The experimental study of the relationship between cadmium exposure during pregnancy and pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders
Wang Fan1, Qiu Haifan1, Liu Yi1, Chen Lulu1, Fan Fengyun1, Wang Zongmin2
1.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027; 2.Department of Pathology, the Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027
Wang Fan,Qiu Haifan,Liu Yi, et al. The experimental study of the relationship between cadmium exposure during pregnancy and pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2018, 48(11): 781-785.
Abstract:Objective: To explore the cadmium’s toxicological effect on development of pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders through cadmium exposure during pregnancy in rats. Methods: Pregnant SD rats were divided into three groups (0.25 mg/kg group, 0.5 mg/kg group and control group) given intraperitoneal injection of different dose of cadmium chilorde (0.25, 0.5 mg/kg) and saline every day from gestational day (GD) 4 to 19. Non-pregnant rats received an intraperitoneal injection of 0.5 mg/kg cadmium chilorde as non-pregnant controls. The effect of cadmium on systolic blood pressure was measured by BP-98A blood pressure meter. And the effect of cadmium on urinary albumin excretion was investigated by BCA protein assay kit. This study also investigated the morphological changes in placenta, kidneys, liver, brain by HE staining, and ultrastructure of placental trophoblast cells were observed with transmission electron microscopy in pregnant rat exposed to cadmium. Results: The systolic blood pressures of rats at 12 and 19 days of pregnancy was significantly elevated after injection of cadmium at dose of 0.5 mg/kg compared with that in control group and non-pregnant group at the same dose (P<0.05). The urinary albumin excretion of rats in 0.5 mg/kg group was significantly higher compared with that in other three groups at gestational day 19 (P<0.01). The morphological changes in placenta induced by cadmium included thickening of the media vessel walls, degeneration and excessive perivillous fibrin depositionin placental labyrinth. The swelling of the glomerular endothelia cells and thickening of the media renal vessel walls also were observed in kidney. Reduced placental trophoblast intracellular organelles and papilla were revealed by electron microscope. Conclusion: The key features of pregnancy-related hypertension can be observed in rat after injection with a relatively low concentration of cadmium. Through further evaluation of the reproductive toxicological characteristics of cadmium during pregnancy, it is found that cadmium induces pathological damage in the placenta, kidney, liver, and brain of rats, which is similar to pregnancy-related hypertension in human in pathophysiological aspects.
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