title: Changes of M3-muscarinic receptor protein and mRNA expressions in the bladder urothelium and muscle layer of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: Diabetes induced alterations of M3-muscarinic receptors (M3-mAChR) in the urothelium and muscle layer of the urinary bladder were studied using streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Male Wistar rats were divided into two groups; group I: normal control rats; group II: STZ-induced diabetic rats, 2 weeks after induction. The bladder was divided into urothelium and muscle layer by microdissection. Tissue M3-mAChR protein levels were measured by Western blotting. Expression of the mRNA that encoded M3-mAChR was estimated using the method of reverse transcription combined with polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). M3-mAChR protein and mRNA expressions were found in both the urothelium and muscle layer of the rat urinary bladder. In control rats, the M3-mAChR protein expression ratio in the urothelium and muscle layer was 1:1.87; that for mRNA was 1:0.74. Two weeks after induction of diabetes, the M3-mAChR mRNA expression in the urothelium and muscle layer were significantly increased by 45.7% (P<0.01, n=8) and 80.8% (P<0.001, n=8), respectively. Correspondingly, the bladder M3-mAChR protein levels were significantly increased by 50.0% (P<0.01, n=8) in the urothelium and 147.1% (P<0.001, n=8) in the muscle layer of the diabetic rats. In conclusion, M3-mAChR mRNA and protein are expressed in both the urothelium and muscle layer of the rat urinary bladder. STZ-induced diabetes increases mRNA and protein expression of the M3-mAChR in the urothelium as well as the muscle layer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Juei-Tang
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Bu-Chin
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yat-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Tong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D017931:DNA Primers; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009929:Organ Size / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000378:metabolism*; D053201:Urinary Bladder, Overactive / Q000503:physiopathology; D019459:Urothelium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D017931:DNA Primers; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3