Fetal-maternal nitrite exchange in sheep: Experimental data, a computational model and an estimate of placental nitrite permeability

Placenta
Hobe J SchroederArlin B Blood

Abstract

Nitrite conveys NO-bioactivity that may contribute to the high-flow, low-resistance character of the fetal circulation. Fetal blood nitrite concentrations depend partly on placental permeability which has not been determined experimentally. We aimed to extract the placental permeability-surface (PS) product for nitrite in sheep from a computational model. An eight-compartment computational model of the fetal-maternal unit was constructed (Matlab(®) (R2013b (8.2.0.701), MathWorks Inc., Natick, MA). Taking into account fetal and maternal body weights, four variables (PS, the rate of nitrite metabolism within red cells, and two nitrite distribution volumes, one with and one without nitrite metabolism), were varied to obtain optimal fits to the experimental plasma nitrite profiles observed following the infusion of nitrite into either the fetus (n = 7) or the ewe (n = 8). The model was able to replicate the average and individual nitrite-time profiles (r(2) > 0.93) following both fetal and maternal nitrite infusions with reasonable variation of the four fitting parameters. Simulated transplacental nitrite fluxes were able to predict umbilical arterial-venous nitrite concentration differences that agreed with experimental values. Th...Continue Reading

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Aug 20, 2020·American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology·Arlin B BloodGordon G Power

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