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Mohammad A, Laboulaye MA, Shenhar C, Dobberfuhl AD. Mechanisms of oxidative stress in interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. Nat Rev Urol 2024; 21:433-449. [PMID: 38326514 DOI: 10.1038/s41585-023-00850-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
Abstract
Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is characterized by bladder and/or pelvic pain, increased urinary urgency and frequency and nocturia. The pathophysiology of IC/BPS is poorly understood, and theories include chronic inflammation, autoimmune dysregulation, bacterial cystitis, urothelial dysfunction, deficiency of the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) barrier and urine cytotoxicity. Multiple treatment options exist, including behavioural interventions, oral medications, intravesical instillations and procedures such as hydrodistension; however, many clinical trials fail, and patients experience an unsatisfactory treatment response, likely owing to IC/BPS phenotype heterogeneity and the use of non-targeted interventions. Oxidative stress is implicated in the pathogenesis of IC/BPS as reactive oxygen species impair bladder function via their involvement in multiple molecular mechanisms. Kinase signalling pathways, nociceptive receptors, mast-cell activation, urothelial dysregulation and circadian rhythm disturbance have all been linked to reactive oxygen species and IC/BPS. However, further research is necessary to fully uncover the role of oxidative stress in the pathways driving IC/BPS pathogenesis. The development of new models in which these pathways can be manipulated will aid this research and enable further investigation of promising therapeutic targets.
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- Ashu Mohammad
- Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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Lu T, Huang C, Weng R, Wang Z, Sun H, Ma X. Enteric glial cells contribute to chronic stress-induced alterations in the intestinal microbiota and barrier in rats. Heliyon 2024; 10:e24899. [PMID: 38317901 PMCID: PMC10838753 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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Background Emerging evidence has demonstrated the impact of psychological stress on intestinal microbiota, however, the precise mechanisms are not fully understood. Enteric glia, a unique type of peripheral glia found within the enteric nervous system (ENS), play an active role in enteric neural circuits and have profound effects on gut functions. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that enteric glia are involved in the alterations in the intestinal microflora and barrier induced by chronic water-avoidance stress (WAS) in the gut. Methods and results Western blotting and immunohistochemical (IHC) staining were used to examine the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), nitric oxide synthetase (NOS) and choline acety1transferase (ChAT) in colon tissues. 16S rDNA sequencing was performed to analyse the composition of the intestinal microbiota in rats. Changes in the tight junction proteins Occludin, Claudin1 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in the colon tissues were detected after WAS. The abundance of Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Lactobacillus and Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136 decreased significantly, whereas the abundance of Actinobacteria, Ruminococcaceae_UCG-005 and Christensenellaceae-R-7 increased significantly in stressed rats. Meanwhile, the expression of Occludin, Claudin1 and PCNA significantly decreased after WAS. Treatment with L-A-aminohexanedioic acid (L-AA), a gliotoxin that blunts astrocytic function, obviously decreased the abundance of Actinobacteria, Ruminococcaceae_UCG-005 and Christensenel-laceae_R-7 in stressed rats and significantly increased the abundance of Proteobacteria, Lactobacillus and Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136. In addition, the protein expression of colon Occludin, Claudin1, and PCNA increased after intraperitoneal injection of L-AA. Furthermore, the expression level of NOS in colon tissues was significantly decreased, whereas that of ChAT was significantly increased following L-AA treatment. Conclusions Our results showed that enteric glial cells may contribute to WAS-induced changes in the intestinal microbiota and barrier function by modulating the activity of NOS and cholinergic neurones in the ENS.
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- Tong Lu
- Shandong Intelligent Technology Innovation Center, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250013, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology of Shandong Province, School of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, 88 Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology of Shandong Province, School of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, 88 Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology of Shandong Province, School of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, 88 Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Shandong Intelligent Technology Innovation Center, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250013, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology of Shandong Province, School of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, 88 Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Shandong Intelligent Technology Innovation Center, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250013, China
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Tay C, Grundy L. Animal models of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1232017. [PMID: 37731545 PMCID: PMC10507411 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1232017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic disorder characterized by pelvic and/or bladder pain, along with lower urinary tract symptoms that have a significant impact on an individual's quality of life. The diverse range of symptoms and underlying causes in IC/BPS patients pose a significant challenge for effective disease management and the development of new and effective treatments. To facilitate the development of innovative therapies for IC/BPS, numerous preclinical animal models have been developed, each focusing on distinct pathophysiological components such as localized urothelial permeability or inflammation, psychological stress, autoimmunity, and central sensitization. However, since the precise etiopathophysiology of IC/BPS remains undefined, these animal models have primarily aimed to replicate the key clinical symptoms of bladder hypersensitivity and pain to enhance the translatability of potential therapeutics. Several animal models have now been characterized to mimic the major symptoms of IC/BPS, and significant progress has been made in refining these models to induce chronic symptomatology that more closely resembles the IC/BPS phenotype. Nevertheless, it's important to note that no single model can fully replicate all aspects of the human disease. When selecting an appropriate model for preclinical therapeutic evaluation, consideration must be given to the specific pathology believed to underlie the development of IC/BPS symptoms in a particular patient group, as well as the type and severity of the model, its duration, and the proposed intervention's mechanism of action. Therefore, it is likely that different models will continue to be necessary for preclinical drug development, depending on the unique etiology of IC/BPS being investigated.
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- Cindy Tay
- Neurourology Research Group, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Neurourology Research Group, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Neto AC, Santos-Pereira M, Abreu-Mendes P, Neves D, Almeida H, Cruz F, Charrua A. The Unmet Needs for Studying Chronic Pelvic/Visceral Pain Using Animal Models. Biomedicines 2023; 11:biomedicines11030696. [PMID: 36979674 PMCID: PMC10045296 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11030696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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The different definitions of chronic pelvic/visceral pain used by international societies have changed over the years. These differences have a great impact on the way researchers study chronic pelvic/visceral pain. Recently, the role of systemic changes, including the role of the central nervous system, in the perpetuation and chronification of pelvic/visceral pain has gained weight. Consequently, researchers are using animal models that resemble those systemic changes rather than using models that are organ- or tissue-specific. In this review, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using bladder-centric and systemic models, enumerating some of the central nervous system changes and pain-related behaviors occurring in each model. We also present some drawbacks when using animal models and pain-related behavior tests and raise questions about possible, yet to be demonstrated, investigator-related bias. We also suggest new approaches to study chronic pelvic/visceral pain by refining existing animal models or using new ones.
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- Ana Catarina Neto
- Experimental Biology Unit, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
- I3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Experimental Biology Unit, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
- I3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- I3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- Department of Urology, Centro Hospitalar de São João, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
- Physiology and Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Experimental Biology Unit, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
- I3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Experimental Biology Unit, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
- I3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- Ginecologia-Obstetrícia, Hospital-CUF Porto, 4100-180 Porto, Portugal
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- I3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- Department of Urology, Centro Hospitalar de São João, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
- Physiology and Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Experimental Biology Unit, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
- I3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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Robbins MT, DeWitte C, Ness TJ. Stress-induced bladder hypersensitivity: Effect of corticotropin releasing factor receptors assessed by spinal neurophysiology and neurochemistry. Neuropharmacology 2023; 224:109369. [PMID: 36493859 PMCID: PMC9790032 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109369] [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: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) receptors have been implicated in stress-induced hyperalgesia. The present study examined the role of CRF receptors Type 1&2 (CRFR1, CRFR2) in stress-induced bladder hyperalgesia in female rats by quantifying changes in receptor and agonist content following chronic (CFS, 7 daily episodes), acute (AFS, single episode) and control (NFS, no episodes) footshock protocols. ELISAs demonstrated that CFS lead to an increase in spinal thoracolumbar and lumbosacral spinal cord CRFR2 content and a decrease in lumbosacral spinal cord CRFR1 content. Content of the endogenous CRFR2 agonist, urocortin 2, was also increased in lumbosacral spinal cord and bladder tissues of CFS-pretreated rats, but urocortin 3 was decreased. Correlative single unit studies of lumbosacral dorsal horn neurons excited by bladder distension, in anesthetized rats that had undergone CFS, AFS or NFS protocols, used a before-after methodology with administration of a CRFR1 antagonist (antalarmin, 24 μg), CRFR2 antagonist (aSVG30, 12 μg) or normal saline topically to the exposed spinal cord following primary characterization. aSVG30 produced a reduction of neuronal responses evoked by bladder distension in CFS-pretreated rats but no statistically significant effects of aSVG30, antalarmin or vehicle were noted in other groups tested with the exception that antalarmin had an inhibitory effect on spontaneous activity in NFS-pretreated rats. The present findings are consistent with previous experiments using reflex responses to bladder distension as endpoints and further support a role for CRFR2-related mechanisms in stress-induced bladder hypersensitivity. This suggests CRFR2 antagonists may have efficacy in the treatment of bladder pain.
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- Meredith T Robbins
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Anesthesiolology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL, 35205, USA
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Anesthesiolology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL, 35205, USA
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Anesthesiolology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL, 35205, USA.
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Liao YH, Sun LH, Su YC, Yao WJ, Yu L. Medial and dorsal lateral septum involving social disruption stress-primed escalation in acid-induced writhes. Front Mol Neurosci 2023; 16:1158525. [PMID: 37152428 PMCID: PMC10157398 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1158525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023] Open
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Introduction Stress may cause prospective escalations in abdominal pain magnitude and accumbal TRPV1 expression, while central neural circuits mediating these stress effects remain unclear. Methods Using retrograde tracing methods, we first demonstrated the existence of a medial septal-dorsal lateral septal -accumbal circuit very likely involving social disruption stress-primed escalations in acid-induced writhes and accumbal TRPV1 level. An intersectional viral strategy and virus-carrying hM3Dq and hM4Di DREADDs were, then, employed to selectively modulate GABAergic and cholinergic neuronal activity in medial and dorsal lateral septum. Results Exciting medial septal GABAergic neuron was found to prevent social disruption stress-primed escalations in acid-induced writhes and accumbal TRPV1 and PKCε expressions. Likewise, inactivating dorsal lateral septal cholinergic neurons was also effective in abolishing these stress-primed escalations. Inactivating GABAergic neuron in non-stressed animals' medial septum was found to reproduce the stress-primed effects in causing heightened acid-induced writhes and accumbal TRPV1 and PKCε levels. Discussion These results, taken together, prompt us to conclude that social disruption stress may produce plastic changes in a newly-identified medial septal-dorsal lateral septal-accumbal circuit. Moreover, medial septal GABAergic hypoactivity and dorsal lateral septal cholinergic hyperactivity are, at least, two likely causes reflecting such stress-produced escalations in abdominal pain magnitude and pain transduction-related protein over-expression in nucleus accumbens.
