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We tested the hypothesis that exposure to synthetic CpG oligonucleotides (ODNs) during gestation would increase blood pressure and cause vascular dysfunction in pregnant rats. Pregnant and nonpregnant female rats were treated with CpG ODN (ODN 2395) or saline (Veh) starting on gestational day 14 or corresponding day for the nonpregnant groups. Exposure to CpG ODN increased systolic blood pressure in pregnant (Veh: 121 \u00b1 2 mmHg vs. ODN 2395: 134 \u00b1 2 mmHg, P &lt; 0.05) but not in nonpregnant rats (Veh: 111 \u00b1 2 mmHg vs. ODN 2395: 108 \u00b1 5 mmHg, P &gt; 0.05). Mesenteric resistance arteries from pregnant CpG ODN-treated rats had increased contractile responses to U46619 [thromboxane A<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> (TxA<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>) mimetic] compared with arteries from vehicle-treated rats [E<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub> (%KCl), Veh: 87 \u00b1 4 vs. ODN 2395: 104 \u00b1 4, P &lt; 0.05]. Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition increased contractile responses to U46619, and CpG ODN treatment abolished this effect in arteries from pregnant ODN 2395-treated rats. CpG ODN potentiated the involvement of cyclooxygenase (COX) to U46619-induced contractions. 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