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Borsodi K, Balla H, Molnár PJ, Lénárt Á, Kenessey I, Horváth A, Keszthelyi A, Romics M, Majoros A, Nyirády P, Offermanns S, Benyó Z. Signaling Pathways Mediating Bradykinin-Induced Contraction in Murine and Human Detrusor Muscle. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 8:745638. [PMID: 35127739 PMCID: PMC8811450 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.745638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Bradykinin (BK) has been proposed to modulate urinary bladder functions and implicated in the pathophysiology of detrusor overactivity. The present study aims to elucidate the signaling pathways of BK-induced detrusor muscle contraction, with the goal of better understanding the molecular regulation of micturition and identifying potential novel therapeutic targets of its disorders. Experiments have been carried out on bladders isolated from wild-type or genetically modified [smooth muscle-specific knockout (KO): Gαq/11-KO, Gα12/13-KO and constitutive KO: thromboxane prostanoid (TP) receptor-KO, cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1)-KO] mice and on human bladder samples. Contractions of detrusor strips were measured by myography. Bradykinin induced concentration-dependent contractions in both murine and human bladders, which were independent of secondary release of acetylcholine, ATP, or prostanoid mediators. B2 receptor antagonist HOE-140 markedly diminished contractile responses in both species, whereas B1 receptor antagonist R-715 did not alter BK's effect. Consistently with these findings, pharmacological stimulation of B2 but not B1 receptors resembled the effect of BK. Interestingly, both Gαq/11- and Gα12/13-KO murine bladders showed reduced response to BK, indicating that simultaneous activation of both pathways is required for the contraction. Furthermore, the Rho-kinase (ROCK) inhibitor Y-27632 markedly decreased contractions in both murine and human bladders. Our results indicate that BK evokes contractions in murine and human bladders, acting primarily on B2 receptors. Gαq/11-coupled and Gα12/13-RhoA-ROCK signaling appear to mediate these contractions simultaneously. Inhibition of ROCK enzyme reduces the contractions in both species, identifying this enzyme, together with B2 receptor, as potential targets for treating voiding disorders.
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- Kinga Borsodi
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Urology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- 2Department of Pathology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Urology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Urology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Urology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Urology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- *Correspondence: Zoltán Benyó
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Moro C, Chess-Williams R. Non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic, non-purinergic contractions of the urothelium/lamina propria of the pig bladder. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 32:53-9. [PMID: 22994938 DOI: 10.1111/aap.12000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Acetylcholine, and to a lesser extent ATP, mediates neurogenic contractions of bladder smooth muscle. Recently, the urothelium and lamina propria have also been shown to have contractile properties, but the neurotransmitters involved in mediating responses to nerve stimulation have not been investigated. Isolated strips of porcine urothelium with lamina propria were electrically field stimulated and contractions recorded. Drugs interfering with neurotransmission were then employed to identify which neurotransmitters mediated responses. Strips of urothelium/lamina propria developed spontaneous contractions with a frequency of 3.5±0.1 cycles min⁻¹ and amplitude of 0.84±0.06 g. Electrical field stimulation at 5, 10, and 20 Hz resulted in frequency-related contractions (1.13±0.36 g, 1.59±0.46 g and 2.20±0.53 g, respectively, n=13), and these were reduced in the presence of tetrodotoxin (1 μm) by 77±20% at 5 Hz, 79±7% at 10 Hz and 74±12% at 20 Hz (all P<0.01), indicating they were predominantly neurogenic in nature. Neither the muscarinic antagonist atropine (10 μm), the adrenergic neurone blocker guanethidine (10 μm) nor desensitization of the purinergic receptors with α,β-methylene ATP (10 μm) affected the contractile amplitude. Similarly, responses were not affected by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NNA (100 μm) or drugs that interfere with peptide neurotransmission (capsaicin, NK2 antagonist GR159897, protease inhibitors). In conclusion, electrical depolarization of the nerves present in the porcine urothelium/lamina propria results in frequency-dependent contractions, which are predominantly neurogenic in nature. These contractions are resistant to drugs that inhibit the adrenergic, cholinergic and purinergic systems. The neurotransmitter involved in the responses of this tissue is therefore unknown but does not appear to be a peptide.
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- C Moro
- Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Queensland, 4229, Australia
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Ochodnický P, Michel MB, Butter JJ, Seth J, Panicker JN, Michel MC. Bradykinin modulates spontaneous nerve growth factor production and stretch-induced ATP release in human urothelium. Pharmacol Res 2013; 70:147-54. [PMID: 23376352 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2013.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2012] [Revised: 01/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The urothelium plays a crucial role in integrating urinary bladder sensory outputs, responding to mechanical stress and chemical stimulation by producing several diffusible mediators, including ATP and, possibly, neurotrophin nerve growth factor (NGF). Such urothelial mediators activate underlying afferents and thus may contribute to normal bladder sensation and possibly to the development of bladder overactivity. The muscle-contracting and pain-inducing peptide bradykinin is produced in various inflammatory and non-inflammatory pathologies associated with bladder overactivity, but the effect of bradykinin on human urothelial function has not yet been characterized. The human urothelial cell line UROtsa expresses mRNA for both B1 and B2 subtypes of bradykinin receptors, as determined by real-time PCR. Bradykinin concentration-dependently (pEC50=8.3, Emax 4434±277nM) increased urothelial intracellular calcium levels and induced phosphorylation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) ERK1/2. Activation of both bradykinin-induced signaling pathways was completely abolished by the B2 antagonist icatibant (1μM), but not the B1 antagonist R715 (1μM). Bradykinin-induced (100nM) B2 receptor activation markedly increased (192±13% of control levels) stretch-induced ATP release from UROtsa in hypotonic medium, the effect being dependent on intracellular calcium elevations. UROtsa cells also expressed mRNA and protein for NGF and spontaneously released NGF to the medium in the course of hours (11.5±1.4pgNGF/mgprotein/h). Bradykinin increased NGF mRNA expression and accelerated urothelial NGF release to 127±5% in a protein kinase C- and ERK1/2-dependent manner. Finally, bradykinin up-regulated mRNA for transient-receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV1) sensory ion channel in UROtsa. In conclusion, we show that bradykinin represents a versatile modulator of human urothelial phenotype, accelerating stretch-induced ATP release, spontaneous release of NGF, as well as expression of sensory ion channel TRPV1. Bradykinin-induced changes in urothelial sensory function might contribute to the development of bladder dysfunction.
