Biochemical determinations of arylsulphatase A activity and sulphatide concentrations in decidua of women at 41 and 42 weeks of gestation

Baldoni, Emilia; Traini, Enea; Tomassoni, Daniele; Indraccolo, Ugo; Indraccolo, S. Renato; Vitaioli, Lucia

doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.09.007

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Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 24-28, September 2007

Biochemical determinations of arylsulphatase A activity and sulphatide concentrations in decidua of women at 41 and 42 weeks of gestation

Emilia Baldoni
- Department of Comparative Morphological and Biochemical Sciences, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +39 0737402706; fax: +39 0737402709.
Enea Traini
- Department of Comparative Morphological and Biochemical Sciences, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
Daniele Tomassoni
- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Experimental Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
Ugo Indraccolo
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Pediatrics Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy
S. Renato Indraccolo
- Department of Gynaecology, Perinatology and Child Welfare, II Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, “La Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy
Lucia Vitaioli
- Department of Comparative Morphological and Biochemical Sciences, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Received 13 December 2005; received in revised form 6 August 2006; accepted 15 September 2006. published online 10 October 2006.

Abstract

Objective

To evaluate arylsulphatase A activity and sulphatide concentrations in decidua of women at 41 and 42 weeks of gestation.

Study design

Enzyme activity and sulphatide concentrations were determined by biochemical procedures on samples of women at 41 and 42 weeks of gestation; thin-layer chromatography was also prepared to separate and visualize sulphatides and other lipid fractions.

Results

The spectrophotometric values of arylsulphatase A showed very low values at 41 weeks, which reduced to a half at 42 weeks of gestation, while values of sulphatide concentrations increased in 42 weeks.