Uteroplacental ischemia results in proteinuric hypertension and elevated sFLT-1 - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2007 May;71(10):977-84.

doi: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002175. Epub 2007 Mar 21.

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Uteroplacental ischemia results in proteinuric hypertension and elevated sFLT-1

A Makris et al. Kidney Int. 2007 May.

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Abstract

Preeclampsia is a complication of pregnancy with significant morbidity and mortality for the mother and the fetus. Presumptions are made that placental hypoxia has a causative role in the clinical syndrome. Furthermore, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFLT-1) has been shown to have a role in the maternal syndrome of preeclampsia. We investigated the relationship between uteroplacental ischemia (UPI), the maternal clinical syndrome of preeclampsia and sFLT-1 in non-human primates. The induction of UPI in a pregnant non-human primate resulted in the development of a clinical entity analogous to human preeclampsia. This was illustrated by the increase in blood pressure, development of proteinuria, and renal histological changes identical to human preeclampsia. A significant elevation in the placental and peripheral blood mononuclear cell sFLT-1 mRNA expression was noted, translating to a significant elevation in circulating sFLT-1. Thus, this sequence suggests that a pathogenic reduction in placental perfusion results in the development of the maternal syndrome of preeclampsia and an increase in circulating sFLT-1, which is derived both from placental and extra-placental sources.

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