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- Yi-Han Liao
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- *Correspondence: Yi-Han Liao,
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- Wei-Jen Yao,
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Lung Yu,
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Sattayachiti S, Waemong A, Cheaha D, Konthapakdee N. 5-HT3 receptors modulate changes in voiding pattern and bladder contractility in water avoidance stress-induced bladder overactivity in male mice. Auton Neurosci 2022; 243:103040. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2022.103040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Stress-Induced Changes in Trophic Factor Expression in the Rodent Urinary Bladder: Possible Links With Angiogenesis. Int Neurourol J 2022; 26:299-307. [PMID: 36599338 PMCID: PMC9816446 DOI: 10.5213/inj.2244118.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Substantive evidence supports a role of chronic stress in the development, maintenance, and even enhancement of functional bladder disorders such as interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). Increased urinary frequency and bladder hyperalgesia have been reported in rodents exposed to a chronic stress paradigm. Here, we utilized a water avoidance stress (WAS) model in rodents to investigate the effect of chronic stress on vascular perfusion and angiogenesis. METHODS Female Wistar-Kyoto rats were exposed to WAS for 10 consecutive days. Bladder neck tissues were analyzed by western immunoblot for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and nerve growth factor precursor (proNGF). Vascular perfusion was assessed by fluorescent microangiography followed by Hypoxyprobe testing to identify regions of tissue hypoxia. RESULTS The expression of VEGF and proNGF in the bladder neck mucosa was significantly higher in the WAS rats than in the controls. There was a trend toward increased vascular perfusion, but without a statistically significant difference from the control group. The WAS rats displayed a 1.6-fold increase in perfusion. Additionally, a greater abundance of vessels was observed in the WAS rats, most notably in the microvasculature. CONCLUSION These findings show that chronic psychological stress induces factors that can lead to increased microvasculature formation, especially around the bladder neck, the region that contains most nociceptive bladder afferents. These findings may indicate a link between angiogenesis and other inflammatory factors that contribute to structural changes and pain in IC/BPS.
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Neonatal cystitis alters mechanisms of stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity in rats. Neurosci Lett 2022; 778:136617. [PMID: 35390467 PMCID: PMC9018594 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In rodent models, conditioning with acute footshock (AFS) has been demonstrated to produce bladder hypersensitivity which is more robust when rats, tested as adults, had also been pretreated with neonatal bladder inflammation (NBI). The spinal neurochemical mechanisms of pro-nociceptive processes in rats pretreated with NBI are not fully known and so the present study administered intrathecal (IT) opioid (naloxone) and NMDA receptor (MK-801) antagonists to determine whether these receptors' actions had been altered by NBI. Female Sprague-Dawley rat pups were intravesically pretreated on postnatal days P14-P16 with a 1% zymosan solution or with control procedures and then raised to adulthood (12-15 weeks of age). Bladder hypersensitivity was induced through use of an AFS paradigm. Visceromotor responses (VMRs; abdominal muscle contractions) to graded, air pressure-controlled urinary bladder distension were used as nociceptive endpoints. Immediately following AFS pretreatments, rats were anesthetized and surgically prepared. Pharmacological antagonists were administered via an IT catheter onto the lumbosacral spinal cord and VMRs determined 15 min later. Administration of IT naloxone hydrochloride (10 μg) to rats which had been pretreated only with AFS resulted in VMRs that were more robust than VMRs in similarly pretreated rats that received IT normal saline. In contrast, IT naloxone had no significant effect on rats that had been pretreated with both NBI&AFS, although MK-801 was inhibitory. These effects of IT naloxone suggest the presence of inhibitory influences in normal rats that are absent in rats pretreated with NBI. Absence of inhibitory influences produced by AFS was also demonstrated in rats pretreated with NBI&AFS using measures of thermal paw withdrawal latency (PWL): rats pretreated with only AFS had longer PWLs than rats pretreated with both NBI&AFS. Together, a reduction in anti-nociceptive mechanisms coupled with pro-nociceptive NMDA-linked mechanisms results in more robust nociceptive responses to distension in rats which had experienced NBI.
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Gao Y, Rodríguez LV. The Effect of Chronic Psychological Stress on Lower Urinary Tract Function: An Animal Model Perspective. Front Physiol 2022; 13:818993. [PMID: 35388285 PMCID: PMC8978557 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.818993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Chronic psychological stress can affect urinary function and exacerbate lower urinary tract (LUT) dysfunction (LUTD), particularly in patients with overactive bladder (OAB) or interstitial cystitis–bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). An increasing amount of evidence has highlighted the close relationship between chronic stress and LUTD, while the exact mechanisms underlying it remain unknown. The application of stress-related animal models has provided powerful tools to explore the effect of chronic stress on LUT function. We systematically reviewed recent findings and identified stress-related animal models. Among them, the most widely used was water avoidance stress (WAS), followed by social stress, early life stress (ELS), repeated variable stress (RVS), chronic variable stress (CVS), intermittent restraint stress (IRS), and others. Different types of chronic stress condition the induction of relatively distinguished changes at multiple levels of the micturition pathway. The voiding phenotypes, underlying mechanisms, and possible treatments of stress-induced LUTD were discussed together. The advantages and disadvantages of each stress-related animal model were also summarized to determine the better choice. Through the present review, we hope to expand the current knowledge of the pathophysiological basis of stress-induced LUTD and inspire robust therapies with better outcomes.
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- Yunliang Gao
- Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- *Correspondence: Larissa V. Rodríguez,
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Huang Y, Su M, Zhang C, Zhan H, Yang F, Gao Z, Zhou X, Liu B. Activation of translocator protein alleviates mechanical allodynia and bladder dysfunction in cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis through repression of BDNF-mediated neuroinflammation. Eur J Pain 2022; 26:1234-1244. [PMID: 35293071 DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) is a refractory disease accompanied by bladder-related pain and hyperactivity. Studies have shown that the translocator protein (TSPO) modulates neuroinflammation and central sensitisation associated with pain. Moreover, we previously demonstrated that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) regulates neuroinflammation and mechanical allodynia in cyclophosphamide (CYP)-induced cystitis through activation of glial cells. Here, we aimed to explore whether activation of TSPO attenuates mechanical allodynia and bladder dysfunction by regulating BDNF induced neuroinflammation in a CYP-induced cystitis model. METHODS Injection of CYP was performed to form a rat model of BPS/IC. The expression of TSPO was regulated by intrathecal injection of the TSPO agonist Ro5-4864. The von Frey filament test was applied to evaluate suprapubic allodynia. Bladder function was assessed using filling cystometry. Western blotting was used to detect the expression of TSPO, BDNF, GFAP, Iba-1, p-p38, p-JNK, TNF-α, and IL-1β, and double immunofluorescence was performed to localise TSPO in the L6-S1 spinal dorsal horn (SDH). RESULTS TSPO was activated in the SDH after CYP injection and was primarily colocalised with astrocytes. Ro5-4864 reversed mechanical allodynia and bladder dysfunction induced by CYP. Moreover, the upregulation of BDNF and activation of astrocytes and microglia was suppressed by Ro5-4864, resulting in downregulation of p-p38, p-JNK, TNF-α, and IL-1β. CONCLUSIONS Ro5-4864 alleviated mechanical allodynia and bladder dysfunction in the CYP model, possibly by inhibiting the elevation of BDNF and consequent activation of astrocytes and microglia induced neuroinflammation. TSPO may be a potential target for the treatment of BPS/IC.
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- Yong Huang
- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, the Third Affiliated Hospital and Lingnan Hospital of the Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Qin C, Wang Y, Li S, Tang Y, Gao Y. The Involvement of Endothelin Pathway in Chronic Psychological Stress-Induced Bladder Hyperalgesia Through Capsaicin-Sensitive C-Fiber Afferents. J Inflamm Res 2022; 15:1209-1226. [PMID: 35228812 PMCID: PMC8882030 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s346855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Introductions Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a poorly understood chronic disorder characterized by bladder-related pain. Chronic psychological stress plays a key role in the exacerbation and development of IC/BPS via unclear mechanisms. This study aimed to investigate the role of endothelin 1 (ET-1) and its receptors in the development of chronic stress-induced bladder dysfunction. Methods Wistar‐Kyoto rats were exposed to chronic (10 days) water avoidance stress (WAS) or sham stress, with subgroups receiving capsaicin pretreatment to desensitize C-fiber afferents. Thereafter, cystometrograms (CMG) were obtained with visceromotor response (VMR) simultaneously during intravesical saline or ET-1 infusion. CMG recordings were analyzed for the first and the continuous voiding cycles, respectively. Endothelin receptor type A (ETAR) expression was examined in the bladder tissues and L6-S1 dorsal root ganglions (DRGs). Toluidine blue staining was to check the bladder inflammation and double-labeling immunofluorescence (IF) staining was to identify the locations of ETAR, respectively. Results During saline infusion, WAS rats elicited significant decreases in pressure threshold (PT) and in the ratio of VMR threshold/maximum intravesical pressure (IVPmax), and a significant increase in VMR duration and area under the curve (AUC). ET-1 infusion induced similar alternations in WAS rats, but further significantly diminished the pressure to trigger PT and VMR, together with a more forceful and longer VMR. The sole effect of WAS exposure or ET-1 administration on the micturition reflex could be suppressed by capsaicin pretreatment. WAS exposure significantly induced an increased number of total mast cells in the bladder, while capsaicin pretreatment possibly antagonized them. No significant difference in ETAR expression was found between all groups. IF staining indicated the co-localization of ETAR and calcitonin gene-related peptides in both bladder and DRGs. Conclusion The activation of ET-1 receptors could enhance chronic stress-induced bladder hypersensitization and hyperalgesia through capsaicin-sensitive C-fiber afferents. Targeting the endothelin pathway may have therapeutic value for IC/BPS.
