The effects of cocaine and nicotine on amino acid transport across the human placental cotyledon perfused in vitro

Aleksandra Pastrakuljic, Lidia O. Derewlany, Brenda Knie, Gideon Koren

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ملخص

The inhibitory effects of cocaine and nicotine on placental amino acid transport, as a mechanism contributing to intrauterine growth restriction, were investigated in the in vitro placental perfusion model. Amino acids that represent substrates for known placental transporters were selected: alanine (system A), glutamine (system N), phenylalanine and valine (system I), and arginine (system y+). Amino acid accumulation on the fetal side was measured in the absence of cocaine or nicotine (n = 7) and in the presence of 1.2 μg/ml cocaine (n = 6), 120 ng/ml nicotine (n = 6), or both (n = 6). Neither cocaine nor nicotine alone significantly inhibited alanine transport, whereas their combination did (P = .02). Significant inhibition of arginine transport was detected with nicotine (P = .007), cocaine (P = .01), and their combination (P = .01), whereas phenylalanine (P = .03, P = .04) and valine (P = .03, P = .04) transport was affected by cocaine and the combination of cocaine and nicotine, respectively. For glutamine, neither cocaine, nicotine, nor their combination had a statistically significant inhibitory effect. In conclusion, both cocaine and nicotine may contribute to fetal growth restriction by interfering with the activity of amino acids transporters that are necessary to maintain the nutrient gradients associated with normal fetal growth.

اللغة الأصليةالإنجليزيّة
الصفحات (من إلى)141-146
عدد الصفحات6
دوريةJournal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
مستوى الصوت294
رقم الإصدار1
حالة النشرنُشِر - يوليو 2000
منشور خارجيًانعم

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