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Basak S, Varma S, Duttaroy AK. Modulation of fetoplacental growth, development and reproductive function by endocrine disrupters. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1215353. [PMID: 37854189 PMCID: PMC10579913 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1215353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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Maternal endocrine homeostasis is vital to a successful pregnancy, regulated by several hormones such as human chorionic gonadotropin, estrogen, leptin, glucocorticoid, insulin, prostaglandin, and others. Endocrine stress during pregnancy can modulate nutrient availability from mother to fetus, alter fetoplacental growth and reproductive functions. Endocrine disrupters such as bisphenols (BPs) and phthalates are exposed in our daily life's highest volume. Therefore, they are extensively scrutinized for their effects on metabolism, steroidogenesis, insulin signaling, and inflammation involving obesity, diabetes, and the reproductive system. BPs have their structural similarity to 17-β estradiol and their ability to bind as an agonist or antagonist to estrogen receptors to elicit an adverse response to the function of the endocrine and reproductive system. While adults can negate the adverse effects of these endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), fetuses do not equip themselves with enzymatic machinery to catabolize their conjugates. Therefore, EDC exposure makes the fetoplacental developmental window vulnerable to programming in utero. On the one hand prenatal BPs and phthalates exposure can impair the structure and function of the ovary and uterus, resulting in placental vascular defects, inappropriate placental expression of angiogenic growth factors due to altered hypothalamic response, expression of nutrient transporters, and epigenetic changes associated with maternal endocrine stress. On the other, their exposure during pregnancy can affect the offspring's metabolic, endocrine and reproductive functions by altering fetoplacental programming. This review highlights the latest development in maternal metabolic and endocrine modulations from exposure to estrogenic mimic chemicals on subcellular and transgenerational changes in placental development and its effects on fetal growth, size, and metabolic & reproductive functions.
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- Sanjay Basak
- Molecular Biology Division, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad, India
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- Molecular Biology Division, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Pereira MM, Torrado J, Sosa C, Zócalo Y, Bia D. Shedding light on the pathophysiology of preeclampsia-syndrome in the era of Cardio-Obstetrics: Role of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction. Curr Hypertens Rev 2021; 18:17-33. [DOI: 10.2174/1573402117666210218105951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Preeclampsia (PE) is a worldwide pregnancy complication with serious maternal and neonatal consequences. Our understanding of PE pathophysiology has significantly evolved over the last decades by recognizing that endothelial dysfunction and systemic inflammation, with an associated angiogenic imbalance, are key pieces of this still incomplete puzzle. In the present era, where no single treatment to cure or treat this obstetric condition has been developed so far, PE prevention and early prediction poses the most useful clinical approach to reduce the PE burden. Although most PE episodes occur in healthy nulliparous women, the identification of specific clinical conditions that increase dramatically the risk of PE provides a critical opportunity to improve outcomes by acting on potential reversible factors, and also contribute to better understand this pathophysiologic enigma. In this review, we highlight major clinical contributors of PE and shed light about their potential link with endothelial dysfunction and inflammation.
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- María M. Pereira
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology “C”, Pereira-Rossell Hospital, School of Medicine, Republic University, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Centro Universitario de Investigación, Innovación y Diagnóstico Arterial, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Republic University, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Centro Universitario de Investigación, Innovación y Diagnóstico Arterial, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Republic University, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Colson A, Sonveaux P, Debiève F, Sferruzzi-Perri AN. Adaptations of the human placenta to hypoxia: opportunities for interventions in fetal growth restriction. Hum Reprod Update 2020; 27:531-569. [PMID: 33377492 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmaa053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The placenta is the functional interface between the mother and the fetus during pregnancy, and a critical determinant of fetal growth and life-long health. In the first trimester, it develops under a low-oxygen environment, which is essential for the conceptus who has little defense against reactive oxygen species produced during oxidative metabolism. However, failure of invasive trophoblasts to sufficiently remodel uterine arteries toward dilated vessels by the end of the first trimester can lead to reduced/intermittent blood flow, persistent hypoxia and oxidative stress in the placenta with consequences for fetal growth. Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is observed in ∼10% of pregnancies and is frequently seen in association with other pregnancy complications, such as preeclampsia (PE). FGR is one of the main challenges for obstetricians and pediatricians, as smaller fetuses have greater perinatal risks of morbidity and mortality and postnatal risks of neurodevelopmental and cardio-metabolic disorders. OBJECTIVE AND RATIONALE The aim of this review was to examine the importance of placental responses to changing oxygen environments during abnormal pregnancy in terms of cellular, molecular and functional changes in order to highlight new therapeutic pathways, and to pinpoint approaches aimed at enhancing oxygen supply and/or mitigating oxidative stress in the placenta as a mean of optimizing fetal growth. SEARCH METHODS An extensive online search of peer-reviewed articles using PubMed was performed with combinations of search terms including pregnancy, placenta, trophoblast, oxygen, hypoxia, high altitude, FGR and PE (last updated in May 2020). OUTCOMES Trophoblast differentiation and placental establishment are governed by oxygen availability/hypoxia in early pregnancy. The placental response to late gestational hypoxia includes changes in syncytialization, mitochondrial functions, endoplasmic reticulum stress, hormone production, nutrient handling and angiogenic factor secretion. The nature of these changes depends on the extent of hypoxia, with some responses appearing adaptive and others appearing detrimental to the placental support of fetal growth. Emerging approaches that aim to increase placental oxygen supply and/or reduce the impacts of excessive oxidative stress are promising for their potential to prevent/treat FGR. WIDER IMPLICATIONS There are many risks and challenges of intervening during pregnancy that must be considered. The establishment of human trophoblast stem cell lines and organoids will allow further mechanistic studies of the effects of hypoxia and may lead to advanced screening of drugs for use in pregnancies complicated by placental insufficiency/hypoxia. Since no treatments are currently available, a better understanding of placental adaptations to hypoxia would help to develop therapies or repurpose drugs to optimize placental function and fetal growth, with life-long benefits to human health.
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- Arthur Colson
- Pole of Obstetrics, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.,Pole of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Obstetrics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Obstetrics, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Obstetrics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Lewandowski KC, Biesiada L, Grzesiak M, Sakowicz A. C-Peptide and leptin system in dichorionic, small and appropriate for gestational age twins-possible link to metabolic programming? Nutr Diabetes 2020; 10:29. [PMID: 32778645 PMCID: PMC7417567 DOI: 10.1038/s41387-020-00131-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Children born small for gestational age (SGA) are at increased risk of future glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes, possibly after due intrauterine metabolic programming. Soluble leptin receptor (SLR) limits leptin access to signal-transducing membrane receptors. The present study examines whether SGA and appropriate for gestational age (AGA) twins differ with regard to their C-peptide, glucose and leptin systems. The markers C-peptide, glucose, fetal leptin, and SLR in cord blood were assessed in children from dichorionic twin pregnancies at delivery. In 32 cases, weight differed by >15% between twins: one demonstrated Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) (<10th percentile-SGA), while the other did not (AGAI). The other 67 pairs presented appropriate weight for gestational age (AGAII). Placental leptin and placental leptin receptor content were also assessed. Despite the same concentrations of glucose, the SGA twins maintained a higher level of C-peptide [44.48 pmol/l vs. 20.91 pmol/l, p < 0.05] than the AGAI co-twins, higher HOMA index, calculated as [C-peptide] x [Glucose] (p = 0.045), in cord blood, and a higher level of SLR [SGA vs AGAI—mean: 28.63 ng/ml vs. 19.91 ng/ml, p < 0.01], without any differences in total leptin (p = 0.37). However, SGA placentas demonstrated higher leptin level [130.1 pg/100 g total protein vs 83.8 pg/100 g total protein, p = 0.03], without differences in placental leptin receptor (p = 0.66). SGA/IUGR twins demonstrate relative insulin resistance accompanied by decreased fetal and increased placental leptin signaling. We speculate that relative insulin resistance and changes in the leptin system might be the first evidence of processes promoting deleterious metabolic programming for post-natal life.
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- Krzysztof C Lewandowski
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Polish Mothers' Memorial Hospital-Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.,Medical University of Lodz, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital-Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Perinatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital-Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
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- Medical University of Lodz, Department of Medical Biotechnology, Lodz, Poland.
