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Jaskowak DJ, Danziger ZC. Reflex voiding in rat occurs at consistent bladder volume regardless of pressure or infusion rate. Neurourol Urodyn 2023; 42:1532-1546. [PMID: 37583249 PMCID: PMC10461254 DOI: 10.1002/nau.25243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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AIMS The central nervous system (CNS) regulates lower urinary tract reflexes using information from sensory afferents; however, the mechanisms of this process are not well known. Pressure and volume were measured at the onset of the guarding and micturition reflexes across a range of infusion rates to provide insight into what the CNS is gauging to activate reflexes. METHODS Female Sprague Dawley rats were anesthetized with urethane for open outlet cystometry. A set of 10 infusion rates (ranging 0.92-65.5 mL/h) were pseudo-randomly distributed across 30 single-fill cystometrograms. Bladder pressure and external urethral sphincter electromyography were used for the determination of the onset of the micturition and guarding reflexes, respectively. The bladder volume at the onset of both reflexes was estimated from the total infusion rate during a single fill. RESULTS In response to many single-fill cystometrograms, there was an increased volume the bladder could store without a significant increase in pressure. Volume was adjusted for this effect for the analysis of how pressure and volume varied with infusion rate at the onset of the micturition and guarding reflexes. In 25 rats, the micturition reflex was evoked at similar volumes across all infusion rates, whereas the pressure at micturition reflex onset increased with increasing infusion rates. In 11 rats, the guarding reflex was evoked at similar pressures across infusion rates, but the volume decreased with increasing infusion rates. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that the CNS is interpreting volume from the bladder to activate the micturition reflex and pressure from the bladder to activate the guarding reflex.
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- Daniel J Jaskowak
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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Davis MJ, Earley S, Li YS, Chien S. Vascular mechanotransduction. Physiol Rev 2023; 103:1247-1421. [PMID: 36603156 PMCID: PMC9942936 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00053.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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This review aims to survey the current state of mechanotransduction in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs), including their sensing of mechanical stimuli and transduction of mechanical signals that result in the acute functional modulation and longer-term transcriptomic and epigenetic regulation of blood vessels. The mechanosensors discussed include ion channels, plasma membrane-associated structures and receptors, and junction proteins. The mechanosignaling pathways presented include the cytoskeleton, integrins, extracellular matrix, and intracellular signaling molecules. These are followed by discussions on mechanical regulation of transcriptome and epigenetics, relevance of mechanotransduction to health and disease, and interactions between VSMCs and ECs. Throughout this review, we offer suggestions for specific topics that require further understanding. In the closing section on conclusions and perspectives, we summarize what is known and point out the need to treat the vasculature as a system, including not only VSMCs and ECs but also the extracellular matrix and other types of cells such as resident macrophages and pericytes, so that we can fully understand the physiology and pathophysiology of the blood vessel as a whole, thus enhancing the comprehension, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of vascular diseases.
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- Michael J Davis
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, California
- Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, California
- Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California
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Balthazar A, Cullingsworth ZE, Nandanan N, Anele U, Swavely NR, Speich JE, Klausner AP. An external compress-release protocol induces dynamic elasticity in the porcine bladder: A novel technique for the treatment of overactive bladder? Neurourol Urodyn 2019; 38:1222-1228. [PMID: 30947371 DOI: 10.1002/nau.23992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Dynamic elasticity is an acutely regulated bladder material property through which filling and passive emptying produce strain softening, and active voiding restores baseline pressure. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that strain softening produced by filling-passive emptying is equivalent to that produced by compression-release in a porcine bladder model. METHODS/MATERIALS Latex balloons and ex vivo perfused pig bladders were used for a series of alternating fill-passive emptying ("Fill") and external compress-release ("Press") protocols. For the Fill protocol balloons/bladders were (1) filled to defined volumes (prestrain softening), (2) filled to capacity to strain soften (reference), and (3) passively emptied to the original volume (poststrain softening). For the Press protocol, balloons/bladders were (1) filled to defined volumes (prestrain softening), (2) externally compressed to reference pressure and then released for five cycles (poststrain softening). After each protocol, bladders were voided with high-KCl buffer to induce "active" voiding. RESULTS In both balloons and porcine bladder, both the Fill and Press protocols produced significant strain softening (P < 0.05) and poststrain softening pressures were not different for Fill and Press protocols (P > 0.05), indicating a similar degree of strain softening with both methods. CONCLUSIONS Repeated external compression can induce bladder strain softening similar to filling and passive emptying. This technique may represent a means to acutely regulate bladder compliance and potentially be used as a mechanical treatment for urinary urgency.