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- Peter Ochodnický
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Philyppov IB, Paduraru ON, Andreev YA, Grishin EV, Shuba YM. Modulation of TRPV1-dependent contractility of normal and diabetic bladder smooth muscle by analgesic toxins from sea anemone Heteractis crispa. Life Sci 2012; 91:912-20. [PMID: 22982418 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Revised: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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AIMS TRPV1-expressing, capsaicin (CAP)-sensitive afferent fibers innervating bladder in addition to sensory function also exhibit "efferent" features consisting in TRPV1-dependent release of tachykinins (TAC) affecting detrusor smooth muscle (DSM) contractions. Our aim was to investigate the effects of two novel polypeptide inhibitors of TRPV1 from the venom of tropical sea anemone Heteractis crispa, APHC1 and APHC3, on the contractions of DSM from bladders of normal and diabetic rats. MAIN METHODS Experiments were conducted on urothelium-devoid DSM strips from normal rats and rats 8weeks after streptozotocin-induced diabetes by means of contraction force measurements. KEY FINDINGS Pre-exposure of DSM strips to APHC1 or APHC3 (200nM) specifically inhibited CAP-induced, TRPV1-dependent contractions. Both peptides also transiently enhanced basal tone and spontaneous contractions of DSM strips followed by delayed suppression of electric field stimulation (EFS)-evoked nonadrenergic-noncholinergic (NANC) contractions. The decrease of the amplitude of EFS-evoked NANC contractions by АРНС1 or АРНС3 reached 38.5±3.4% and 25.1±1.6%, respectively, in normal DSM strips and 46.3±3.3% and 43.9±1.8%, respectively, in diabetic ones. APHC-peptide-induced transient enhancement of basal tone could be mimicked by serine protease inhibitor, 4-(2-aminoethyl)bezenesulfonyl fluoride (300 μM). SIGNIFICANCE Our results demonstrate that АРНС1 and АРНС3 may be considered as effective inhibitors of bladder contractility especially during diabetic cystopathy. Modality of action of APHC-polypeptides via the mechanisms involving decreased TRPV1-dependent release of TAC from bladder afferents and suppression of TAC degradation due to their activity as endogenous proteases inhibitors is proposed.
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- Igor B Philyppov
- Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Inflammation of the lower urinary tract occurs frequently in people. The causes remain obscure, with the exception of urinary tract infection. Animal models have proven useful for investigating and assessing mechanisms underlying symptoms associated with lower urinary tract inflammation and options for suppressing these symptoms. This review will discuss various animal models of lower urinary tract inflammation, including feline spontaneous (interstitial) cystitis, neurogenic cystitis, autoimmune cystitis, cystitis induced by intravesical instillation of chemicals or bacterial products (particularly lipopolysaccharide or LPS), and prostatic inflammation initiated by transurethral instillation of bacteria. Animal models will continue to be of significant value in identifying mechanisms resulting in bladder inflammation, but the relevance of some of these models to the causes underlying clinical disease is unclear. This is primarily because of the lack of understanding of causes of these disorders in people. Comparative and translational studies are required if the full potential of findings obtained with animal models to improve prevention and treatment of lower urinary tract inflammation in people is to be realized.
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- Dale E Bjorling
- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Saban R. Dual Contribution of Cyclooxygenase and Lipoxygenase Pathways in Bladder Contractility. J Urol 2009; 181:2416-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Ricardo Saban
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Sculptoreanu A, Aura Kullmann F, de Groat WC. Neurokinin 2 receptor-mediated activation of protein kinase C modulates capsaicin responses in DRG neurons from adult rats. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 27:3171-81. [PMID: 18598261 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06267.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Patch-clamp techniques and Ca2+ imaging were used to examine the interaction between neurokinins (NK) and the capsaicin(CAPS)-evoked transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) responses in rat dorsal root ganglia neurons. Substance P (SP; 0.2-0.5 microM) prevented the reduction of Ca2+ transients (tachyphylaxis) evoked by repeated brief applications of CAPS (0.5 microM). Currents elicited by CAPS were increased in amplitude and desensitized more slowly after administration of SP or a selective NK2 agonist, [Ala8]-neurokinin A (4-10) (NKA). Neither an NK1-selective agonist, [Sar9, Met11]-SP, nor an NK3-selective agonist, [MePhe7]-NKB, altered the CAPS currents. The effects of SP on CAPS currents were inhibited by a selective NK2 antagonist, MEN10,376, but were unaffected by the NK3 antagonist, SB 235,375. Phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu), an activator of protein kinase C(PKC), also increased the amplitude and slowed the desensitization of CAPS responses. Phosphatase inhibitors, decamethrin and alpha-naphthyl acid phosphate (NAcPh), also enhanced the currents and slowed desensitization of CAPS currents. Facilitatory effects of SP, NKA and PDBu were reversed by bisindolylmaleimide, a PKC inhibitor, and gradually decreased in magnitude when the agents were administered at increasing intervals after CAPS application. The decrease was partially prevented by prior application of NAcPh. These data suggest that activation of NK2 receptors in afferent neurons leads to PKC-induced phosphorylation of TRPV1, resulting in sensitization of CAPS-evoked currents and slower desensitization. Thus, activation of NK2 autoreceptors by NKs released from the peripheral afferent terminals or by mast cells during inflammatory responses may be a mechanism that sensitizes TRPV1 channels and enhances afferent excitability.
