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1 Department of Urology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2 Department of Urology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rugg1{at}msn.com.
Major pelvic ganglion electrocautery (MPGE) and spinal cord injury in the rat induce bladder hypertrophy and a change in muscarinic receptor subtypes mediating bladder contraction from predominantly M3 to a combination of M2 and M3. To determine whether this is a result of bladder hypertrophy or denervation, we studied the following groups: sham operated controls, urinary diversion (DIV), MPGE together with urinary diversion (DIV-DEN), bilateral MPGE (DEN), bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and MPG decentralization (MPG-DEC). The degree of bladder denervation was determined by the maximal carbachol response normalized to the response to electric field stimulation. Receptor subtype density was determined by immunoprecipitation. The affinity of subtype selective muscarinic antagonists for inhibition of carbachol induced contractions was used to determine the subtype mediating contraction. DEN, MPG-DEC and BOO bladders were hypertrophic whereas DIV bladders were atrophic compared to sham. Bladder contraction in sham, DIV, and DIV-DEN was mediated by the M3 receptor subtype whereas the M2 subtype participated in contraction in the DEN, MPG-DEC and BOO groups. The hypertrophied bladders had an increase in total and M2 receptor density while all experimental groups showed a reduction in M3 receptor density. Thus bladder hypertrophy, independent from bladder denervation, causes a shift in the muscarinic receptor subtype mediating bladder contraction from M3 towards M2.
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