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- Andrea Balthazar
- Department of Surgery/Division of Urology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Surgery/Division of Urology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Surgery/Division of Urology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Surgery/Division of Urology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Surgery/Division of Urology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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Habteyes FG, Komari SO, Nagle AS, Klausner AP, Heise RL, Ratz PH, Speich JE. Modeling the influence of acute changes in bladder elasticity on pressure and wall tension during filling. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2017; 71:192-200. [PMID: 28343086 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Tension-sensitive nerves in the bladder wall are responsible for providing bladder sensation. Bladder wall tension, and therefore nerve output, is a function of bladder pressure, volume, geometry and material properties. The elastic modulus of the bladder is acutely adjustable, and this material property is responsible for adjustable preload tension exhibited in human and rabbit detrusor muscle strips and dynamic elasticity revealed during comparative-fill urodynamics in humans. A finite deformation model of the bladder was previously used to predict filling pressure and wall tension using uniaxial tension test data and the results showed that wall tension can increase significantly during filling with relatively little pressure change. In the present study, published uniaxial rabbit detrusor data were used to quantify regulated changes in the elastic modulus, and the finite deformation model was expanded to illustrate the potential effects of elasticity changes on pressure and wall tension during filling. The model demonstrates a shift between relatively flat pressure-volume filling curves, which is consistent with a recent human urodynamics study, and also predicts that dynamic elasticity would produce significant changes in wall tension during filling. The model results support the conclusion that acute regulation of bladder elasticity could contribute to significant changes in wall tension for a given volume that could lead to urgency, and that a single urodynamic fill may be insufficient to characterize bladder biomechanics. The model illustrates the potential value of quantifying wall tension in addition to pressure during urodynamics.
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- Firdaweke G Habteyes
- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, United States
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- Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, United States.
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Colhoun AF, Klausner AP, Nagle AS, Carroll AW, Barbee RW, Ratz PH, Speich JE. A pilot study to measure dynamic elasticity of the bladder during urodynamics. Neurourol Urodyn 2016; 36:1086-1090. [PMID: 27241067 DOI: 10.1002/nau.23043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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AIMS Previous studies using isolated strips of human detrusor muscle identified adjustable preload tension, a novel mechanism that acutely regulates detrusor wall tension. The purpose of this investigation was to develop a method to identify a correlate measure of adjustable preload tension during urodynamics. METHODS Patients reporting urgency most or all of the time based on ICIq-OAB survey scores were prospectively enrolled in an extended repeat fill-and-empty urodynamics study designed to identify a correlate of adjustable preload tension which we now call "dynamic elasticity." Cystometric capacity was determined during initial fill. Repeat fills to defined percentages of capacity with passive emptying (via syringe aspiration) were performed to strain soften the bladder. A complete fill with active voiding was included to determine whether human bladder exhibits reversible strain softening. RESULTS Five patients completed the extended urodynamics study. Intravesical pressure (pves ) decreased with subsequent fills and was significantly lower during Fill 3 compared to Fill 1 (P = 0.008), demonstrating strain softening. Active voiding after Fill 3 caused strain softening reversal, with pves in Fill 4 returning to the baseline measured during Fill 1 (P = 0.29). Dynamic elasticity, the urodynamic correlate of adjustable preload tension, was calculated as the amount of strain softening (or its reversal) per %capacity (Δaverage pves between fills/Δ%capacity). Dynamic elasticity was lost via repeat passive filling and emptying (strain softening) and regained after active voiding regulated the process (strain softening reversal). CONCLUSIONS Improved understanding of dynamic elasticity in the human bladder could lead to both improved sub-typing and novel treatments of overactive bladder. Neurourol. Urodynam. 36:1086-1090, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Andrew F Colhoun
- Division of Urology/Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Division of Urology/Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Departments of Emergency Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering, Richmond, Virginia
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Vascular smooth muscle (VSM; see Table 1 for a list of abbreviations) is a heterogeneous biomaterial comprised of cells and extracellular matrix. By surrounding tubes of endothelial cells, VSM forms a regulated network, the vasculature, through which oxygenated blood supplies specialized organs, permitting the development of large multicellular organisms. VSM cells, the engine of the vasculature, house a set of regulated nanomotors that permit rapid stress-development, sustained stress-maintenance and vessel constriction. Viscoelastic materials within, surrounding and attached to VSM cells, comprised largely of polymeric proteins with complex mechanical characteristics, assist the engine with countering loads imposed by the heart pump, and with control of relengthening after constriction. The complexity of this smart material can be reduced by classical mechanical studies combined with circuit modeling using spring and dashpot elements. Evaluation of the mechanical characteristics of VSM requires a more complete understanding of the mechanics and regulation of its biochemical parts, and ultimately, an understanding of how these parts work together to form the machinery of the vascular tree. Current molecular studies provide detailed mechanical data about single polymeric molecules, revealing viscoelasticity and plasticity at the protein domain level, the unique biological slip-catch bond, and a regulated two-step actomyosin power stroke. At the tissue level, new insight into acutely dynamic stress-strain behavior reveals smooth muscle to exhibit adaptive plasticity. At its core, physiology aims to describe the complex interactions of molecular systems, clarifying structure-function relationships and regulation of biological machines. The intent of this review is to provide a comprehensive presentation of one biomachine, VSM.