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- Chuying Qin
- Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Acupuncture and Tuina School, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Yunliang Gao, Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139. Renmin Road, Changsha, 410011, People’s Republic of China, Email
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Ness TJ, DeWitte C, DeBerry JJ. Spinal neurochemical mechanisms of acute stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity in healthy rats. Neurosci Lett 2022; 770:136401. [PMID: 34929317 PMCID: PMC8810671 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.136401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Psychological stress has been demonstrated to increase reports of pain in humans with pelvic pain of urologic origin. In rodent models, conditioning with acute footshock (AFS) has been demonstrated to increase measures of stress/anxiety as well as bladder hypersensitivity. The spinal neurochemical mechanisms of this pro-nociceptive process are unknown and so the present study administered antagonists for multiple receptors that have been associated with facilitatory mechanisms into the spinal intrathecal space. Bladder hypersensitivity was induced through use of an AFS paradigm in which female Sprague-Dawley rats received a 15-min intermittent shock treatment. Visceromotor responses (VMRs; abdominal muscle contractions) to air pressure-controlled urinary bladder distension (UBD) were used as nociceptive endpoints. Immediately following AFS treatments, rats were anesthetized (inhaled isoflurane, IP urethane) and surgically prepared. Pharmacological antagonists were administered via an intrathecal (IT) catheter onto the lumbosacral spinal cord and VMRs to graded UBD determined 15 min later. Administration of IT naloxone hydrochloride (10 μg) and IT phentolamine hydrochloride (10 μg) resulted in VMRs that were more robust than VMRs in rats that received AFS and IT normal saline whereas there was no significant effect of these drugs on VMRs in rats which underwent non-footshock procedures. In contrast, a low dose of the NMDA-receptor antagonist, MK-801 (30 μg), significantly reduced VMRs in rats made hypersensitive to UBD by AFS, but had no significant effect on rats that underwent non-footshock procedures. This study suggests that pro-nociceptive effects of AFS in otherwise healthy rats involve a spinal NMDA-linked mechanism. The effects of IT naloxone and IT phentolamine suggest the presence of inhibitory influences that are opioidergic and/or alpha-adrenergic and that are masked by the pro-nociceptive mechanisms. Other agents with no statistically significant effect on VMRs include methysergide (30 μg), ondansetron (10 μg), mecamylamine (50 μg), antalarmin (24 μg), aSVG30 (12 μg), and SSR149415 (50 μg).
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- Timothy J Ness
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States.
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Voiding and storage symptoms in depression/anxiety. Auton Neurosci 2021; 237:102927. [PMID: 34923228 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We here described the frequency and nature of voiding and storage bladder symptoms in depression/anxiety, for which we propose the name "bladder somatic symptom disorder (SSD)" because such symptoms most probably have brain mechanisms. SSD was formerly called as various terms including "somatoform disorder", "medically unexplained physical symptoms", "functional somatic syndrome" and "hysterical neurosis/hysteria". Bladder SSD has the following specific features that are distinguishable from "true" neurologic/organic bladder dysfunction: 1) situation-dependence (close association with life event in some), 2) urodynamically increased bladder sensation/hypersensitivity and 3) absence of neurologic/organic diseases, in addition to 4) other stress symptoms (insomnia, etc.), are key clues to the possibility of bladder SSD. Urodynamics in these patients showed, to a lesser extent, underactive bladder without post-void residual. These findings might reflect the biological changes of the depressive brain; e.g., decreases in serotonin and GABA, and possible increases in CRH. Treatment of bladder SSD can follow that of general depression/anxiety, with the potential addition of anticholinergic or selective beta3 bladder drugs.
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Liao YH, Su YC, Huang YH, Chen H, Chan YH, Sun LH, Cherng CG, Kuo ITB, Yu L. Social disruption-induced stress pre-exposure aggravates, while the presence of conspecifics diminishes, acetic acid-induced writhing. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2021; 238:2851-2865. [PMID: 34181036 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-021-05901-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to assess the modulating effects of (1) pre-exposure to repeated social disruption and (2) group testing on writhing associated with visceral pain induced by intraperitoneal administration of acetic acid. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six consecutive days of social disruption were used to prime for stress, while group testing referred to 3 mouse cage-mates receiving the acetic acid-induced writhing test as a group. RESULTS Social disruption-induced stress-pre-exposed mice displayed a greater number acid-induced writhes compared to mice not receiving the pre-exposure. However, mice displayed fewer acid-induced writhes in a triad group vs. individually, suggesting group-mediated writhing-reducing effects. Likewise, group testing prevented the stress pre-exposure escalation in acid-induced writhes. Additional studies revealed that the stress-pre-exposed mice had increased expression in accumbal TRPV1 receptors. Systemic (0.25 mg/kg) and bilateral intra-accumbal (0.2 ng/0.2 µl/side) administration of SB366791, a TRPV1 receptor antagonist, reliably prevented the stress pre-exposure escalation in acid-induced writhing; SB366791 treatment alone did not affect acid-induced writhing, stress pre-exposure anxiety-like behavior, or the group testing effects. Furthermore, lower neuronal activation was found in the medial septal nucleus in group vs. individual tested mice. Intra-medial septum (0.2 µg/0.5 µl) infusion with bicuculline, a GABAA receptor antagonist, effectively prevented group-mediated writhing-reducing effects, but not individual acid-induced writhing effects. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that social disruption-induced stress pre-exposure may upregulate accumbal TRPV1 receptor expression and consequently aggravate acid-induced writhing. Group testing prevents such stress pre-exposure escalation of acid-induced writhing most likely by strengthening the GABAergic inhibition on local neural activity in the medial septum.
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- Yi-Han Liao
- Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Education Center of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, 112, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, 600 Taiwan, Republic of China.
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- Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China. .,Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China. .,Institute of Behavioral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Mills KA, West EG, Sellers DJ, Chess-Williams R, McDermott C. Psychological stress induced bladder overactivity in female mice is associated with enhanced afferent nerve activity. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17508. [PMID: 34471159 PMCID: PMC8410840 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97053-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Psychological stress has been linked to the development and exacerbation of overactive bladder symptoms, as well as afferent sensitisation in other organ systems. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effects of water avoidance stress on bladder afferent nerve activity in response to bladder filling and pharmaceutical stimulation with carbachol and ATP in mice. Adult female C57BL/6J mice were exposed to either water avoidance stress (WAS) for 1 h/day for 10 days or normal housing conditions. Voiding behaviour was measured before starting and 24-h after final stress exposure and then animals were euthanised to measure afferent nerve activity in association with bladder compliance, spontaneous phasic activity, contractile responses, as well as release of urothelial mediators. WAS caused increased urinary frequency without affecting urine production. The afferent nerve activity at low bladder pressures (4-7 mmHg), relevant to normal physiological filling, was significantly increased after stress. Both low and high threshold nerves demonstrated enhanced activity at physiological bladder pressures. Urothelial ATP and acetylcholine release and bladder compliance were unaffected by stress as was the detrusor response to ATP (1 mM) and carbachol (1 µM). WAS caused enhanced activity of individual afferent nerve fibres in response bladder distension. The enhanced activity was seen in both low and high threshold nerves suggesting that stressed animals may experience enhanced bladder filling sensations at lower bladder volumes as well as increased pain sensations, both potentially contributing to the increased urinary frequency seen after stress.
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- Kylie A Mills
- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4229, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4229, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4229, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4229, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4229, Australia.
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Shimizu T, Shimizu S, Higashi Y, Saito M. Psychological/mental stress-induced effects on urinary function: Possible brain molecules related to psychological/mental stress-induced effects on urinary function. Int J Urol 2021; 28:1093-1104. [PMID: 34387005 DOI: 10.1111/iju.14663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Exposure to psychological/mental stress can affect urinary function, and lead to and exacerbate lower urinary tract dysfunctions. There is increasing evidence showing stress-induced changes not only at phenomenological levels in micturition, but also at multiple levels, lower urinary tract tissues, and peripheral and central nervous systems. The brain plays crucial roles in the regulation of the body's responses to stress; however, it is still unclear how the brain integrates stress-related information to induce changes at these multiple levels, thereby affecting urinary function and lower urinary tract dysfunctions. In this review, we introduce recent urological studies investigating the effects of stress exposure on urinary function and lower urinary tract dysfunctions, and our recent studies exploring "pro-micturition" and "anti-micturition" brain molecules related to stress responses. Based on evidence from these studies, we discuss the future directions of central neurourological research investigating how stress exposure-induced changes at peripheral and central levels affect urinary function and lower urinary tract dysfunctions. Brain molecules that we explored might be entry points into dissecting the stress-mediated process for modulating micturition.
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- Takahiro Shimizu
- Department of Pharmacology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
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Chess-Williams R, McDermott C, Sellers DJ, West EG, Mills KA. Chronic psychological stress and lower urinary tract symptoms. Low Urin Tract Symptoms 2021; 13:414-424. [PMID: 34132480 DOI: 10.1111/luts.12395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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It is well established that lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), particularly urinary urgency and incontinence, cause stress and anxiety for patients. However, there is mounting evidence that the relationship between these two factors is bidirectional and that chronic psychological stress itself can result in the development of symptoms such as urinary frequency, urgency, incontinence, and pelvic pain. This review considers the evidence that such a relationship exists and reviews the literature from clinical and animal studies to identify some of the mechanisms that might be involved. Inflammatory responses induced by chronic stress appear to offer the strongest link to bladder dysfunction. There is overwhelming evidence, both in patients and animal models, for a release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines during periods of chronic stress. Furthermore, cytokines have been shown to cause bladder dysfunction and pain via actions in the central nervous system and locally in the bladder. In the brain and spinal cord, pro-inflammatory cytokines influence the regulation of micturition pathways by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and its receptors, while peripherally cytokines affect bladder function, directly causing detrusor hypertrophy and afferent nerve hypersensitivity. There is little information on which treatments may have most benefit for stressed/anxious patients with LUTS, but animal studies suggest traditional drugs for overactive bladder (solifenacin, mirabegron) are more effective on LUTS than anxiolytic drugs (fluoxetine, imipramine). The preliminary preclinical data for CRF receptor antagonists is not consistent. A clearer understanding of the mechanisms involved in stress-induced LUTS should provide a basis for improved treatment of this condition.
