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Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 4, 1101-1106, April 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Generation of peroxynitrite and apoptosis in placenta of patients with chorioamnionitis: possible implications in placental abruption

Mikiya Nakatsuka1, Kazuo Asagiri, Yoshihiro Kimura, Yasuhiko Kamada, Katsuhiko Tada and Takafumi Kudo

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Okayama University Medical School, 2–5–1 Shikata, Okayama-city, Okayama, 700-8558 Japan

The reaction of nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide results in the formation of peroxynitrite, a potent and relatively long-lived oxidant. In infectious diseases, these molecules are not only bactericidal but also toxic to host cells. Chorioamnionitis is often complicated by premature rupture of membranes and can be associated with placental abruption. These diseases are significant causes of premature low-birth-weight deliveries and consequently the morbidity and mortality of neonates. Lipopolysaccharide, bacterial endotoxin, is known to be elevated in the amniotic fluid of patients with chorioamnionitis. Lipopolysaccharide is known to induce the formation of NO and superoxide. We report here that nitrite/nitrate, stable metabolites of NO, were increased in serum from patients with chorioamnionitis. Immunohistochemical studies demonstrated enhanced expression of inducible NO synthase and formation of nitrotyrosine, a footprint of peroxynitrite, in the placentae from patients with chorioamnionitis and also in patients with placental abruption. Furthermore, apoptotic cell death was also increased in the placentae from patients with both diseases. These results suggest that chorioamnionitis and a portion of placental abruption may share a common cascade of placental injury. Nitric oxide and its metabolites may play an important role in this cascade.

Key words: apoptosis/chorioamnionitis/interleukin-1ß-converting enzyme (ICE)/peroxynitrite/placental abruption

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