RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DENSITY OF MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR SUBTYPE AND BLADDER INSTABILITY IN RATS / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

To study the relationship between the density of muscarinic receptor (MR) subtype and the occurrence of bladder instability. The rat model of unstable bladder was established, and the density of MR subtype was determined in normal and unstable bladders. The results showed that there were only m 2 RNA and m 3 RNA present in the detrusor of normal and unstable bladders, and m 1, m 2 or m 3 mRNA subtypes were not detected. In the normal bladder, the amount of m 2 RNA (1 67?0 42) was obviously greater than m 3 RNA (0 64?0 19), and the ratio of them was 2 59∶1. In the unstable bladder, the density of both m 2 and m 3 increased to (2 03?0 65) and (1 53?0 46) respectively, and the increase of m 3 was more significant ( P