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Platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase activity in normotensive and hypertensive pregnancies.

N Maki1, R R Magness, S Miyaura, N F Gant, J M Johnston.   

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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the hypothesis that pregnancy is associated with decreased platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase activity in women with normotension, but not in women with hypertension. STUDY
DESIGN: We evaluated plasma platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase activity in normal nonpregnant women (n = 10), normal pregnant women (n = 24), pregnant women with pregnancy-induced hypertension-preeclampsia (n = 7), and a group of men with normotension (n = 10).
RESULTS: Platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase activity was lower at 32 weeks of gestation during normal pregnancies compared with nonpregnant controls (p < 0.001); however, in women with pregnancy-induced hypertension-preeclampsia, platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase activity was not decreased. Platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase activity in men was higher than in all women (p < 0.01).
CONCLUSION: Pregnant women with normotension may be refractory to pressor agents such as angiotensin II in part because of the decrease in plasma platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase activity, which results in an increase in platelet-activating factor. In contrast, enzyme activity is not decreased in pregnant women with hypertension, who have increased sensitivity to various pressor agents.

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Year:  1993        PMID: 8420347     DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(12)90883-2

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Obstet Gynecol        ISSN: 0002-9378            Impact factor:   8.661


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