Vanilloid receptor type 1-immunoreactive nerves in the rat urinary bladder and primary afferent neurones: the effects of age

• Autorzy: Saleh H A M
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The vanilloid receptor (VR1) is a molecular integrator of various painful stimuli, including capsaicin, acid and high temperature. VR1 protein functions both as a receptor for capsaicin and a transducer of noxious thermal stimuli. In addition, VR1 is well characterised at the terminals of sensory nerves involved in the pain pathway. VR1 is also expressed in a capsaicin-sensitive and peptide-containing sub-population of primary sensory nerves. Indirect immunohistochemistry was used to examine the distribution of nerves immunoreactive (ir) for VR1 in the base of the urinary bladder and in the neurones of the lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia (L1-L2 and L6-S1) of young adult (3 months) and aged (24 months) male rats. Semi-quantitative estimations of nerve densities were assessed and quantitative studies were also used to examine the effects of age on the percentage of VR1-ir dorsal root ganglion neurones. The bladder base in young adults showed dense VR1-ir fibres within the urothelium and in the subepithelium and fibres ranging from sparse to moderate in number in the muscle coat. In comparison to the young animals, the aged rats showed sparse to moderate densities of VR1-ir nerves in the subepithelium and sparse fibres in the muscle layers. In the lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia the percentage of VR1-ir neuronal profiles showed a significant reduction from (mean ± SEM) 17.8 ± 2% in the young adult to 12 ± 1.6 in the aged rats. The present findings suggest that the effects of VR1 on bladder function (nociception and reflex micturition) are influenced by age and the reduction with age of VR1-ir neurones in the dorsal root ganglia could also have important implications for the micturition reflex.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

vanilloid receptor type 1 zob.capsaicin receptor; capsaicin receptor; vanilloid receptor 1 zob.capsaicin receptor; vanilloid receptor zob.capsaicin receptor; immunoreactive nerve; rat; urinary bladder; primary afferent neuron; age effect; sensory neuron; immunohistochemistry; dorsal root ganglion

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Folia Morphologica
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: 65
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.213-220,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Saleh H A M

• King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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