(Hypertension. 1996;27:56-61.)
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Plasma of Preeclamptic Women Stimulates and Then Inhibits Endothelial Prostacyclin
From the Magee-Womens Research Institute and Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh (Pa), and Gensia, Inc, San Diego, Calif (J.B.).
Correspondence to J.M. Roberts, Magee-Womens Research Institute, 204 Craft Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Abstract We propose that the dichotomy between the in vivo reduction in intravascular prostacyclin production that occurs in preeclampsia and the in vitro stimulatory effect of plasma from preeclamptic patients on endothelial cell prostacyclin production is due to differential effects of chronic versus acute exposure to the plasma. We studied the acute versus chronic effects of 2% plasma from healthy pregnant and preeclamptic subjects by measuring endothelial prostacyclin production at different time periods after exposure to plasma. To determine whether such effects were specific to prostacyclin, we also measured prostaglandin E2 production. To determine whether chronic changes in prostacyclin production resulted from altered cellular responsiveness, we stimulated cells that had been exposed to plasma for 72 hours with arachidonic acid and measured prostaglandin production. Preliminary characterization of the plasma factor or factors responsible for alterations in prostaglandin production was performed. After 24 hours cells exposed to plasma from preeclamptic women produced more prostacyclin and prostaglandin E2 than cells exposed to plasma from healthy pregnant women. In contrast, after 72 hours exposure to plasma from preeclamptic women resulted in less endothelial cell prostacyclin production than exposure to plasma from healthy pregnant women, but there were no such differences in prostaglandin E2 production. Cells that had been exposed to plasma from preeclamptic women for 72 hours produced less prostacyclin but the same quantity of prostaglandin E2 after stimulation with arachidonic acid than cells exposed to plasma from healthy pregnant women. The plasma factor or factors responsible for altered prostacyclin production were sensitive to heat, acid, and proteases. In contrast to acute exposure, chronic exposure to plasma from preeclamptic women alters endothelial cells to result in decreased prostacyclin production, an observation consistent with in vivo findings.
Key Words: endothelium • prostacyclin • preeclampsia • pregnancy
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