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JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
卷 172, 期 3, 页码 1166-1170出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000134186.58854.2c
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bladder; mice; receptors; prostaglandin; bladder neck obstruction
Purpose: Prostaglandins (PGs) are suggested to be involved in the pathophysiology of different bladder disorders and it has been demonstrated that cyclooxygenase-2 expression is increased as a consequence of bladder outflow obstruction. We investigated whether the PGE(2) receptor EP1 is involved in the regulation of normal micturition, the response to intravesical PGE(2) administration, and the development of bladder hypertrophy and overactivity due to bladder outlet obstruction (BOO). Materials and Methods: Moderate BOO was created in EP1, receptor knockout (EP1KO) mice and their WT counterparts. After I week cystometry was performed in conscious animals before and after PGE(2) instillation. Findings were compared to those in unobstructed control animals. Bladder wet weight was measured to document the degree of hypertrophy after BOO. Results: There was no difference between unobstructed EP1KO and WT mice in urodynamic parameters but EP1KO mice did not respond to intravesical PGE(2) instillation, while WT mice showed detrusor overactivity. The lack of EP1 receptor did not prevent bladder hypertrophy due to BOO. After BOO WT mice had pronounced detrusor overactivity, while this was negligible in EP1KO mice. Conclusions: The EP1 receptor appears not to be essential for normal micturition or the mediation of bladder hypertrophy due to BOO but it seems to have a role in the development of detrusor overactivity caused by PGE(2) and outlet obstruction.
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