Résumé : L’aggravation de certaines caractéristiques cliniques des femmes enceintes (âge, poids) et l’augmentation de la prévalence du diabète gestationnel (DG) poussent à dépister le DG le plus tôt possible pour éviter chez la mère et le fœtus les complications à court et à long terme. Le dépistage du DG est recommandé à 24-28 semaines de grossesse, et le plus souvent un test de tolérance à 50g de glucose (TTG) est réalisé. Pour les femmes qui ont des facteurs de risque, ce test doit être effectué plus précocement, habituellement pendant le premier trimestre de la grossesse. Cette dernière recommandation est peu suivie, d’autant qu’il n’y a pas de consensus international sur le dépistage du DG pendant le premier trimestre de la grossesse. Objectifs. 1) Définir au premier trimestre de la grossesse la valeur de la glycémie du TTG qui prédit le diagnostic de DG à 24-28 semaines avec une sensibilité et une spécificité optimales à l’aide d’une courbe ROC. 2) Déterminer si la glycémie du TTG au premier trimestre est un facteur prédictif indépendant du DG. Méthodes. Étude prospective de cohorte. Les facteurs d'inclusion étaient : âge ≥ 18 ans et âge gestationnel entre 6 et 13 semaines après la dernière menstruation. Les TTG ont été effectués à la première visite prénatale. Une deuxième visite était programmée à 24-28 semaines pour faire une hyperglycémie provoquée par voie orale (HGPO) et donc un éventuel diagnostic de DG. Les critères utilisés pour ce diagnostic étaient ceux de l’Association américaine du diabète. Résultats. Les TTG ont été faits à 9,1±2,0 semaines et les HGPO à 26.5±1.1semaines chez 1180 femmes (28,2±4,4 ans, IMC : 25,2±5,5 kg/m[indice supérieur 2]). Un DG a été diagnostiqué chez 100 (8,4%) participantes. La valeur de glycémie du TTG à 5,6 mmol/L a prédit le DG avec une sensibilité de 84,1% et une spécificité de 62,3%, tandis que la valeur prédictive positive était de 0,121 et la valeur prédictive négative de 0,985. Cette valeur de 5,6 était indépendamment associée au DG (OR=2,806, IC 95%: 1,98 à 3,97, p <0,001). Comparé à d'autres facteurs de risque, le TTG était le plus puissant prédicteur indépendant du DG (OR=1,767, IC 95%: 1,52 à 2,05, p <0,001). Conclusions. Au premier trimestre, la valeur glycémie de 5.6 mmol/L du TTG prédit avec une bonne sensibilité et spécificité l’apparition d’un DG à 24-28 semaines. La glycémie du TTG au premier trimestre est le plus puissant prédicteur indépendant de DG. / Abstract : The changes in clinical characteristics of pregnant women and an increase in the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) warrant the importance of screening as early as possible in order to possibly prevent short and long-term complications in both the mother and fetus. GDM screening is recommended at 24-28 weeks of pregnancy, using a 50g glucose challenge test (GCT) although women with multiple risk factors are expected to be assessed “early” in pregnancy, a recommendation poorly followed. Most importantly, there is no universal agreement currently in place for GDM screening, particularly during the first trimester of pregnancy. Objectives. 1) To define the cut-off value of GCT during the first trimester in order to predict GDM diagnosed at 24-28 weeks of gestation with optimal sensitivity and specificity using ROC curve. 2) To determine if GCT during the first trimester of pregnancy is an independent predictor of GDM diagnosed at 24-28 weeks gestation. Methods. This is a prospective cohort study. Women were recruited at their first prenatal visit. Inclusion factors were: age ≥ 18 years and gestational age between 6 and 13 weeks from their last menstrual period. GCT were performed at the first prenatal visit. The second visit was scheduled at 24-28 weeks for the diagnostic 75g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). GDM diagnosis was made in accordance with the American Diabetes Association guidelines. A variety of statistical analysis including multivariate logistic regression models and ROC curve were used to address the aims of the study. Results. Participants (n=1180, age: 28.2±4.4 years, BMI: 25.2±5.5 kg/m[superscript 2]) underwent GCT at 9.1±2.0 weeks and OGTT at 26.5±1.1 weeks of gestation. GDM was diagnosed in 100 (8.4%) women. The cut-off value of 5.6 mmol/L predicted GDM with 84.1% (75.4-92.7) sensitivity, 62.3% (59.5-65.1) specificity, while the positive predictive value was 0.121 (0.091-0.150) and the negative predictive value was 0.985 (0.975-0.994). This 5.6 value was independently associated with GDM (OR=2.806, 95% CI: 1.98-3.97, p<0.001). Compared to other risk factors, GCT was the strongest independent predictor of GDM (OR=1.767, 95% CI: 1.52-2.05, p<0.001). Conclusions. The cut-off value of 5.6 mmol/L has the optimal sensitivity and specificity for the GCT during the first trimester to predict GDM at 24-28 weeks of gestation according to ADA guidelines. GCT during the first trimester is the strongest independent predictor of GDM at 24-28 weeks of gestation.

