Jamie O Lo1, Matthias C Schabel2, Victoria H J Roberts3, Terry K Morgan4, Suzanne S Fei5, Lina Gao5, Karina G Ray5, Katherine S Lewandowski3, Natali P Newman6, Jacqueline A Bohn7, Kathleen A Grant6, Antonio E Frias8, Christopher D Kroenke9. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR. Electronic address: loj@ohsu.edu. 2. Advanced Imaging Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR. 3. Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR. 4. Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR. 5. Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR. 6. Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR. 7. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR. 8. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR. 9. Advanced Imaging Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Prenatal alcohol exposure is the most common cause of birth defects and intellectual disabilities and can increase the risk of stillbirth and negatively impact fetal growth. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of early prenatal alcohol exposure on nonhuman primate placental function and fetal growth. We hypothesized that early chronic prenatal alcohol would alter placental perfusion and oxygen availability that adversely affects fetal growth. STUDY DESIGN: Rhesus macaques self-administered 1.5 g/kg/d of ethanol (n=12) or isocaloric maltose-dextrin (n=12) daily before conception through the first 60 days of gestation (term is approximately 168 days). All animals were serially imaged with Doppler ultrasound to measure fetal biometry, uterine artery volume blood flow, and placental volume blood flow. Following Doppler ultrasound, all animals underwent both blood oxygenation level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging to characterize placental blood oxygenation and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to quantify maternal placental perfusion. Animals were delivered by cesarean delivery for placental collection and fetal necropsy at gestational days 85 (n=8), 110 (n=8), or 135 (n=8). Histologic and RNA-sequencing analyses were performed on collected placental tissue. RESULTS: Placental volume blood flow was decreased at all gestational time points in ethanol-exposed vs control animals, but most significantly at gestational day 110 by Doppler ultrasound (P<.05). A significant decrease in total volumetric blood flow occurred in ethanol-exposed vs control animals on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging at both gestation days 110 and 135 (P<.05); moreover, a global reduction in T2∗, high blood deoxyhemoglobin concentration, occurred throughout gestation (P<.05). Similarly, evidence of placental ischemic injury was notable by histologic analysis, which revealed a significant increase in microscopic infarctions in ethanol-exposed, not control, animals, largely present at middle to late gestation. Fetal biometry and weight were decreased in ethanol-exposed vs control animals, but the decrease was not significant. Analysis with RNA sequencing suggested the involvement of the inflammatory and extracellular matrix response pathways. CONCLUSION: Early chronic prenatal alcohol exposure significantly diminished placental perfusion at mid to late gestation and also significantly decreased the oxygen supply to the fetal vasculature throughout pregnancy, these findings were associated with the presence of microscopic placental infarctions in the nonhuman primate. Although placental adaptations may compensate for early environmental perturbations to fetal growth, placental blood flow and oxygenation were reduced, consistent with the evidence of placental ischemic injury.
BACKGROUND: Prenatal alcohol exposure is the most common cause of birth defects and intellectual disabilities and can increase the risk of stillbirth and negatively impact fetal growth. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of early prenatal alcohol exposure on nonhuman primate placental function and fetal growth. We hypothesized that early chronic prenatal alcohol would alter placental perfusion and oxygen availability that adversely affects fetal growth. STUDY DESIGN: Rhesus macaques self-administered 1.5 g/kg/d of ethanol (n=12) or isocaloric maltose-dextrin (n=12) daily before conception through the first 60 days of gestation (term is approximately 168 days). All animals were serially imaged with Doppler ultrasound to measure fetal biometry, uterine artery volume blood flow, and placental volume blood flow. Following Doppler ultrasound, all animals underwent both blood oxygenation level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging to characterize placental blood oxygenation and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to quantify maternal placental perfusion. Animals were delivered by cesarean delivery for placental collection and fetal necropsy at gestational days 85 (n=8), 110 (n=8), or 135 (n=8). Histologic and RNA-sequencing analyses were performed on collected placental tissue. RESULTS: Placental volume blood flow was decreased at all gestational time points in ethanol-exposed vs control animals, but most significantly at gestational day 110 by Doppler ultrasound (P<.05). A significant decrease in total volumetric blood flow occurred in ethanol-exposed vs control animals on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging at both gestation days 110 and 135 (P<.05); moreover, a global reduction in T2∗, high blood deoxyhemoglobin concentration, occurred throughout gestation (P<.05). Similarly, evidence of placental ischemic injury was notable by histologic analysis, which revealed a significant increase in microscopic infarctions in ethanol-exposed, not control, animals, largely present at middle to late gestation. Fetal biometry and weight were decreased in ethanol-exposed vs control animals, but the decrease was not significant. Analysis with RNA sequencing suggested the involvement of the inflammatory and extracellular matrix response pathways. CONCLUSION: Early chronic prenatal alcohol exposure significantly diminished placental perfusion at mid to late gestation and also significantly decreased the oxygen supply to the fetal vasculature throughout pregnancy, these findings were associated with the presence of microscopic placental infarctions in the nonhuman primate. Although placental adaptations may compensate for early environmental perturbations to fetal growth, placental blood flow and oxygenation were reduced, consistent with the evidence of placental ischemic injury.
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