Social stress in mice induces urinary bladder overactivity and increases TRPV sub(1) channel-dependent afferent nerve activity

Social stress has been implicated as a cause of urinary bladder hypertrophy and dysfunction in humans. Using a murine model of social stress, we and others have shown that social stress leads to bladder overactivity. Here, we show that social stress leads to bladder overactivity, increased bladder c...

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Published in:American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology integrative and comparative physiology, 2015-09, Vol.309 (6), p.R629-R629
Main Authors: Mingin, Gerald C, Heppner, Thomas J, Tykocki, Nathan R, Erickson, Cuixia Shi, Vizzard, Margaret A, Nelson, Mark T
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Language:English
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Summary:Social stress has been implicated as a cause of urinary bladder hypertrophy and dysfunction in humans. Using a murine model of social stress, we and others have shown that social stress leads to bladder overactivity. Here, we show that social stress leads to bladder overactivity, increased bladder compliance, and increased afferent nerve activity. In the social stress paradigm, 6-wk-old male C57BL/6 mice were exposed for a total of 2 wk, via barrier cage, to a C57BL/6 retired breeder aggressor mouse. We performed conscious cystometry with and without intravesical infusion of the TRPV sub(1) inhibitor capsazepine, and measured pressure-volume relationships and afferent nerve activity during bladder filling using an ex vivo bladder model. Stress leads to a decrease in intermicturition interval and void volume in vivo, which was restored by capsazepine. Ex vivo studies demonstrated that at low pressures, bladder compliance and afferent activity were elevated in stressed bladders compared with unstressed bladders. Capsazepine did not significantly change afferent activity in unstressed mice, but significantly decreased afferent activity at all pressures in stressed bladders. Immunohistochemistry revealed that TRPV sub(1) colocalizes with CGRP to stain nerve fibers in unstressed bladders. Colocalization significantly increased along the same nerve fibers in the stressed bladders. Our results support the concept that social stress induces TRPV sub(1)-dependent afferent nerve activity, ultimately leading to the development of overactive bladder symptoms.
ISSN:0363-6119