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ArticleLife sciences2023

Therapeutic effects of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibition on hyperexcitability of capsaicin sensitive bladder afferent neurons in mice with spinal cord injury.

Takahisa Suzuki, Takahiro Shimizu, Sergei Karnup, Nobutaka Shimizu, Jianshu Ni, William C de Groat, Naoki Yoshimura

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Takahisa SuzukiDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America; Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; Department of Urology, Kanagawa Rehabilitation Hospital, Atsugi, Japan.
Takahiro ShimizuDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America.
Sergei KarnupDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America.
Nobutaka ShimizuDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America.
Jianshu NiDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America.
William C de GroatDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America.
Naoki YoshimuraDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America; Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. Electronic address: nyos@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Intraspinal circuits supporting synergy between the bladder and urethral sphincter in miceR01DK129194 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KARNUP, SERGEI V, YOSHIMURA, NAOKI · 2021 to 2024
$1.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK129194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsNerve growth factor (NGF) has been implicated as a key molecule of pathology-induced changes in C-fiber afferent nerve excitability, which contributes to the emergence of neurogenic detrusor overactivity due to spinal cord injury (SCI). It is also known that the second messenger signaling pathways activated by NGF utilize p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK). We examined the roles of p38 MAPK on electrophysiological properties of capsaicin sensitive bladder afferent neurons with SCI mice. MAIN

methodsWe used female C57BL/6 mice and transected their spinal cord at the Th8/9 level. Two weeks later, continuous administration of p38 MAPK inhibitor (0.51 μg/h, i.t. for two weeks) was started. Bladder afferent neurons were labelled with a fluorescent retrograde tracer, Fast-Blue (FB), injected into the bladder wall three weeks after SCI. Four weeks after SCI, freshly dissociated L6-S1 dorsal root ganglion neurons were prepared and whole cell patch clamp recordings were performed in FB-labelled neurons. After recording action potentials or voltage-gated K KEY

findingsIn capsaicin-sensitive FB-labelled neurons, SCI significantly reduced the spike threshold and increased the number of action potentials during 800 ms membrane depolarization. Densities of slow-decaying A-type K SIGNIFICANCE: P38 MAPK plays an important role in hyperexcitability of capsaicin-sensitive bladder afferent neurons due to the reduction in K

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Spinal Cord InjuriesUrinary BladderAnimalsCapsaicinFemaleGanglia, SpinalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve Growth FactorNeurons, Afferentp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesCapsaicinNerve Growth Factorp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesBladder afferent neuronMiceP38 MAPKPotassium currentSpinal cord injury

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PMID37121541
PMCPMC10225342
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