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ArticleCell death & disease2018

Placental mitochondrial adaptations in preeclampsia associated with progression to term delivery.

Olivia J Holland, James S M Cuffe, Marloes Dekker Nitert, Leonie Callaway, Keith A Kwan Cheung, Filip Radenkovic, Anthony V Perkins

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Olivia J HollandSchool of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, QLD, Australia. o.holland@griffith.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5798-5264
James S M CuffeSchool of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, QLD, Australia.
Marloes Dekker NitertRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Herston, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1909-8920
Leonie CallawayRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Herston, QLD, Australia.
Keith A Kwan CheungSchool of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, QLD, Australia.
Filip RadenkovicSchool of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, QLD, Australia.
Anthony V PerkinsSchool of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, QLD, Australia.
Griffith University · AUThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preeclampsia is a devastating pregnancy disorder. Severity varies widely, and while severe preeclampsia often requires pre-term delivery, women with mild preeclampsia may reach term with minor interventions. The mechanisms that mediate disease severity are poorly understood, but may include adaptive processes by the placenta. We aimed to establish whether in pregnancies that reached term and those that delivered pre-term, the placental response to preeclampsia was intrinsically different, and explore potential adaptive mechanisms. Hydrogen peroxide production and antioxidant activity were increased in term preeclamptic placentae, whereas pre-term preeclamptic placentae had reduced hydrogen peroxide production and reduced function of the antioxidant system superoxide dismutase compared to control placentae. Markers of mitochondrial fission/fusion, apoptosis and the expression level of mitochondrial complexes were differentially disrupted in term compared to pre-term preeclamptic placentae. Mitochondrial respiration and content were increased in term preeclamptic placentae, but mitochondria had a lower respiratory reserve capacity. Mitochondrial respiration and hydrogen peroxide production were increased in healthy term placentae after in vitro hypoxia/reoxygenation. Placentae from preeclamptic pregnancies that reached term showed multiple adaptions that were not present in pre-term preeclamptic placentae. Increased antioxidant activity, and expression of markers of mitochondrial fusion and apoptotic suppression, may relate to salvaging damaged mitochondria. Increased mitochondrial respiration may allow ongoing tissue function even with reduced respiratory efficiency in term preeclamptic pregnancies. Response after in vitro hypoxia/reoxygenation suggests that disruption of oxygen supply is key to placental mitochondrial adaptations. Reactive oxygen species signalling in term preeclamptic placentae may be at a level to trigger compensatory antioxidant and mitochondrial responses, allowing tissue level maintenance of function when there is organelle level dysfunction.

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AdultCaspase 3Disease ProgressionFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansHydrogen PeroxideHypoxiaMitochondriaPlacentaPre-EclampsiaPregnancyReactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxide DismutaseTrophoblastsCASP3 protein, humanCaspase 3Hydrogen PeroxideReactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxide Dismutase

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PMID30455461
PMCPMC6242930
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