This thesis reports on a qualitative exploration of the experiences of 30 women designated as ‘high risk’ due to the co-existence of ‘maternal obesity’ (BMI ≥ 30) and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)/Type Two Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in pregnancy. This is examined in the context of medico-scientific/public health/ popular media discourses pertaining to ‘maternal obesity’/GDM/T2DM in pregnancy. ‘Maternal obesity’/GDM/T2DM in pregnancy are increasingly prevalent and clinically associated in manifold ways. Increasing prevalence is linked to the ‘global epidemic’ of ‘obesity’/diabetes: now commonly referred to as ‘diabesity’. Current biomedical knowledge asserts ‘maternal obesity’ and diabetes (‘maternal diabesity’) synergise in causing adverse pregnancy outcomes, have long term health implications for the offspring and contribute to an ‘intergenerational cycle’ of ‘obesity’/diabetes. This is the first qualitative study to consider pregnancy/post-birth experiences of women with co-existing ‘maternal obesity’ and GDM/T2DM in pregnancy from a sociological perspective. Participants undertook a series of auto/biographical narrative interviews. Longitudinal engagement provided nuanced psycho-social insight into women’s perceptions/experiences and the socio-cultural context of their lives. Analysis of pertinent ‘pregnancy’ Internet fora postings augmented interview data and was utilised for comparative/corroborative purposes. Participants were predominantly of low socio-economic status, congruent with epidemiological data. The concept of pregnancy ‘planning’ was not resonant and few women accessed/felt predisposed to access preconception care. Women did not identify as ‘obese’, and knowledge/perception of risks associated with the medical ‘conditions’ was low. Women perceived themselves to be stigmatised due to their weight in society and specifically within healthcare. Many participants were experiencing acute/chronic stress which appeared to have mediated risk perceptions/compromised diabetic regimen adherence. Expense of ‘healthy’ eating/diabetic diet was considered prohibitive. Women’s material circumstances/socio-cultural milieux may militate against ability to minimise risk and effect lifestyle change. Policy and practice, for the most part, fails to take this into account.

Adipositas und die damit verbundenen Begleiterkrankungen zeigen einen deutlichen Anstieg der Prävalenz in der Bevölkerung. Auch für die Schwangerschaft gilt starkes Übergewicht als Risikofaktor für metabolische und vaskuläre Komplikationen wie Gestationsdiabetes mellitus (GDM) und Präeklampsie (PE). In den letzten 20 Jahren wurde eindrücklich nachgewiesen, dass eine Dysregulation von Fettzell-sezernierten Proteinen, sogenannten Adipokinen, ursächlich zu GDM und PE beitragen könnte. Zu Beginn der Dissertation lagen jedoch nur unzureichende Daten über die Regulation des Insulinresistenz-induzierenden, anti-adipogenen und anti-angiogenen Adipokins Preadipocyte factor-1 (Pref-1) bei GDM und PE vor. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht daher die Regulation von zirkulierendem Pref-1 bei GDM und PE sowie seine Expression in der Plazenta. Bei 74 Patientinnen mit GDM konnte kein signifikanter Unterschied der Pref-1 Konzentrationen (0.40 µg/l) verglichen zu 74 Gesunden (0.42 µg/l) (p = 0.655) festgestellt werden (Wurst U et al., Cytokine 2015; 71: 161–164). Es zeigte sich in der Kohorte eine unabhängige Assoziation zwischen Pref-1 und Schwangerschaftsalter bei der Blutentnahme, Triglyzeriden, Kreatinin, Body Mass Index und C reaktivem Protein (p < 0.05). In einer Studienkohorte von 51 Schwangeren mit PE wurden signifikant niedrigere Serumspiegel von Pref-1 (0.49 µg/l) im Vergleich zu 51 gesunden Schwangeren (0.68 µg/l) (p < 0.001) gemessen (Schrey S, Wurst U, et al., Cytokine 2015; 75: 338–343). In der multiplen Regressionsanalyse waren PE, Schwangerschaftsalter zum Zeitpunkt der Blutentnahme sowie zirkulierendes Leptin unabhängige Prädiktoren für Pref-1. Im peripartalen Zeitraum zeigte sich ein akuter und deutlicher Abfall von zirkulierendem Pref-1 im mütterlichen Blut und das Adipokin wurde immunhistochemisch im Plazentagewebe nachgewiesen. Die Daten dieser Studien sind vereinbar mit den Hypothesen, dass Pref-1 mit fortschreitender Schwangerschaft zunehmend produziert wird, die Plazenta zur Sekretion des Adipokins aktiv beiträgt sowie das Adipokin bei PE dysreguliert ist. Weiterführende Untersuchungen im Tiermodell sowie prospektive Studien sind notwendig, um die Signifikanz von Pref-1 bei GDM und PE näher zu untersuchen.

