PURPOSE: We investigated the relationship of bladder mass to responses to electrical field stimulation and adrenergic agonists in diabetic rat bladders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Longitudinal strips were removed from the ventral and dorsal detrusor of age matched control, 2-month diabetic and sucrose drinking rats. Contractile responses to electrical field stimulation, KCl and phenylephrine, and relaxation in response to norepinephrine and isoproterenol were measured. RESULTS: Bladders from sucrose drinking and diabetic rats weighed significantly more than those of controls. Diabetic rats were divided into 2 groups with the bladder weighing less than or greater than 265 mg. Strips from small diabetic bladders were generally more responsive to field stimulation and norepinephrine than those from control or sucrose drinking rats. Conversely decreased function was especially apparent in dorsal strips from large diabetic bladders. Ventral strips were significantly more sensitive to the relaxant actions of norepinephrine and isoproterenol than dorsal strips. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the responsiveness of diabetic rat bladder to electrical field stimulation and adrenergic agonists is related to bladder mass, analogous to observations after partial outlet obstruction. Decreased function was particularly apparent in dorsal strips from diabetic rats with a large bladder.
PURPOSE: We investigated the relationship of bladder mass to responses to electrical field stimulation and adrenergic agonists in diabeticrat bladders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Longitudinal strips were removed from the ventral and dorsal detrusor of age matched control, 2-month diabetic and sucrose drinking rats. Contractile responses to electrical field stimulation, KCl and phenylephrine, and relaxation in response to norepinephrine and isoproterenol were measured. RESULTS: Bladders from sucrose drinking and diabeticrats weighed significantly more than those of controls. Diabeticrats were divided into 2 groups with the bladder weighing less than or greater than 265 mg. Strips from small diabetic bladders were generally more responsive to field stimulation and norepinephrine than those from control or sucrose drinking rats. Conversely decreased function was especially apparent in dorsal strips from large diabetic bladders. Ventral strips were significantly more sensitive to the relaxant actions of norepinephrine and isoproterenol than dorsal strips. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the responsiveness of diabeticrat bladder to electrical field stimulation and adrenergic agonists is related to bladder mass, analogous to observations after partial outlet obstruction. Decreased function was particularly apparent in dorsal strips from diabeticrats with a large bladder.
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