Placenta-secreted circulating markers in pregnant women with obstructive sleep apnea.
OBJECTIVE
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with placenta-mediated adverse clinical outcomes. We aimed at comparing placenta-secreted proteins, such as first and second trimester Down syndrome screening markers which have been linked to preeclampsia, and markers of angiogenesis in pregnant women with OSA, and pregnant controls at low risk for OSA.


METHODS
A case-control study of pregnant women with OSA and controls at low risk for OSA was performed. Levels of first and second trimester markers were reported as multiple of median (MoM), and adjusted for body mass index (BMI). Stored samples were tested for markers of angiogenesis and adjusted for gestational age, BMI, and chronic hypertension.


RESULTS
A total of 24 women with OSA and 166 controls had screening markers. BMI was higher in cases compared to controls, P=0.01. MoM levels of placenta associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) were significantly lower in cases versus controls, even after adjusting for BMI (0.52 IQR 0.48 vs. 1.01 IQR 0.63, P=0.009). The ratio of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 to placental growth factor was significantly higher in cases than controls, even after adjusting for confounders (4.42 IQR 2.52 vs. 2.93 IQR 2.01, P=0.009).


CONCLUSIONS
Circulating placenta-secreted glycoproteins and markers of angiogenesis are altered in pregnant women with OSA.
Ghada
G
Bourjeily
Patrizia
P
Curran
Kristen
K
Butterfield
Hasina
H
Maredia
Marshall
M
Carpenter
Geralyn
G
Lambert-Messerlian
D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007265:Inhibins / Q000097:blood; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072483:Placenta Growth Factor; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood*; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000097:blood; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First / Q000097:blood; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second / Q000097:blood; D011266:Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A / Q000378:metabolism; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000097:blood*; D040281:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1 / Q000097:blood; D055815:Young Adult
D015415:Biomarkers; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; C000608036:PGF protein, human; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; C422362:inhibin A; D000072483:Placenta Growth Factor; D007265:Inhibins; D040281:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1; D011266:Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A; C579283:PAPPA protein, human