O metoprolol, um fármaco aceito no tratamento da hipertensão durante a gestação, está disponível na clínica como mistura racêmica dos enantiômeros S-(-) e R-(+), embora o S-(-)-metoprolol seja considerado o eutômero em termos do bloqueio do receptor 1 adrenérgico. O presente estudo avalia a influência do Diabetes mellitus gestacional na disposição cinética e no metabolismo enantiosseletivos do metoprolol em parturientes hipertensas. As parturientes hipertensas investigadas (n=35) com idade gestacional de 35-42 semanas e fenotipadas como metabolizadoras extensivas tipo metoprolol, foram distribuídas nos grupos controle (n=24) ou portadoras de Diabetes mellitus gestacional (n=11). As parturientes foram tratadas com dose única oral de 100 mg de tartarato de metoprolol racêmico 1-11 h antes do parto. Foram coletadas amostras seriadas de sangue materno (0-24h) e no momento do parto foram coletados simultaneamente sangue materno, sangue do cordão umbilical e líquido amniótico. Os enantiômeros do metoprolol e seus metabólitos foram quantificados por LC-MS/MS ou por detecção por fluorescência. A disposição cinética do metoprolol é enantiosseletiva em parturientes hipertensas com observação de maiores concentrações plasmáticas (AUC0- 113,42 vs 62,65 ng.h/mL) e menor clearance total aparente (344,21 vs 623,14 L/h) para o eutômero S-(-)-metoprolol. A formação do metabólito -hidroximetoprolol também é estereosseletiva com favorecimento do novo centro quiral 1R (AUC0- 1R/1S=2,84). O favorecimento da formação do R-(+)-ácido O-desmetilmetoprolóico (AUC0- 2,77 vs 2,66 g.h/mL) explica o acúmulo plasmático do S-(-)-metoprolol. O Diabetes mellitus gestacional compensado prolonga o tmax para ambos os enantiômeros do metoprolol (1,5 vs 2,5 h) e ácido O-desmetilmetoprolóico (2,0 vs 3,5 h) e para todos os isômeros do -hidroximetoprolol (2,0 vs 3,0 h). O Diabetes mellitus gestacional compensado não altera as razões isoméricas de concentrações plasmáticas do metoprolol, -hidroximetoprolol e ácido O-desmetilmetoprolóico. As razões de concentrações líquido amniótico/plasma materno obtidas para ambos os enantiômeros do metoprolol (3,0 para o R-(+)-metoprolol e 3,2 para o S-(-)-metoprolol) e para os isômeros do -hidroximetoprolol (5,1 para o 1\'S,2R; 4,0 para o 1\'S,2S; 1,6 para o 1\'R,2R e 2,3 para o 1\'R,2S) evidenciam maiores concentrações dos fármacos no líquido amniótico do que no plasma materno. No entanto, os enantiômeros do ácido O-desmetilmetoprolóico atingem menores concentrações no líquido amniótico do que no plasma materno das parturientes hipertensas (líquido amniótico/plasma materno = 0,29 e 0,37 respectivamente para os enantiômeros R-(+)- e S-(-)). A distribuição transplacentária é próxima a 1 para ambos os enantiômeros do metoprolol e para todos os isômeros do -hidroximetoprolol e próxima a 0,8 para ambos os enantiômeros do ácido O-desmetilmetoprolóico em parturientes hipertensas. O Diabetes mellitus gestacional compensado reduz em aproximadamente 20% a distribuição transplacentária dos isômeros 1S,2S; 1R,2R; e 1R,2S--hidroximetoprolol mas não altera a distribuição dos enantiômeros do metoprolol. / Metoprolol is a drug accepted in the treatment of hypertension during pregnancy and it is clinically available as a racemic mixture of its enantiomers S-(-) and R-(+) metoprolol, although S-(-)-metoprolol is considered the eutomer responsible for 1 adrenergic receptor blockade.This study evaluates the influence of gestational Diabetes mellitus on the kinetic disposition and metabolism of metoprolol enantiomers in hypertensive parturients. The investigated parturients (n=35) presented gestational age within 35 to 42 weeks, were phenotyped as extensive metabolizers of metoprolol and were distributed in the control group (n=24) or in the gestational Diabetes mellitus group (n =11). The parturients were treated with single oral dose of 100 mg racemic metoprolol tartrate 1-11 h before delivery. Maternal blood samples were collected until 24h after drug administration, whereas maternal blood, umbilical cord blood and amniotic fluid were simultaneously collected at delivery. Metoprolol enantiomers and its metabolites were quantified by LC-MS/MS or by fluorescence detection. Kinetic disposition of metoprolol is enantioselective in hypertensive parturients with observation of higher plasma concentrations (AUC0- 113.42 vs 62.65 ng.h/mL) and lower apparent total clearance (344.21 vs 623.14 L/h) for the S-(-)-metoprolol eutomer. The formation of -hydroxymetoprolol metabolite is also stereoselective in favor of the new chiral center 1\'R (AUC0- 1\'R/1\'S = 2.84). The formation in favor of R-(+)-metoprolol acid metabolite (AUC0- 2.77 vs 2.66 g.h/mL) explains the plasma accumulation of S-(-)-metoprolol. Gestational Diabetes mellitus prolongs tmax for both metoprolol enantiomers (1.5 vs 2.5 h), metoprolol acid metabolite (2.0 vs 3.5 h) and for all -hydroxymetoprolol isomers (2.0 vs 3.0 h). Gestational Diabetes mellitus does not alter the isomeric ratios of plasma concentrations of metoprolol, -hydroxymetoprolol and metoprolol acid metabolite. The concentrations