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- Russ Chess-Williams
- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Foot shock stress generates persistent widespread hypersensitivity and anhedonic behavior in an anxiety-prone strain of mice. Pain 2021; 161:211-219. [PMID: 31568043 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A significant subset of patients with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome suffer from widespread, as well as pelvic, pain and experience mood-related disorders, including anxiety, depression, and panic disorder. Stress is a commonly reported trigger for symptom onset and exacerbation within these patients. The link between stress and pain is believed to arise, in part, from the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, which regulates the response to stress and can influence the perception of pain. Previous studies have shown that stress exposure in anxiety-prone rats can induce both pelvic and widespread hypersensitivity. Here, we exposed female A/J mice, an anxiety-prone inbred murine strain, to 10 days of foot shock stress to determine stress-induced effects on sensitivity, anhedonia, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation and output. At 1 and 28 days after foot shock, A/J mice displayed significantly increased bladder sensitivity and hind paw mechanical allodynia. They also displayed anhedonic behavior, measured as reduced nest building scores and a decrease in sucrose preference during the 10-day foot shock exposure. Serum corticosterone was significantly increased at 1 day after foot shock, and bladder mast cell degranulation rates were similarly high in both sham- and shock-exposed mice. Bladder cytokine and growth factor mRNA levels indicated a persistent shift toward a proinflammatory environment after foot shock exposure. Together, these data suggest that chronic stress exposure in an anxiety-prone mouse strain may provide a useful translational model for understanding mechanisms that contribute to widespreadness of pain and increased comorbidity in a subset of patients with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
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Sakakibara R. Editorial Comment to Impact of depression on overactive bladder. Int J Urol 2020; 28:246-247. [PMID: 33368656 DOI: 10.1111/iju.14482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ryuji Sakakibara
- Neurology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, Chiba, Japan
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Srivastava P, Lai HH, Mickle AD. Characterization of a method to study urodynamics and bladder nociception in male and female mice. Low Urin Tract Symptoms 2020; 13:319-324. [PMID: 33202486 DOI: 10.1111/luts.12365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Abdominal electromyogram or visceromotor response (VMR) elicited by bladder distension is a validated as a measure of bladder nociception in mice, however it is not without its limitations. The aim of this study is to address some of these limitations and validate voiding evoked VMR as a measure of bladder nociception mice. METHODS Using both male and female C57BL/6 mice we assessed the VMR response to cytometry- induced voiding before and after instillation of 0.5% acetic acid into the bladder. We then delivered intravesical lidocaine to confirm the VMR response as nociceptive. VMR and correlative cystometric bladder pressures were analyzed. RESULTS We found that the VMR can be evoked by continuous fluid infusion into the bladder of both male and female mice. This response is potentiated after bladder injury and can be attenuated by administration of a local anesthetic, providing strong evidence that this method can be used to evaluate bladder nociception. Further, evaluation of cystometric pressure traces obtained during VMR recording revealed that intercontraction intervals were not altered after bladder injury in either male or female mice. However, we did observe a decrease in peak threshold pressures after bladder injury in female mice, which could be rescued by lidocaine administration. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, this technique can measure the VMR and bladder nociception associated with voiding in both female and male mice. Although confounds still exist with the use of anesthesia, further exploration of non-anesthetized voiding-evoked VMR is warranted.
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- Paulome Srivastava
- Washington University Pain Center and Department of Anesthesiology, and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Washington University Pain Center and Department of Anesthesiology, and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.,Department of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Washington University Pain Center and Department of Anesthesiology, and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.,Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Kawahara T, Ninomiya S, Tsutsumi S, Ito H, Yao M, Uemura H. Impact of depression on overactive bladder. Int J Urol 2020; 28:245-246. [PMID: 33174244 PMCID: PMC7894284 DOI: 10.1111/iju.14434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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- Takashi Kawahara
- Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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Lin Z, Hu H, Liu B, Chen Y, Tao Y, Zhou X, Li M. Biomaterial-assisted drug delivery for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome treatment. J Mater Chem B 2020; 9:23-34. [PMID: 33179709 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb02094j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic and painful bladder condition afflicting patients with increased urinary urgency and frequency as well as incontinence. Owing to the elusive pathogenesis of IC/BPS, obtaining effective therapeutic outcomes remains challenging. Current administrational routes such as intravesical-bladder injection improve the treatment efficacy and reduce systemic side effects. However, the bladder permeability barrier hinders drug penetration into the bladder wall to meet the desired therapeutic expectation. These issues can be addressed by encapsulating drugs into biomaterials. When appropriately exploited, they would increase the drug dwelling time in the bladder, enhance the penetration of mucosa and improve the therapeutic response of IC/BPS. In this review, we first elucidate the pathogenesis and animal models of IC/BPS. Then, we highlight recent representative biomaterial-assisted drug delivery systems for IC/BPS treatment. Finally, we discuss the challenges and outlook for further developing biomaterial-based delivery systems for IC/BPS management.
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- Zhijun Lin
- Laboratory of Biomaterials and Translational Medicine, Department of Urology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
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West EG, Sellers DJ, Chess-Williams R, McDermott C. Bladder overactivity induced by psychological stress in female mice is associated with enhanced bladder contractility. Life Sci 2020; 265:118735. [PMID: 33166589 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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AIMS To investigates the effects of water avoidance stress on voiding behaviour and functional bladder responses in mice. MAIN METHODS Mice in the Stress group were exposed to water avoidance stress (WAS) for 1 h/day for 10 days, Controls were age-matched and housed normally. Voiding behaviour was measured periodically throughout the stress protocol and bladders were isolated 24-h after final stress exposure to measure bladder compliance, spontaneous phasic activity, contractile responses, and release of urothelial mediators. KEY FINDINGS Repeated stress exposure induced a significant increase in plasma corticosterone levels in the WAS group compared to control. An overactive bladder phenotype was observed in WAS mice, causing a significant increase in the number of voiding events observed from as early as day-3, and a 7-fold increase following 10-days' stress. This increase in voiding frequency was associated with a significant decrease in void size, an increase in the number of small voids, but no change in total voided volume. Bladders from stressed mice showed a significant increase in the maximum responses to the muscarinic agonist carbachol (p < 0.01), in addition to enhanced pressure responses to the purinergic agonists ATP (p < 0.05) and αβ-mATP (p < 0.05), and non-receptor mediated contractions to KCl (p < 0.05) compared to controls. Nerve-mediated bladder contractions to electric field stimulation were not significantly affected by stress, nor were spontaneous phasic contractions or release of urothelial ATP and acetylcholine. SIGNIFICANCE Repeated exposure to water avoidance stress produced an overactive bladder phenotype, confirmed by increased voiding frequency, and associated with enhanced bladder contractile responses.
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- Eliza G West
- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, QLD 4229, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, QLD 4229, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, QLD 4229, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, QLD 4229, Australia.
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Andersson KE, Birder L, Chermansky C, Chess-Williams R, Fry C. Are there relevant animal models to set research priorities in LUTD? ICI-RS 2019. Neurourol Urodyn 2020; 39 Suppl 3:S9-S15. [PMID: 32662562 DOI: 10.1002/nau.24259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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AIM To discuss animal models of lower urinary tract disorders (LUTD) and their translational impact. METHODS Report of discussions based on presented literature-search based reviews relevant for the purpose. RESULTS Animal models can be used to investigate fundamental biological mechanisms, but also as tools to elucidate aspects of the pathogenesis of disease and to provide early evidence of any safety risk. Several different models may be required to obtain information that can have a translational impact. The term "translational research" covers not only the process of directly transferring knowledge from basic sciences to human trials to produce new drugs, devices, and treatment options for patients (T1 type translation) but also the implementation of early clinical research findings (phases I-III) into practice to improve care for patients (T2 type). Direct transfer of animal data to T2 is rarely possible, and the process often does not continue after the first trials in humans (phase I). It should be emphasized that many preclinical observations do not have (and do not need to have) immediate translational impact. CONCLUSIONS No single animal model can mimic the complexity of the human disease. Still, animal models can be useful for gaining information on LUT function in humans, for elucidating pathophysiological mechanisms, and for the definition of targets for future drugs to treat LUT disorders.
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- Karl-Erik Andersson
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.,Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- School of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Holschneider DP, Wang Z, Chang H, Zhang R, Gao Y, Guo Y, Mao J, Rodriguez LV. Ceftriaxone inhibits stress-induced bladder hyperalgesia and alters cerebral micturition and nociceptive circuits in the rat: A multidisciplinary approach to the study of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome research network study. Neurourol Urodyn 2020; 39:1628-1643. [PMID: 32578247 DOI: 10.1002/nau.24424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIMS Emotional stress plays a role in the exacerbation and development of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). Given the significant overlap of brain circuits involved in stress, anxiety, and micturition, and the documented role of glutamate in their regulation, we examined the effects of an increase in glutamate transport on central amplification of stress-induced bladder hyperalgesia, a core feature of IC/BPS. METHODS Wistar-Kyoto rats were exposed to water avoidance stress (WAS, 1 hour/day x 10 days) or sham stress, with subgroups receiving daily administration of ceftriaxone (CTX), an activator of glutamate transport. Thereafter, cystometrograms were obtained during bladder infusion with visceromotor responses (VMR) recorded simultaneously. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) mapping was performed by intravenous injection of [14 C]-iodoantipyrine during passive bladder distension. Regional CBF was quantified in autoradiographs of brain slices and analyzed in three dimensional reconstructed brains with statistical parametric mapping. RESULTS WAS elicited visceral hypersensitivity during bladder filling as demonstrated by a decreased pressure threshold and VMR threshold triggering the voiding phase. Brain maps revealed stress effects in regions noted to be responsive to bladder filling. CTX diminished visceral hypersensitivity and attenuated many stress-related cerebral activations within the supraspinal micturition circuit and in overlapping limbic and nociceptive regions, including the posterior midline cortex (posterior cingulate/anterior retrosplenium), somatosensory cortex, and anterior thalamus. CONCLUSIONS CTX diminished bladder hyspersensitivity and attenuated regions of the brain that contribute to nociceptive and micturition circuits, show stress effects, and have been reported to demonstrated altered functionality in patients with IC/BPS. Glutamatergic pharmacologic strategies modulating stress-related bladder dysfunction may be a novel approach to the treatment of IC/BPS.
