PERBANDINGAN RERATA EKSPRESI PROTEIN Bax DANBak PADA PREEKLAMPSIA BERAT DAN KEHAMILANNORMOTENSITejo Sujatmiko*, Diah Rumekti H*, Detty S Nurdiati*ABSTRACTBackground: Preeclampsia is still become major cause of maternal and perinatal mortality. The placentais an important and central focus on the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Failure of trophoblast cells toperform remodeling on spiral arteries due to excessive apoptosis may cause uteroplacental ischemiaand endothelial cells damage, this induce clinical manifestations of preeclampsia especially through theintrinsic pathway. Intracellular Bax and Bak are genes that play a role as a cells apoptosis regulator (as proapoptosis).They are located in the mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum and would in turn activatecaspase the intrinsic apoptotic pathway that cascade resulting in cell death processes.Objective: Comparing the mean of Bax and Bak protein expression between normotensive pregnancies andsevere preeclampsia.Method: This research is a cross-sectional study design. The subjects were severe preeclampsia andnormotensive patients treated at RSUP dr. Sardjito Jogjakarta between October 2011 to March 2012,with total patients of 81. Bak and Bax protein expression were measured with immunohistochemistrytechniques.Result and Discussion: The mean expression of Bax and Bak proteins in severe preeclampsia group weresignificantly higher compared to normotensive group. The mean value of Bax expression was 0,23 (CI 95% 0,12 - 0,34) and the mean expression of Bak was 0,44 (95 % CI 0,10 - 0,78).Conclusion: Expression of Bax and Bak proteins in severe preeclampsia is higher than normotensivepregnancies and Bax protein gave more effect statistically in preeclampsia compared to Bak protein.Keywords: trophoblast, immunohistochemistry, severe preeclampsia, Bak protein, Bax protein, apoptosis.ABSTRAKLatar belakang: Preeklampsia masih merupakan penyebab kematian maternal dan perinatal yang utama.Plasenta merupakan fokus sentral dan penting pada patogenesis terjadinya preeklampsia. Kegagalan seltrofoblas melakukan remodeling arteri spiralis akibat proses apoptosis yang berlebihan menyebabkanterjadinya iskemia uteroplasenter dan kerusakan sel endotel yang menimbulkan manifestasi klinispreklampsia terutama terjadi melalui jalur intrinsik intraseluler dimana Bax dan Bak adalah gen-genyang berperan sebagai regulator apoptosis pada sel (sebagai pro-apoptosis). Mereka terletak di dalammitokondria dan reticulum endoplasma dan bekerja mengaktifkan caspase cascade sehingga terjadiproses kematian sel.Tujuan: Membandingkan rerata ekspresi protein Bax dan Bak antara preeklampsia berat dengan kehamilannormotensi.Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan rancangan penelitian potong lintang dengan sampel penderitapreeklampsia berat dan normotensi yang dirawat di RSUP dr. Sardjito Jogjakarta antara bulan Oktober2011 hingga Maret 2012, sebanyak 81 pasien. Pengamatan ekspresi protein Bak dan Bax dilakukan denganteknik imunohistokimia.Hasil dan Pembahasan: Rerata ekspresi protein Bax dan Bak pada kelompok preeklampsia berat lebihtinggi secara bermakna di bandingkan kelompok normotensi Dengan nilai rerata ekpresi Bax 0.23 (CI 95%0.12 – 0.34) dan rerata ekspresi Bak 0.44 (CI 95% 0.10 – 0.78).Kesimpulan: Ekspresi protein Bax dan Bak pada preeklampsia berat lebih tinggi dibanding dengankehamilan normotensi dan protein Bax lebih berpengaruh pada preeklampsia dibanding dengan proteinBak.Kata kunci: trofoblas, imunohistokimia, preeklampsia berat, protein Bak, protein Bax, apoptosis.* Departement of obstetrics and gynecology* Medical Faculty of Gadjah Mada University* Sardjito Hospital