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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
Infravesical outflow obstruction of a duration of 3 days, 10 days and 6 weeks was induced in female rats by a standardized degree of urethral obstruction. A striking ability of the detrusor to respond to an acute obstruction with both smooth muscle cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia leading to an approximately 10-fold increase of the total muscle mass of the bladder wall after 6 weeks of obstruction was found. The maximum relative growth rate was greatest in the bladders subjected to obstruction for only 3 days, and this was also reflected by the concentrations of ornithine decarboxylase and the polyamines spermidine and spermine. The total amount of DNA in the detrusor was already significantly increased after 3 days, while a 9-fold increase was observed in the group subjected to obstruction for 6 weeks. At this time the smooth muscle cell nucleus volume also showed a considerable increase, and a comparison of the nucleus density and the DNA concentration suggested an increased mean DNA content per muscle cell nucleus. The concentration of RNA in the detrusor had already increased significantly after 3 days and also remained so after 10 days and 6 weeks of obstruction, a finding that coincided with the abundant appearance of nucleoli seen at electron microscopic investigation. The previously reported decreased ability to pressure production at small volumes in the rat urinary bladder subjected to an acute infravesical outflow obstruction might thus, at least in part, be due to changed contractile properties of the hypertrophic cells, and/or to an inefficient incorporation of the newly formed smooth muscle cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-5347
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
131
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
173-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Smooth muscle cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia in the rat detrusor after short-time infravesical outflow obstruction.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't