of both metoprolol enantiomers (amniotic fluid/maternal plasma = 3.0 for R-(+)-metoprolol and 3.2 for the S-(-)-metoprolol) and -hydroxymetoprolol isomers (liquid amniotic fluid/maternal plasma = 5.1 for 1\'S,2R; 4.0 for 1\'S,2S; 1.6 for 1\'R,2R and 2.3 for 1\'R,2S) are higher in amniotic fluid than in maternal plasma. However, metoprolol acid metabolite enantiomers reach lower concentrations in amniotic fluid than in maternal plasma of hypertensive parturients (amniotic fluid/maternal plasma = 0.29 and 0.37 respectively for the R-(+)- and S-(-)- enantiomers). The transplacental distribution is approximately 1 for both enantiomers of metoprolol and all isomers of -hydroxymetoprolol and approximately 0.8 for both metoprolol acid metabolite enantiomers in hypertensive parturients. Gestational Diabetes mellitus reduces in approximately 20% the transplacental distribution of the isomers 1\'S,2S; 1\'R,2R and 1\'R,2S--hidroximetoprolol but does not alter the transplacental distribution of both metoprolol enantiomers.

O labetalol, um anti-hipertensivo considerado seguro para uso em gestantes, está disponível na clínica como mistura de dois racematos (quatro estereoisômeros), sendo o isômero (R,R) antagonista e o (S,R) responsável pela atividade bloqueadora. O estudo investiga a influência do diabetes mellitus gestacional (DMG) na disposição cinética e no metabolismo estereosseletivos do labetalol administrado por via endovenosa ou oral. Foram investigadas 30 gestantes hipertensas distribuídas em 04 grupos: não diabéticas tratadas com dose única de 40 mg de cloridrato de labetalol endovenoso (grupo EVH, n=8) ou 100 mg de cloridrato de labetalol via oral (grupo VOH, n=9) e diabéticas tratadas com 40 mg de cloridrato de labetalol endovenoso (grupo EVD, n=6) ou 100 mg de cloridrato de labetalol via oral (grupo VOD, n=7). As amostras seriadas de sangue foram coletadas até 12 h (via oral) ou 15 h (via endovenosa) após a administração do cloridrato de labetalol. Os estereoisômeros do labetalol em plasma foram analisados em coluna de fase quiral Chirobiotic V empregando LC-MS-MS. Os parâmetros farmacocinéticos do labetalol inalterado e labetalol glicuronídeo foram calculados com auxílio do programa WinNonlin e avaliados empregando os testes de Mann-Whitney e Friedman com pós-teste de Dunn (p<0,05). A farmacocinética do labetalol não é estereosseletiva em gestantes diabéticas e não diabéticas tratadas com o fármaco por via endovenosa. No entanto, a administração oral de labetalol resulta em menores valores de área sob a curva concentração plasmática versus tempo (AUC) para o isômero ativo (R,R)-labetalol tanto em gestantes diabéticas (60,9 vs 162,7 vs 157,9 vs 114,6 ng.h/mL, respectivamente para (R,R,); (SR); (S,S,) e (R,S)) quanto não diabéticas (45,6 vs 84,2 vs 89,4 vs 78,3 ng.h/mL, respectivamente para (R,R,); (SR); (S,S,) e (R,S)). O DMG resulta em alterações na disposição cinética dos estereoisômeros do labetalol na administração oral. Os valores de AUC do isômero inativo (S,S)-labetalol (157,9 vs 89,4 ng.h/mL) e para o isômero -bloqueador (S,R)-labetalol (162.7 vs 84.2 ng.h/mL) são maiores (p<0,05) nas gestantes diabéticas do que nas gestantes não diabéticas. As gestantes diabéticas também mostram maior biodisponibilidade oral do isômero (S,R)-labetalol (54,7 vs 24,0 %) explicada pela reduzida eliminação pré-sistêmica conseqüente da menor capacidade de conjugação com o ácido glicurônico (68,4 vs 77,9 %). Os valores de AUC do isômero (S,R) aproximadamente 100 % maiores nas gestantess diabéticas tratadas com o fármaco por via oral (162,7 vs 84,2 ng.h/mL) pode ter relevância clínica considerando a atividade -bloqueadora do referido isômero. / Labetalol, a hypertensive agent considered to be safe for use by pregnant women, is clinically available as a mixture of two racemates, with the (R,R) isomer being a antagonist and the (S,R) isomer being responsible for the blocking activity. The study investigated the influence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on the kinetic disposition and stereoselective metabolism of labetalol administered by the intravenous or oral route. Thirty hypertensive pregnant women were divided into 4 groups: non-diabetic women treated with a single 40 mg dose of intravenous labetalol hydrochloride (IVH group, n=8) or with 100 mg labetalol hydrochloride by the oral route (OH group, n=9) and diabetic women treated with 40 mg intravenous labetalol hydrochloride (IVD), n=6) or with 100 mg labetalol hydrochloride by the oral route (OD, n=7). Serial blood samples were collected up to 12 h (oral route) or 15 h (intravenous route) after the administration of labetalol hydrochloride. The labetalol stereoisomers in plasma were analyzed with a chiral phase Chirobiotic V column by LC-MS-MS. The pharmacokinetic parameters of unchanged labetalol and glucuronide labetalol were calculated using the WinNolin software and analyzed by the Mann-Whitney and Friedman tests followed by the Dunn test (p<0.05). The pharmacokinetics of labetalol was not stereoselective in diabetic or non-diabetic pregnant women treated with the