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- Paul H Ratz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Colhoun AF, Speich JE, Dolat MT, Habibi JR, Guruli G, Ratz PH, Barbee RW, Klausner AP. Acute length adaptation and adjustable preload in the human detrusor. Neurourol Urodyn 2015; 35:792-7. [DOI: 10.1002/nau.22820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Andrew F. Colhoun
- Department of Surgery/Division of Urology; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Richmond Virginia
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering; Richmond Virginia
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- Department of Surgery/Division of Urology; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Richmond Virginia
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- Department of Surgery/Division of Urology; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Richmond Virginia
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- Department of Surgery/Division of Urology; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Richmond Virginia
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Pediatrics; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Richmond Virginia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Richmond Virginia
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- Department of Surgery/Division of Urology; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Richmond Virginia
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Jiang H, Liao D, Zhao J, Wang G, Gregersen H. Contractions Reverse Stress Softening in Rat Esophagus. Ann Biomed Eng 2014; 42:1717-28. [DOI: 10.1007/s10439-014-1015-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Komari SO, Headley PC, Klausner AP, Ratz PH, Speich JE. Evidence for a common mechanism for spontaneous rhythmic contraction and myogenic contraction induced by quick stretch in detrusor smooth muscle. Physiol Rep 2013; 1:e00168. [PMID: 24400167 PMCID: PMC3871480 DOI: 10.1002/phy2.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Revised: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Detrusor smooth muscle exhibits myogenic contraction in response to a quick stretch (QS) as well as spontaneous rhythmic contraction (SRC); however, whether the same population of actomyosin crossbridges with a common regulatory mechanism is responsible for these two types of contraction has not been determined. Detrusor strips from New Zealand white rabbit bladders were allowed to develop SRC at a reference muscle length (Lref), or rhythmic contraction (RC) was induced with tetraethylammonium (TEA). Multiple 10-msec stretches of 15% Lref were then imposed at Lref randomly during the rhythm cycle, and the nadir-to-peak (NTP) tension amplitude of the resulting myogenic contraction was measured. The amplitude and period of the rhythm cycle were measured prior to each QS. NTP was larger when a QS was imposed during a portion the cycle when tension was smaller (n = 3 each SRC and TEA-induced RC). These data suggest that when the rhythmic mechanism was mostly inactive and tension was near a minimum, a larger portion of a shared population of crossbridges was available to produce a myogenic response to a QS. Rho kinase, cyclooxygenase-1, and cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors (H-1152, SC-560, and NS-398) affected SRC amplitude and NTP amplitude following a QS to the same degree (n = 3 each drug), providing additional evidence to support the hypothesis that a common mechanism is responsible for SRC and myogenic contraction due to QS. If a common mechanism exists, then QS is a potential mechanical probe to study SRC regulation and its alteration in overactive bladder.
