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Alteration of heat shock protein 70 expression levels in term and preterm delivery
Abstract:
Abstract

Objective: Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), a highly conserved cellular stress protein, is produced in every organism from bacteria to man. The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in Hsp70 concentrations between term and preterm deliveries.

Methods: In total, 30 healthy term delivery and 99 preterm delivery (PD) women were recruited, including 46 women with preterm labor and intact membranes (PTL) with or without an intra-amniotic infection (IAI) and 53 women with a preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROMs) with or without IAI. The Hsp70 levels in the maternal and the umbilical cord sera were tested by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); the expression levels of Hsp70 in the placentas were determined by immunoblotting and real-time PCR.

Results: In contrast to the expression levels in normal term controls, Hsp70 expression levels were upregulated in PD; similar changes in Hsp70 expression levels were detected in PD maternal and umbilical sera. Patients with IAI were associated with a higher Hsp70 concentration than those without IAI.

Conclusion: These results suggest a probable contributing role of altered Hsp70 expression levels in the pathophysiology of PD.
Keywords:Heat shock protein 70  intra-amniotic infection  maternal sera  placenta  preterm labor  preterm premature rupture of membranes  umbilical cord sera
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