title: Alterations in urinary bladder synaptosomal neurotransmitter concentrations in two-week streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: Three-month-old male Wistar rats were rendered diabetic with a single intravenous injection of streptozotocin (60 mg/kg body weight). Two weeks after induction of diabetes, synaptosome-rich fractions were prepared from urinary bladder tissue homogenate of the diabetic rats and control rats by differential centrifugation (1000 x g, 17,000 x g and 100,000 x g) with discontinuous sucrose gradient. Synaptosomal acetylcholine, norepinephrine, epinephrine and dopamine were measured by the method of high-performance liquid chromatography. The respective neurotransmitter concentrations for the diabetic rats were 1537.8 +/- 65.3, 4757.7 +/- 361.9, 3720.7 +/- 276.1, and 2447.8 +/- 196.8 pmol/mg synaptosomal protein, respectively; those for the control rats were 338.1 +/- 25.0, 1009.0 +/- 54.6, 645.3 +/- 52.2, and 1426.1 +/- 123.9 pmol/mg protein, respectively. Thus, the synaptosomal concentrations for all the measured neurotransmitters were significantly higher in the diabetic rats (P < 0.05 for each comparison). In conclusion, it has been demonstrated that the vesicle-bound acetylcholine and catecholamines in the synaptosome-rich fraction of the urinary bladder were significantly increased in 2-week diabetic rats. This finding would suggest impaired neurotransmitter release from both the bladder sympathetic and parasympathetic efferent nerve endings in early streptozotocin-induced diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D000109:Acetylcholine; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine