title: Correlation of cellular expression with function of NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase in the murine lower urinary tract.
abstract: The action of nitric oxide (NO) to stimulate NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase (NO-GC), followed by production of cGMP, and eventually to cause smooth muscle relaxation is well known. In the lower urinary tract (LUT), in contrast to the cardiovascular system and the gastrointestinal tract, specific localization in combination with function of NO-GC has not been investigated to date. Consequently, little is known about the mechanisms regulating relaxation of the lower urinary tract in general and the role of NO-GC-expressing cells in particular. To study the distribution and function of NO-GC in the murine lower urinary tract, we used internal urethral sphincter and bladder detrusor from global (GCKO) and smooth muscle cell-specific (SM-GCKO) NO-GC knock-out mice for immunohistochemical analyses and organ bath experiments. In urethral sphincter, NO-GC-positive immunofluorescence was confined to smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Deletion of NO-GC in SMCs abolished NO-induced relaxation. In bladder detrusor, exposure to NO did not cause relaxation although immunohistochemistry uncovered the existence of NO-GC in the tissue. In contrast to the urethral sphincter, expression of NO-GC in bladder detrusor was limited to platelet-derived growth factor receptor α (PDGFRα)-positive interstitial cells. In conclusion, NO-GC found in SMCs of the urethral sphincter mediates NO-induced relaxation; bladder detrusor is unique as NO-GC is not expressed in SMCs and, thus, NO does not induce relaxation. Nevertheless, NO-GC expression was found in PDGFRα-positive interstitial cells of the murine bladder with an as yet unknown function. Further investigation is needed to clarify the role of NO-GC in the detrusor.
authors.affiliation: A. Friebe: Physiologisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Röntgenring 9, 97070 Würzburg, Germany. andreas.friebe@uni-wuerzburg.de.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lies
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Groneberg
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friebe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000201:enzymology; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071756:Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase; D014521:Urethra / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D000071756:Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase
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