Objective: To characterize the physiological distribution of angiopoietins (Ang)-1 and Ang-2 and soluble endothelial cell-specific tyrosine kinase receptor-2 (Tie-2) at term and following delivery.
Design: A prospective, descriptive study.
Setting: Helsinki University Central Hospital.
Population: Twenty healthy term pregnant women undergoing elective cesarean delivery and their newborns.
Methods: The concentrations were analysed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in maternal antepartum and the first postpartum day sera, umbilical serum, amniotic fluid and maternal and newborn urine.
Main Outcome Measures: Concentrations of Ang-1, Ang-1 and Tie-2. Results. Concentrations of maternal serum Ang-1 and Ang-2 decreased after delivery {[median (range)]: Ang-1, from 33 (25-51) to 30 (18-49) ng/mL, p= 0.017; and Ang-2, from 5.4 (1.8-18) to 1.4 (0.7-4.6) ng/mL, p < 0.0001}, whereas Tie-2 concentrations remained stable [23 (13-41) vs. 25 (14-29) ng/mL, p= 0.107]. Compared with maternal antepartum serum, umbilical serum concentrations of Ang-1 [46 (28-59) ng/mL, p < 0.0001] and Tie-2 [45 (21-71) ng/mL, p < 0.0001] were higher and those of Ang-2 similar [5.4 (1.8-18) vs. 4.2 (2.9-6.0) ng/mL; p= 0.067]. Low concentrations of Ang-1 [1.2 (0.1-2.2) ng/mL], Ang-2 [1.1 (0.3-4.1) ng/mL] and Tie-2 [0.4 (0.08-0.9) ng/mL] were observed in amniotic fluid, but they were undetectable in newborn urine and in most of the maternal urine samples.
Conclusions: Maternal Ang-1 and Ang-2 concentrations decreased following delivery. Umbilical concentrations of Ang-1 and Tie-2 were higher than the maternal concentrations.
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