-signaling pathways of prostaglandin and nitric oxide (NO). Accordingly, these results encourage evaluation of PP13 as a possible therapy for gestational diseases characterized by insufficient uteroplacental blood flow and/or maternal hypertension.
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