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Prior studies have shown that partial outlet obstruction of the rabbit bladder causes a progressive increase in bladder mass, a progressive decrease in the contractile response to different forms of stimulation, and a selective decrease in the activity of mitochondrial enzymes. In this investigation the contractile responses to field stimulation and bethanechol were directly correlated with the activity of citrate synthase as a function of both the duration of obstruction and the bladder mass. Partial bladder outlet obstruction was surgically induced in twenty New Zealand White rabbits. The bladders were then rapidly excised at 30, 40, 90, 105 or 150 days post obstruction. The contractile responses to field stimulation (32 Hz) and bethanechol (250 μM) were determined. The remainder of the bladders were frozen and used for citrate synthase activity determinations. The data were grouped for analysis both by the duration of obstruction and by the bladder mass. Chronic partial outlet obstruction caused a parallel decline in the activity of citrate synthase and in the response of the obstructed tissue to stimulation.
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Nigro, D.A., Haugaard, N., Wein, A.J. et al. Metabolic basis for contractile dysfunction following chronic partial bladder outlet obstruction in rabbits. Mol Cell Biochem 200, 1–6 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006973412237
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