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Benevent J, Hurault-Delarue C, Araujo M, Montastruc F, Montastruc JL, Lacroix I, Damase-Michel C. Higher intake of medications for digestive disorders in children prenatally exposed to drugs with atropinic properties. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2018; 33:314-326. [PMID: 30365180 DOI: 10.1111/fcp.12428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Childhood digestive disorders are a common occurrence and are sometimes unexplained. Maternal medication during the development of the foetus' digestive system may contribute to the increase in childhood digestive disorders, especially with drugs acting on the cholinergic system. This study investigated the association between prenatal exposure to drugs with atropinic properties and the use of digestive disorder medications in childhood (0-3 years). Children from POMME (PrescriptiOn Médicaments Mères Enfants), a French database of reimbursed drugs for pregnant women and their children, were included (N = 8 372). Each drug prescribed during antenatal life was assigned an atropinic score (0 = null, 1 = low, 3 = strong). The prenatal atropinic burden was calculated as the sum of atropinic scores of drugs prescribed. More than 30% (N = 2 652) of the children were prenatally exposed to atropinic drugs. They used significantly more digestive disorder medications than unexposed children (RRa = 1.11 [1.06; 1.16]). The strength of the association increased with the prenatal atropinic burden. Our results suggest long-term digestive effects after prenatal exposure to atropinic drugs.
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- Justine Benevent
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France.,Service de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Centre Midi-Pyrénées de Pharmaco Vigilance, Pharmacoépidémiologie et d'Informations sur le Médicament, Pharmacopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France.,Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, INSERM UMR 1027, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Centre Midi-Pyrénées de Pharmaco Vigilance, Pharmacoépidémiologie et d'Informations sur le Médicament, Pharmacopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Centre Midi-Pyrénées de Pharmaco Vigilance, Pharmacoépidémiologie et d'Informations sur le Médicament, Pharmacopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France.,Service de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Centre Midi-Pyrénées de Pharmaco Vigilance, Pharmacoépidémiologie et d'Informations sur le Médicament, Pharmacopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France.,Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, INSERM UMR 1027, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France.,CIC 1436, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, CHU Purpan - Hôpital Pierre Paul Riquet, Place du Dr Baylac, TSA40031 31059, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France.,Service de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Centre Midi-Pyrénées de Pharmaco Vigilance, Pharmacoépidémiologie et d'Informations sur le Médicament, Pharmacopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France.,Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, INSERM UMR 1027, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France.,CIC 1436, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, CHU Purpan - Hôpital Pierre Paul Riquet, Place du Dr Baylac, TSA40031 31059, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Centre Midi-Pyrénées de Pharmaco Vigilance, Pharmacoépidémiologie et d'Informations sur le Médicament, Pharmacopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France.,Service de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Centre Midi-Pyrénées de Pharmaco Vigilance, Pharmacoépidémiologie et d'Informations sur le Médicament, Pharmacopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France.,Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, INSERM UMR 1027, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31000, Toulouse, France
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Abstract
Prenatal gene therapy aims to deliver genes to cells and tissues early in prenatal life, allowing correction of a genetic defect, before irreparable tissue damage has occurred. In contrast to postnatal gene therapy, prenatal application may target genes to a large population of stem cells, and the smaller fetal size allows a higher vector to target cell ratio to be achieved. Early gestation delivery may allow the development of immune tolerance to the transgenic protein, which would facilitate postnatal repeat vector administration if needed. Moreover, early delivery would avoid anti-vector immune responses which are often acquired in postnatal life. The NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee considered that a candidate disease for prenatal gene therapy should pose serious morbidity and mortality risks to the fetus or neonate, and not have any effective postnatal treatment. Prenatal gene therapy would therefore be appropriate for life-threatening disorders, in which prenatal gene delivery maintains a clear advantage over cell transplantation or postnatal gene therapy. If deemed safer and more efficacious, prenatal gene therapy may be applicable for nonlethal conditions if adult gene transfer is unlikely to be of benefit. Many candidate diseases will be inherited congenital disorders such as thalassaemia or lysosomal storage disorders. However, obstetric conditions such as fetal growth restriction may also be treated using a targeted gene therapy approach. In each disease, the condition must be diagnosed prenatally, either via antenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis, for example, in the case of hemophilias, or by ultrasound assessment of the fetus, for example, congenital diaphragmatic hernia. In this chapter, we describe some examples of the candidate diseases and discuss how a prenatal gene therapy approach might work.
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- Anna L David
- Prenatal Cell and Gene Therapy Group, EGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.
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Mehta V, Abi Nader K, Waddington S, David AL. Organ targeted prenatal gene therapy--how far are we? Prenat Diagn 2011; 31:720-34. [PMID: 21618255 DOI: 10.1002/pd.2787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Revised: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 04/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Prenatal gene therapy aims to deliver genes to cells and tissues early in prenatal life, allowing correction of a genetic defect, before long-term tissue damage has occurred. In contrast to postnatal gene therapy, prenatal application can target genes to a large population of dividing stem cells, and the smaller fetal size allows a higher vector-to-target cell ratio to be achieved. Early-gestation delivery may allow the development of immune tolerance to the transgenic protein which would facilitate postnatal repeat vector administration if needed. Targeting particular organs will depend on manipulating the vector to achieve selective tropism and on choosing the most appropriate gestational age and injection method for fetal delivery. Intra-amniotic injection reaches the skin, and other organs that are bathed in the fluid however since gene transfer to the lung and gut is usually poor more direct injection methods will be needed. Delivery to the liver and blood can be achieved by systemic delivery via the umbilical vein or peritoneal cavity. Gene transfer to the central nervous system in the fetus is difficult but newer vectors are available that transduce neuronal tissue even after systemic delivery.
