Effects of cell hypoxia on connexins in unstable bladder smooth muscle cells / 西安交通大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the pathogenesis of unstable bladder with partial bladder outlet obstruction through the experiment based research on connexins in both unstable bladder group and cell hypoxia group.Methods Unstable bladder rat models were established and smooth muscle cells were cultured in vitro.Then cell anoxia was induced.RT-PCR and Western blot were used to quantify the connexins.Results The mRNA levels of Cx40,Cx43 and the Cx43 protein expressed in the smooth muscle cells from the unstable bladder group and cell hypoxia groups were all higher than those in the control groups(the sham-operation group and normoxia groups)(P