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Exogenously Administered Opioids Contract the Female Rat Intrinsic Urethral Sphincter In Vivo

Crayton, Robert ; Soller, Wolfgang LU ; Mattiasson, Anders LU ; Bossowska, Agnieszka ; Borkowski, Tomasz ; Majewski, Mariusz and Radziszewski, Piotr (2010) In Neurourology and Urodynamics 29(5). p.777-782
Abstract
Background and objective: Previous studies have reported immunoreactive opioid nerve fibers in the detrusor and lower urinary tract sphincters. However, there is a paucity of in vivo studies demonstrating the direct effect of endogenous opioids in these structures. In the present study, we investigated the contractile actions of intra-arterially administered exogenous Dynorphin-A, Met-enkephalin, Leu-enkephalin, morphine, and the opioid antagonist naltrexone on the female rat intrinsic urethral sphincter in vivo. Methods: Intraurethral pressure was recorded by a catheter placed at the maximum pressure zone of the intrinsic urethral sphincter in anesthetized female Sprague-Dawley rats. The effects of different opioids were studied and... (More)
Background and objective: Previous studies have reported immunoreactive opioid nerve fibers in the detrusor and lower urinary tract sphincters. However, there is a paucity of in vivo studies demonstrating the direct effect of endogenous opioids in these structures. In the present study, we investigated the contractile actions of intra-arterially administered exogenous Dynorphin-A, Met-enkephalin, Leu-enkephalin, morphine, and the opioid antagonist naltrexone on the female rat intrinsic urethral sphincter in vivo. Methods: Intraurethral pressure was recorded by a catheter placed at the maximum pressure zone of the intrinsic urethral sphincter in anesthetized female Sprague-Dawley rats. The effects of different opioids were studied and expressed as means and as percentages of pressure change (cmH(2)O) of the baseline intraurethral pressure. Results: Dynorphin-A, Met-enkephalin, and Leu-enkephalin evoked rapid, long-lasting contractile effects on the female rat urethra. The greatest intraurethral pressure increase was evoked by Dynorphin-A (89.2 +/- 15.3%). For Met-enkephalin, intraurethral pressure increased by 70.2 +/- 21.8% and for Leu-enkephalin, the pressure increase was 60.6 +/- 20%. Morphine, however, evoked inconsistent intraurethral pressure changes, increasing the urethral pressure in three subjects and lowering the pressure in the remaining six subjects. The opioid antagonist naltrexone reduced the intraurethral pressure by a mean of -19.0 +/- 5.8%. Conclusion: Results of the present study suggest that endogenous opioids by their contractile action on the intrinsic urethral sphincter may play a role in the control of continence in rats, additional to cholinergic and noradrenergic pathways. Neurourol. Urodynam. 29:777-782, 2010. (C) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. (Less)
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immunohistochemistry, intrinsic urethral sphincter, NANC, opioids
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Neurourology and Urodynamics
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29
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5
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777 - 782
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • wos:000279299700014
  • scopus:77956814341
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0733-2467
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10.1002/nau.20822
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English
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  author       = {{Crayton, Robert and Soller, Wolfgang and Mattiasson, Anders and Bossowska, Agnieszka and Borkowski, Tomasz and Majewski, Mariusz and Radziszewski, Piotr}},
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  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Neurourology and Urodynamics}},
  title        = {{Exogenously Administered Opioids Contract the Female Rat Intrinsic Urethral Sphincter In Vivo}},
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