PMID- 24955870 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150414 LR - 20200106 IS - 1873-474X (Electronic) IS - 0736-5748 (Linking) VI - 37 DP - 2014 Oct TI - Levels of brain derived neurotrophic factors across gestation in women with preeclampsia. PG - 36-40 LID - S0736-5748(14)00090-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.06.008 [doi] AB - Preeclampsia (PE) is a major pregnancy complication of placental origin which leads to adverse pregnancy outcome. Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is suggested to promote trophoblast growth and regulate placental and fetal development. This study for the first time examines the levels of maternal plasma BDNF at various time points during gestation, cord plasma and placental BDNF levels and their association with birth outcome in women with PE. Normotensive control (NC) women (n=89) and women with PE (n=61) were followed at three different time points [16-20 weeks (T1), 26-30 weeks (T2) and at delivery (T3)]. Maternal blood at all time points and cord blood was collected. Results indicate that maternal BDNF levels at T1 (p=0.050) and T3 (p=0.025) were lower in women with PE than in NC women. Cord BDNF levels at delivery in women with PE were lower (p=0.032) than those in NC women. Placental BDNF gene expression was also lower (p=0.0082) in women with PE than in NC women. Our data suggests that BDNF plays an important role in the development of the materno-fetal-placental unit during pregnancy. Alteration in the levels of BDNF during pregnancy may be associated with an abnormal development of the placenta resulting in PE. CI - Copyright (c) 2014. Published by Elsevier Ltd. FAU - D'Souza, Vandita AU - D'Souza V AD - Department of Nutritional Medicine, Interactive Research School for Health Affairs, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. FAU - Patil, Vidya AU - Patil V AD - Department of Nutritional Medicine, Interactive Research School for Health Affairs, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. FAU - Pisal, Hemlata AU - Pisal H AD - Department of Nutritional Medicine, Interactive Research School for Health Affairs, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. FAU - Randhir, Karuna AU - Randhir K AD - Department of Nutritional Medicine, Interactive Research School for Health Affairs, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. FAU - Joshi, Asmita AU - Joshi A AD - Department of Nutritional Medicine, Interactive Research School for Health Affairs, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. FAU - Mehendale, Savita AU - Mehendale S AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bharati Medical College and Hospital, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. FAU - Wagh, Girija AU - Wagh G AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bharati Medical College and Hospital, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. FAU - Gupte, Sanjay AU - Gupte S AD - Gupte Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, India. FAU - Joshi, Sadhana AU - Joshi S AD - Department of Nutritional Medicine, Interactive Research School for Health Affairs, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. Electronic address: srjoshi62@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140620 PL - United States TA - Int J Dev Neurosci JT - International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience JID - 8401784 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Age Factors MH - Body Weight MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Female MH - Fetal Blood/metabolism MH - Fetus/*metabolism MH - Gestational Age MH - Humans MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - Placenta/*metabolism MH - Pre-Eclampsia/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Pregnancy MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - Brain derived neurotrophic factor OT - Placental development OT - Preeclampsia OT - Pregnancy EDAT- 2014/06/24 06:00 MHDA- 2015/04/15 06:00 CRDT- 2014/06/24 06:00 PHST- 2014/02/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/06/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/06/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/06/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/06/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/04/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S0736-5748(14)00090-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.06.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Dev Neurosci. 2014 Oct;37:36-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.06.008. Epub 2014 Jun 20.