Konferenzpaper

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2012

Seiten: 1082-1086

Zeitschrift: Life Sciences

Bandnummer: 91

Heftnummer: 21-22

ISSN: 0024-3205

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2012.04.007

Konferenz: 3rd International Symposium on Non-Neuronal Acetylcholine

Verlag: Elsevier

Abstract: 

Aims: Alterations of the bladder sensory system are considered to contribute to demisor overactivity (DO) when patients suffer from bladder outlet obstruction (BOO). The urothelium is one part of this sensory system and it harbors a non-neuronal cholinergic system (NNCS). We aimed to investigate if BOO causes alterations in the NNCS.

Main methods: Urothelial specimens were collected by endoscopy from six male controls and eight male patients suffering from BOO and DO. The samples were examined by immunofluorescence (IF) and real-time RT-PCR for high-affinity choline transporter-1 (CHT1), choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT), organic cation transporters OCT1-3, muscarinic receptor (mAChR) subtypes M1-M5 and nicotinic receptor (nAChR) subunits alpha 7, alpha 9 and alpha 10.

Key findings: ChAT, VAChT and OCT2 are not present in the male urothelium. Real-time RT-PCR and IF detected all other investigated targets. Rank order of expression was M2 >> M3 = M5 > M4 = M1 for mAChR subtypes and alpha 7 >> alpha 10 > alpha 9 for nAChR subunits. Statistical analysis of RT-PCR results did not detect significant differences between patients and controls. Only IF detected differences between both groups: alpha 9-Immunolabeling was increased in all BOO/DO patients.

Significance: BOO does not induce considerable alterations of the human urothelial NNCS on mRNA level. Expression of mAChRs, CHT1, OCT1 and OCT3 is not significantly affected by BOO. Thus, transport mechanisms for choline and acetylcholine (ACh) stay unaltered. BOO increases immunolabeling of alpha 9-nAChR but whether this sole finding contributes to the onset of DO seems questionable. Comparing the present results with our previous work, the urothelial NNCS does not differ between men and women. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Bschleipfer, T., Weidner, W., Kummer, W. and Lips, K. (2012) Does bladder outlet obstruction alter the non-neuronal cholinergic system of the human urothelium?, Life Sciences, 91(21-22), pp. 1082-1086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2012.04.007

APA-Zitierstil: Bschleipfer, T., Weidner, W., Kummer, W., & Lips, K. (2012). Does bladder outlet obstruction alter the non-neuronal cholinergic system of the human urothelium?. Life Sciences. 91(21-22), 1082-1086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2012.04.007