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Insulin Resistance in Human Preeclamptic Placenta is Mediated by Serine Phosphorylation of Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 and -2

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Specialty Endocrinology
Date 2005 Dec 8
PMID 16332940
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Abstract

Context: Preeclampsia is a severe complication of human pregnancy often associated with maternal risk factors. Insulin resistance represents a major risk for developing preeclampsia during pregnancy.

Objective: A putative second messenger of insulin, inositol phosphoglycan P type (P-IPG), was previously shown to be highly increased during active preeclampsia. Its association with insulin resistance was investigated.

Design And Setting: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a referral center.

Patients: Nine preeclamptic (PE) and 18 healthy women were recruited and matched for maternal age, body mass index, parity, and ethnicity in a 1:2 ratio. Placental specimens were collected immediately after delivery.

Intervention: Placental tissue was incubated with insulin and P-IPG production assessed. Insulin signaling proteins were subsequently studied by immunoblotting.

Results: P-IPG extracted from human term placentas upon incubation with insulin was found to be far lower in those with preeclampsia than controls (P < 0.001). Immunoblotting studies revealed serine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1 and -2 in PE placentas (P < 0.001) with downstream impairment of insulin signaling. The activation of the p85 regulatory subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3- kinase was markedly decreased in PE samples (P < 0.001).

Conclusions: These findings highlight the importance of P-IPG in active preeclampsia and demonstrate a substantially different response to the insulin stimulus of human PE placentas. Acquired alterations in activation of proteins involved in insulin signaling may play a role in the complex pathogenesis of preeclampsia, probably as a consequence of the immunological dysfunction that occurs in this syndrome. These results seem to confirm an insulin-resistant state in PE placenta and shed a different light on its role in the pathogenesis of this disease with potential therapeutic implications.

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