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M2 and M3 Muscarinic Receptor Activation of Urinary Bladder Contractile Signal Transduction. II. Denervated Rat Bladder

M2 and M3 Muscarinic Receptor Activation of Urinary Bladder Contractile Signal Transduction. II. Denervated Rat Bladder

Alan S Braverman, Leo R Doumanian, Michael R Ruggieri Sr

J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2006 Feb;316(2):875-80.

PMID: 16243962

Abstract:

Normal rat bladder contractions are mediated by the M(3) muscarinic receptor subtype. The M(2) receptor subtype mediates contractions of the denervated, hypertrophied bladder. This study determined signal transduction mechanisms mediating contraction of the denervated rat bladder. Denervated bladder muscle strips were exposed to inhibitors of enzymes thought to be involved in signal transduction in vitro followed by a cumulative carbachol concentration-response curve. Outcome measures were the maximal contraction, the potency of carbachol, and the affinity of darifenacin for inhibition of contraction. Inhibition of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) with 1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine (ET-18-OCH(3)) has no effect on denervated bladder contractions, whereas inhibition of phosphatidyl choline-specific phospholipase C (PC-PLC) with O-tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]dec-9-yl dithiocarbonate potassium salt (D609) attenuates the carbachol maximum and potency. Inhibition of rho kinase with (R)-(+)-trans-4-(1-aminoethyl)-N-(4-pyridyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide dihydrochloride (Y-27632) reduces carbachol maximum, carbachol potency, and increases darifenacin affinity. Inhibition of rho kinase, protein kinase A (PKA), and protein kinase G (PKG) with 1-(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-homopiperazine.HCl (HA-1077) reduces the carbachol maximum and potency. Inhibition of PKC with chelerythrine increases darifenacin affinity, whereas inhibition of rho kinase, PKA, PKG, and protein kinase C (PKC) with 1-(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine.2HCl (H7) reduces the carbachol potency while increasing darifenacin affinity. Inhibition of rho kinase, PKA, and PKG with N-[2-(p-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide.2HCl (H89) increases darifenacin affinity. This study demonstrates that different signal transduction mechanisms mediate the contractile response in the denervated rat bladder than in normal rat bladder. In normal rat bladder, PI-PLC and PC-PLC mediate the contraction, but in denervated bladder only PC-PLC is involved. In the denervated bladder, the rho kinase pathway is more dominant than in normal bladders. PKA seems to mediate a contractile response in normal bladders, whereas it seems to inhibit contraction in denervated bladders.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP83373608-B	O-Tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]dec-9-yl dithiocarbonate potassium salt		83373-60-8	Price
IAR4244391	1-O-Octadecyl-2-O-methyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine			Price

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