The mechanisms underlying the 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced inflammatory response in the urinary bladder and prostate in anaesthetized male rats of Long- Evan strain were investigated. The magnitude of inflammatory responses were evaluated by morphometric analysis of the area density of India ink-labeled blood vessels in urinary bladder whole mounts and spectrophotometric analysis of Evans blue dye contents in urinary bladder and prostate. Moreover, scanning electron microscopy was employed to observe the venular endothelium in the urinary bladder wall and glandular epithelium in the prostate gland. Fifteen minutes after local application of 6-OHDA to the urinary bladder, 6-OHDA induced an increase of plasma leakage in a dose-dependent manner. It was revealed that area densities of India ink-labeled blood vessels in the rat urinary bladder whole mount were 5.65¡Ó1.72 % (N=6), 22.63¡Ó3.12 % (N=6), and 35.02¡Ó2.25 % (N=6) respectively, following a local injection of vehicle, 5 mg/kg 6-OHDA, and 10 mg/kg 6-OHDA. Using Evans blue dye as a tracer for spectrophotometric analysis, the results were similar. The Evans blue dye content was 80.53¡Ó60.74 ng/mg in the urinary bladder and 48.81¡Ó2.83 ng/mg in the prostate following injection of 5 mg/kg 6-OHDA (N=6). The Evans blue dye content was 157.73¡Ó4.45 ng/mg in the bladder and 65.52¡Ó4.25 ng/mg in the prostate following injection of 10 mg/kg 6-OHDA (N=6). Evans blue dye contents in the vehicle group (N=6) were much lower, 18.82¡Ó3.74 ng/mg in the urinary bladder and 18.50¡Ó2.47 ng/mg in the prostate, which were significantly smaller than the 6-OHDA treated group. Interestingly, the inflammatory responses were completely abolished by pretreating alone with dimethylthiourea (DMTU), a hydroxyl radical scavenger, and were moderately attenuated by pretreatment with L-732,138, a NK1 receptor antagonist. Under scanning electron microscope observation, 6-OHDA caused endothelial gaps formation in the venules of urinary bladder wall and triggered the release of secretory granules in the prostate gland cells. We concluded that 6-OHDA could induce inflammation in the urinary bladder and prostate gland involving free radical and tachykinin mechanisms.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0626107-112159 |
| Date | 26 June 2007 |
| Creators | Huang, Wen-hung |
| Contributors | Shiping He, Huang, Hung-Tu, Tai,Ming-Hong |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0626107-112159 |
| Rights | campus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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