Changes in neurotransmitter levels in the brain play an important role in epilepsy-like attacks after pregnancy-induced preeclampsia-eclampsia. Metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 participates in the onset of lipid metabolism disorder-induced preeclampsia. Pregnant rats were fed with a high-fat diet for 20 days. Thus, these pregnant rats experienced preeclampsia-like syndromes such as tension and proteinuria. Simultaneously, metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 mRNA and protein ex-pressions were upregulated in the rat hippocampus. These findings indicate that increased sion of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 promotes the occurrence of high-fat diet-induced preec-lampsia in pregnant rats.

Early prophylaxis of preeclampsia in women at risk for changes in spiral arteries

Objective:To study the hemodynamic condition of uterine artery and renal artery in preeclampsia patients and its relationship with endothelial function and invasive function. Methods:Preeclampsia puerperas were enrolled in observation group of the research, including 20 cases each with mild preeclampsia, moderate preeclampsia and severe preeclampsia; healthy puerperas were enrolled in control group. Then color Doppler ultrasound was used to detect hemodynamic parameters of uterine spiral artery and bilateral renal interlobar artery, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect endothelial function indexes in serum, and PCR was used to detect invasive function parameters in placenta.Results: S/D, PI and RI of uterine spiral artery and bilateral renal interlobar artery in mild, moderate and severe preeclampsia patients were all higher than those of control group; the more severe the preeclampsia condition was, the higher the S/D, PI and RI of uterine spiral artery and bilateral renal interlobar artery were; mRNA contents of Cst L, Cst D and MMP-9 in placenta of mild, moderate and severe preeclampsia patients were lower than those of control group, and mRNA contents of RECK as well as serum sFlt-1, sEng, AT1-AA and AngII contents were higher than those of control group; the more severe the disease degree was, the lower the mRNA contents of Cst L, Cst D, and MMP-9 were, the higher the mRNA contents of RECK as well as serum sFlt-1, sEng, AT1-AA and AngII contents were.Conclusion:Resistance of uterine artery and renal artery in preeclampsia patients increases, and it is closely related to endothelial dysfunction and invasive function loss.