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Fetal blood cell membrane fluidity in small for gestational age fetuses. 1993

D J Lemery, and V Beal, and P Vanlieferinghen, and C Motta

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology I, University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Blood cells membrane fluidity was assessed prenatally by fluorescence polarization for anisotropy, microviscosity, degree of order and fusion activation energy in 20 fetuses who underwent percutaneous umbilical blood sampling for intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and in 25 controls for normal weight sampled for other indications. Simultaneously, blood samples were collected from each mother for comparison. Regulators of membrane fluidity (i.e., cholesterol, phospholipids, free fatty acids) were also assessed. Student t test was employed for analysis. Membrane fluidity was lower in control fetal cells than in adults (p < 0.05) and lower in IUGR fetuses than in controls (p < 0.05). The mechanism may involve a low cholesterol concentration and a low unsaturated/saturated free fatty acids ratio in fetal blood cells membranes and plasma. Fetal cells membrane fluidity reflects in part fetal nutritional status.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007236	Infant, Small for Gestational Age	An infant having a birth weight lower than expected for its gestational age.
D008560	Membrane Fluidity	The motion of phospholipid molecules within the lipid bilayer, dependent on the classes of phospholipids present, their fatty acid composition and degree of unsaturation of the acyl chains, the cholesterol concentration, and temperature.	Bilayer Fluidity,Bilayer Fluidities,Fluidities, Bilayer,Fluidities, Membrane,Fluidity, Bilayer,Fluidity, Membrane,Membrane Fluidities
D010743	Phospholipids	Lipids containing one or more phosphate groups, particularly those derived from either glycerol (phosphoglycerides see GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS) or sphingosine (SPHINGOLIPIDS). They are polar lipids that are of great importance for the structure and function of cell membranes and are the most abundant of membrane lipids, although not stored in large amounts in the system.	Phosphatides,Phospholipid
D012016	Reference Values	The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.	Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D001773	Blood Cells	The cells found in the body fluid circulating throughout the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.	Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell,Blood Corpuscle,Cell, Blood,Cells, Blood,Corpuscle, Blood,Corpuscles, Blood
D002462	Cell Membrane	The lipid- and protein-containing, selectively permeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.	Plasma Membrane,Cytoplasmic Membrane,Cell Membranes,Cytoplasmic Membranes,Membrane, Cell,Membrane, Cytoplasmic,Membrane, Plasma,Membranes, Cell,Membranes, Cytoplasmic,Membranes, Plasma,Plasma Membranes
D002784	Cholesterol	The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.	Epicholesterol
D005230	Fatty Acids, Nonesterified	FATTY ACIDS found in the plasma that are complexed with SERUM ALBUMIN for transport. These fatty acids are not in glycerol ester form.	Fatty Acids, Free,Free Fatty Acid,Free Fatty Acids,NEFA,Acid, Free Fatty,Acids, Free Fatty,Acids, Nonesterified Fatty,Fatty Acid, Free,Nonesterified Fatty Acids
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

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