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.,Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.,Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Akiyama Y, Luo Y, Hanno PM, Maeda D, Homma Y. Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: The evolving landscape, animal models and future perspectives. Int J Urol 2020; 27:491-503. [PMID: 32246572 DOI: 10.1111/iju.14229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome is a debilitating condition of unknown etiology characterized by persistent pelvic pain with lower urinary tract symptoms and comprises a wide variety of potentially clinically useful phenotypes with different possible etiologies. Current clinicopathological and genomic evidence suggests that interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome should be categorized by the presence or absence of Hunner lesions, rather than by clinical phenotyping based on symptomatology. The Hunner lesion subtype is a distinct inflammatory disease with proven bladder etiology characterized by epithelial denudation and enhanced immune responses frequently accompanied by clonal expansion of infiltrating B cells, with potential engagement of infection. Meanwhile, the non-Hunner lesion subtype is a non-inflammatory disorder with little evidence of bladder etiology. It is potentially associated with urothelial malfunction and neurophysiological dysfunction, and frequently presents with somatic and/or psychological symptoms, that commonly result in central nervous sensitization. Animal models of autoimmune cystitis and neurogenic sensitization might serve as disease models for the Hunner lesion and non-Hunner lesion subtypes, respectively. Here, we revisit the taxonomy of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome according to current research, and discuss its potential pathophysiology and representative animal models. Categorization of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome based on cystoscopy is mandatory to design optimized treatment and research strategies for each subtype. A tailored approach that specifically targets the characteristic inflammation and epithelial denudation for the Hunner lesion subtype, or the urothelial malfunction, sensitized/altered nervous system and psychosocial problems for the non-Hunner lesion subtype, is essential for better clinical management and research progress in this complex condition.
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- Yoshiyuki Akiyama
- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genomics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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West EG, Sellers DJ, Chess-Williams R, McDermott C. Voiding Behavior and Efferent Bladder Function Altered in Mice Following Social Defeat but Not Witness Trauma. Front Physiol 2020; 11:247. [PMID: 32265738 PMCID: PMC7098992 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Psychological stress is associated with bladder dysfunction, however, the local bladder mechanisms affected are not well understood. This study aimed to determine how psychological stress, caused by social defeat or witness trauma, affects voiding behavior and bladder function. Pairs of male C57Bl/6J mice were placed in a custom-made plexiglass chamber with an aggressor ARC(S) mouse for 1 h/day for 10 days. The social defeat mouse was in physical contact with the aggressor, while the witness was physically separated but could observe interactions between its cage-mate and the aggressor. Age matched control pairs were used for comparison. Voiding analysis was conducted periodically over the 10 days. An ex vivo whole bladder preparation was used to assess functional changes after the period of stress. Plasma corticosterone levels were significantly increased by both social defeat and witness trauma stress when compared to unstressed controls. Voiding analysis revealed a significant decrease in voiding frequency in the social defeat group compared to control animals, indicating an altered voiding phenotype. Witness trauma did not alter voiding behavior. Bladder contractile responses to cholinergic stimulation were not significantly altered in either stress group, nor was relaxation to the beta-adrenoceptor agonist isoprenaline. However, nerve evoked contractile responses were significantly increased at all frequencies in bladders from social defeat but not witness trauma mice. Purinergic contractile responses were also significantly enhanced in this group. Social defeat also resulted in increased urothelial acetylcholine release during bladder distension, with no change in ATP release. In conclusion, functional bladder changes are dependent upon stressor type. Enhanced urothelial acetylcholine may desensitize bladder sensory nerves, which, coupled with more efficient voiding contractions due to enhanced nerve-mediated and purinergic detrusor responses, may account for the altered voiding phenotype observed. This study reports a male model of social defeat stress with reduced urinary frequency, with no voiding changes observed in the witness.
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- Eliza G West
- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Urology Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, QLD, Australia
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Holschneider DP, Wang Z, Guo Y, Sanford MT, Yeh J, Mao JJ, Zhang R, Rodriguez LV. Exercise modulates neuronal activation in the micturition circuit of chronically stressed rats: A multidisciplinary approach to the study of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (MAPP) research network study. Physiol Behav 2020; 215:112796. [PMID: 31884113 PMCID: PMC7269603 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rats exposed to water avoidance stress (WAS) show increased urinary frequency, increased somatosensory nociceptive reflex responses, as well as altered brain responses to bladder distension, analogous to similar observations made in patients with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS). Exercise has been proposed as a potential treatment option for patients with chronic urinary frequency and urgency. We examined the effects of exercise on urinary voiding parameters and functional brain activation during bladder distension in rats exposed to WAS. METHODS Adult, female Wistar Kyoto rats were exposed to 10 days of WAS and thereafter randomized to either voluntary exercise for 3 weeks or sedentary groups. Voiding parameters were assessed at baseline, post-WAS, and weekly for 3 weeks. Thereafter, cerebral blood flow (CBF) mapping was performed during isotonic bladder distension (20 cm H2O) after intravenous bolus injection of [14C]-iodoantipyrine. Regional CBF was quantified in autoradiographs of brain slices and analyzed in 3-D reconstructed brains by statistical parametric mapping. Functional connectivity was examined between regions of the micturition circuit through interregional correlation analysis. RESULTS WAS exposure in sedentary animals (WAS/no-EX) increased voiding frequency and decreased urinary volumes per void. Exercise exposure in WAS animals (WAS/EX) resulted in a progressive decline in voiding frequency back to the baseline, as well as increased urinary volumes per void. Within the micturition circuit, WAS/EX compared to WAS/no-EX demonstrated a significantly lower rCBF response to passive bladder distension in Barrington's nucleus that is part of the spinobulbospinal voiding reflex, as well as in the periaqueductal gray (PAG) which modulates this reflex. Greater rCBF was noted in WAS/EX animals broadly across corticolimbic structures, including the cingulate, medial prefrontal cortex (prelimbic, infralimbic areas), insula, amygdala, and hypothalamus, which provide a 'top-down' decision point where micturition could be inhibited or triggered. WAS/EX showed a significantly greater positive brain functional connectivities compared to WAS/no-EX animals within regions of the extended reflex loop (PAG, Barrington's nucleus, intermediodorsal thalamic nucleus, pons), as well as within regions of the corticolimbic decision-making loop of the micturition circuit, with a strikingly negative correlation between these pathways. Urinary frequency was positively correlated with rCBF in the pons, and negatively correlated with rCBF in the cingulate cortex. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that chronic voluntary exercise may decrease urinary frequency at two points of control in the micturition circuit. During the urine storage phase, it may diminish the influence of the reflex micturition circuit itself, and/or it may increase corticolimbic control of voiding. Exercise may be an effective adjunct therapeutic intervention for modifying the urinary symptoms in patients with UCPPS.
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- Daniel P Holschneider
- Departments of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
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- Departments of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Departments of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Urology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Urology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Urology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Urology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Urology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
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Garzon S, Laganà AS, Casarin J, Raffaelli R, Cromi A, Sturla D, Franchi M, Ghezzi F. An update on treatment options for interstitial cystitis. PRZEGLAD MENOPAUZALNY = MENOPAUSE REVIEW 2020; 19:35-43. [PMID: 32699542 PMCID: PMC7258371 DOI: 10.5114/pm.2020.95334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Interstitial cystitis or bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic pelvic pain syndrome related to the urinary bladder. The ideal treatment should match as much as possible with the pathophysiologic causes of the IC/BPS, but the scarcely available evidence limits this approach, with the majority of available treatments that are primarily targeted to the control of symptoms. The treatment strategies have traditionally focused on the bladder, which is considered the primary end-organ and source of pain. Nevertheless, the growing body of evidence suggests a multifaceted nature of the disease with systemic components. In general, guidelines recommend the personalized and progressive approach, that starts from the more conservative options and then advances toward more invasive and combined treatments. The behavioral changes represent the first and most conservative steps. They can be combined with oral medications or progressively with intravesical instillation of drugs, up to more invasive techniques in a combined way. Despite the multiple available options, the optimal treatment is not easy to be found. Only further investigation on the etiopathogenetic mechanisms, taking into account the differences among subgroups, and the interaction between central and peripherical factors may allow providing a real improvement in the treatment and management of these patients.
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- Simone Garzon
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Filippo Del Ponte” Hospital, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Filippo Del Ponte” Hospital, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Filippo Del Ponte” Hospital, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, AOUI Verona, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Filippo Del Ponte” Hospital, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Filippo Del Ponte” Hospital, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, AOUI Verona, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Filippo Del Ponte” Hospital, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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Sanford MT, Yeh JC, Mao JJ, Guo Y, Wang Z, Zhang R, Holschneider DP, Rodriguez LV. Voluntary exercise improves voiding function and bladder hyperalgesia in an animal model of stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity: A multidisciplinary approach to the study of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome research network study. Neurourol Urodyn 2020; 39:603-612. [PMID: 31944369 DOI: 10.1002/nau.24270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The underlying mechanism of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is not well understood and evaluation of current therapeutic interventions has not identified any generally effective treatments. Physical activity has shown beneficial effects on individuals suffering from chronic pain. Anxiety-prone rats exposed to water avoidance stress (WAS) develop urinary frequency and lower bladder sensory thresholds with high face and construct validity for the study of IC/BPS. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of chronic voluntary exercise on urinary frequency, voiding function, and hyperalgesia in animals exposed to WAS. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-six female Wistar-Kyoto rats were exposed to WAS and thereafter randomized to either voluntary exercise for 3 weeks or sedentary groups. Voiding parameters were assessed at baseline, post-WAS, and weekly for 3 weeks. Before euthanasia, the animals underwent cystometrogram (CMG), external urinary sphincter electromyography, and assessment of visceromotor response (VMR) to isotonic bladder distension (IBD). RESULTS WAS exposure resulted in adverse changes in voiding parameters. Compared with sedentary animals, animals in the voluntary exercise group had improved voiding parameters during metabolic cage and CMG testing, as well as improved bladder sensory thresholds as determined by VMR during IBD. CONCLUSION Voluntary exercise in an animal model of chronic stress leads to improvement in voiding function and visceral bladder hyperalgesia.