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- Adrian Sculptoreanu
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Akino H, Chapple CR, McKay N, Cross RL, Murakami S, Yokoyama O, Chess-Williams R, Sellers DJ. Spontaneous contractions of the pig urinary bladder: the effect of ATP-sensitive potassium channels and the role of the mucosa. BJU Int 2008; 102:1168-74. [PMID: 18647302 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2008.07782.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of the mucosa on the inhibitory effects of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP) channel) opener, cromakalim, on the spontaneous contractions of pig bladder strips from the bladder dome and trigone. Little is known about the influence of the mucosa on spontaneous contractions and whether the nature of these contractions differs between the bladder dome and trigone. MATERIALS AND METHODS Paired longitudinal strips of female pig bladders were isolated from the dome and trigone. The mucosa was removed from one strip per pair and tissues were set up in organ baths. Spontaneous activity was allowed to develop and recorded, and then cumulative concentration-response curves to cromakalim were obtained. The time needed for spontaneous contractions to develop, the frequency and amplitude of spontaneous contractions, and the effect of cromakalim were analysed. The strips of mucosa removed from the dome to produce denuded strips were also analysed by immunofluorescence using antibodies specific for vimentin and alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA). RESULTS In the dome removal of the mucosa delayed the development of spontaneous contractions compared with mucosa-intact strips, whilst the trigone strips developed spontaneous contractions soon after set up in the organ baths irrespective of the presence or absence of mucosa. In the dome, cromakalim was more potent in suppressing spontaneous contractions when the mucosa was absent; whilst in the trigone the effects of cromakalim were similar in mucosa-intact and denuded strips. Upon examination of the strips of mucosa by immunofluorescence these strips were shown to contain cells positive for alpha-SMA or vimentin and cells positive for both, suggesting the presence of not only urothelium but also suburothelium and some detrusor smooth muscle bundles. CONCLUSION In the dome, the urothelium and suburothelium reduce the inhibitory effect of cromakalim on spontaneous contractions, whilst in the trigone these structures appear to have little influence. The mechanism for generating spontaneous contractions in the intact strips seems to be linked to the urothelium and suburothelium in the dome but not in the trigone.
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- Hironobu Akino
- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Saban R, Simpson C, Vadigepalli R, Memet S, Dozmorov I, Saban MR. Bladder inflammatory transcriptome in response to tachykinins: neurokinin 1 receptor-dependent genes and transcription regulatory elements. BMC Urol 2007; 7:7. [PMID: 17519035 PMCID: PMC1888709 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2490-7-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2006] [Accepted: 05/22/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tachykinins (TK), such as substance P, and their neurokinin receptors which are ubiquitously expressed in the human urinary tract, represent an endogenous system regulating bladder inflammatory, immune responses, and visceral hypersensitivity. Increasing evidence correlates alterations in the TK system with urinary tract diseases such as neurogenic bladders, outflow obstruction, idiopathic detrusor instability, and interstitial cystitis. However, despite promising effects in animal models, there seems to be no published clinical study showing that NK-receptor antagonists are an effective treatment of pain in general or urinary tract disorders, such as detrusor overactivity. In order to search for therapeutic targets that could block the tachykinin system, we set forth to determine the regulatory network downstream of NK1 receptor activation. First, NK1R-dependent transcripts were determined and used to query known databases for their respective transcription regulatory elements (TREs). METHODS An expression analysis was performed using urinary bladders isolated from sensitized wild type (WT) and NK1R-/- mice that were stimulated with saline, LPS, or antigen to provoke inflammation. Based on cDNA array results, NK1R-dependent genes were selected. PAINT software was used to query TRANSFAC database and to retrieve upstream TREs that were confirmed by electrophoretic mobility shift assays. RESULTS The regulatory network of TREs driving NK1R-dependent genes presented cRel in a central position driving 22% of all genes, followed by AP-1, NF-kappaB, v-Myb, CRE-BP1/c-Jun, USF, Pax-6, Efr-1, Egr-3, and AREB6. A comparison between NK1R-dependent and NK1R-independent genes revealed Nkx-2.5 as a unique discriminator. In the presence of NK1R, Nkx2-5 _01 was significantly correlated with 36 transcripts which included several candidates for mediating bladder development (FGF) and inflammation (PAR-3, IL-1R, IL-6, alpha-NGF, TSP2). In the absence of NK1R, the matrix Nkx2-5_02 had a predominant participation driving 8 transcripts, which includes those involved in cancer (EYA1, Trail, HSF1, and ELK-1), smooth-to-skeletal muscle trans-differentiation, and Z01, a tight-junction protein, expression. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays confirmed that, in the mouse urinary bladder, activation of NK1R by substance P (SP) induces both NKx-2.5 and NF-kappaB translocations. CONCLUSION This is the first report describing a role for Nkx2.5 in the urinary tract. As Nkx2.5 is the unique discriminator of NK1R-modulated inflammation, it can be imagined that in the near future, new based therapies selective for controlling Nkx2.5 activity in the urinary tract may be used in the treatment in a number of bladder disorders.
