J Korean Pediatr Soc.  2001 Oct;44(10):1119-1126.

The Relationship of Maternal Disorder with Neonatal Cord Blood Leptin - Preeclampsia, Diabetes Mellitus, Antenatal Steroid Treatment -

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwang-ju, Korea. skpark@mail.chosun.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE: Leptin, the product of the ob gene is primarily by adipose tissue but also by the human placenta. Leptin may also have a role as a regulator of fetal growth and development during normal pregnancy as well as in pregnancies associated with anomalous fetal growth. Our study aimed to discover whether or not leptin concentration in neonatal cord blood correlates with maternal disorder(preeclampsia, antenatal steroid).
METHODS
Seventy newborns - twenty of preeclampsia, twenty of antenatal steroid treatment, ten of diabetes mellitus, twenty of neonatal asphyxia- and their mother were enrolled in this study. Gestational age, birth weight, length and placental weight were measured. Maternal age and weight were measured. Cord blood and maternal venous samples were collected and serum was separated and stored at -70dgreesC. Leptin was measured by radioimmunoassay.
RESULTS
Neonatal cord leptin concentration was significantly elevated in infants whose mothers received antenatal steroid, preeclamptic mothers and diabetic mothers Also, neonatal cord leptin concentration was correlated with maternal serum leptin concentration in those maternal disorders. Cord blood leptin concentration in neonatal asphyxia group was significantly elevated, but wasn't significantly correlated with their maternal serum leptin concentration.
CONCLUSION
Neonatal cord leptin concentration was significantly increased in mothers with preeclampsia, diabetes mellitus, and exposure of the antenatal steroid. We find that maternal disorders affected leptin concentration in cord blood, and that increased cord blood leptin in neonatal asphyxia was shown to be a product of fetus.

Keyword

Leptin; Cord blood; Steroid; Preeclampsia; Diabetes mellitus; Asphyxia

MeSH Terms

Adipose Tissue
Asphyxia
Birth Weight
Diabetes Mellitus*
Fetal Blood*
Fetal Development
Fetus
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Leptin*
Maternal Age
Mothers
Placenta
Pre-Eclampsia*
Pregnancy
Radioimmunoassay
Leptin
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