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- Melissa T Sanford
- Department of Urology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas
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- Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Ding H, Chen J, Su M, Lin Z, Zhan H, Yang F, Li W, Xie J, Huang Y, Liu X, Liu B, Zhou X. BDNF promotes activation of astrocytes and microglia contributing to neuroinflammation and mechanical allodynia in cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis. J Neuroinflammation 2020; 17:19. [PMID: 31931832 PMCID: PMC6958761 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-020-1704-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) often grieve over a low quality of life brought about by chronic pain. In our previous studies, we determined that neuroinflammation of the spinal dorsal horn (SDH) was associated with mechanisms of interstitial cystitis. Moreover, it has been shown that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) participates in the regulation of neuroinflammation and pathological pain through BDNF-TrkB signaling; however, whether it plays a role in cyclophosphamide (CYP)-induced cystitis remains unclear. This study aimed to confirm whether BDNF-TrkB signaling modulates neuroinflammation and mechanical allodynia in CYP-induced cystitis and determine how it occurs. METHODS Systemic intraperitoneal injection of CYP was performed to establish a rat cystitis model. BDNF-TrkB signaling was modulated by intraperitoneal injection of the TrkB receptor antagonist, ANA-12, or intrathecal injection of exogenous BDNF. Mechanical allodynia in the suprapubic region was assessed using the von Frey filaments test. The expression of BDNF, TrkB, p-TrkB, Iba1, GFAP, p-p38, p-JNK, IL-1β, and TNF-α in the L6-S1 SDH was measured by Western blotting and immunofluorescence analysis. RESULTS BDNF-TrkB signaling was upregulated significantly in the SDH after CYP was injected. Similarly, the expressions of Iba1, GFAP, p-p38, p-JNK, IL-1β, and TNF-α in the SDH were all upregulated. Treatment with ANA-12 could attenuate mechanical allodynia, restrain activation of astrocytes and microglia and alleviate neuroinflammation. Besides, the intrathecal injection of exogenous BDNF further decreased the mechanical withdrawal threshold, promoted activation of astrocytes and microglia, and increased the release of TNF-α and IL-1β in the SDH of our CYP-induced cystitis model. CONCLUSIONS In our CYP-induced cystitis model, BDNF promoted the activation of astrocytes and microglia to release TNF-α and IL-1β, aggravating neuroinflammation and leading to mechanical allodynia through BDNF-TrkB-p38/JNK signaling.
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- Honglu Ding
- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Rd, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Rd, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, The Third Affiliated Hospital and Lingnan Hospital of the Sun Yat-Sen University, 2693 Kaichuang Rd, Guangzhou, 510700, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Rd, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Rd, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Rd, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Rd, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Rd, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Rd, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Pain Research Center and Department of Physiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine of Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhongshan Rd. 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, 74 Zhongshan Rd. 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Rd, Guangzhou, 510630, China.
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- Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Rd, Guangzhou, 510630, China.
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Jhang JF, Birder LA, Jiang YH, Hsu YH, Ho HC, Kuo HC. Dysregulation of bladder corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor in the pathogenesis of human interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. Sci Rep 2019; 9:19169. [PMID: 31844086 PMCID: PMC6915757 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55584-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Stress is associated with exacerbated symptoms in patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). To investigate the mechanism of stress implicated on IC/BPS, we investigated expression of stress-response receptor corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor (CRHR) in bladder from IC/BPS patients. Twenty-three IC/BPS patients with Hunner’s lesion (HIC), 51 IC/BPS patients without Hunner’s lesion (NHIC), and 24 patients with stress urinary incontinence as controls were enrolled. Cystoscopic biopsies of bladder wall including mucosa and submucosa were obtained from all patients. Western blotting was used to investigate the bladder expression of the CRHR1 and CRHR2. Immunochemical staining revealed CRHR1 expression was mainly located in the submucosa while CRHR2 expression was mainly in uroepithelial cells. Compared to control subjects, the CRHR1 expression was significantly higher, while CRHR2 expression was significantly lower in IC/BPS patients. Further analysis of patients with HIC, NHIC, and control subjects showed that bladder in patients with HIC had significantly higher expressions of CRHR1 and significantly lower CRHR2. CRHR2 expression was significantly negatively correlated with O’Leary-Sant score and bladder pain. Our results indicate dysregulation of bladder CRHR1 and CRHR2 in patients with IC/BPS, and suggest CRH signaling may be associated with IC/BPS symptoms.
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- Jia-Fong Jhang
- Department of Urology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Departments of Medicine; Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Urology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Anatomy, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Urology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan, Hualien, Taiwan.
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Tateno F, Sakakibara R, Aiba Y, Takahashi O, Shimizu A, Oki T. Increased bladder sensation without detrusor overactivity revisited: Use of a five-grade sensory measure. Low Urin Tract Symptoms 2019; 12:162-166. [PMID: 31833660 DOI: 10.1111/luts.12298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2019] [Revised: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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AIMS Increased bladder sensation (IBS) without detrusor overactivity (DO) is still a matter of debate, regarding its clinical relevance, urodynamic nature, underlying pathology, and management. Among these, we present our data focusing on the urodynamic nature of IBS without DO, by applying our five-grade sensory measure during urodynamics. METHODS We enrolled 400 individuals who visited our laboratory for screening of lower urinary tract function, mostly with neurogenic etiologies. They included 74 control, 87 DO (irrespective of IBS), and 239 IBS (defined as first sensation <100 mL) without DO. During slow bladder filling, we instructed individuals to indicate their sensation in five grades: 1, first sensation to 5, strong desire to void. We also instructed individuals to report other sensations such as pain. RESULTS The five-grade measure could be performed in all participants without difficulty. None of the participants reported pain or any qualitatively different sensations. Although we defined DO irrespective of IBS, the sensation interval 0 (start) to 1 (first sensation) of subjects with IBS but without DO was significantly less than that of subjects with DO (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The present study results showed that first sensation of subjects with IBS without DO was significantly less than that of subjects with DO (P < 0.05), while the bladder capacities of the two groups were the same. An extremely low-volume first sensation may suggest the possibility of IBS without DO.
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- Fuyuki Tateno
- Neurology, Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, Japan
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- Neurology, Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, Japan
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- Neurology, Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, Japan
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- Clinical Physiology Unit, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, Japan
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- Clinical Physiology Unit, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, Japan
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- Neurology, Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, Japan
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Birder LA. Pathophysiology of interstitial cystitis. Int J Urol 2019; 26 Suppl 1:12-15. [DOI: 10.1111/iju.13985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Lori A Birder
- Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Chemical Biology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
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Sosanya NM, Garza TH, Stacey W, Crimmins SL, Christy RJ, Cheppudira BP. Involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in chronic intermittent stress-induced enhanced mechanical allodynia in a rat model of burn pain. BMC Neurosci 2019; 20:17. [PMID: 31014242 PMCID: PMC6480655 DOI: 10.1186/s12868-019-0500-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Reports show that stressful events before injury exacerbates post-injury pain. The mechanism underlying stress-induced heightened thermal pain is unclear. Here, we examined the effects of chronic intermittent stress (CIS) on nociceptive behaviors and brain-derived nerve growth factor (BDNF) system in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hypothalamus of rats with and without thermal injury. RESULTS Unstressed rats showed transient mechanical allodynia during stress exposure. Stressed rats with thermal injury displayed persistent exacerbated mechanical allodynia (P < 0.001). Increased expression of BDNF mRNA in the PFC (P < 0.05), and elevated TrkB and p-TrkB (P < 0.05) protein levels in the hypothalamus were observed in stressed rats with thermal injury but not in stressed or thermally injured rats alone. Furthermore, administration of CTX-B significantly reduced stress-induced exacerbated mechanical allodynia in thermally injured rats (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION These results indicate that BDNF-TrkB signaling in PFC and hypothalamus contributes to CIS-induced exacerbated mechanical allodynia in thermal injury state.
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- Natasha M Sosanya
- Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA
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- Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA
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- Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA
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- Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA
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- Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA
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- Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA.
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Kullmann FA, McDonnell BM, Wolf-Johnston AS, Kanai AJ, Shiva S, Chelimsky T, Rodriguez L, Birder LA. Stress-induced autonomic dysregulation of mitochondrial function in the rat urothelium. Neurourol Urodyn 2019; 38:572-581. [PMID: 30575113 PMCID: PMC7528980 DOI: 10.1002/nau.23876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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AIM Chronic stress exacerbates the symptoms of most pain disorders including interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). Abnormalities in urothelial cells (UTC) occur in this debilitating bladder condition. The sequence of events that might link stress (presumably through increased sympathetic nervous system-SNS activity) to urothelial dysfunction are unknown. Since autonomic dysregulation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative stress all occur in chronic pain, we investigated whether chronic psychological stress initiated a cascade linking these three dysfunctions. METHODS Adult female Wistar Kyoto rats were exposed to 10 days of water avoidance stress (WAS). Bladders were then harvested for Western blot and single cell imaging in UTC cultures. RESULTS UTC from WAS rats exhibited depolarized mitochondria membrane potential (Ψm ∼30% more depolarized compared to control), activated AMPK and altered UT mitochondria bioenergetics. Expression of the fusion protein mitofusion-2 (MFN-2) was upregulated in the mucosa, suggesting mitochondrial structural changes consistent with altered cellular metabolism. Intracellular calcium levels were elevated in cultured WAS UTC, consistent with impaired cellular function. Stimulation of cultured UTC with alpha-adrenergic (α-AR) receptor agonists increased reactive oxidative species (ROS) production, suggesting a direct action of SNS activity on UTC. Treatment of rats with guanethidine to block SNS activity prevented most of WAS-induced changes. CONCLUSIONS Chronic stress results in persistent sympathetically mediated effects that alter UTC mitochondrial function. This may impact the urothelial barrier and signaling, which contributes to bladder dysfunction and pain. This is the first demonstration, to our knowledge, of a potential autonomic mechanism directly linking stress to mitochondrial dysfunction.
