title: Lipid peroxidation and Ca-ATPase activity of basal plasma membranes of syncytiotrophoblast from normotensive pregnant women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Ca-ATPase activity of the plasma membranes of several tissues of preeclamptic pregnant women is significantly reduced when compared with the values of normotensive pregnant women. This has been explained considering the raise in the level of lipid peroxidation of the plasma membranes with preeclampsia. In this work we studied the effect of lipid peroxidation of syncytiotrophoblast basal (fetal facing) plasma membranes from normotensive pregnant women, on their level of Ca-ATPase activity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The syncytiotrophoblast basal (fetal facing) plasma membranes from normotensive pregnant women were isolated and irradiated with ultraviolet (UV) light (254 nm). The membranes were then assayed for Ca-ATPase activity and lipid peroxidation by TBARS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The UV irradiation raises the level of lipid peroxidation of the membranes, producing a concomitant inhibition of their Ca-ATPase activity. Presence of the antioxidant butylated hydroxytoluene during the UV irradiation of the membranes prevents increase in their level of lipid peroxidation and hence the inhibition of their Ca-ATPase activity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results give a strong support to the hypothesis that the lowered Ca-ATPase activity already described for plasma membranes of several tissues of preeclamptic women is the consequence of the increased level of lipid peroxidation shown by these membranes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Bioenergética Celular, Centro de Biofísica y Bioquímica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas 1020A, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borrego
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Proverbio
authors.forename: Reinaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marín
authors.forename: Fulgencio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Proverbio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D013997:Time Factors; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases