title: Altered angiotensin-prostanoid interactions in umbilical arteries in pregnancy-induced hypertension.
abstract: The production rate of four prostanoids (PGE2, PGF2 alpha, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and TXB2) in human umbilical cords from normal pregnancies (control) and cases with pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) were compared. The cords in the PIH-group produced significantly less 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and more TXB2 than did those in the control-group. Production rates of PGE2 and PGF2 alpha were almost equal in the two groups. After stimulation with angiotensin II the PIH-cords displayed a far smaller increase in 6-keto-PGF1 alpha production compared to the control cords. The responses in PGE2 and PGF2 alpha production were again equal in the two groups. The present results indicate that the angiotensin-prostanoid interactions are disturbed in fetal as well as in maternal vessels. Such a disturbance may explain the observed relative hypersensitivity to angiotensin II observed in gravidae prone to develop pregnancy-induced hypertension.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bjøro
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Stokke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stray-Pedersen
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015237:Dinoprost; D015232:Dinoprostone; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010477:Perfusion; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014469:Umbilical Arteries / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D000804:Angiotensin II; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D015237:Dinoprost; D015232:Dinoprostone