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- Florenta Aura Kullmann
- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Departments of Urology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Guimarães MR, Soares AR, Cunha AM, Esteves M, Borges S, Magalhães R, Moreira PS, Rodrigues AJ, Sousa N, Almeida A, Leite‐Almeida H. Evidence for lack of direct causality between pain and affective disturbances in a rat peripheral neuropathy model. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2018; 18:e12542. [DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Marco R. Guimarães
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
- Clinical Academic Center – Braga Braga Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
- Clinical Academic Center – Braga Braga Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
- Clinical Academic Center – Braga Braga Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences University of Minho Braga Portugal
- ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga Portugal
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Grundy L, Caldwell A, Brierley SM. Mechanisms Underlying Overactive Bladder and Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:931. [PMID: 30618560 PMCID: PMC6299241 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The bladder is innervated by extrinsic afferents that project into the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, providing sensory input to the micturition centers within the central nervous system. Under normal conditions, the continuous activation of these neurons during bladder distension goes mostly unnoticed. However, for patients with chronic urological disorders such as overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) and interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS), exaggerated bladder sensation and altered bladder function are common debilitating symptoms. Whilst considered to be separate pathological entities, there is now significant clinical and pre-clinical evidence that both OAB and IC/PBS are related to structural, synaptic, or intrinsic changes in the complex signaling pathways that mediate bladder sensation. This review discusses how urothelial dysfunction, bladder permeability, inflammation, and cross-organ sensitisation between visceral organs can regulate this neuroplasticity. Furthermore, we discuss how the emotional affective component of pain processing, involving dysregulation of the HPA axis and maladaptation to stress, anxiety and depression, can exacerbate aberrant bladder sensation and urological dysfunction. This review reveals the complex nature of urological disorders, highlighting numerous interconnected mechanisms in their pathogenesis. To find appropriate therapeutic treatments for these disorders, it is first essential to understand the mechanisms responsible, incorporating research from every level of the sensory pathway, from bladder to brain.
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- Luke Grundy
- Visceral Pain Research Group, Centre for Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Centre for Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Discipline of Medicine, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Visceral Pain Research Group, Centre for Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Centre for Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Discipline of Medicine, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Visceral Pain Research Group, Centre for Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Centre for Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Discipline of Medicine, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Ness TJ, DeWitte C, DeBerry JJ, Randich A. Neonatal bladder inflammation alters the role of the central amygdala in hypersensitivity produced by Acute Footshock stress in adult female rats. Brain Res 2018; 1698:99-105. [PMID: 29964025 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Revised: 05/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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There is increasing evidence that chronic pain may be associated with events that occur during critical periods of development. Recent studies have identified behavioral, spinal neurophysiological and spinal/peripheral neurochemical differences in rats that have experienced neonatal bladder inflammation (NBI): a putative model of the chronically painful bladder disorder, interstitial cystitis. Stress has been shown to exacerbate symptoms of interstitial cystitis and produces bladder hypersensitivity in animal models. We recently reported that Acute Footshock-induced bladder hypersensitivity was eliminated in otherwise normal rats by prior bilateral lesions of the central nucleus of the amygdala. Since the spinal and peripheral nervous systems of NBI-treated rats are known to differ from normal rats, the present experiments sought to determine whether a supraspinal nervous system structure, the central amygdala, is still necessary for the induction of Acute Footshock-induced hypersensitivity. The effect of bilateral amygdala electrolytic lesions on Acute Footshock-induced bladder hypersensitivity in adult female rats was tested in Control rats which underwent a control protocol as neonates and in experimental rats which experienced NBI. Consistent with our previous report, in Control rats, Acute Footshock-induced bladder hypersensitivity was eliminated by bilateral Amygdala Lesions. In contrast, Acute Footshock-induced bladder hypersensitivity in NBI-treated rats was unaffected by bilateral Amygdala Lesions. These findings provide evidence that NBI results in the recruitment of substrates of bladder hypersensitivity that may differ from those of normal rats. This, in turn, suggests that unique therapeutics may be needed for painful bladder disorders like interstitial cystitis.
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- Timothy J Ness
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Ligon C, Mohammadi E, Ge P, Hannig G, Higgins C, Greenwood-Van Meerveld B. Linaclotide inhibits colonic and urinary bladder hypersensitivity in adult female rats following unpredictable neonatal stress. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2018; 30:e13375. [PMID: 29797376 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.13375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and bladder pain syndrome (BPS) are female-predominant, chronic functional pain disorders that are associated with early life stress (ELS) and therapeutic options for such patients remain limited. Linaclotide, a guanylate cyclase-C (GC-C) agonist, relieves abdominal pain and bowel symptoms in adult patients suffering from IBS with constipation. Here, we test the hypothesis that linaclotide will reverse colon and bladder hyperalgesia in a female-specific rodent model of adverse early life experience. METHODS Neonatal rats were exposed to an odor-attachment learning paradigm of early life stress (ELS). In adulthood, the effect of linaclotide (3 μg kg-1 d-1 , p.o.) on colonic and bladder sensitivity was assessed via quantification of the visceromotor response to colorectal distension and the frequency of withdrawal responses to the application of von Frey hairs to the suprapubic region. In another cohort of rats, the effect of linaclotide on ELS-induced colonic and bladder permeability was investigated via measurements of transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER). KEY RESULTS Rats exposed to unpredictable ELS exhibited colonic and bladder hypersensitivity that was significantly reduced by linaclotide compared to vehicle-treated controls. Colonic and bladder tissue isolated from adult rats exposed to unpredictable ELS exhibited a decrease in colonic and bladder TEER that was reversed by linaclotide. CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES Our results demonstrate that neonatal rats exposed to unpredictable ELS develop increased sensitivity and permeability of the colon and bladder in adulthood through a mechanism involving activation of peripheral GC-C signaling.
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- C Ligon
- Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.,Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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MicroRNA-mediated downregulation of potassium-chloride-cotransporter and vesicular γ-aminobutyric acid transporter expression in spinal cord contributes to neonatal cystitis-induced visceral pain in rats. Pain 2018; 158:2461-2474. [PMID: 28885452 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Loss of GABAergic inhibition in pain pathways has been considered to be a key component in the development of chronic pain. In the present study, we intended to examine whether miR-92b-mediated posttranscriptional dysregulation of spinal potassium chloride cotransporter (KCC2) and vesicular γ-aminobutyric acid transporter (VGAT) plays a major role in the development and maintenance of long-term visceral hyperalgesia in neonatal zymosan-treated rats. Neonatal cystitis was induced by transurethral zymosan administration from postnatal (P) days 14 to 16 (protocol 1). Two other zymosan protocols were also used: adult rechallenge on P57 to 59 following neonatal P14 to 16 exposures (protocol 2), and adult zymosan exposures on P57 to 59 (protocol 3). Both neonatal and adult bladder inflammation protocols demonstrated an increase in spinal miR-92b-3p expression and subsequent decrease in KCC2 and VGAT expression in spinal dorsal horn neurons. In situ hybridization demonstrated a significant upregulation of miR-92b-3p in the spinal dorsal horn neurons of neonatal cystitis rats compared with saline-treated controls. In dual in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry studies, we further demonstrated coexpression of miR-92b-3p with targets KCC2 and VGAT in spinal dorsal horn neurons, emphasizing a possible regulatory role both at pre- and post-synaptic levels. Intrathecal administration of lentiviral pLSyn-miR-92b-3p sponge (miR-92b-3p inhibitor) upregulated KCC2 and VGAT expression in spinal dorsal horn neurons. In behavioral studies, intrathecal administration of lentiviral miR-92b-3p sponge attenuated an increase in visceromotor responses and referred viscerosomatic hypersensitivity following the induction of cystitis. These findings indicate that miR-92b-3p-mediated posttranscriptional regulation of spinal GABAergic system plays an important role in sensory pathophysiology of zymosan-induced cystitis.
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Birder LA, Kullmann FA. Role of neurogenic inflammation in local communication in the visceral mucosa. Semin Immunopathol 2018; 40:261-279. [PMID: 29582112 PMCID: PMC5960632 DOI: 10.1007/s00281-018-0674-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Intense research has focused on the involvement of the nervous system in regard to cellular mechanisms underlying neurogenic inflammation in the pelvic viscera. Evidence supports the neural release of inflammatory factors, trophic factors, and neuropeptides in the initiation of inflammation. However, more recently, non-neuronal cells including epithelia, endothelial, mast cells, and paraneurons are likely important participants in nervous system functions. For example, the urinary bladder urothelial cells are emerging as key elements in the detection and transmission of both physiological and nociceptive stimuli in the lower urinary tract. There is mounting evidence that these cells are involved in sensory mechanisms and can release mediators. Further, localization of afferent nerves next to the urothelium suggests these cells may be targets for transmitters released from bladder nerves and that chemicals released by urothelial cells may alter afferent excitability. Modifications of this type of communication in a number of pathological conditions can result in altered release of epithelial-derived mediators, which can activate local sensory nerves. Taken together, these and other findings highlighted in this review suggest that neurogenic inflammation involves complex anatomical and physiological interactions among a number of cell types in the bladder wall. The specific factors and pathways that mediate inflammatory responses in both acute and chronic conditions are not well understood and need to be further examined. Elucidation of mechanisms impacting on these pathways may provide insights into the pathology of various types of disorders involving the pelvic viscera.
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- Lori A Birder
- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, A 1217 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
- Department of Chemical Biology and Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, A 1217 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, A 1217 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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Kullmann FA, McDonnell BM, Wolf-Johnston AS, Lynn AM, Giglio D, Getchell SE, Ruiz WG, Zabbarova IV, Ikeda Y, Kanai AJ, Roppolo JR, Bastacky SI, Apodaca G, Buffington CAT, Birder LA. Inflammation and Tissue Remodeling in the Bladder and Urethra in Feline Interstitial Cystitis. Front Syst Neurosci 2018; 12:13. [PMID: 29706873 PMCID: PMC5908978 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2018.00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a debilitating chronic disease of unknown etiology. A naturally occurring disease termed feline interstitial cystitis (FIC) reproduces many features of IC/BPS patients. To gain insights into mechanisms underlying IC/BPS, we investigated pathological changes in the lamina propria (LP) of the bladder and proximal urethra in cats with FIC, using histological and molecular methods. Compared to control cat tissue, we found an increased number of de-granulated mast cells, accumulation of leukocytes, increased cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 expression in the bladder LP, and increased COX-2 expression in the urethra LP from cats with FIC. We also found increased suburothelial proliferation, evidenced by mucosal von Brunn’s nests, neovascularization and alterations in elastin content. Scanning electron microscopy revealed normal appearance of the superficial urethral epithelium, including the neuroendocrine cells (termed paraneurons), in FIC urethrae. Together, these histological findings suggest the presence of chronic inflammation of unknown origin leading to tissue remodeling. Since the mucosa functions as part of a “sensory network” and urothelial cells, nerves and other cells in the LP are influenced by the composition of the underlying tissues including the vasculature, the changes observed in the present study may alter the communication of sensory information between different cellular components. This type of mucosal signaling can also extend to the urethra, where recent evidence has revealed that the urethral epithelium is likely to be part of a signaling system involving paraneurons and sensory nerves. Taken together, our data suggest a more prominent role for chronic inflammation and tissue remodeling than previously thought, which may result in alterations in mucosal signaling within the urinary bladder and proximal urethra that may contribute to altered sensations and pain in cats and humans with this syndrome.
