Maternal hyperthyroidism increases the prevalence of foregut atresias in fetal rats exposed to adriamycin

Pediatric Surgery International
Ana Catarina FragosoJ A Tovar

Abstract

Gastrointestinal malformations such as esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF) and duodenal atresia (DA) have been reported in infants born to hyperthyroid mothers or with congenital hypothyroidism. The present study aimed to test whether maternal thyroid status during embryonic foregut division has any influence on the prevalence of EA/TEF and DA in an accepted rat model of these malformations. Pregnant rats received either vehicle or 1.75 mg/kg i.p. adriamycin on gestational days 7, 8 and 9. Transient maternal hyper or hypothyroidism was induced by oral administration of levothyroxine (LT4, 50 μg/kg/day) or propylthiouracil (PTU, 2 mg/kg/day), respectively, on days 7 to 12 of gestation. Plasma cholesterol, total T3, free T4 and TSH were measured at gestational days 7, 12, and 21. At the end of gestation, the mothers were sacrificed and embryo-fetal mortality was recorded. Fetuses were dissected to determine the prevalence of esophageal and intestinal atresias. At gestational day 12, mothers treated with LT4 or PTU had hyper or hypothyroid status, respectively; plasma cholesterol levels were similar. In the adriamycin-exposed fetuses from hyperthyroid mothers, the embryonal resorption rate and the prevalence...Continue Reading

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