1. Characterization of Mild Delayed Gestational Hypertension in Rats Following Ozone Exposure.
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Hunter R, Wilson T, Lucas S, Scieszka D, Bleske B, Ottens A, Ashley R, Pace C, Kanagy N, and Campen M
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- Animals, Pregnancy, Female, Time Factors, Arterial Pressure drug effects, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Air Pollutants toxicity, Gestational Age, Inhalation Exposure adverse effects, Telemetry, Rats, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects chemically induced, Maternal Exposure adverse effects, Ozone toxicity, Heart Rate drug effects, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced chemically induced, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced physiopathology, Disease Models, Animal
- Abstract
The contribution of air pollution-induced cardiopulmonary damage on the development of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and other adverse outcomes of pregnancy has gained increased attention as epidemiological data continue to highlight spatiotemporal pregnancy trends related to air pollution exposure. However clinical mechanistic data surrounding gestational complications remain sparse, necessitating the need for the use of animal models to study these types of complications of pregnancy. The current study seeks to examine the real-time effects of mid-gestational ozone exposure on maternal blood pressure and body temperature through the use of radiotelemetry in a rat model. The exposure resulted in acute depression of heart rate and core body temperature as compared to control animals. Ozone-exposed animals also presented with a slight but significant increase in arterial blood pressure which was perpetuated until term. The data presented here illustrates the feasibility of murine models to assess cardiovascular complications caused by inhaled toxicants during the window of pregnancy., (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
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- 2024
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