OBJECTIVE: To study muscarinic/purinergic receptor activation and Rho-kinase/protein kinase C (PKC) signalling during smooth muscle contraction in normal and hypertrophic mouse urinary bladders. METHODS: Partial urinary outflow obstruction was induced in adult female (10-12 weeks) C57Bl/6 mice and comparisons were made with sham-operated controls. Bladder preparations were examined in vitro. Expression of signalling proteins was examined using Western blot analysis. RESULTS: Obstructed bladders increased more than threefold in weight and were found to have enhanced muscarinic and attenuated purinergic components during nerve-induced contractions. The contractile response to carbachol was shifted towards lower concentrations of carbachol for the peak response and had a markedly enhanced sustained component. The amplitude of the α,β-methylene ATP-induced responses was lowered. Rho-kinase inhibitor Y27632 (10 µM) inhibited peak and sustained contractile responses to carbachol in control bladders (peak by 38%; plateau 57%) and obstructed bladders (peak 37% plateau 47%). PKC inhibitor GF109203X (1 µM) inhibited carbachol contractions in controls (peak by 29%; plateau 29%) and obstructed bladders (peak 17%; plateau 12%). Inhibition by a similar extent was observed after nerve stimulation. Sensitivity to Ca(2+) in high-K(+) depolarized intact tissues increased in obstructed bladders. This increased receptor-independent Ca(2+)-sensitivity was abolished by Y27632. Tissue contents of the myosin-binding phosphatase subunit MYPT-1 and catalytic phosphatase subunit PP1β, were decreased and the contents of RhoGDI, RhoA and CPI-17 increased. A decrease in the Rho-kinase isoform ROCK-1 was observed. CONCLUSION: Based on these results, one can speculate that Rho-kinase inhibition would preferentially target the pathological phasic activity in the urinary bladder rather than inhibit the physiological receptor-mediated bladder emptying.
OBJECTIVE: To study muscarinic/purinergic receptor activation and Rho-kinase/protein kinase C (PKC) signalling during smooth muscle contraction in normal and hypertrophicmouse urinary bladders. METHODS: Partial urinary outflow obstruction was induced in adult female (10-12 weeks) C57Bl/6 mice and comparisons were made with sham-operated controls. Bladder preparations were examined in vitro. Expression of signalling proteins was examined using Western blot analysis. RESULTS: Obstructed bladders increased more than threefold in weight and were found to have enhanced muscarinic and attenuated purinergic components during nerve-induced contractions. The contractile response to carbachol was shifted towards lower concentrations of carbachol for the peak response and had a markedly enhanced sustained component. The amplitude of the α,β-methylene ATP-induced responses was lowered. Rho-kinase inhibitor Y27632 (10 µM) inhibited peak and sustained contractile responses to carbachol in control bladders (peak by 38%; plateau 57%) and obstructed bladders (peak 37% plateau 47%). PKC inhibitor GF109203X (1 µM) inhibited carbachol contractions in controls (peak by 29%; plateau 29%) and obstructed bladders (peak 17%; plateau 12%). Inhibition by a similar extent was observed after nerve stimulation. Sensitivity to Ca(2+) in high-K(+) depolarized intact tissues increased in obstructed bladders. This increased receptor-independent Ca(2+)-sensitivity was abolished by Y27632. Tissue contents of the myosin-binding phosphatase subunit MYPT-1 and catalytic phosphatase subunit PP1β, were decreased and the contents of RhoGDI, RhoA and CPI-17 increased. A decrease in the Rho-kinase isoform ROCK-1 was observed. CONCLUSION: Based on these results, one can speculate that Rho-kinase inhibition would preferentially target the pathological phasic activity in the urinary bladder rather than inhibit the physiological receptor-mediated bladder emptying.
Authors: Bader Alsaikhan; Richard Fahlman; Jie Ding; Edward Tredget; Peter D Metcalfe Journal: Can Urol Assoc J Date: 2015 Mar-Apr Impact factor: 1.862