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  • Title: Plasma and renal renin concentrations in adult sheep after prenatal betamethasone exposure.
    Author: Kantorowicz L, Valego NK, Tang L, Figueroa JP, Chappell MC, Carey LC, Rose JC.
    Journal: Reprod Sci; 2008 Oct; 15(8):831-8. PubMed ID: 19017818.
    Abstract:
    This study examined whether renin expression and secretion and plasma angiotensin II (Ang II) levels were altered in adult sheep exposed to antenatal betamethasone. Pregnant sheep received injections of 0.17 mg/kg betamethasone or vehicle, at 80 and 81 days of gestation, and offspring were studied at 6 and 18 months of age. At 6 months, plasma prorenin concentrations were significantly lower in betamethasone animals (4.63 +/- 0.64 vs 7.09 +/- 0.83 ng angiotensin I/mL/h, P < .01). The percentage of plasma active renin was significantly higher in the betamethasone group (31.93 +/- 4.09% vs 18.57 +/- 2.79%, P < .01). Plasma and renocortical renin levels were similar in both groups at 18 months, but plasma renin activity was lower than at 6 months. Ang II levels were suppressed by betamethasone. The data indicate that prenatal exposure to betamethasone alters processing and secretion of renin in offspring at 6 months, but that this difference is not apparent at 18 months.
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