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- Ricardo Saban
- Department of Physiology, The University Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Department of Physiology, The University Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Daniel Baugh Institute for Functional Genomics and Computational Biology, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA 19107, USA
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- Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, URA CNRS 3012, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), Arthritis and Immunology Research Program, Microarray/Euk. Genomics Core Facility, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
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- Department of Physiology, The University Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Tyagi S, Tyagi P, Van-le S, Yoshimura N, Chancellor MB, de Miguel F. Qualitative and quantitative expression profile of muscarinic receptors in human urothelium and detrusor. J Urol 2006; 176:1673-8. [PMID: 16952712 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.06.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE We compared the complete spectrum of receptor subtypes expressed by human detrusor and its primary culture with the expression profile in a human urothelium immortalized cell line, and in fresh urothelium tissue and its primary cell culture. MATERIALS AND METHODS The levels of mRNA expressed for receptor subtypes M1 through M5 were determined with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and quantitative polymerase chain reaction in total RNA extracted individually from different human bladder specimens, including fresh tissue of human urothelium and detrusor, and their respective primary cultures, as well as from the UROtsa cell line. RESULTS All 5 muscarinic receptors were detected in fresh human bladder tissue by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction RNA. The same was true in separated urothelium and detrusor tissue except for the lack of the M5 receptor transcript. Receptor subtype mRNA expression in the UROtsa cell line paralleled expression in fresh human bladder. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction data further corroborated these results and showed comparable mRNA expression for M2 and M3 in primary detrusor cultures. Primary cultures also had a decreased copy number of receptor genes than native tissue. The decrease was even more pronounced in primary urothelium culture and the UROtsa cell line in the presence of high calcium. M2 and M3 receptors were also detected in urothelium and detrusor by immunoreactivity. CONCLUSIONS We identified all 5 existing muscarinic receptor subtypes in detrusor and urothelium, and transcripts levels of M2 and M3 were comparable in detrusor. These results support an alternative site of action in urothelium for anti-muscarinic drugs. Urothelial receptors should be considered in the design of future drugs for overactive bladder.
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- Shachi Tyagi
- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Dozmorov I, Saban MR, Gerard NP, Lu B, Nguyen NB, Centola M, Saban R. Neurokinin 1 receptors and neprilysin modulation of mouse bladder gene regulation. Physiol Genomics 2003; 12:239-50. [PMID: 12499446 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00141.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Neurokinin 1 (NK(1)) receptors play a fundamental role in neurogenic inflammation. We sought to determine the mechanisms downstream from NK(1) receptor (NK(1)R) activation using cDNA arrays and a novel statistical method to analyze gene expression. We used female NK(1)R(-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice that were sensitized actively by intraperitoneal injections of dinitrophenol 4 (DNP(4))-human serum albumin. Cystitis was induced by intravesical instillation of antigen of DNP(4)-ovalbumin, and control mice were challenged with saline. At 1, 4, and 24 h after instillation, bladders were removed for 1) RNA extraction (n = 3), 2) replicate of RNA extraction (n = 3), and 3) morphological analysis (n = 6). For cDNA array experiments, three bladders from each group were homogenized, and total RNA was obtained. DNase-treated RNA was reverse-transcribed to cDNA, labeled with [alpha-(32)P]dATP and hybridized to Atlas Mouse 1.2 Arrays (Clontech). After calculating the mean and SD for background spots, each experimental value was assigned a normalized score S using the formula S' = (S - Av)/SD, where S' is the original pixel value, and Av and SD are the mean and standard deviation of background spots, respectively. Only genes that expressed 3 SD values above background were used. Hypervariable genes were sorted by cluster analysis. Matrices of correlation coefficients were calculated and represented in a connectivity mosaic. As results, we found that in WT mice the most prominent gene cluster had neprilysin in a central position and positively correlated to a group of activator protein-1 (AP-1)-responsive genes, including laminin-alpha3, tissue plasminogen activator 11, fos-B, and TNF-beta. In WT mice, antigen-induced bladder inflammation led to a downregulation in neprilysin expression. In contrast, NK(1)R(-/-) mice failed to mount an inflammatory reaction and presented neprilysin negatively correlated with the same genes described in WT. In conclusion, this work indicates an overriding participation of NK(1)R and neprilysin in bladder inflammation, provides a working model for the involvement of AP-1 transcription factor, and evokes testable hypotheses regarding the role of NK(1)R and neprilysin in inflammation.
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- Igor Dozmorov
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Microarray Research Facility, Oklahoma City, USA
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Bjorling DE, Beckman M, Saban R. Neurogenic inflammation of the bladder. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2003; 539:551-83. [PMID: 15176313 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8889-8_37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Current evidence suggests multiple and redundant pathways through which the nervous system can initiate, amplify, and perpetuate inflammation. Many of the processes initiated by neurogenic inflammation have the capacity to recruit the participation of additional sensory nerves. These observations indicate that effective strategies for prevention or treatment of neurogenic inflammation of the bladder will entail or require intervention at multiple points. It has been observed that pain management in the future will be based on selective intervention tailored to the specific processes modulating pain perception in individual patients. It is exciting to contemplate the same approach to prevention and treatment of neurogenic bladder inflammation.
