Treatment of intrauterine growth restriction with maternal growth hormone supplementation in sheep. 2008

Hendrina A de Boo, and Simona C Eremia, and Frank H Bloomfield, and Mark H Oliver, and Jane E Harding
Liggins Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Services, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to investigate whether maternal growth hormone supplementation in pregnant sheep could reverse intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) induced by placental embolization. METHODS Animals were randomized into control, intrauterine growth restriction + saline or intrauterine growth restriction + growth hormone (twice daily injections of 0.1 mg/kg growth hormone) groups. Intrauterine growth restriction was induced by twice daily placental embolization between 93 and 99 days' gestation, and treatment was from 100-128 days' gestation (term = 147 days' gestation). RESULTS Embolization reduced fetal growth rate and body weight but increased brain-to-liver weight ratio. Growth hormone treatment significantly increased fetal growth rates and fat deposition, and improved fetal body weight and length, but not liver weight. Growth hormone treatment produced hydranencephalic brain lesions in some fetuses. CONCLUSIONS Maternal growth hormone treatment partially reversed intrauterine growth restriction caused by placental insufficiency. However, the possible connection between growth hormone treatment and fetal brain injury requires further investigation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010920 Placenta A highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products. It includes a fetal portion (CHORIONIC VILLI) derived from TROPHOBLASTS and a maternal portion (DECIDUA) derived from the uterine ENDOMETRIUM. The placenta produces an array of steroid, protein and peptide hormones (PLACENTAL HORMONES). Placentoma, Normal,Placentome,Placentas,Placentomes
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D004617 Embolism Blocking of a blood vessel by an embolus which can be a blood clot or other undissolved material in the blood stream. Embolus,Embolisms
D005260 Female Females
D005317 Fetal Growth Retardation Failure of a FETUS to attain expected GROWTH. Growth Retardation, Intrauterine,Intrauterine Growth Retardation,Fetal Growth Restriction,Intrauterine Growth Restriction
D006849 Hydrocephalus Excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranium which may be associated with dilation of cerebral ventricles, INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; HEADACHE; lethargy; URINARY INCONTINENCE; and ATAXIA. Communicating Hydrocephalus,Congenital Hydrocephalus,Obstructive Hydrocephalus,Post-Traumatic Hydrocephalus,Aqueductal Stenosis,Cerebral Ventriculomegaly,Fetal Cerebral Ventriculomegaly,Hydrocephalus Ex-Vacuo,Hydrocephaly,Aqueductal Stenoses,Cerebral Ventriculomegalies,Cerebral Ventriculomegalies, Fetal,Cerebral Ventriculomegaly, Fetal,Fetal Cerebral Ventriculomegalies,Hydrocephalus Ex Vacuo,Hydrocephalus Ex-Vacuos,Hydrocephalus, Communicating,Hydrocephalus, Congenital,Hydrocephalus, Obstructive,Hydrocephalus, Post-Traumatic,Post Traumatic Hydrocephalus,Stenoses, Aqueductal,Stenosis, Aqueductal,Ventriculomegalies, Cerebral,Ventriculomegalies, Fetal Cerebral,Ventriculomegaly, Cerebral,Ventriculomegaly, Fetal Cerebral
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012756 Sheep Any of the ruminant mammals with curved horns in the genus Ovis, family Bovidae. They possess lachrymal grooves and interdigital glands, which are absent in GOATS. Ovis,Sheep, Dall,Dall Sheep,Ovis dalli
D013006 Growth Hormone A polypeptide that is secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Growth hormone, also known as somatotropin, stimulates mitosis, cell differentiation and cell growth. Species-specific growth hormones have been synthesized. Growth Hormone, Recombinant,Pituitary Growth Hormone,Recombinant Growth Hormone,Somatotropin,Somatotropin, Recombinant,Growth Hormone, Pituitary,Growth Hormones Pituitary, Recombinant,Pituitary Growth Hormones, Recombinant,Recombinant Growth Hormones,Recombinant Pituitary Growth Hormones,Recombinant Somatotropins,Somatotropins, Recombinant,Growth Hormones, Recombinant,Recombinant Somatotropin
D047109 Fetal Development Morphological and physiological development of FETUSES. Fetal Programming,Fetal Growth,Development, Fetal,Fetal Programmings,Growth, Fetal

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