drug by the intravenous route. However, oral administration of labetalol resulted in lower values of the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) for the active isomer (R,R)-labetalol both in diabetic (60.9 vs 162.7 vs 157.9 vs 114.6 ng.h/mL, respectively for (R,R,), (SR), (S,S,) and (R,S)) and non-diabetic pregnant women (45.6 vs 84.2 vs 89.4 vs 78.3 ng.h/mL, respectively for (R,R,), (SR), (S,S,) and (R,S)). GDM involves changes in the kinetic disposition of the stereoisomers of labetalol when administered by the oral route. The AUC values for the inactive (S,S)-labetalol (157.9 vs 89.4 ng.h/mL) and for the -blocking (S,R) isomer (162.7 vs 84.2 ng.h/mL) were higher (p<0.05) for the diabetic than the non-diabetic pregnant women. The diabetic pregnant women showed greater oral bioavailability of the (S,R)-labetalol isomer (54.7 vs 24.0 %), explained by the reduced pre-systemic elimination due to the lower capacity for conjugation with glucuronic acid (68.4 vs 77.9 %). The approximately 100 % higher AUC values of the (S,R) isomer for the diabetic pregnant women treated with the drug by the oral route may be of clinical relevance in view of the -blocking activity of the isomer in question.

The objective of this research was analyze the application of the public policies guidelines to the pregnant and postpartum with Gentional Diabetes Millitus during prenatal care, approaching the prevention, diagnosis and treatment. For this purpose, it was used a sample of 28 women with GDM at public and reference disease institute. An exploratory, descriptive and documentary survey was conducted approaching the quantitative. The instrument was a form and the technique, the structured interview. The data collection occurred from November 2012 to January 2013. First of all, we conducted a collection in charts and in antenatal card of the survey participants. Later on, the pregnates and postpartum women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus diagnosed passed through an interview. The result of the research showed the balance between countries on public policies to pregnant and postpartum women with GDM, Brazil has the highest number of actions directed to gestational diabetes, for instance: prenatal care access in the first trimester of pregnancy; number of consultations according to those recommended by public policies, about the interval among childbirths, the majority took four years to get pregnant again, in the blood pressure check part, the pregnant women adhered during antenatal consultations over six times and the orientations received after the gestational diabetes diagnosis, the diet was the first guidance received. Nevertheless, remains the convenience of expansion and the creation of new public policies on health, targeted to pregnant and postpartum women with gestational diabetes mellitus, since this disease is still based on the guidelines established for chronic diseases. The DMG grows rapidly in uncomfortable level, and actions are insufficient to meet the health needs of this group. / A pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar a aplicaÃÃo das diretrizes das polÃticas pÃblicas dirigidas Ãs gestantes e puÃrperas portadoras de Diabetes Mellitus Gestacional, durante o prà natal, abordando a prevenÃÃo, o diagnÃstico e o tratamento. Para tanto, utilizou-se uma amostra com 28 mulheres portadoras de DMG em instituiÃÃo pÃblica e de referÃncia para a doenÃa. Realizou-se uma pesquisa documental, exploratÃria e descritiva com abordagem quantitativa. O instrumento foi um formulÃrio, e a tÃcnica, a entrevista estruturada. A coleta de dados ocorreu no perÃodo de novembro de 2012 a janeiro de 2013. Primeiramente foi realizada uma coleta em prontuÃrios e no cartÃo de prÃ-natal das participantes do estudo. No segundo momento foi aplicada uma entrevista Ãs gestantes e puÃrperas, com diagnÃstico de Diabetes Mellitus Gestacional. A pesquisa mostrou na comparaÃÃo entre paÃses sobre as polÃticas pÃblicas dirigidas Ãs gestantes e puÃrperas com DMG, o Brasil destacou-se com o maior nÃmero de aÃÃes direcionado para o diabetes gestacional, e, mediante o resultado da pesquisa tivemos os seguintes resultados: acesso ao prÃ-natal no primeiro trimestre da gestaÃÃo; nÃmero de consultas condizente com as preconizadas pelas polÃticas pÃblicas; em referÃncia ao intervalo entre partos a maioria levou mais de quatro anos para engravidar novamente; na categoria verificaÃÃo da pressÃo arterial, as gestantes aferiram-na durante as consultas de prÃ-natais mais de seis vezes e quanto Ãs orientaÃÃes recebidas apÃs a definiÃÃo do diagnÃstico de diabetes gestacional, a dieta foi a primeira orientaÃÃo recebida. Mesmo assim, pontua-se a conveniÃncia de ampliaÃÃo e a criaÃÃo de novas polÃticas pÃblicas na saÃde, direcionadas Ãs gestantes e puÃrperas portadoras de diabetes mellitus gestacional, uma vez que, essa patologia ainda se baseia nas normas e diretrizes estabelecidas para as doenÃas crÃnicas. O DMG cresce rapidamente em patamar pouco confortÃvel, e as aÃÃes sÃo insuficientes para suprir as necessidades de saÃde desse grupo.

