Abstract
The concentrations of substance P and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) were determined in the upper, middle, and lower part of the bladder of rats with and without intravesical outflow obstruction. In the obstructed animals there was a significant increase in bladder weight and the total amounts of substance P and VIP were increased. However, the concentrations of substance P were significantly lower than in the control bladders. The concentrations of VIP, on the other hand, were significantly higher in the middle and lower parts of obstructed bladders than in the controls. In isolated strips of the normal and obstructed bladders VIP had neither contractile nor relaxant effects. The peptide had no effect on electrically induced contractions. Substance P produced concentration-dependent contractions in both normal and obstructed bladders. However, obstructed bladders were significantly less sensitive than controls. It is concluded that the bladder instability seen in rats with infravesical outflow obstruction cannot be explained only in terms of changes in the bladder content of substance P or VIP.
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