Intracellular and Extracellular, Ionized and Total Magnesium in Pre-Eclampsia and Uncomplicated Pregnancy
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Renata Sanders
Abstract
Magnesium (Mg) and calcium (CA) concentrations in women with pre-eclampsia, women with an uncomplicated pregnancy and non-pregnant women were compared. Ionized serum magnesium and calcium concentrations and intracellular magnesium concentrations were measured in 15 pregnant women with severe pre-eclampsia, 34 uncomplicated pregnant women early, at midterm and preterm in their pregnancy and 24 non-pregnant women.
The ionized calcium concentration did not chance during normal pregnancy or during pre-eclampsia relative to non-pregnant women. In contrast, elevated total and ionized magnesium serum concentrations were found in women with severe pre-eclampsia (total Mg = 0.85 ± 0.11 mM, ionized Mg = 0.61 ± 0.06 mM) relative to uncomplicated pregnant women (total Mg = 0.72 ± 0.06 mM, ionized Mg = 0.53 ± 0.03 mM). Total magnesium in pre-eclamptic women were similar to non-pregnant women.
Intracellular ionized and total magnesium concentrations in mononuclear blood cells and erythrocytes were similar in pre-eclamptic women and women with uncomplicated pregnancy.
Serum magnesium concentrations are elevated in severe pre-eclamptic women relative to women with uncomplicated pregnancy and are related to birth weight and gestational age at delivery. There may be a causal relationship since magnesium is involved in blood pressure regulation through an intracellular inhibition of NO synthase in endothelial cells.
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