T Jansson1, M Wennergren, T L Powell. 1. Perinatal Center, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Altered transport functions in the placenta might contribute to adverse outcome of pregnancies in women with diabetes. Therefore we studied placental glucose transport in this pregnancy complication. STUDY DESIGN: Syncytiotrophoblast microvillous membrane vesicles and basal membrane vesicles were isolated from women with uneventful pregnancies (control subjects, n = 21) and from women with pregnancies complicated by insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, White class D (n = 7). Glucose uptake and GLUT 1 (glucose transporter 1) expression were studied by means of radiolabeled tracers and Western blot, respectively. RESULTS: In the group with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, values for hemoglobin A1c were moderately elevated in the first trimester (6.61 +/- 0.35) but not later in pregnancy and 4 of the 7 neonates were large for gestational age. In the basal membrane vesicles, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus was associated with a 40% increase in GLUT 1 expression and a 59% higher mediated uptake of d -glucose. No alterations could be demonstrated in microvillus membrane vesicles. CONCLUSION: Placental glucose transport capacity appears to be increased in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. These alterations might explain the occurrence of macrosomia despite well-controlled diabetes.
OBJECTIVE: Altered transport functions in the placenta might contribute to adverse outcome of pregnancies in women with diabetes. Therefore we studied placental glucose transport in this pregnancy complication. STUDY DESIGN: Syncytiotrophoblast microvillous membrane vesicles and basal membrane vesicles were isolated from women with uneventful pregnancies (control subjects, n = 21) and from women with pregnancies complicated by insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, White class D (n = 7). Glucose uptake and GLUT 1 (glucose transporter 1) expression were studied by means of radiolabeled tracers and Western blot, respectively. RESULTS: In the group with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, values for hemoglobin A1c were moderately elevated in the first trimester (6.61 +/- 0.35) but not later in pregnancy and 4 of the 7 neonates were large for gestational age. In the basal membrane vesicles, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus was associated with a 40% increase in GLUT 1 expression and a 59% higher mediated uptake of d -glucose. No alterations could be demonstrated in microvillus membrane vesicles. CONCLUSION: Placental glucose transport capacity appears to be increased in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. These alterations might explain the occurrence of macrosomia despite well-controlled diabetes.
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