PREGNANCY-INDUCED ELEVATION IN AORTIC VASCULAR SMOOTH-MUSCLE ACTIN INTHE SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RAT

Authors
DAVIDGE ST CLOSE L LESSARD JL MCLAUGHLIN MK
Citation
St. Davidge et al., PREGNANCY-INDUCED ELEVATION IN AORTIC VASCULAR SMOOTH-MUSCLE ACTIN INTHE SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RAT, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 176(1), 1997, pp. 212-213
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029378
Volume
176
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Part
1
Pages
212 - 213
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9378(1997)176:1<212:PEIAVS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A component of hemodynamic responses during pregnancy may include stru ctural changes in the arterial tree. Smooth muscle alpha-actin is a ma jor structural-contractile protein of muscle cells. We observed a mark ed increase in expression of actin during pregnancy in the rat aorta, suggesting a structural alteration of conduit arteries.