RGD Reference Report - Altered expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 in placentas from pregnant women with preeclampsia and/or intrauterine fetal growth retardation. - Rat Genome Database

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Altered expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 in placentas from pregnant women with preeclampsia and/or intrauterine fetal growth retardation.

Authors: Estellés, A  Gilabert, J  Keeton, M  Eguchi, Y  Aznar, J  Grancha, S  Espña, F  Loskutoff, D J  Schleef, R R 
Citation: Estellés A, etal., Blood. 1994 Jul 1;84(1):143-50.
RGD ID: 13208595
Pubmed: PMID:8018914   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Elevated plasma levels of type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) have been implicated in mediating the fibrin deposition and occlusive lesions that occur within the placental vasculature in preeclampsia (PE) and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). In this report we identify the cells within the normal-appearing villous tissue that are responsible for the local production of PAI-1 in women with PE and IUGR. Levels for another fibrinolytic inhibitor (ie, type 2 plasminogen activator inhibitor [PAI-2]) were determined for comparative purposes. Elevated levels of PAI-1 were detected in placenta extracts from PE/IUGR patients (121 +/- 38 ng/mg, n = 8) when compared with the levels in placenta extracts from normal women (43 +/- 17 ng/mg, n = 10) or women with IUGR but not PE (51 +/- 22 ng/mg, n = 11). Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin sections showed an increased immunoreactivity for PAI-1 in the placental villous syncytiotrophoblasts from PE/IUGR women compared with the immunostaining of placental samples from the normal or IUGR group. In contrast, antigen levels and immunostaining for PAI-2 were reduced in the placentas harvested from not only the PE/IUGR women (209 +/- 144 ng/mg) but also the IUGR group (169 +/- 106 ng/mg) in comparison with the PAI-2 levels in normal placentas (535 +/- 98 ng/mg). To document that the increased immunoreactivity for PAI-1 in PE/IUGR syncytiotrophoblasts was mediated by an increased production of PAI-1 within these cells, in situ hybridization analysis was performed. A strong positive signal for PAI-1 mRNA in villous syncytiotrophoblasts from PE patients (n = 5) was obtained after 2 weeks of exposure to the NTB2 emulsion in comparison with the weak signal for PAI-1 mRNA that required a 10-week exposure of the normal placenta sections (n = 10). Northern blotting for PAI-1 mRNA showed that both transcripts (ie, 3.2 and 2.3 kb) were elevated in samples of two PE patients in comparison with the PAI-1 mRNA transcripts present in a normal placenta and an IUGR placental sample. These results show increased PAI-1 and mRNA levels in placentas from PE patients and raise the possibility that localized elevated levels of PAI-1 may play a role in the initiation of placental damage, as well as in the thrombotic complications associated with this disease.



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Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
SERPINE1HumanFetal Growth Retardation  IEP associated with Pre-Eclampsia more ...RGD 
Serpine1RatFetal Growth Retardation  ISOSERPINE1 (Homo sapiens)associated with Pre-Eclampsia more ...RGD 
Serpine1MouseFetal Growth Retardation  ISOSERPINE1 (Homo sapiens)associated with Pre-Eclampsia more ...RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Serpine1  (serpin family E member 1)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Serpine1  (serine (or cysteine) peptidase inhibitor, clade E, member 1)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
SERPINE1  (serpin family E member 1)


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