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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Assessment of blood amino acid and polyamine levels in placenta-associated pregnancy complications

Gasanbekova AP1, Frankevich NA1, Chagovets VV1, Dolgopolova EL1, Novoselova AV1, Karapetyan TE1, Mamedova GE2, Frankevich VE1,3
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1 Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Moscow, Russia

2 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

3 Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Natalia A. Frankevich
Akademika Oparina, 4, Moscow, 117997, Russia; ur.xednay@avomol-ahsatan

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Funding: the study was supported by the RSF grant No. 22-15-00232 “New Noninvasive Diagnostic Approaches for Optimization of Obstetric Tactics, Prediction of Perinatal Outcomes, and Prevention of Abnormal Postnatal Growth in Fetal Growth Restriction Syndrome”.

Author contribution: Gasanbekova AP — collection and preparation of biological media, manuscript writing; Frankevich NA — clinical data analysis, systematic analysis, manuscript writing; Chagovets VV — metabolomics analysis by mass spectrometry, statistical analysis of the data acquired, manuscript editing; Dolgopolova EL — clinical data analysis, statistical data processing; Novoselova AV — metabolomics analysis by mass spectrometry, mass spectrometry data processing; Karapetyan TE — clinical data analysis, manuscript editing; Mamedova GE — collection and preparation of biological media; Frankevich VE — preparation and control, manuscript editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology (protocol No. 11 dated 11 November 2021), the study met the requirements of the Declaration of Helsinki, International Conference on Harmonization (ICF), Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and Federal Law “On the Basics of Protecting Citizens' Health in the Russian Federation”; the informed consent was submitted by all patients.

Received: 2024-06-21 Accepted: 2024-07-24 Published online: 2024-08-15
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The features of polyamine and amino acid metabolism play a key role in the cellular processes, and the search for their role as prognostic and diagnostic (assessment of fetal condition severity) markers in obstetrics can contribute to improvement of perinatal outcomes in fetal growth restriction (FGR) syndrome, both isolated and combined with early onset preeclampsia (PE). The study was aimed to determine the features of polyamine and amino acid levels associated with placentaassociated pregnancy complications. Liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry was used to determine blood levels of polyamines and amino acids in 156 pregnant women divided into the following groups: with FGR — 48 pregnant women, with early onset PE — 56 pregnant women, control group — 52 somatically healthy women having no pregnancy complications. As a result, we managed to distinguish significant differences in these metabolites, depending on the obstetric complication (PE or FGR), and to determine correlations of those with a number of clinical data. We revealed a strong negative correlation between the increasing fetal condition decompensation in FGR and the length of the newborn’s hospital stay for the PE and FGR groups, as well as between the levels of 1,7-diaminoheptane polyamine (r = –0.78, CI = –0.92 – ‒0.37, p = 0.002; r = –0.76, CI = –0.95 – 0.23, p = 0.003) and proline amino acid and the increasing fetal condition decompensation in FGR (r = –0.56, CI = –0.86 – –0.034, p = 0.03). Considering the diversity and complexity of metabolic pathways responsible for adaptation in the context of hypoxic damage, the results obtained suggest that regulation of amino acids and polyamines is coordinated. Metabolic pathways of low molecular weight antioxidants, proline and polyamines, are associated with clinical pregnancy outcomes in FGR and early-onset PE.

Keywords: preeclampsia, mass spectrometry, intrauterine growth restriction, biomarkers, metabolomics, fetal growth restriction, newborn, polyamines, aminoacids

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