The influence of delivery mode on biological inactive renin level in umbilical cord blood.
In order to investigate the influence of delivery mode on biological inactive renin levels in fetal circulation, plasma inactive renin (PIR), plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma total renin (PTR) were measured in umbilical venous blood samples of 21 infants delivered vaginally after spontaneous labor and of 9 infants delivered by elective cesarean section after the onset of labor. Biological renin activities were measured by bioassay. The PIR levels in infants delivered vaginally were significantly lower than those in infants delivered by cesarean section, while the PRA levels were the opposite. However, the PTR levels were not significantly different between the two groups. These results suggest that the plasma levels of biological inactive renin in infants delivered vaginally may decrease, probably due to its conversion to active renin in the second stage of labor.
Department of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
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Fujimura
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Morimoto
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Uchida
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Takeda
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Ohshita
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Ebihara
D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood*
D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D012083:Renin