[Relationship between p53, bax and bcl-2 expression and cell apoptosis in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy]
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Published on: March 28, 2018
Dong-mei Wang1, Qi-ying Zhu, Li Ding
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Wulumuqi 830054, China.
Objective:
To investigate the changes of gene p53, bax and bcl-2 expression and to study the role on cell apoptosis in placenta through apoptosis in placenta with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP).
Methods:
TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) and immuno-histochemistry methods were used for 31 placental samples with ICP and 31 normal placental samples to detect apoptosis index and the expression of p53, bax and bcl-2 in placenta tissues.
Results:
The apoptosis index in placental cytotrophoblast, syncytiotrophoblast, decidual cells and mediate cell on ICP group was significantly higher than that in control group (P < 0.01). The expression of p53 was higher than those of control. Bax expression in syncytoitrophoblast, decidual cell and mediate cell in ICP group was higher (P < 0.01), but the expression of bax in placental cytotrophoblast cell was not significantly higher (P > 0.05). The expression of bcl-2 of these positions in ICP group was lower than that in control group (P < 0.01) p53, bax and bcl-2 expressions in (chi +/- s)% in the syncytoitrophoblast cells of placenta with ICP is 75.9 +/- 8.2, 65.8 +/- 13.8, 45.3 +/- 11.3.
Conclusion:
The placental dysfunction may closely relate to the apoptosis. Abnormal overexpression of p53, bax and the low expression of bcl-2 on placental tissue of ICP was the main reason of placental apoptosis.
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