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      An imbalance between prostacyclin and thromboxane in relation to cerebral blood flow in neonates with maternal preeclampsia

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      Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators
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          A disturbance of prostacyclin (PGI2) and thromboxane A2 (TXA2) balance has been reported in preeclampsia. However, little is known about the concentrations of these prostanoids in neonates born to preeclamptic pregnant women. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the PGI2 and TXA2 concentrations are altered and whether the prostanoid balance correlates to the cerebral blood flow in neonates born to preeclampsia. Spontaneously voided urine samples were collected from 20 neonates of normotensive and 16 neonates of preeclamptic women during the first 24 h after birth. We measured by radioimmunoassay the concentrations of urinary 6-keto-prostaglandin F1alpha (6-keto-PGF1alpha) and 11-dehydro-thromboxane B2 (11-dehydro-TXB2), respectively. Blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery was studied by pulsed Doppler ultrasonography in the neonates between 17 and 38 h after birth. There was no significant difference between the urinary 6-keto-PGF1alpha in the neonates of mothers with and without preeclampsia (median, 5.3 vs. 3.6 ng/mg of creatinine). In contrast, the urinary 11-dehydro-TXB2 and the ratio of 11-dehydro-TXB2 to 6-keto-PGF1alpha in the neonates of mothers with preeclampsia were significantly lower as compared with the neonates without preeclampsia, respectively (13.7 vs. 20.6 ng/mg of creatinine and 3.0 vs. 5.2, median). The resistance index in the middle cerebral artery was significantly reduced in the neonates with preeclampsia than without preeclampsia (0.67 +/- 0.01 vs. 0.74 +/- 0.02, mean +/- SEM). There was an association between maternal preeclampsia and the imbalance in the neonatal urinary excretion of PGI2 and TXA2 metabolites. This imbalance may contribute to the regulation of cerebral blood flow.

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          Journal
          Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators
          Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators
          Elsevier BV
          10988823
          August 1999
          August 1999
          : 58
          : 1
          : 43-49
          Article
          10.1016/S0090-6980(99)00024-6
          10482286
          b7292ad1-2f0a-44ae-b86e-ae6d8083e115
          © 1999

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