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Vasodilator Effects of Parathyroid Hormone, Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein, and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in the Human Fetal-Placental Circulation

Neil T. Mandsager

Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology and Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

Anthony S. Brewer

Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology and Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

Leslie Myatt

Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology and Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to determine the vasoactivity of calcitonin gene- related peptide (CGRP), parathyroid hormone (PTH), and parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) in the human fetal-placental circulation in vitro.

METHODS: Dually perfused placental cotyledons from term pregnancies were used in this study.

RESULTS: Calcitonin gene-related peptide, PTHrP (both 10-10-10-6 mol/L), and PTH (10-8-10-6 mol/L) demonstrated a significant concentration-dependent vasodilator effect (P = .0007, P = .0172, P = .0063, respectively), following preconstriction with a thromboxane mimetic U46619. The CGRP-1 receptor inhibitor CGRP8-37 (10 -6 mol/L) significantly in hibited (P = .0131) the CGRP-induced vasodilator effect, while the nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor n-nitro-l-arginine showed no inhibitory effect.

CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate the vasodilator effects of CGRP, PTH, and PTHrP in the human fetal-placental circulation. Calcitonin gene-related peptide and PTHrP were of equal potency, and both were approximately 100 times more potent than PTH. This study also suggests the CGRP may exert its vasodilator effect through two classes of receptors in the human placenta and may do so independently of nitric oxide. (J Soc Gynecol Invest 1994;1: 19-24)

Key Words: Calcitonin gene-related peptide • parathyroid hormone • parathyroid hormone-related protein • placenta • vasodilation.

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Vol. 1, No. 1, 19-24 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/107155769400100105
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