Endocan-1 concentrations in maternal and fetal plasma and placentae in pre-eclampsia in the third trimester of pregnancy.
Cytokine
; 74(1): 152-6, 2015 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Endocan-1 has been proposed as a possible biomarker and predictor of vascular endothelial related pathologies. Thus, we hypothesised that Endocan-1 levels would be up-regulated in maternal plasma and placentae from women with pre-eclampsia. The aim of our study was to compare Endocan-1 concentrations in maternal/fetal plasma and placentae from normotensive and pre-eclamptic pregnancies.METHODS:
Observational and case-controlled study, at the São Lucas Hospital, Brazil. Placental biopsies, maternal/umbilical venous (fetal) plasma were taken from 67 normotensive and 50 pre-eclamptic women. Endocan-1 levels were quantified using MagPlex(TH)-C and analysed by Analysis of Covariance and Pearson correlation. The null hypothesis was rejected at p<0.05.RESULTS:
Higher levels of Endocan-1 were found in maternal plasma in the pre-eclamptic group (mean ratio=1.49; 95% confidence interval 1.19-1.85, p=0.001), with a moderate effect size (Cohen's D=0.84). Placental Endocan-1 levels (µg/g) were lower in pre-eclampsia (1.52 [1.10, 2.40] vs. 2.24 [1.32, 3.75], p=0.033) and fetal Endocan-1 concentration (ng/ml) did not show any difference between groups (3.10 [2.60, 4.54] vs. 2.91 [2.20, 3.66] p=0.085). In addition, an up-regulation of maternal plasma Endocan-1 in the pre-eclamptic group was observed when stratified in relation to gestational age, systolic blood pressure and proteinuria (p<0.05, for all). Furthermore, a positive correlation between Endocan-1 concentration in maternal vs. fetal plasma was also found (r=0.258, p=0.015). For the matched samples, a negative correlation between Endocan-1 in maternal/fetal plasma with birthweights, placental weights and gestational age at delivery was observed (p<0.05 for all).DISCUSSION:
Endocan-1 is increased in women with pre-eclampsia for all strata, which highlight the importance of this molecule as a possible biomarker. The negative correlations between Endocan-1 and clinical data suggest that this molecule may also be involved with prematurity and low birth weight, which warrants further investigations.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Placenta
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Pré-Eclâmpsia
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Terceiro Trimestre da Gravidez
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Proteoglicanas
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Sangue Fetal
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Proteínas de Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cytokine
Assunto da revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article