PURPOSE: Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic bladder disease of unknown etiology. We sought to determine whether a cytotoxin is present in the urine of IC patients that could cause the epithelial damage seen in this disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Evidence for a cytotoxin was sought using both a neutral red uptake viability assay in T24 bladder epithelial cells, and a 3H-thymidine incorporation assay in primary normal adult bladder epithelial cells and FHS 738 Bl human fetal bladder cells. RESULTS: The neutral red assay in T24 cells indicated the presence of a cytotoxin in 2 of 9 IC patient urine specimens. However, the more sensitive assay of cell proliferation (3H-thymidine incorporation) in normal adult human bladder epithelial cells revealed antiproliferative activity in urine from 10 of 13 (77%) IC patients vs. 3 of 19 (16%) controls (two-way analysis of variance, p = .019). The antiproliferative activity of IC urine specimens was confirmed using FHS 738 Bl human fetal bladder cells. The antiproliferative urinary substance(s) appeared to be a low molecular weight (< 10,000 Da), heat stable, trypsin-sensitive factor(s). CONCLUSIONS: Because a denuded or damaged bladder epithelium is a central finding in IC, it is possible that the antiproliferative protein(s) contributes to the pathogenesis of this disease.
PURPOSE:Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic bladder disease of unknown etiology. We sought to determine whether a cytotoxin is present in the urine of IC patients that could cause the epithelial damage seen in this disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Evidence for a cytotoxin was sought using both a neutral red uptake viability assay in T24 bladder epithelial cells, and a 3H-thymidine incorporation assay in primary normal adult bladder epithelial cells and FHS 738 Bl human fetal bladder cells. RESULTS: The neutral red assay in T24 cells indicated the presence of a cytotoxin in 2 of 9 IC patient urine specimens. However, the more sensitive assay of cell proliferation (3H-thymidine incorporation) in normal adult human bladder epithelial cells revealed antiproliferative activity in urine from 10 of 13 (77%) IC patients vs. 3 of 19 (16%) controls (two-way analysis of variance, p = .019). The antiproliferative activity of IC urine specimens was confirmed using FHS 738 Bl human fetal bladder cells. The antiproliferative urinary substance(s) appeared to be a low molecular weight (< 10,000 Da), heat stable, trypsin-sensitive factor(s). CONCLUSIONS: Because a denuded or damaged bladder epithelium is a central finding in IC, it is possible that the antiproliferative protein(s) contributes to the pathogenesis of this disease.
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