O metoprolol, um fármaco aceito no tratamento da hipertensão durante a gestação, está disponível na clínica como mistura racêmica dos enantiômeros S-(-) e R-(+), embora o S-(-)-metoprolol seja considerado o eutômero em termos do bloqueio do receptor 1 adrenérgico. O presente estudo avalia a influência do Diabetes mellitus gestacional na disposição cinética e no metabolismo enantiosseletivos do metoprolol em parturientes hipertensas. As parturientes hipertensas investigadas (n=35) com idade gestacional de 35-42 semanas e fenotipadas como metabolizadoras extensivas tipo metoprolol, foram distribuídas nos grupos controle (n=24) ou portadoras de Diabetes mellitus gestacional (n=11). As parturientes foram tratadas com dose única oral de 100 mg de tartarato de metoprolol racêmico 1-11 h antes do parto. Foram coletadas amostras seriadas de sangue materno (0-24h) e no momento do parto foram coletados simultaneamente sangue materno, sangue do cordão umbilical e líquido amniótico. Os enantiômeros do metoprolol e seus metabólitos foram quantificados por LC-MS/MS ou por detecção por fluorescência. A disposição cinética do metoprolol é enantiosseletiva em parturientes hipertensas com observação de maiores concentrações plasmáticas (AUC0- 113,42 vs 62,65 ng.h/mL) e menor clearance total aparente (344,21 vs 623,14 L/h) para o eutômero S-(-)-metoprolol. A formação do metabólito -hidroximetoprolol também é estereosseletiva com favorecimento do novo centro quiral 1R (AUC0- 1R/1S=2,84). O favorecimento da formação do R-(+)-ácido O-desmetilmetoprolóico (AUC0- 2,77 vs 2,66 g.h/mL) explica o acúmulo plasmático do S-(-)-metoprolol. O Diabetes mellitus gestacional compensado prolonga o tmax para ambos os enantiômeros do metoprolol (1,5 vs 2,5 h) e ácido O-desmetilmetoprolóico (2,0 vs 3,5 h) e para todos os isômeros do -hidroximetoprolol (2,0 vs 3,0 h). O Diabetes mellitus gestacional compensado não altera as razões isoméricas de concentrações plasmáticas do metoprolol, -hidroximetoprolol e ácido O-desmetilmetoprolóico. As razões de concentrações líquido amniótico/plasma materno obtidas para ambos os enantiômeros do metoprolol (3,0 para o R-(+)-metoprolol e 3,2 para o S-(-)-metoprolol) e para os isômeros do -hidroximetoprolol (5,1 para o 1\'S,2R; 4,0 para o 1\'S,2S; 1,6 para o 1\'R,2R e 2,3 para o 1\'R,2S) evidenciam maiores concentrações dos fármacos no líquido amniótico do que no plasma materno. No entanto, os enantiômeros do ácido O-desmetilmetoprolóico atingem menores concentrações no líquido amniótico do que no plasma materno das parturientes hipertensas (líquido amniótico/plasma materno = 0,29 e 0,37 respectivamente para os enantiômeros R-(+)- e S-(-)). A distribuição transplacentária é próxima a 1 para ambos os enantiômeros do metoprolol e para todos os isômeros do -hidroximetoprolol e próxima a 0,8 para ambos os enantiômeros do ácido O-desmetilmetoprolóico em parturientes hipertensas. O Diabetes mellitus gestacional compensado reduz em aproximadamente 20% a distribuição transplacentária dos isômeros 1S,2S; 1R,2R; e 1R,2S--hidroximetoprolol mas não altera a distribuição dos enantiômeros do metoprolol. / Metoprolol is a drug accepted in the treatment of hypertension during pregnancy and it is clinically available as a racemic mixture of its enantiomers S-(-) and R-(+) metoprolol, although S-(-)-metoprolol is considered the eutomer responsible for 1 adrenergic receptor blockade.This study evaluates the influence of gestational Diabetes mellitus on the kinetic disposition and metabolism of metoprolol enantiomers in hypertensive parturients. The investigated parturients (n=35) presented gestational age within 35 to 42 weeks, were phenotyped as extensive metabolizers of metoprolol and were distributed in the control group (n=24) or in the gestational Diabetes mellitus group (n =11). The parturients were treated with single oral dose of 100 mg racemic metoprolol tartrate 1-11 h before delivery. Maternal blood samples were collected until 24h after drug administration, whereas maternal blood, umbilical cord blood and amniotic fluid were simultaneously collected at delivery. Metoprolol enantiomers and its metabolites were quantified by LC-MS/MS or by fluorescence detection. Kinetic disposition of metoprolol is enantioselective in hypertensive parturients with observation of higher plasma concentrations (AUC0- 113.42 vs 62.65 ng.h/mL) and lower apparent total clearance (344.21 vs 623.14 L/h) for the S-(-)-metoprolol eutomer. The formation of -hydroxymetoprolol metabolite is also stereoselective