FETAL GROWTH-RETARDATION DUE TO MATERNAL TOBACCO-SMOKE EXPOSURE IN THE RAT
FETAL GROWTH-RETARDATION DUE TO MATERNAL TOBACCO-SMOKE EXPOSURE IN THE RAT
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DOI:
10.1203/00006450-198402000-00002
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
JAMES, LS
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作者:
BASSI, JA;ROSSO, P;JAMES, LS
Smoking during [human] pregnancy results in offspring with an average birth weight 200 g less than those of nonsmoking mothers. Pathogenesis of this effect is still unknown and there is no general agreement about the causal relationship between maternal smoking and subsequent fetal growth retardation. Here, a model of maternal smoking during pregnancy in the rat was established using the P and I Walton Exposure Machine. The study consisted of 3 groups: control, pair-fed and smoke-exposed. Smoke-exposed animals were exposed continuously to tobacco smoke for cycles of 7 min, 16 times/day from d [day] 5-20 of gestation. On d 21 of gestation, fetuses from all groups were removed by cesarean section, weighed and dissected. Fetal brain, liver, lungs, and placentas were weighed and analyzed for nucleic acid content. Fetal weight was significantly reduced in pair-fed and smoke-exposed groups compared with the control group. There was also a significant reduction in fetal body weight of the animals in the smoke-exposed group in comparison to those in the pair-fed group. Exposing the mother to smoke affected neither fetal brain weight nor nucleic acid content; fetal liver and lungs showed a significant decrease in weight and nucleic acid content. Fetal growth retardation associated with maternal exposure to tobacco smoke in the rat corresponds to a disproportionate type. Maternal tobacco smoke exposure induced fetal growth retardation without placental growth retardation.