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A Multiple Infusion Start Time (MIST) Protocol for Stable Isotope Studies of Fetal Blood

A Multiple Infusion Start Time (MIST) Protocol for Stable Isotope Studies of Fetal Blood

C L Paolini, A M Marconi, A W Pike, P V Fennessey, G Pardi, F C Battaglia

Placenta. Feb-Mar 2001;22(2-3):171-6.

PMID: 11170821

Abstract:

A new approach utilizing multiple infusion start times for two stable isotopes of leucine was applied to seven pregnancies in order to assess equilibration times for isotopic studies when a single fetal blood sample is available. Two infusates, one containing l -[1-(13)C]-leucine and the other l -[5,5,5-D3]-leucine, were given as a primed constant infusion in the maternal circulation at fetal blood sampling (FBS). In five patients l -[1-(13)C]-leucine infusion was started at time zero (T(0)) whereas l -[5,5,5-D3]-leucine infusion began 30 min later, and both were continued until the umbilical sample was obtained at 149.7+/-8.8 min. In order to assure non-steady state conditions, in two patients the first infusion started at T(0)and the second 17 and 6 min before FBS was performed at 115 and 154 min, respectively. The fetal/maternal ratio for l -[5,5,5-D3]-leucine over the fetal/maternal ratio for l -[1-(13)C]-leucine was 0.98+/-0.03, indicating steady state conditions for both infusions for the first six patients. In the last patient the ratio was 0.51, indicative of non-steady state conditions for the shortest infusion time. Our results show that a single fetal sample can provide data for fetal amino acid enrichments reflecting multiple time points. Leucine steady state is achieved 20 min after a primed continuous infusion both in the maternal and fetal circulations.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP87828862	L-Leucine-5,5,5-d3		87828-86-2	Price

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