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Arroyo-Jousse V, Jaramillo A, Castaño-Moreno E, Lépez M, Carrasco-Negüe K, Casanello P. Adipokines underlie the early origins of obesity and associated metabolic comorbidities in the offspring of women with pregestational obesity. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2019; 1866:165558. [PMID: 31654701 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.165558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Maternal pregestational obesity is a well-known risk factor for offspring obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The mechanisms by which maternal obesity can induce alterations in fetal and later neonatal metabolism are not fully elucidated due to its complexity and multifactorial causes. Two adipokines, leptin and adiponectin, are involved in fetal and postnatal growth trajectories, and both are altered in women with pregestational obesity. The placenta synthesizes leptin, which goes mainly to the maternal circulation and in lesser amount to the developing fetus. Maternal pregestational obesity and hyperleptinemia are associated with placental dysfunction and changes in nutrient transporters which directly affect fetal growth and development. By the other side, the embryo can produce its own leptin from early in development, which is associated to fetal weight and adiposity. Adiponectin, an insulin-sensitizing adipokine, is downregulated in maternal obesity. High molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin is the most abundant form and with most biological actions. In maternal obesity lower total and HMW adiponectin levels have been described in the mother, paralleled with high levels in the umbilical cord. Several studies have found that cord blood adiponectin levels are related with postnatal growth trajectories, and it has been suggested that low adiponectin levels in women with pregestational obesity enhance placental insulin sensitivity and activation of placental amino acid transport systems, supporting fetal overgrowth. The possible mechanisms by which maternal pregestational obesity, focusing in the actions of leptin and adiponectin, affects the fetal development and postnatal growth trajectories in their offspring are discussed.
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- School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Department of Neonatology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Park MJ, Lee DH, Joo BS, Lee YJ, Joo JK, An BS, Kim SC, Lee KS. Leptin, leptin receptors and hypoxia-induced factor-1α expression in the placental bed of patients with and without preeclampsia during pregnancy. Mol Med Rep 2018; 17:5292-5299. [PMID: 29393497 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.8539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of preeclampsia (PE) has been previously investigated but remains to be elucidated. Among numerous biomarkers that are associated with the pathogenesis of PE, leptin is most frequently investigated. Although studies concerning the association between PE and the expression of leptin in the serum and placenta have been conducted, the results are conflicting and inconsistent. Furthermore, the expression of leptin and its receptors in the placental bed and their association with PE, to the best of our knowledge, has not been previously reported. Therefore, to determine the association between the expression of leptin and its receptor, and pathogenesis and onset period of PE, placental bed tissues were obtained from cesarean section deliveries. The mRNA and protein expression levels of leptin and its receptor were investigated in normal pregnancies (n=18), pregnancies complicated with early‑onset PE (n=9) and late‑onset PE (n=9) by reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting, respectively. The results demonstrated that the mRNA and protein expression of leptin in the placental bed was significantly increased in the PE groups compared with normal controls and was associated with the onset period of PE. Furthermore, as evidenced by immunostaining, leptin was upregulated in endothelial cells of the placental bed in the PE groups, with a particularly strong upregulation in activated endothelial cells from patients with early‑onset PE. The results of the present study indicate that altered expression of leptin in the placental bed may contribute to the pathogenesis of PE.
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- Min-Jung Park
- The Korea Institute for Public Sperm Bank, Busan 49241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute, Busan 49241, Republic of Korea
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- The Korea Institute for Public Sperm Bank, Busan 49241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute, Busan 49241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute, Busan 49241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomaterials Science, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang, Gyeongsangnam‑do 50463, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute, Busan 49241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute, Busan 49241, Republic of Korea
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Nüsken E, Herrmann Y, Wohlfarth M, Goecke T, Appel S, Schneider H, Dötsch J, Nüsken K. Strong hypoxia reduces leptin synthesis in purified primary human trophoblasts. Placenta 2015; 36:427-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2015.01.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Hu X, Wu R, Jiang Z, Wang L, Chen P, Zhang L, Yang L, Wu Y, Chen H, Chen H, Xu Y, Zhou Y, Huang X, Webster KA, Yu H, Wang J. Leptin signaling is required for augmented therapeutic properties of mesenchymal stem cells conferred by hypoxia preconditioning. Stem Cells 2014; 32:2702-13. [PMID: 24989835 PMCID: PMC5096299 DOI: 10.1002/stem.1784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 04/27/2014] [Accepted: 05/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hypoxia preconditioning enhances the therapeutic effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). However, the mechanism underlying hypoxia-induced augmentation of the protective effect of MSCs on myocardial infarction (MI) is poorly understood. We show that hypoxia-enhanced survival, mobility, and protection of cocultured cardiomyocytes were paralleled by increased expression of leptin and cell surface receptor CXCR4. The enhanced activities were abolished by either knockdown of leptin with a selective shRNA or by genetic deficiency of leptin or its receptor in MSCs derived, respectively, from ob/ob or db/db mice. To characterize the role of leptin in the regulation of MSC functions by hypoxia and its possible contribution to enhanced therapeutic efficacy, cell therapy using MSCs derived from wild-type, ob/ob, or db/db mice was implemented in mouse models of acute MI. Augmented protection by hypoxia pretreatment was only seen with MSCs from wild-type mice. Parameters that were differentially affected by hypoxia pretreatment included MSC engraftment, c-Kit(+) cell recruitment to the infarct, vascular density, infarct size, and long-term contractile function. These data show that leptin signaling is an early and essential step for the enhanced survival, chemotaxis, and therapeutic properties of MSCs conferred by preculture under hypoxia. Leptin may play a physiological role in priming MSCs resident in the bone marrow endosteum for optimal response to systemic signaling molecules and subsequent tissue repair.
