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Effect of maternal oxygen therapy on placental calcium transport in intrauterine growth retarded rats. 1995

F Mimouni, and Z Mughal, and R C Tsang, and G Hammond
Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11219, USA.

OBJECTIVE We tested the hypothesis that continuous maternal oxygen (O2) therapy leads to an increase in fetal survival, improvement in fetal growth, and correction of decreased placental calcium (Ca) transport, in pregnant rats who underwent uterine artery ligation. METHODS We measured on Day 21 of pregnancy, the unidirectional maternofetal clearance of 45Ca (Kmf45Ca) and 51Cr-EDTA (Kmf51Cr-EDTA) across in-situ perfused placentas of rats randomized on Day 17 to a modified Wigglesworth (bilateral uterine artery ligation) procedure (group WW, n = 8), to modified Wigglesworth and supplemental maternal O2 treatment (FiO2 0.40) (group WWO2, n = 8), or to a sham operation (group Sh, n = 8). Kmf51Cr-EDTA provides a measure of placental "porosity" or passive permeability. RESULTS Maternal O2 therapy did not improve fetal survival, fetal growth, or placental Ca transport. CONCLUSION AND SPECULATION: Bilateral uterine ligation in the pregnant rat leads to IUGR and decreased placental Ca transport which cannot be corrected by maternal O2 therapy.

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
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
D002118 Calcium A basic element found in nearly all tissues. It is a member of the alkaline earth family of metals with the atomic symbol Ca, atomic number 20, and atomic weight 40. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body and combines with phosphorus to form calcium phosphate in the bones and teeth. It is essential for the normal functioning of nerves and muscles and plays a role in blood coagulation (as factor IV) and in many enzymatic processes. Coagulation Factor IV,Factor IV,Blood Coagulation Factor IV,Calcium-40,Calcium 40,Factor IV, Coagulation
D005260 Female Females
D005313 Fetal Death Death of the developing young in utero. BIRTH of a dead FETUS is STILLBIRTH. Fetal Mummification,Fetal Demise,Death, Fetal,Deaths, Fetal,Demise, Fetal,Fetal Deaths,Mummification, Fetal
D005317 Fetal Growth Retardation Failure of a FETUS to attain expected GROWTH. Growth Retardation, Intrauterine,Intrauterine Growth Retardation,Fetal Growth Restriction,Intrauterine Growth Restriction
D005865 Gestational Age The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated from the onset of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization. It is also estimated to begin from fertilization, estrus, coitus, or artificial insemination. Embryologic Age,Fetal Maturity, Chronologic,Chronologic Fetal Maturity,Fetal Age,Maturity, Chronologic Fetal,Age, Embryologic,Age, Fetal,Age, Gestational,Ages, Embryologic,Ages, Fetal,Ages, Gestational,Embryologic Ages,Fetal Ages,Gestational Ages
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
D001692 Biological Transport The movement of materials (including biochemical substances and drugs) through a biological system at the cellular level. The transport can be across cell membranes and epithelial layers. It also can occur within intracellular compartments and extracellular compartments. Transport, Biological,Biologic Transport,Transport, Biologic

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