INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to identify whether microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity and/or intra-amniotic inflammation in women with late preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM) was associated with changes in concentrations of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1), placental growth factor (PlGF) and its ratio in maternal serum, and whether placental features consistent with maternal vascular malperfusion further affect their concentrations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This historical study included 154 women with singleton pregnancies complicated by PPROM between gestational ages 34+0 and 36+6 weeks. Transabdominal amniocentesis was performed as part of standard clinical management to evaluate the intra-amniotic environment. Women were categorized into two subgroups based on the presence of microorganisms and/or their nucleic acids in amniotic fluid (determined by culturing and molecular biology method) and intra-amniotic inflammation (by amniotic fluid interleukin-6 concentration evaluation): (1) those with the presence of microorganisms and/or inflammation (at least one present) and (2) those with negative amniotic fluid for infection/inflammation (absence of both). Concentrations of sFlt-1 and PlGF were assessed using the Elecsys® sFlt-1 and Elecsys® PlGF immunoassays and converted into multiples of medians. RESULTS: Women with the presence of microorganisms and/or inflammation in amniotic fluid had lower serum concentrations of sFlt-1 and sFlt-1/PlGF ratios and higher concentrations of PlGF compared with those with negative amniotic fluid. (sFlt-1: presence: median 1.0 multiples of the median (MoM), vs negative: median: 1.5 MoM, P = 0.003; PlGF: presence: median 0.7 MoM, vs negative: median 0.4 MoM, P = 0.02; sFlt-1/PlGF: presence: median 8.9 vs negative 25.0, P = 0.001). Higher serum concentrations of sFlt-1 and sFlt-1/PlGF ratios as well as lower concentrations of PlGF were found in the subsets of women with maternal vascular malperfusion than in those without maternal vascular malperfusion. CONCLUSIONS: Among women experiencing late PPROM, angiogenic imbalance in maternal serum is primarily observed in those without both microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity and intra-amniotic inflammation. Additionally, there is an association between angiogenic imbalance and the presence of maternal vascular malperfusion.

Biomedical Research Center University Hospital Hradec Kralove Hradec Kralove Czech Republic

Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology Karolinska Institute Stockholm Sweden

Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics Domain of Health Data and Digitalization Institute of Public Health Oslo Norway

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Most Usti nad Labem Czech Republic

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Institute of Clinical Science Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Region Västra Götaland Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg Sweden

Department of Pathology School of Medicine Detroit Wayne State University Detroit Michigan USA

Fingerland Institute of Pathology University Hospital Hradec Kralove Charles University Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove Hradec Kralove Czech Republic

Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnostics University Hospital Hradec Kralove Charles University Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove Hradec Kralove Czech Republic

Nordic IVF Eugin group Solna Sweden

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