PMID- 32428988 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210621 LR - 20210621 IS - 1447-0756 (Electronic) IS - 1341-8076 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 7 DP - 2020 Jul TI - Prenatal nicotine exposure affects cardiovascular function and growth of the developing fetus. PG - 1044-1054 LID - 10.1111/jog.14294 [doi] AB - AIM: Effects of nicotine on fetal hemodynamics are not well known, especially in the first trimester fetus. We investigated the acute and chronic effects of nicotine on hemodynamics in pregnant mice and their fetuses using ultrasound. Postnatal health status including growth and hemodynamics was also examined. METHODS: To investigate the acute effects of nicotine on fetal hemodynamics, we injected nicotine 0.2 mg/kg subcutaneously into pregnant mice on gestational days (GD) 9.5, 11.5 and 13.5 and compared with saline-injected group. To determine the chronic effects of nicotine on fetal hemodynamics, we administered nicotine in drinking water (0.1 mg/mL) to pregnant mice from GD 6.5 until they gave birth and compared hemodynamics with water-administered mice. RESULTS: Regarding the acute effects of nicotine, we found no intergroup difference in maternal hemodynamics; however, fetal blood flow through the dorsal aorta, carotid artery and umbilical artery tended to decrease, particularly on GD 11.5. Regarding the chronic effects of nicotine, we observed no intergroup difference in maternal body weight changes and hemodynamics; however, blood flow to all fetal organs tended to be lower in the nicotine water group than in the water group with significant difference on GD 13.5. The offspring of the nicotine water group had significantly low birth weights and continued to have low body weight until 9 weeks of age. In addition, these offspring developed postnatal cardiac hypertrophy. CONCLUSION: Nicotine adversely affects fetal hemodynamics acutely and chronically in early pregnancy, potentially leading to fetal tissue hypoxia, intrauterine growth restriction and adverse postnatal health effects. CI - (c) 2020 Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. FAU - Aoyagi, Yoshimichi AU - Aoyagi Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0801-8603 AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. FAU - Momoi, Nobuo AU - Momoi N AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. FAU - Kanai, Yuji AU - Kanai Y AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. FAU - Go, Hayato AU - Go H AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. FAU - Abe, Yusaku AU - Abe Y AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. FAU - Miyazaki, Kyohei AU - Miyazaki K AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. FAU - Tomita, Yoichi AU - Tomita Y AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. FAU - Hayashi, Mariko AU - Hayashi M AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. FAU - Endo, Kisei AU - Endo K AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. FAU - Mitomo, Masaki AU - Mitomo M AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. FAU - Hosoya, Mitsuaki AU - Hosoya M AD - Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200519 PL - Australia TA - J Obstet Gynaecol Res JT - The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research JID - 9612761 RN - 6M3C89ZY6R (Nicotine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Fetal Growth Retardation/chemically induced MH - *Fetus MH - Hemodynamics MH - Mice MH - *Nicotine MH - Pregnancy MH - Umbilical Arteries OTO - NOTNLM OT - fetus OT - hemodynamics OT - neonate OT - nicotine EDAT- 2020/05/20 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/22 06:00 CRDT- 2020/05/20 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/05/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/05/20 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/jog.14294 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2020 Jul;46(7):1044-1054. doi: 10.1111/jog.14294. Epub 2020 May 19.