Mutagenicity Testing of Amniotic Fluid from Diabetic Women, with Special Reference to Their Smoking Habits
作者:
Gro Nylander Rivrud,
Mette Moen,
Narve Moe,
Kåre Berg,
Knut Bjøro,
期刊:
Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
(Karger Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 26,
issue 2
页码: 113-117
ISSN:0378-7346
年代: 1988
DOI:10.1159/000293681
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Pregnancy;Smoking;Amniotic fluid;Congenital malformations;Diabetes;Mutagenicity;Salmonella typhimuriummicrosome assay
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Amniotic fluid from 16 diabetic and 78 healthy women at term was tested for capacity to cause mutations in Salmonella typhimurium bacterial tester strain TA98 (Ames test). Diabetes as well as heavy smoking increased the mutagenic activity of amniotic fluid. The difference between groups of diabetics and controls was significant in both nonsmokers and women who had smoked more than 5 cigarettes the last 48 h before delivery. It seems plausible that metabolic disturbances, perhaps enhanced by a lowered oxygenation, in some instances could produce mutagenic compounds. Mutagenic activity in amniotic fluid may be one of the factors underlying the increased incidence of congenital malformations in the offspring of diabetic women. Early mutations could cause such developmental errors in the embryos, and possibly also in future generations by damage to germ cells. Heavy smoking alone also caused an increase in mutagenic activity in term amniotic fluid. Our findings reflected an enhancing effect of smoking in diabetes. A pregnant diabetic woman who smoked would thus further endanger her already jeopardized pregnancy.
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