The bladder acellular matrix graft in a rat chemical cystitis model: functional and histologic evaluation.
OBJECTIVE
We investigated the feasibility of augmentation in a diseased bladder with a bladder acellular matrix graft.


METHODS
In 50 female Sprague-Dawley rats chemical cystitis was induced by intravesical instillation of HCl repeated monthly to maintain chronic inflammation. Urodynamic studies were performed in all rats 1 week after the induction of chemical cystitis and repeated at sacrifice. The 29 rats in the experimental group underwent partial cystectomy (50% or greater), followed by bladder acellular matrix graft augmentation, while the 21 controls underwent monthly HCl instillation only. The rats were sacrificed at 2 weeks, 1, 2 and 3 months, respectively. The bladder was removed and examined for histological changes.


RESULTS
Urodynamic studies showed that bladder capacity and compliance were significantly higher in the grafted than in the control group (p = 0.008 and 0.006, respectively, at 3 months). Histological studies revealed urothelial and smooth muscle regeneration within the bladder acellular matrix graft at 1 month and nerve regeneration at 3. The number of mast cells was significantly lower in the grafted region than in the host bladder of all grafted rats (p <0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
In this rat chemical cystitis model bladder augmentation with a bladder acellular matrix graft led to functional and histological improvement over diseased host bladder.
Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA.
Selahitten
S
Cayan
Christopher
C
Chermansky
Norbert
N
Schlote
Noritoshi
N
Sekido
Lora
L
Nunes
Rajvir
R
Dahiya
Emil A
EA
Tanagho
D000818:Animals; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003556:Cystitis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid / Q000633:toxicity; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000502:physiology*
D006851:Hydrochloric Acid