in favor of the new chiral center 1\'R (AUC0- 1\'R/1\'S = 2.84). The formation in favor of R-(+)-metoprolol acid metabolite (AUC0- 2.77 vs 2.66 g.h/mL) explains the plasma accumulation of S-(-)-metoprolol. Gestational Diabetes mellitus prolongs tmax for both metoprolol enantiomers (1.5 vs 2.5 h), metoprolol acid metabolite (2.0 vs 3.5 h) and for all -hydroxymetoprolol isomers (2.0 vs 3.0 h). Gestational Diabetes mellitus does not alter the isomeric ratios of plasma concentrations of metoprolol, -hydroxymetoprolol and metoprolol acid metabolite. The concentrations of both metoprolol enantiomers (amniotic fluid/maternal plasma = 3.0 for R-(+)-metoprolol and 3.2 for the S-(-)-metoprolol) and -hydroxymetoprolol isomers (liquid amniotic fluid/maternal plasma = 5.1 for 1\'S,2R; 4.0 for 1\'S,2S; 1.6 for 1\'R,2R and 2.3 for 1\'R,2S) are higher in amniotic fluid than in maternal plasma. However, metoprolol acid metabolite enantiomers reach lower concentrations in amniotic fluid than in maternal plasma of hypertensive parturients (amniotic fluid/maternal plasma = 0.29 and 0.37 respectively for the R-(+)- and S-(-)- enantiomers). The transplacental distribution is approximately 1 for both enantiomers of metoprolol and all isomers of -hydroxymetoprolol and approximately 0.8 for both metoprolol acid metabolite enantiomers in hypertensive parturients. Gestational Diabetes mellitus reduces in approximately 20% the transplacental distribution of the isomers 1\'S,2S; 1\'R,2R and 1\'R,2S--hidroximetoprolol but does not alter the transplacental distribution of both metoprolol enantiomers.

O labetalol, um anti-hipertensivo considerado seguro para uso em gestantes, está disponível na clínica como mistura de dois racematos (quatro estereoisômeros), sendo o isômero (R,R) antagonista e o (S,R) responsável pela atividade bloqueadora. O estudo investiga a influência do diabetes mellitus gestacional (DMG) na disposição cinética e no metabolismo estereosseletivos do labetalol administrado por via endovenosa ou oral. Foram investigadas 30 gestantes hipertensas distribuídas em 04 grupos: não diabéticas tratadas com dose única de 40 mg de cloridrato de labetalol endovenoso (grupo EVH, n=8) ou 100 mg de cloridrato de labetalol via oral (grupo VOH, n=9) e diabéticas tratadas com 40 mg de cloridrato de labetalol endovenoso (grupo EVD, n=6) ou 100 mg de cloridrato de labetalol via oral (grupo VOD, n=7). As amostras seriadas de sangue foram coletadas até 12 h (via oral) ou 15 h (via endovenosa) após a administração do cloridrato de labetalol. Os estereoisômeros do labetalol em plasma foram analisados em coluna de fase quiral Chirobiotic V empregando LC-MS-MS. Os parâmetros farmacocinéticos do labetalol inalterado e labetalol glicuronídeo foram calculados com auxílio do programa WinNonlin e avaliados empregando os testes de Mann-Whitney e Friedman com pós-teste de Dunn (p<0,05). A farmacocinética do labetalol não é estereosseletiva em gestantes diabéticas e não diabéticas tratadas com o fármaco por via endovenosa. No entanto, a administração oral de labetalol resulta em menores valores de área sob a curva concentração plasmática versus tempo (AUC) para o isômero ativo (R,R)-labetalol tanto em gestantes diabéticas (60,9 vs 162,7 vs 157,9 vs 114,6 ng.h/mL, respectivamente para (R,R,); (SR); (S,S,) e (R,S)) quanto não diabéticas (45,6 vs 84,2 vs 89,4 vs 78,3 ng.h/mL, respectivamente para (R,R,); (SR); (S,S,) e (R,S)). O DMG resulta em alterações na disposição cinética dos estereoisômeros do labetalol na administração oral. Os valores de AUC do isômero inativo (S,S)-labetalol (157,9 vs 89,4 ng.h/mL) e para o isômero -bloqueador (S,R)-labetalol (162.7 vs 84.2 ng.h/mL) são maiores (p<0,05) nas gestantes diabéticas do que nas gestantes não diabéticas. As gestantes diabéticas também mostram maior biodisponibilidade oral do isômero (S,R)-labetalol (54,7 vs 24,0 %) explicada pela reduzida eliminação pré-sistêmica conseqüente da menor capacidade de conjugação com o ácido glicurônico (68,4 vs 77,9 %). Os valores de AUC do isômero (S,R) aproximadamente 100 % maiores nas gestantess diabéticas tratadas com o fármaco por via oral (162,7 vs 84,2 ng.h/mL) pode ter relevância clínica considerando a atividade -bloqueadora do referido isômero. / Labetalol, a hypertensive agent considered to be safe for use by pregnant women, is clinically available as a mixture of two racemates, with the (R,R) isomer being a antagonist and the (S,R) isomer being responsible for the blocking activity. The study investigated the