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Effect of ethanol on ovine fetal and maternal plasma prostaglandin E2 concentrations and fetal breathing movements. 1990

G N Smith, and J F Brien, and J Homan, and L Carmichael, and D Treissman, and J Patrick
Department of Physiology, Lawson Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

The effect of maternal administration of ethanol on fetal and maternal plasma prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) concentrations and fetal breathing movement was determined in the near-term pregnant ewe. Six conscious instrumented pregnant ewes (between 129 and 134 days of gestation; term, 147 days) were studied on two successive days (day 1 and day 2). On each of the two days of the experiment, there was a 1-h period of maternal infusion of ethanol (1 g ethanol/kg total body weight) or an equivalent volume of normal saline. Animals were assigned to two groups with one group (n = 3) receiving ethanol on day 1 and saline on day 2, and the other group (n = 3) receiving saline on day 1 and ethanol on day 2. Fetal and maternal blood samples were collected at selected times for blood ethanol determination (n = 2), and plasma was obtained for the determination of PGE2 concentration (n = 6). Fetal breathing movements were monitored continuously during the experimental periods. Maternal saline infusion had no effect (P greater than 0.05) on fetal breathing movement and fetal and maternal plasma PGE2 concentrations (187 +/- 25 (SEM) pg/ml and 196 +/- 32 pg/ml, respectively). Maternal ethanol infusion suppressed (P less than 0.05) fetal breathing movement below preinfusion levels for 8 h and increased (P less than 0.05) both fetal and maternal plasma PGE2 concentrations to 314 +/- 55 pg/ml and 306 +/- 25 pg/ml, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010100 Oxygen An element with atomic symbol O, atomic number 8, and atomic weight [15.99903; 15.99977]. It is the most abundant element on earth and essential for respiration. Dioxygen,Oxygen-16,Oxygen 16
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
D012119 Respiration The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration ( Breathing
D001784 Blood Gas Analysis Measurement of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood. Analysis, Blood Gas,Analyses, Blood Gas,Blood Gas Analyses,Gas Analyses, Blood,Gas Analysis, Blood
D002245 Carbon Dioxide A colorless, odorless gas that can be formed by the body and is necessary for the respiration cycle of plants and animals. Carbonic Anhydride,Anhydride, Carbonic,Dioxide, Carbon
D005260 Female Females
D005312 Fetal Blood Blood of the fetus. Exchange of nutrients and waste between the fetal and maternal blood occurs via the PLACENTA. The cord blood is blood contained in the umbilical vessels (UMBILICAL CORD) at the time of delivery. Cord Blood,Umbilical Cord Blood,Blood, Cord,Blood, Fetal,Blood, Umbilical Cord,Bloods, Cord,Bloods, Fetal,Bloods, Umbilical Cord,Cord Blood, Umbilical,Cord Bloods,Cord Bloods, Umbilical,Fetal Bloods,Umbilical Cord Bloods
D005333 Fetus The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. Fetal Structures,Fetal Tissue,Fetuses,Mummified Fetus,Retained Fetus,Fetal Structure,Fetal Tissues,Fetus, Mummified,Fetus, Retained,Structure, Fetal,Structures, Fetal,Tissue, Fetal,Tissues, Fetal
D006863 Hydrogen-Ion Concentration The normality of a solution with respect to HYDROGEN ions; H+. It is related to acidity measurements in most cases by pH pH,Concentration, Hydrogen-Ion,Concentrations, Hydrogen-Ion,Hydrogen Ion Concentration,Hydrogen-Ion Concentrations
D000136 Acid-Base Equilibrium The balance between acids and bases in the BODY FLUIDS. The pH (HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION) of the arterial BLOOD provides an index for the total body acid-base balance. Anion Gap,Acid-Base Balance,Acid Base Balance,Acid Base Equilibrium,Anion Gaps,Balance, Acid-Base,Equilibrium, Acid-Base,Gap, Anion,Gaps, Anion

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