title: Pharmacological evaluation of the role of cyclooxygenase isoenzymes on the micturition reflex following experimental cystitis in rats.
abstract: Prostanoids, generated from cyclooxygenase (COX) isoenzymes, play a role in the physiological function of the lower urinary tract and are important mediators of inflammatory hyperalgesia. The present work evaluates the effects of the COX-1/COX-2 inhibitor dexketoprofen as well as of a selective COX-2 inhibitor, NS-398, on urodynamic function following endotoxin (LPS) or cyclophosphamide (CYP)-induced inflammation of the urinary bladder. The application of arachidonic acid (330 microgram rat(-1)) onto the serosal surface of the urinary bladder in control rats elicited bladder contractions which could be blocked in a dose-dependent manner by dexketoprofen (0.1 - 3 mg kg(-1), i.v.) but not by NS-398 (0.2 - 6 mg kg(-1), i.v. ). Dexketoprofen (3 mg kg(-1), i.v.) decreased the micturition frequency and increased the pressure threshold for triggering the micturition either when administered within 15 min or 3 h following surgery in control animals. NS-398 (6 mg kg(-1), i.v.) decreased the micturition frequency and increased the pressure threshold when administered 3 h but not 15 min following surgery. Administration of LPS (2 mg kg(-1), i.v., 90 - 120 min) increased both the micturition frequency and the pressure threshold for triggering the micturition reflex. Changes in urodynamic parameters induced by LPS were prevented by doses of either dexketoprofen (1 mg kg(-1), i.v.) or NS-398 (2 mg kg(-1), i.v.) which were ineffective in control animals. Pretreatment with CYP (150 mg kg(-1), i.p., 48 h) increased the micturition frequency, pressure threshold, and the minimal intravesical pressure but decreased the mean amplitude of micturition contractions. In CYP-treated rats, dexketoprofen (1 mg kg(-1), i.v.) or NS-398 (2 mg kg(-1), i.v.) blocked the CYP-induced urodynamic changes with exception of the micturition contraction amplitude. These results indicate that COX-1 may be involved in modulating the threshold for activating the micturition reflex in the normal rats and also demonstrates that inhibition of COX-2 prevents or reverses the urodynamic changes associated with bladder inflammation induced either by surgery, LPS or CYP treatments.
authors.affiliation: Menarini Ricerche Pharmacology Department, via Rismondo 12 A, 50131 Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lecci
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Birder
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meini
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Catalioto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tramontana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Criscuoli
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Maggi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D003556:Cystitis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014554:Urination
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; C496513:Ptgs1 protein, rat