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- Dale E Bjorling
- Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, USA
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Chess-Williams R. Muscarinic receptors of the urinary bladder: detrusor, urothelial and prejunctional. AUTONOMIC & AUTACOID PHARMACOLOGY 2002; 22:133-45. [PMID: 12452898 DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-8673.2002.00258.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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1. The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for maintaining normal bladder function, contracting the bladder smooth muscle (detrusor) and relaxing the bladder outlet during micturition. 2. Contraction of the bladder involves direct contraction via M3 receptors and an indirect 're-contraction' via M2-receptors whereby a reduction in adenylate cyclase activity reverses the relaxation induced by beta-adrenoceptor stimulation. 3. Muscarinic receptors are also located on the epithelial lining of the bladder (urothelium) where they induce the release of a diffusible factor responsible for inhibiting contraction of the underlying detrusor smooth muscle. The factor remains unidentified but is not nitric oxide, a cyclooxygenase product or adenosine triphosphate. 4. Finally, muscarinic receptors are also located prejunctionally in the bladder on cholinergic and adrenergic nerve terminals, where M1-receptors facilitate transmitter release and M2 or M4-receptors inhibit transmitter release. 5. In pathological states, changes may occur in these receptor systems resulting in bladder dysfunction. Muscarinic receptor antagonists are the main therapeutic agents available for treatment of the overactive bladder, but whether their therapeutic effect involves actions at all three locations (detrusor, prejunctional, urothelial) has yet to be established.
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- R Chess-Williams
- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, SIO 2TN, UK
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Kopp UC, Cicha MZ, Smith LA. PGE(2) increases release of substance P from renal sensory nerves by activating the cAMP-PKA transduction cascade. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2002; 282:R1618-27. [PMID: 12010743 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00701.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Increasing renal pelvic pressure increases afferent renal nerve activity (ARNA) by a PGE(2)-mediated release of substance P (SP) from renal pelvic nerves. The role of cAMP activation in the PGE(2)-mediated release of SP was studied by examining the effects of the adenylyl cyclase (AC) activator forskolin and AC inhibitor dideoxyadenosine (DDA). Forskolin enhanced the bradykinin-mediated release of SP from an isolated rat renal pelvic wall preparation, from 7.3 +/- 1.3 to 15.6 +/- 3.0 pg/min. PGE(2) at a subthreshold concentration for SP release mimicked the effects of forskolin. The EP(2) receptor agonist butaprost, 15 microM, and PGE(2), 0.14 microM, produced similar increases in SP release, from 5.8 +/- 0.8 to 17.0 +/- 2.3 pg/min and from 8.0 +/- 1.3 to 21.6 +/- 2.7 pg/min. DDA blocked the SP release produced by butaprost and PGE(2). The PGE(2)-induced release of SP was also blocked by the PKA inhibitors PKI(14-22) and H-89. Studies in anesthetized rats showed that renal pelvic administration of butaprost, 10 microM, and PGE(2), 0.14 microM, resulted in similar ARNA responses, 1,520 +/- 390 and 1,170 +/- 270%. s (area under the curve of ARNA vs. time) that were blocked by DDA. Likewise, the ARNA response to increased renal pelvic pressure, 7,180 +/- 710%. s, was blocked by DDA. In conclusion, PGE(2) activates the cAMP-PKA pathway leading to a release of SP and activation of renal pelvic mechanosensory nerve fibers.
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- Ulla C Kopp
- Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City 52246, USA.
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Saban MR, Saban R, Hammond TG, Haak-Frendscho M, Steinberg H, Tengowski MW, Bjorling DE. LPS-sensory peptide communication in experimental cystitis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2002; 282:F202-10. [PMID: 11788433 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.0163.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Stimulation of sensory nerves can lead to release of peptides such as substance P (SP) and consequently to neurogenic inflammation. We studied the role of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in regulating SP-induced inflammation. Experimental cystitis was induced in female mice by intravesical instillation of SP, LPS, or fluorescein-labeled LPS. Uptake of fluorescein-labeled LPS was determined by confocal analysis, and bladder inflammation was determined by morphological analysis. SP was infused into the bladders of some mice 24 h after exposure to LPS. In vitro studies determined the capacity of LPS and SP to induce histamine and cytokine release by the bladder. LPS was taken up by urothelial cells and distributed systemically. Twenty-four hours after instillation of LPS or SP, bladder inflammation was characterized by edema and leukocytic infiltration of the bladder wall. LPS pretreatment enhanced neutrophil infiltration induced by SP, increased in vitro release of histamine, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interferon-gamma, and significantly reduced transforming growth factor-beta1 release. These findings suggest that LPS amplifies neurogenic inflammation, thereby playing a role in the pathogenesis of neurogenic cystitis.
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- M R Saban
- Department of Physiology, The University Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA.
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NAKADA STEPHENY, JERDE TRAVISJ, BJORLING DALEE, SABAN RICARDO. IN VITRO CONTRACTILE EFFECTS OF NEUROKININ RECEPTOR BLOCKADE IN THE HUMAN URETER. J Urol 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)65826-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- STEPHEN Y. NAKADA
- From the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, and Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Medical School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- From the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, and Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Medical School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- From the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, and Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Medical School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- From the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, and Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Medical School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Campbell DJ, Tenis N, Rosamilia A, Clements JA, Dwyer PL. Urinary levels of substance P and its metabolites are not increased in interstitial cystitis. BJU Int 2001; 87:35-8. [PMID: 11121990 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2001.00990.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether interstitial cystitis is associated with the increased release of substance P from the bladder wall into urine, by measuring urinary excretion rates of substance P and its metabolites in women with interstitial cystitis and in a control group of women with stress incontinence and normal bladder function. PATIENTS AND METHODS Catheter urine was collected from 13 patients and 10 controls during a water diuresis ( approximately 10 mL/min) before and after instilling the bladder with 100 mL of water. The contribution of the bladder wall to urinary substance P peptides was assessed by measuring the change in substance P peptide levels after 2 min of bladder stasis before and after instillation. RESULTS Absolute substance P excretion rates were similar in patients with interstitial cystitis and controls; 2 min of bladder stasis reduced the substance P excretion rate (P = 0.03) and increased the excretion rate of substance P metabolites (P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The release of substance P from the bladder wall was not increased in patients with interstitial cystitis.