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- F Aura Kullmann
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.,Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.,Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Opposing Roles of Estradiol and Testosterone on Stress-Induced Visceral Hypersensitivity in Rats. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2018; 19:764-776. [PMID: 29496640 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2018.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Chronic stress produces maladaptive pain responses, manifested as alterations in pain processing and exacerbation of chronic pain conditions including irritable bowel syndrome. Female predominance, especially during reproductive years, strongly suggests a role of gonadal hormones. However, gonadal hormone modulation of stress-induced pain hypersensitivity is not well understood. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that estradiol is pronociceptive and testosterone is antinociceptive in a model of stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity (SIVH) in rats by recording the visceromotor response to colorectal distention after a 3-day forced swim (FS) stress paradigm. FS induced visceral hypersensitivity that persisted at least 2 weeks in female, but only 2 days in male rats. Ovariectomy blocked and orchiectomy facilitated SIVH. Furthermore, estradiol injection in intact male rats increased SIVH and testosterone in intact female rats attenuated SIVH. Western blot analyses indicated estradiol increased excitatory glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 1 expression and decreased inhibitory metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 expression after FS in male thoracolumbar spinal cord. In addition, the presence of estradiol during stress increased spinal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression independent of sex. In contrast, testosterone blocked the stress-induced increase in BDNF expression in female rats. These data suggest that estradiol facilitates and testosterone attenuates SIVH by modulating spinal excitatory and inhibitory glutamatergic receptor expression. PERSPECTIVE SIVH is more robust in female rats. Estradiol facilitates whereas testosterone dampens the development of SIVH. This could partially explain the greater prevalence of certain chronic visceral pain conditions in women. An increase in spinal BDNF is concomitant with increased stress-induced pain. Pharmaceutical interventions targeting this molecule could provide promising alleviation of SIVH in women.
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Animal Modelling of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome. Int Neurourol J 2018; 22:S3-9. [PMID: 29385788 PMCID: PMC5798638 DOI: 10.5213/inj.1835062.531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The etiology of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) remains elusive and may involve multiple causes. To better understand its pathophysiology, many efforts have been made to create IC/BPS models. Most existing models of IC/BPS strive to recreate bladder-related features by applying noxious intravesical or systemic stimuli to healthy animals. These models are useful to help understand various mechanisms; however, they are limited to demonstrating how the bladder and nervous system respond to noxious stimuli, and are not representative of the complex interactions and pathophysiology of IC/BPS. To study the various factors that may be relevant for IC/BPS, at least 3 different types of animal models are commonly used: (1) bladder-centric models, (2) models with complex mechanisms, and (3) psychological and physical stressors/natural disease models. It is obvious that all aspects of the human disease cannot be mimicked by a single model. It may be the case that several models, each contributing to a piece of the puzzle, are required to recreate a reasonable picture of the pathophysiology and time course of the disease(s) diagnosed as IC/BPS, and thus to identify reasonable targets for treatment.
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Greenwood-Van Meerveld B, Johnson AC. Stress-Induced Chronic Visceral Pain of Gastrointestinal Origin. Front Syst Neurosci 2017; 11:86. [PMID: 29213232 PMCID: PMC5702626 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Visceral pain is generally poorly localized and characterized by hypersensitivity to a stimulus such as organ distension. In concert with chronic visceral pain, there is a high comorbidity with stress-related psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression. The mechanisms linking visceral pain with these overlapping comorbidities remain to be elucidated. Evidence suggests that long term stress facilitates pain perception and sensitizes pain pathways, leading to a feed-forward cycle promoting chronic visceral pain disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Early life stress (ELS) is a risk-factor for the development of IBS, however the mechanisms responsible for the persistent effects of ELS on visceral perception in adulthood remain incompletely understood. In rodent models, stress in adult animals induced by restraint and water avoidance has been employed to investigate the mechanisms of stress-induce pain. ELS models such as maternal separation, limited nesting, or odor-shock conditioning, which attempt to model early childhood experiences such as neglect, poverty, or an abusive caregiver, can produce chronic, sexually dimorphic increases in visceral sensitivity in adulthood. Chronic visceral pain is a classic example of gene × environment interaction which results from maladaptive changes in neuronal circuitry leading to neuroplasticity and aberrant neuronal activity-induced signaling. One potential mechanism underlying the persistent effects of stress on visceral sensitivity could be epigenetic modulation of gene expression. While there are relatively few studies examining epigenetically mediated mechanisms involved in visceral nociception, stress-induced visceral pain has been linked to alterations in DNA methylation and histone acetylation patterns within the brain, leading to increased expression of pro-nociceptive neurotransmitters. This review will discuss the potential neuronal pathways and mechanisms responsible for stress-induced exacerbation of chronic visceral pain. Additionally, we will review the importance of specific experimental models of adult stress and ELS in enhancing our understanding of the basic molecular mechanisms of pain processing.
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- Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld
- Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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Effects of water avoidance stress on peripheral and central responses during bladder filling in the rat: A multidisciplinary approach to the study of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (MAPP) research network study. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182976. [PMID: 28886046 PMCID: PMC5590813 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Stress plays a role in the exacerbation and possibly the development of functional lower urinary tract disorders. Chronic water avoidance stress (WAS) in rodents is a model with high construct and face validity to bladder hypersensitive syndromes, such as interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), characterized by urinary frequency and bladder hyperalgesia and heightened stress responsiveness. Given the overlap of the brain circuits involved in stress, anxiety, and micturition, we evaluated the effects chronic stress has on bladder function, as well as its effects on regional brain activation during bladder filling. Female Wistar-Kyoto rats were exposed to WAS (10 days) or sham paradigms. One day thereafter, cystometrograms were obtained during titrated bladder dilation, with visceromotor responses (VMR) recorded simultaneously. Cerebral perfusion was assessed during passive bladder distension (20-cmH2O) following intravenous administration of [14C]-iodoantipyrine. Regional cerebral blood flow was quantified by autoradiography and analyzed in 3-dimensionally reconstructed brains with statistical parametric mapping. WAS animals compared to controls demonstrated a decreased pressure threshold and visceromotor threshold triggering the voiding phase. At 20-cmH2O, VMR was significantly greater in WAS animals compared to controls. WAS animals showed greater activation in cortical regions of the central micturition circuit, including the posterior cingulate, anterior retrosplenial, somatosensory, posterior insula, orbital, and anterior secondary (“supplementary”) motor cortices, as well as in the thalamus, anterior hypothalamus, parabrachial and Barrington nuclei, and striatum. Seed analysis showed increased functional connectivity of WAS compared to control animals of the posterior cingulate cortex to the pontine parabrachial nucleus; of the Barrington nucleus to the anterior dorsal midline and ventrobasilar thalamus and somatosensory and retrosplenial cortices; and of the posterior insula to anterior secondary motor cortex. Our findings show a visceral hypersensitivity during bladder filling in WAS animals, as well as increased engagement of portions of the micturition circuit responsive to urgency, viscerosensory perception and its relay to motor regions coordinating imminent bladder contraction. Results are consistent with recent findings in patients with interstitial cystitis, suggesting that WAS may serve as an animal model to elucidate the mechanisms leading to viscerosensitive brain phenotypes in humans with IC/BPS.
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Randich A, DeWitte C, DeBerry JJ, Robbins MT, Ness TJ. Lesions of the central amygdala and ventromedial medulla reduce bladder hypersensitivity produced by acute but not chronic foot shock. Brain Res 2017; 1675:1-7. [PMID: 28867481 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2017.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Both acute and chronic stress has been shown to exacerbate symptoms of chronic visceral pain conditions such as interstitial cystitis. Studies using animal models support these findings in that both acute and chronic exposure to foot shock-induced stress (FS) augment nociceptive reflex responses to urinary bladder distension (UBD). Only a few studies have examined the neural substrates mediating these phenomena and it is not clear whether acute and chronic stress engage the same or different substrates to produce bladder hypersensitivity. The present studies examined the role of two important central nervous system structures - the amygdala (AMG) and the ventromedial medulla (VMM) - in mediating/modulating hypersensitivity evoked by acute versus chronic FS using responses to graded UBD in adult, female Sprague-Dawley rats. Bladder hypersensitivity produced by acute FS was significantly reduced by either bilateral central AMG or VMM lesions using measures generated by graded UBD, but these lesions had no significant effects using the same measures on bladder hyperalgesia produced by chronic FS. Our findings provide evidence that neural substrates underlying bladder hypersensitivity produced by chronic stress differ from those produced by acute stress. These findings suggest that while the AMG and VMM participate in pain processing during periods of limited exposure to stress, prolonged stress may recruit a new set of neural substrates not initially activated by acute exposure to stress.
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- Alan Randich
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
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Chen H, Zhang L, Hill WG, Yu W. Evaluating the voiding spot assay in mice: a simple method with complex environmental interactions. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2017; 313:F1274-F1280. [PMID: 28835420 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00318.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The voiding spot assay (VSA) on filter paper is an increasingly popular method for studying lower urinary tract physiology in mice. However, the ways VSAs are performed differ significantly between laboratories, and many variables are introduced compared with the mouse's normal housing situation. Rodents are intelligent social animals, and it is increasingly understood that social and environmental stresses have significant effects on their physiology. Surprisingly, little is known about whether change of environment during VSA affects mouse voiding and what the best methodologies are for retaining "natural" micturition patterns. It is well known that stress-related neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing factor is significantly elevated and induces dramatic voiding changes when rodents encounter stresses. Therefore we hypothesized that changes in the environmental situation could potentially alter voiding during VSA. We have examined multiple factors to test whether they affect female mouse voiding patterns during VSA, including cage type, cage floor, water availability, water bottle location, single or group housing, and different handlers. Our results indicate that mice are surprisingly sensitive to changes in cage type and floor surface, water bottle location, and single/group housing, each of which induces significant changes in voiding patterns, indicative of a stress response. In contrast, neither changing handler nor 4 h of water deprivation affected voiding patterns. Our data indicate that VSA should be performed under conditions as close as possible to the mouse's normal housing. Optimizing VSA methodology will be useful in uncovering voiding alterations in both genetic and disease models of lower urinary dysfunctions.
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- Huan Chen
- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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