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- Xinyang Hu
- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Vascular Biology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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Placental miR-1301 is dysregulated in early-onset preeclampsia and inversely correlated with maternal circulating leptin. Placenta 2014; 35:709-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2014.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Vats P, Ray K, Majumadar D, Amitabh, Joseph DA, Bayen S, Akunov A, Sarbaev A, Singh SB. Changes in cardiovascular functions, lipid profile, and body composition at high altitude in two different ethnic groups. High Alt Med Biol 2013; 14:45-52. [PMID: 23537260 DOI: 10.1089/ham.2012.1071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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High altitude (HA) presents inhospitable environmental conditions that adversely affects human physiology and metabolism. Changes in physiological functions are reported during high altitude exposure, but the changes vary with physical state, culture habits, geographical locations, and genetic variation of individual. The present study was carried out to explore the variation in acclimatization pattern of two different ethnic groups in relation to cardiovascular functions, lipid profile and body composition. The study was carried out on 30 human volunteers (20 Indian and 10 Kyrgyz) initially at Bishkek for basal recording and on day 3, 7, 14, and 21 of high altitude (3200 m) induction and again on day 3 of de-induction. On altitude exposure significant decrease in body weight was observed both in Indian (day 14, p<0.001) and Kyrgyz (day 3, p<0.01) subjects. Decreased levels of total body water, extra cellular and intra cellular body water were also observed in both the groups. Significant reduction in body mass index (p<0.01), fat free mass (p<0.01), body cell mass (p<0.01) and body volume (p<0.01) was also observed in Kyrgyz subjects, whereas in Indian subjects the changes were not significant in these variables on high altitude exposure. Diastolic blood pressure and heart rate increased significantly on day 3 (p<0.001 and p<0.01, respectively) of induction in Indian subjects; whereas in Kyrgyz significant increase was observed on day 14 (p<0.05) in both the cases. High density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels increased significantly on day 7 of HA exposure in both the groups. Results indicate that the Indian and Kyrgyz groups report differently, in relation to changes in cardiovascular functions, lipid profiles, and body composition, when exposed to HA. The difference observed in acclimatization pattern in the two groups may be due to ethnic/genetic variation of two populations.
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- Praveen Vats
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, DIPAS, Delhi, India
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Leptin induces tube formation in first-trimester extravillous trophoblast cells. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2012; 164:24-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Revised: 03/22/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gracey AY, Lee TH, Higashi RM, Fan T. Hypoxia-induced mobilization of stored triglycerides in the euryoxic goby Gillichthys mirabilis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 214:3005-12. [PMID: 21865512 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.059907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Environmental hypoxia is a common challenge that many aquatic organisms experience in their habitat. Responding to hypoxia requires metabolic reprogramming so that energy-demanding processes are regulated to match available energy reserves. In this study we explored the transcriptional control of metabolic reorganization in the liver of a hypoxia-tolerant burrow-dwelling goby, Gillichthys mirabilis. Gene expression data revealed that pathways associated with triglyceride hydrolysis were upregulated by hypoxia whereas pathways associated with triglyceride synthesis were downregulated. This finding was supported by tissue histology, which showed that the size of hepatic lipid droplets declined visibly during exposure to hypoxia. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance analysis confirmed the mobilization of hepatic triglycerides, which declined 2.7-fold after 5 days of hypoxia. The enzyme, adipose triglyceride lipase, was implicated in the mobilization of triglycerides because its expression increased at the level of both transcript and protein. This observation raises questions regarding the regulation of fat metabolism during hypoxia and the role played by the hypoxia-responsive gene leptin.
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- Andrew Y Gracey
- Marine Environmental Biology, University of Southern California, 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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