influence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on the kinetic disposition and stereoselective metabolism of labetalol administered by the intravenous or oral route. Thirty hypertensive pregnant women were divided into 4 groups: non-diabetic women treated with a single 40 mg dose of intravenous labetalol hydrochloride (IVH group, n=8) or with 100 mg labetalol hydrochloride by the oral route (OH group, n=9) and diabetic women treated with 40 mg intravenous labetalol hydrochloride (IVD), n=6) or with 100 mg labetalol hydrochloride by the oral route (OD, n=7). Serial blood samples were collected up to 12 h (oral route) or 15 h (intravenous route) after the administration of labetalol hydrochloride. The labetalol stereoisomers in plasma were analyzed with a chiral phase Chirobiotic V column by LC-MS-MS. The pharmacokinetic parameters of unchanged labetalol and glucuronide labetalol were calculated using the WinNolin software and analyzed by the Mann-Whitney and Friedman tests followed by the Dunn test (p<0.05). The pharmacokinetics of labetalol was not stereoselective in diabetic or non-diabetic pregnant women treated with the drug by the intravenous route. However, oral administration of labetalol resulted in lower values of the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) for the active isomer (R,R)-labetalol both in diabetic (60.9 vs 162.7 vs 157.9 vs 114.6 ng.h/mL, respectively for (R,R,), (SR), (S,S,) and (R,S)) and non-diabetic pregnant women (45.6 vs 84.2 vs 89.4 vs 78.3 ng.h/mL, respectively for (R,R,), (SR), (S,S,) and (R,S)). GDM involves changes in the kinetic disposition of the stereoisomers of labetalol when administered by the oral route. The AUC values for the inactive (S,S)-labetalol (157.9 vs 89.4 ng.h/mL) and for the -blocking (S,R) isomer (162.7 vs 84.2 ng.h/mL) were higher (p<0.05) for the diabetic than the non-diabetic pregnant women. The diabetic pregnant women showed greater oral bioavailability of the (S,R)-labetalol isomer (54.7 vs 24.0 %), explained by the reduced pre-systemic elimination due to the lower capacity for conjugation with glucuronic acid (68.4 vs 77.9 %). The approximately 100 % higher AUC values of the (S,R) isomer for the diabetic pregnant women treated with the drug by the oral route may be of clinical relevance in view of the -blocking activity of the isomer in question.

The purpose of this research project was to elucidate the molecular interactions and detail the signaling pathways in obstetric pathologies. This work first seeks to understand inflammation related complications relevant to obstetrics. Prior research in our lab identified the implications of the receptor of advanced glycation end products (RAGE) during inflammatory response in the placenta. Current work identified the presence of DNA double-strand breaks (DNA-DSBs) in inflammation associated pregnancy complications of preeclampsia (PE) and preterm labor (PTL) and demonstrated the positive role of RAGE in repairing the damage. The confluent relevance of disrupted mitochondrial function and inflammation has been recognized in the etiology of numerous chronic diseases. Our current studies aim to understand the connections between energy metabolism and inflammation in pathologies of pregnancy complications. Previous research conducted in our laboratory has demonstrated the mediation of the Gas6/Axl pathway on the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), an important metabolic molecule. We observed the negative regulation of Gas6 treatment on the mTOR pathway and its negative effects on trophoblast cell invasion. In the current study looking at the aspect of energy regulation, we identified the activation of placental mTOR in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and its decrease during PE and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). We further evaluated the regulation of mTOR on its downstream effector pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2). We found that inhibition of mTOR decreased PKM2 activation; while PKM2 activation positively regulated trophoblastic invasion and rescued negative effects observed in our second-hand smoke IUGR murine model. Our work has opened a new direction of placental research, especially in pregnancy complications stemming from genomic instability. We also clarified details of mTOR and PKM2 meditated metabolic signaling that are crucial for future investigation on the dynamic metabolic regulation during pregnancy.

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