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- S Omid Komari
- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia, 23284
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia, 23284
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- Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia, 23298
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- Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia, 23298
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia, 23284
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Tuna BG, Schoorl MJ, Bakker EN, de Vos J, VanBavel E. Smooth Muscle Contractile Plasticity in Rat Mesenteric Small Arteries: Sensitivity to Specific Vasoconstrictors, Distension and Inflammatory Cytokines. J Vasc Res 2013; 50:249-62. [DOI: 10.1159/000353292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Speich JE, Wilson CW, Almasri AM, Southern JB, Klausner AP, Ratz PH. Carbachol-induced volume adaptation in mouse bladder and length adaptation via rhythmic contraction in rabbit detrusor. Ann Biomed Eng 2012; 40:2266-76. [PMID: 22614640 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0590-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The length-tension (L-T) relationships in rabbit detrusor smooth muscle (DSM) are similar to those in vascular and airway smooth muscles and exhibit short-term length adaptation characterized by L-T curves that shift along the length axis as a function of activation and strain history. In contrast to skeletal muscle, the length-active tension (L-T(a)) curve for rabbit DSM strips does not have a unique peak tension value with a single ascending and descending limb. Instead, DSM can exhibit multiple ascending and descending limbs, and repeated KCl-induced contractions at a particular muscle length on an ascending or descending limb display increasingly greater tension. In the present study, mouse bladder strips with and without urothelium exhibited KCl-induced and carbachol-induced length adaptation, and the pressure-volume relationship in mouse whole bladder displayed short-term volume adaptation. Finally, prostaglandin-E(2)-induced low-level rhythmic contraction produced length adaptation in rabbit DSM strips. A likely role of length adaptation during bladder filling is to prepare DSM cells to contract efficiently over a broad range of volumes. Mammalian bladders exhibit spontaneous rhythmic contraction (SRC) during the filling phase and SRC is elevated in humans with overactive bladder (OAB). The present data identify a potential physiological role for SRC in bladder adaptation and motivate the investigation of a potential link between short-term volume adaptation and OAB with impaired contractility.
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- John E Speich
- Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 23284-3015, USA.
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Speich JE, Southern JB, Henderson S, Wilson CW, Klausner AP, Ratz PH. Adjustable passive stiffness in mouse bladder: regulated by Rho kinase and elevated following partial bladder outlet obstruction. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 302:F967-76. [PMID: 22205227 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00177.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Detrusor smooth muscle (DSM) contributes to bladder wall tension during filling, and bladder wall deformation affects the signaling system that leads to urgency. The length-passive tension (L-T(p)) relationship in rabbit DSM can adapt with length changes over time and exhibits adjustable passive stiffness (APS) characterized by a L-T(p) curve that is a function of both activation and strain history. Muscle activation with KCl, carbachol (CCh), or prostaglandin E(2) at short muscle lengths can increase APS that is revealed by elevated pseudo-steady-state T(p) at longer lengths compared with prior T(p) measurements at those lengths, and APS generation is inhibited by the Rho Kinase (ROCK) inhibitor H-1152. In the current study, mouse bladder strips exhibited both KCl- and CCh-induced APS. Whole mouse bladders demonstrated APS which was measured as an increase in pressure during passive filling in calcium-free solution following CCh precontraction compared with pressure during filling without precontraction. In addition, CCh-induced APS in whole mouse bladder was inhibited by H-1152, indicating that ROCK activity may regulate bladder compliance during filling. Furthermore, APS in whole mouse bladder was elevated 2 wk after partial bladder outlet obstruction, suggesting that APS may be relevant in diseases affecting bladder mechanics. The presence of APS in mouse bladder will permit future studies of APS regulatory pathways and potential alterations of APS in disease models using knockout transgenetic mice.
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- John E Speich
- Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 401 West Main St., Richmond, VA 23284-3015, USA.
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Tuna BG, Bakker ENTP, VanBavel E. Smooth muscle biomechanics and plasticity: relevance for vascular calibre and remodelling. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2011; 110:35-41. [PMID: 21902815 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2011.00794.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Blood vessel structure and calibre are not static. Rather, vessels remodel continuously in response to their biomechanical environment. Vascular calibre is dictated by the amount, composition and organization of the elastic extracellular matrix. In addition, the amount and organization of contractile smooth muscle cell (SMC) also need to be regulated. The SMCs are organized such that maximum contractile force generally occurs at diameters slightly below the diameter at full dilation and physiological pressure. Thus, in a remodelling vessel, not only the matrix but also the SMCs need to undergo structural adaptation. Surprisingly little is known on the adaptation of SMC contractile properties in the vasculature. The purpose of this review is to explore this SMC plasticity in the context of vascular remodelling. While not much work on this has been carried out on blood vessels, SMC plasticity is more extensively studied on other hollow structures such as airway and bladder. We therefore include studies on bladder and airway SMCs because of their possible relevance for vascular SMC behaviour. Here, plasticity is thought to form an adaptation allowing maintained function despite large volume changes. In blood vessels, the general match of active and passive diameter-tension relations suggests that SMC plasticity is part of normal vascular physiological adaptation. Vascular SMCs display similar processes and forms of adaptation as seen in nonvascular SMCs. This may become particularly relevant under strong vasoconstriction, when inward cytoskeletal adaptation possibly prevents immediate full dilation. This may contribute to structural inward remodelling as seen in hypertension and flow reduction.
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- Bilge Guvenc Tuna
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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