Fetal magnesium homeostasis in the sheep.
The fetal plasma magnesium concentration exceeds that of the mother but the difference is small compared to that of ionized calcium concentration. Although not fully independent of changes in maternal magnesaemia, fetal magnesaemia showed a high degree of autonomy during both hypermagnesaemic and hypomagnesaemic changes induced in the ewe. As with calcium, the placental gradient is reversed after fetal thyroparathyroidectomy (TXPTX) with thyroxine replacement. During perfusion in situ of the placenta from such TXPTX fetuses isolated from the fetus itself, a stable positive placental gradient of magnesium concentration could be re-established between the perfusing blood and the maternal circulation. As with calcium, this gradient could be increased by fetal calf parathyroid extract, parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP 1-141), PTHrP (1-84) but not by PTHrP (1-34). It was concluded that a mid-molecule portion of PTHrP can stimulate a putative placental pump which is responsible for the gradients of both calcium ions and magnesium across the ovine placenta.
Department of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, University of Leeds.
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism*; D006706:Homeostasis; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010477:Perfusion; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011506:Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012756:Sheep; D013965:Thyroidectomy
D007473:Ion Channels; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011506:Proteins; C066078:parathyroid hormone-related protein (1-141); C054296:parathyroid hormone-related protein (1-34); C066077:parathyroid hormone-related protein (1-84); D008274:Magnesium