Abstract

Isolated bladder segments from man and cat were treated with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in vitro. Chemical sympathectomy was evaluated with fluorescence microscopy and found to be very similar to the effect of 6-OHDA administered in vivo to cats. Isometric smooth muscle contractile responses were induced by field stimulation (FS). The amplitude of the responses increased after denervation. The effects of alpha-adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists on the FS-induced contractile responses were compared before and after treatment with 6-OHDA. The reduction in the contractile responses after the addition of noradrenaline to the feline bladder strips was more pronounced after treatment. Phentolamine induced an increase in contractile responses before treatment, an effect not seen afterwards in human bladder strips but which persisted in feline bladder strips. Selective alpha-adrenoceptor agonists did not alter the contractile responses in denervated strips. It is suggested that the function of the alpha-adrenoceptors in the detrusor is to inhibit neuronally mediated contractile responses of smooth muscle.

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