title: Autonomic nervous influence of the female guinea-pig urinary bladder during the oestrus cycle.
abstract: The mammalian urinary bladder receives dual innervation. The excitatory innervation is considered to be partly cholinergic and partly mediated via NANC-receptors. Several (co-)transmitters have been suggested. The adrenergic inhibitory innervation is mediated via alpha- and beta-receptors. Female sex hormones could change autonomic influence of urogenital organs. It was considered to be of interest to characterize the spontaneous and nerve stimulation-induced muscular activity in the urinary bladder of the female guinea-pig during the oestrus cycle. Both the spontaneous activity and nerve-induced activity varied according to the hormonal status of the animal. An alpha-adrenergic inhibitory influence was identified. It was further confirmed that the excitatory innervation could not be blocked by the cholinergic antagonist scopolamine, while alpha-beta-methylene ATP partly inhibited nerve stimulation-induced smooth muscle response, most prominent at cycle day 6. Indomethacin did not impair spontaneous activity or nerve stimulation-induced activity. Nitric oxide reduced nerve stimulation-induced responses on cycle day 12. Imperative urinary bladder contractions are reported to diminish after oestrogen use and in the female a hormonal effect of the nervous influence on the urinary bladder smooth muscle is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Hospital/Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hammarström
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D004971:Estrus / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation*
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D012601:Scopolamine; C002630:alpha,beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate; D007213:Indomethacin; D010646:Phentolamine