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Fetal Neuronal Vesicles in the Assessment of Perinatal Brain Dysfunction and Late-Onset Growth Restriction: A Pilot
Vladislava Gusar1, Natalia Kan2, Anastasia Leonova3
1Laboratory of Applied Transcriptomics, Federal State Budget Institution "National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named after Academician V.I. Kulakov" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 4, Oparina Street, Moscow 117997, Russia.
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Fetal growth restriction (FGR) remains a significant problem in obstetrics and is a key risk factor for perinatal brain injury. The fetal neuronal vesicles (FNVs) isolated from maternal blood represent an innovative approach-a "fetal brain liquid biopsy"-enabling early diagnostics of neuronal dysfunction in FGR. Western blotting was used to evaluate the protein pattern expression of FNVs isolated from the blood of pregnant women with FGR and uncomplicated pregnancy. Significant changes in the neurotrophic proteins levels (pro-BDNF, pro-NGF) and presynaptic neurotransmission proteins (SYN1, SYP, SYNPO) were identified. New data were obtained on changes in the expression of proteins of sumoylation (SUMO2/3/4) and neddylation (NAE1, UBC12), which differs in early-onset and late-onset FGR. Moreover, increased SUMO2/3/4 levels can be considered as an endogenous neuroprotective response to cerebral hemodynamic reaction in fetuses with late-onset growth restriction. An association has been established between changes in the expression of the studied proteins and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in newborns with late-onset growth restriction.
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