[Features of redox processes in the amniotic fluid at placental insufficiency].

Activity of prooxidant enzymes (NADPH-oxidase and xanthine oxidase), antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase), enzymes of the glutathione-dependent systems, as well as antioxidant vitamins (retinol and a-tocopherol), lipid peroxidation products (LPP) (conjugated dienes and Schiff bases), and peroxide chemiluminescence were studied in the amniotic fluid at different periods of physiological pregnancy and placental insufficiency (PI). It was found that at PI the activity of NADPH-oxidase, xanthine oxidase increased and the activity of SOD, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione transferase and the content of fat-soluble vitamins decreased. The direct and inverse correlation between the studied pro- and antioxidant parameters and the content of LPP products, was found ro be different in the II and III trimesters of gestation. The revealed differences obviously reflect metabolic impairments in the fetoplacental complex, and the activity and level of the paremeters of redox processes can be used as tests for pre- and postnatal disorders.