Objective:To investigate the expression and significance of Guanine nucleotides binding protein al-pha 13(GNA13)in the late pregnancy peripheral blood and placental tissue of patients with invasive placenta ac-creta spectrum disorders(PAS).Methods:A case-control study method was used.Patients diagnosed with PAS by clinical and pathological examination at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from Sep-tember 2021 to June 2023 formed the study group(PAS group,n=32),and the control group(n=32)consisting of cesarean section pregnant women without PAS,was matched according to the gestational age at delivery,placen-tal location,history of cesarean section and the presence of concurrent medical diseases.Enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay(ELISA)was used to detect the serum GNA13 levels,and immunohistochemistry assay(IHC)and western blotting were used to detect the placental GNA13 expression.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to analyze the diagnostic efficacy of GNA13.Results:The expression level of GNA13 in the pe-ripheral blood of the PAS group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P<0.05).The area under the ROC curve(AUC)was 0.734(95%CI:0.593-0.876).The optimal threshold for distinguishing PAS with blood GNA13 was 201.53 ng/ml,with a sensitivity of 96% and a specificity of 52%.GNA13 was localized in the trophoblast cells of the placental villi.The expression of GNA13 in the placenta tissue of the PAS group was sig-nificantly lower than that of the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion:GNA13 has the potential to become a pre-natal predictive indicator for invasive PAS.The enhanced invasion and migration capacity of PAS trophoblast cells may be associated with low expression of GNA13.
关键词
胎盘植入性疾病/侵袭/鸟嘌呤核苷酸结合蛋白α亚基13/预测指标/诊断
Key words
placenta accreta spectrum disorders/invasive/guanine nucleotide binding protein alpha 13/predic-tive indicators/diagnosis