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- Vedanta Mehta
- Prenatal Cell and Gene Therapy Group, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK
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Oyachi N, Acosta R, Cho MH, Atkinson JB, Buchmiller-Crair TL, Ross MG. Ontogeny of cholinergic regulation of fetal upper gastrointestinal motility. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2009; 14:102-6. [PMID: 14629090 DOI: 10.1080/jmf.14.2.102.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In the fetal rabbit immediately prior to birth (day 30; 0.97 gestation), intragastric atropine suppresses upper gastrointestinal (GI) motility, indicating that cholinergic receptors are expressed and functional at birth. To explore the developmental timing of upper GI cholinergic receptor function, we assessed the effect of intragastric atropine administration in rabbit fetuses during the last 10% of gestation. METHODS Pregnant rabbits were studied at day 27, day 28 and day 29 of their normal 31-day gestation. In each litter, two fetuses were selected as study fetuses and two as control fetuses. Under ultrasound guidance, fluorescein and either atropine (0.04 microg/g fetal body weight) or normal saline were injected into the fetal stomach. Two hours after injection, fetuses were delivered and the small intestine was harvested. The per cent motility was calculated as the fluorescein travel distance, which was measured by ultraviolet light optical density, divided by the total small intestinal length. RESULTS Fetal body weight, small intestinal length and per cent motility increased from day 27 to day 29 (p < 0.01). There were no differences in fetal body weight and small intestinal length between atropine and control groups. Atropine significantly decreased per cent motility (versus control values) in fetuses at day 29 and day 28 (56.1 +/- 13.5 vs. 66.1 +/- 11.7% and 59.7 +/- 15.6 vs. 68.3 +/- 11.7%, respectively; p < 0.05), but not at day 27 (52.4 +/- 12.9 vs. 52.8 +/- 11.2%). CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that upper GI functional cholinergic receptors develop between 0.87 and 0.90 of rabbit gestation. Extrapolation to human development suggests that reduced GI motility in preterm human infants results, in part, from immature GI cholinergic receptors.
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- N Oyachi
- Division of Pediatric Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Holmberg A, Olsson C, Holmgren S. The effects of endogenous and exogenous nitric oxide on gut motility in zebrafish Danio rerio embryos and larvae. J Exp Biol 2006; 209:2472-9. [PMID: 16788030 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Using motion analysis, the ontogeny of the nitrergic control system in the gut was studied in vivo in zebrafish Danio rerio embryos and larvae. For the first time we show the presence of a nitrergic tonus,modulating both anterograde and retrograde contraction waves in the intestine of developing zebrafish. At 4 d.p.f. (days post fertilisation), the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor l-NAME (three boluses of 50–100 nl, 10–3 mol l–1) increased the anterograde contraction wave frequency by 0.50±0.10 cycles min–1. Subsequent application of the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP; three boluses of 50–100 nl, 10–4mol l–1) reduced the frequency of propagating anterograde waves (–0.71±0.20 cycles min–1). This coincided with the first appearance of an excitatory cholinergic tonus, observed in an earlier study. One day later, at 5 d.p.f., in addition to the effect on anterograde contraction waves, application of l-NAME increased(0.39±0.15 cycles min–1) and following SNP application reduced (–1.61±0.36 cycles min–1) the retrograde contraction wave frequency. In contrast, at 3 d.p.f., when no spontaneous motility is observed, application of l-NAME did not induce contraction waves in either part of the gut, indicating the lack of a functional inhibitory tonus at this early stage. Gut neurons expressing NOS-like immunoreactivity were present in the distal and middle intestine as early as 2 d.p.f., and at 1 day later in the proximal intestine. In conclusion, the present study suggests that a nitrergic inhibitory tonus develops shortly before or at the time for onset of exogenous feeding.
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- Anna Holmberg
- Department of Zoophysiology, Göteborg University, Box 463, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Oyachi N, Lakshmanan J, Ahanya SN, Bassiri D, Atkinson JB, Ross MG. Development of ovine fetal ileal motility: role of muscarinic receptor subtypes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003; 189:953-7. [PMID: 14586333 DOI: 10.1067/s0002-9378(03)00816-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In the preterm human fetus, immaturity of gastrointestinal (GI) motility contributes to impairment of oral feeding and an increased risk of necrotizing enterocolitis. In view of the limited knowledge of fetal GI motility development, and the primary role of the muscarinic system in adult GI motility, we examined the development of GI muscarinic receptor subtypes associated with ileal motility. STUDY DESIGN Ovine term fetal, newborn, and pregnant adult ileal longitudinal muscle contractile responses to muscarinic agonists (bethanechol) and muscarinic nonspecific (atropine) and subtype specific-antagonists (M1-M4) were examined in organ baths. Immunohistochemical analysis of ileal muscle muscarinic receptor subtypes was correlated with contractile responses. RESULTS Bethanechol induced a concentration-dependent ileal contraction at all 3 age groups. Adult ileal maximal tension was 2-fold higher than that of the fetus and newborn, while 50% effective concentration (EC(50)) was similar at all ages. Atropine (10(-6)mol/L) inhibited contractility in fetal (67%+/-7%), newborn (82%+/-5%), and adult (97%+/-2%) in an age-dependent manner. The M3 antagonist exhibited robust inhibition at all age groups while the M2 antagonist demonstrated enhanced inhibition in the fetus. Immunohistochemical analysis indicated coexpression of subtype receptors in fetal, newborn, and adult ileal smooth muscle with increasing expression with advancing age. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate a specific developmental pattern of muscarinic receptor subtype expression. Knowledge and/or alterations of GI motility regulation may aid in the treatment of the preterm fetus or newborn.
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- Noboru Oyachi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90509-2910, USA
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