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- D J Campbell
- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
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Jerde TJ, Saban R, Bjorling DE, Steinberg H, Nakada SY. Distribution of neuropeptides, histamine content, and inflammatory cells in the ureter. Urology 2000; 56:173-8. [PMID: 10869661 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(00)00559-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the anatomic distribution of select neuropeptides (neurokinin A [NKA], substance P [SP], and bradykinin [BK]), of inflammatory cells (leukocytes and mast cells), and the histamine content in the normal swine ureter and compare the findings with regions of increased ureteral contractility. METHODS Ureters from 10 pigs were obtained and cut into eight segments, proximally to distally. A portion of each ureteral segment was suspended in Krebs buffer (37 degrees C) and attached to force displacement transducers, and spontaneous contractility was measured for 30 minutes. A second portion was assayed for histamine, NKA, SP, and BK using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. A third portion was fixed in 10% buffered formalin, stained with hematoxylin-eosin, and evaluated histologically. RESULTS Ureteral contractility was found to be highest in the most proximal and most distal regions of the ureter. Similarly, SP content was three times greater in the proximal ureter and two times greater in the distal ureter than in the midureter (P <0.05, n = 10). The total NKA and BK content were also higher in the proximal and distal ureter than in the midureter. Conversely, the histamine content was consistent throughout the ureter. Moreover, no significant difference in the distribution of inflammatory cells was identified throughout the ureter. CONCLUSIONS The anatomic distribution of NKA, SP, and BK in the ureter corresponded to regions of increased spontaneous ureteral contractility, more specifically the proximal and distal ureter. Neuropeptides may play a significant role in ureteral contractility and may be a target for pharmacologic mediation during obstruction and stone passage.
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- T J Jerde
- Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53792, USA
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Kopp UC, Farley DM, Cicha MZ, Smith LA. Activation of renal mechanosensitive neurons involves bradykinin, protein kinase C, PGE(2), and substance P. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000; 278:R937-46. [PMID: 10749782 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.4.r937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Increased renal pelvic pressure or bradykinin increases afferent renal nerve activity (ARNA) via PGE(2)-induced release of substance P. Protein kinase C (PKC) activation increases ARNA, and PKC inhibition blocks the ARNA response to bradykinin. We now examined whether bradykinin mediates the ARNA response to increased renal pelvic pressure by activating PKC. In anesthetized rats, the ARNA responses to increased renal pelvic pressure were blocked by renal pelvic perfusion with the bradykinin B(2)-receptor antagonist HOE 140 and the PKC inhibitor calphostin C by 76 +/- 8% (P < 0.02) and 81 +/- 5% (P < 0.01), respectively. Renal pelvic perfusion with 4beta-phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu) to activate PKC increased ARNA 27 +/- 4% and renal pelvic release of PGE(2) from 500 +/- 59 to 1, 113 +/- 183 pg/min and substance P from 10 +/- 2 to 30 +/- 2 pg/min (all P < 0.01). Indomethacin abolished the increases in substance P release and ARNA. The PDBu-mediated increase in ARNA was also abolished by the substance P-receptor antagonist RP 67580. We conclude that bradykinin contributes to the activation of renal pelvic mechanosensitive neurons by activating PKC. PKC increases ARNA via a PGE(2)-induced release of substance P.
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- U C Kopp
- Departments of Internal Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
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WANG XIAOCHUN, SABAN RICADO, KAYSEN JAMESH, SABAN MARCIAR, ALLEN PATRICIAL, BENES EDMUNDN, HAMMOND TIMMOTHYG. NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B MEDIATES LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED INFLAMMATION IN THE URINARY BLADDER. J Urol 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67870-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- XIAO-CHUN WANG
- From the Nephrology Section, Tulane University Medical Center, Tulane Environmental Astrobiology Center, Center for Bioenvironmental Research, and VA Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Enteric Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- From the Nephrology Section, Tulane University Medical Center, Tulane Environmental Astrobiology Center, Center for Bioenvironmental Research, and VA Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Enteric Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- From the Nephrology Section, Tulane University Medical Center, Tulane Environmental Astrobiology Center, Center for Bioenvironmental Research, and VA Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Enteric Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- From the Nephrology Section, Tulane University Medical Center, Tulane Environmental Astrobiology Center, Center for Bioenvironmental Research, and VA Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Enteric Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- From the Nephrology Section, Tulane University Medical Center, Tulane Environmental Astrobiology Center, Center for Bioenvironmental Research, and VA Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Enteric Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- From the Nephrology Section, Tulane University Medical Center, Tulane Environmental Astrobiology Center, Center for Bioenvironmental Research, and VA Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Enteric Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- From the Nephrology Section, Tulane University Medical Center, Tulane Environmental Astrobiology Center, Center for Bioenvironmental Research, and VA Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Enteric Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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Saban R, Saban MR, Nguyen NB, Lu B, Gerard C, Gerard NP, Hammond TG. Neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor is required in antigen-induced cystitis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2000; 156:775-80. [PMID: 10702392 PMCID: PMC1876835 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64944-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/02/1999] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a debilitating disease that has been adversely affecting the quality of women's lives for many years. The trigger in IC is not entirely known, and a role for the sensory nerves in its pathogenesis has been suggested. In addition to inflammation, increased mast cell numbers in the detrusor muscle have been reported in a subset of IC patients. Experimentally, several lines of evidence support a central role for substance P and neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptors in cystitis. The availability of mice genetically deficient in neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R(-/-)) allows us to directly evaluate the importance of substance P in cystitis. An unexpected finding of this investigation is that NK-1R(-/-) mice present increased numbers of mast cells in the bladder when compared with wild-type control mice. Despite the increase in mast cell numbers, no concomitant inflammation was observed. In addition, bladder instillation of wild-type mice with a sensitizing antigen induces activation of mast cells and an acute inflammatory response characterized by plasma extravasation, edema, and migration of neutrophils. Antigen-sensitized NK-1R(-/-) mice also exhibit bladder mast cell degranulation in response to antigen challenge. However, NK-1R(-/-) mice are protected from inflammation, failing to present bladder inflammatory cell infiltrate or edema in response to antigen challenge. This work presents the first evidence of participation of NK-1 receptors in cystitis and a mandatory participation of these receptors on the chain of events linking mast cell degranulation and inflammation.
