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Oxytocin given in a pulsatile manner to the ewe at 120 to 140 days' gestational age increases fetal sheep plasma cortisol.

Abstract：

:A single intravenous injection of oxytocin into pregnant sheep (123 to 144 days' gestational age) causes a bout of myometrial activity and an increase in fetal plasma corticotropin levels. We hypothesized that a sustained increased frequency of myometrial contractures accelerates the normal increase in fetal adrenal secretion in sheep in the last 3 weeks of gestation. To test this hypothesis, pulses of saline solution (group 1, 9 ewes and 10 fetuses) or oxytocin (group 2, 11 ewes and 12 fetuses) 600 or 960 microU/kg/min for 5 of every 30 minutes were infused into the maternal jugular vein for 6 days beginning at day 128 +/- 2 (mean +/- SD) days' gestational age. Total myometrial activity increased to 160% of baseline in group 2 by day 6. Myometrial activity did not change throughout the study in group 1. Maternal plasma cortisol concentrations did not rise during oxytocin infusion when compared with their own baselines (group 2) and were not different from concentrations in saline-infused ewes (group 1). By day 4 of oxytocin administration fetal plasma cortisol concentrations had risen significantly above baseline in group 2 (p less than 0.05). Fetal plasma cortisol concentrations did not rise in group 1. Corticotropin levels were not elevated in the fetal carotid arterial plasma of either group. A small but significant decrease occurred in fetal carotid arterial PO2 in group 2 by day 6 but not in group 1. In conclusion, increased myometrial activity produced by pulsed oxytocin is accompanied by increased fetal plasma cortisol concentrations, demonstrating that long-term alteration of myometrial activity affects fetal adrenal function over several days at this critical period of gestation.

journal_name

Am J Obstet Gynecol

journal_title

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors

Sadowsky DW,Martel J,Cabalum T,Poore MG,Nathanielsz PW

doi

10.1016/0002-9378(92)91859-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-01-01 00:00:00

pages

200-5

issue

1 Pt 1

eissn

0002-9378

issn

1097-6868

pii

0002-9378(92)91859-9

journal_volume

166

pub_type

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Oxytocin given in a pulsatile manner to the ewe at 120 to 140 days' gestational age increases fetal sheep plasma cortisol.