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Calcium and sodium transport in gestational hypertension
A L Tranquilli1, R A Rabini, A M Cugini
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ancona, Italy.
International Journal of Cardiology
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The enzymatic activities of Na+/K+ ATPase and Ca2+ ATPase were determined on erythrocyte membranes from 9 normotensive and 9 gestational hypertensive pregnant women near term. A reduction in the activity of the Na+/K+ ATPase and a relative increase in the activity of the Ca2+ ATPase were found in the hypertensive patients, possibly due to a conformational alteration of erythrocyte membranes. This observation supports the possible role of the transmembrane cation transport in the pathogenesis of gestational hypertension.