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- R Saban
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77555-0632, USA
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Saban R, Nguyen N, Saban MR, Gerard NP, Pasricha PJ. Nerve-mediated motility of ileal segments isolated from NK(1) receptor knockout mice. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2000; 277:G1173-9. [PMID: 10600814 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.277.6.g1173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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Tachykinins such as substance P (SP) and neurokinin A (NKA) acting on neurokinin (NK) receptors modulate the nonadrenergic noncholinergic (NANC) neurotransmission in the gastrointestinal tract of several species, but the information about the mouse small intestine is scanty. Both SP and NKA induced concentration-dependent contractions of ileal segments isolated from wild-type mice that were blocked by NK(1) and NK(2) antagonists, respectively. In contrast, segments isolated from NK(1) receptor (NK(1)-R) knockout mice responded only to elevated concentrations of SP. To reveal the inhibitory NANC (iNANC) responses, tissues were pretreated with atropine and guanethidine. Under these conditions, a tetrodotoxin-sensitive relaxation in response to electrical field stimulation (EFS) was observed. NK(1)-R knockout mice presented a trend toward an increase in iNANC responses, whereas the NK(1)-R antagonist significantly potentiated iNANC relaxation in tissues isolated from wild-type mice. N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (100 microM) transformed the relaxant response to EFS into a tetrodotoxin-sensitive, frequency-dependent contraction characteristic of an excitatory NANC (eNANC) system. A NK(1)-R antagonist abolished the contractile responses of the mouse ileum to EFS, whereas a NK(2) receptor antagonist had a trend toward reducing EFS-induced contraction. The eNANC component was absent in NK(1)-R knockout mice. Measurement of SP-like immunoreactivity indicated similar amounts of SP per gram of tissue isolated from wild-type and NK(1)-R knockout mice, indicating that the observed differences in response to EFS were not due to a differential peptide content. It is concluded that, in the mouse ileum, both NK(1) and NK(2) receptors modulated the responses to exogenous tachykinins, whereas NK(1) is the primary tachykinin receptor involved in both iNANC and eNANC transmission.
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- R Saban
- The Enteric Neuromuscular Diseases and Pain Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0632, USA.
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Belichard P, Luccarini JM, Defrêne E, Faye P, Franck RM, Duclos H, Paquet JL, Pruneau D. Pharmacological and molecular evidence for kinin B1 receptor expression in urinary bladder of cyclophosphamide-treated rats. Br J Pharmacol 1999; 128:213-9. [PMID: 10498854 PMCID: PMC1571608 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. In the present study, we developed an experimental model of cystitis induced by cyclophosphamide (CYP). In order to characterize des-Arg9-BK-induced contraction on the urinary bladder (UB) during the development of inflammation and to quantify kinin B1 receptor gene expression using a quantitative RT - PCR technique. 2. In the presence of peptidase inhibitors captopril (10 microM), DL-thiorphan (1 microM) and DL-2-mercaptomethyl-3-guanidino-ethylthiopropanoic acid (MERGEPTA 5 microM), bradykinin (BK) (0.3 - 3,000 nM) evoked a concentration-dependent contraction of rat UB which was not different between the CYP- and vehicle-treated groups. Unlike BK, des-Arg9-BK (0.3 - 100,000 nM) did not contract UB from vehicle-treated rats but contracted vigorously bladder strips from CYP-treated rats 14, 24 and 168 h after treatment. In UB of 24 h treated rat, the pD2 value of des-Arg9-BK was 7.3+/-0.1. 3. The cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor indomethacin (3 microM) reduced by 30% the maximal response of des-Arg9-BK. Both the kinin B1 receptor antagonists des-Arg9-[Leu8]BK (10 microM) and des-Arg10-Hoe 140 (10 microM) produced a rightward shift of the concentration-response curve to des-Arg9-BK yielding pKB values of 6.8+/-0.2 and 7.2+/-0.1, respectively, whilst the kinin B2 receptor antagonist Hoe 140 (1 microM) had no effect. 4. After CYP treatment, mRNA coding for the kinin B1 receptor appeared predominantly in UB. In this organ, the induction was progressive, reaching a maximum 48 h after CYP treatment. 5. In conclusion, the present study provides strong evidence for an induction of kinin B1 receptors in UB of CYP-treated rats. This was associated at a molecular level with an increase in mRNA expression of the gene coding for the kinin B1 receptor. This kinin receptor displayed the whole features of a classical rat kinin B1 receptor.
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MESH Headings
- Acrolein/metabolism
- Acrolein/pharmacology
- Animals
- Bradykinin/analogs & derivatives
- Bradykinin/antagonists & inhibitors
- Bradykinin/pharmacology
- Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists
- Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Cyclophosphamide/metabolism
- Cyclophosphamide/pharmacology
- Cystitis/chemically induced
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- In Vitro Techniques
- Indomethacin/pharmacology
- Male
- Muscle Contraction/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth/physiology
- Protease Inhibitors/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptor, Bradykinin B1
- Receptor, Bradykinin B2
- Receptors, Bradykinin/genetics
- Receptors, Bradykinin/metabolism
- Urinary Bladder/drug effects
- Urinary Bladder/metabolism
- Urinary Bladder/pathology
- Urothelium/drug effects
- Urothelium/physiology
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- P Belichard
- Groupe de Pharmacochimie des Récepteurs. Centre de Recherches, Laboratoires Fournier SA, 50 Rue de Dijon, 21121-Daix, France
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- Groupe de Pharmacochimie des Récepteurs. Centre de Recherches, Laboratoires Fournier SA, 50 Rue de Dijon, 21121-Daix, France
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- Groupe de Pharmacochimie des Récepteurs. Centre de Recherches, Laboratoires Fournier SA, 50 Rue de Dijon, 21121-Daix, France
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- Groupe de Pharmacochimie des Récepteurs. Centre de Recherches, Laboratoires Fournier SA, 50 Rue de Dijon, 21121-Daix, France
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- Groupe de Pharmacochimie des Récepteurs. Centre de Recherches, Laboratoires Fournier SA, 50 Rue de Dijon, 21121-Daix, France
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- Groupe de Pharmacochimie des Récepteurs. Centre de Recherches, Laboratoires Fournier SA, 50 Rue de Dijon, 21121-Daix, France
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- Groupe de Pharmacochimie des Récepteurs. Centre de Recherches, Laboratoires Fournier SA, 50 Rue de Dijon, 21121-Daix, France
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- Groupe de Pharmacochimie des Récepteurs. Centre de Recherches, Laboratoires Fournier SA, 50 Rue de Dijon, 21121-Daix, France
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Jerde TJ, Saban R, Bjorling DE, Nakada SY. NK-2 is the predominant tachykinin receptor subtype in the swine ureter. BJU Int 1999; 83:312-8. [PMID: 10233501 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00943.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine which of the known tachykinin receptor subtypes is predominant in the swine ureter. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ureters from adult pigs were harvested, cut into longitudinal strips and placed in 10 mL tissue baths containing Krebs buffer, under 4 g of initial tension. The magnitude and frequency of contractions were recorded. Tissues were incubated with 1 micromol/L solutions of peptidase inhibitors (phosphoramidon and captopril) for 1 h to inhibit degradation of peptides and treated with either CP 96,345 (NK-1 receptor antagonist), SR 48,968 (NK-2 receptor antagonist) or saline (control). Concentration-response curves to the tachykinins substance P (SP), neurokinin A (NKA) and neurokinin B (NKB) were determined. RESULTS Ureteric segments showed a concentration-dependent response to all tachykinins; NKA stimulated increased contractions at a lower concentration than either SP or NKB (P<0.05). This was reflected by the difference in the effective concentration required to obtain half the maximal response (EC50 ) for each of the peptides. The mean (sd) EC50 values were (micromol/L): NKA, 0.2 (0.02); SP, 3.5 (0.7); and NKB, 4.5 (1.7). In addition, the selective NK-2 antagonist (SR 48,968) significantly reduced contractile responses to all peptides, as indicated by a 10-fold rightward shift of the concentration-response curves (P<0. 05), whereas the NK-1 antagonist (CP 96,345) had no significant effect. CONCLUSION These results indicate that NK-2 is the predominant tachykinin receptor subtype responsible for contraction of ureteric smooth muscle. The use of mediators which act on NK-2 receptors may have clinical applications for the treatment of ureteric disease.
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- T J Jerde
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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Busser BW, Hammond TG, Bjorling DE, Saban R. Lipopolysaccharide upregulates bradykinin 1 receptors in the isolated mouse bladder. J Urol 1998; 160:2267-73. [PMID: 9817382 DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199812010-00098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Bradykinin 1 (B1) receptors have been shown to be upregulated at sites of inflammation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on B1 receptor modulation in the isolated mouse bladder. MATERIALS AND METHODS The contractile responses of isolated mouse bladder to B1 and B2 agonists were determined in vitro following prolonged incubation with LPS or saline. RESULTS Bradykinin (BK), a B2 agonist, but not des-Arg9-bradykinin (DABK), a B1 agonist, was found to be a potent contractile agonist of the mouse urinary bladder under basal conditions. However, both sensitivity and maximal response to DABK increased during a second exposure to the agonist in a time-dependent manner. In vivo or in vitro treatment with LPS increased both sensitivity and maximal response of isolated bladders to DABK, whereas bladder contraction to BK and other peptides remained the same. Treatment of tissues with a B1 receptor antagonist 45 minutes prior to second exposure to DABK, or the prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor, indomethacin, 30 minutes prior to LPS or saline incubation, significantly inhibited the increase of both maximal response and sensitivity. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that bladder B1 receptors can be upregulated by LPS, and that prostaglandins seem to mediate the effects of the B1 receptor activation in the isolated mouse bladder.
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- B W Busser
- Smooth Muscle Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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