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Crosstalk : IBS and UCPPS

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J Urol. 2015 Mar 14. pii: S0022-5347(15)03276-0. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.2944. [Epub ahead of print]
Mechanisms of Visceral Organ Crosstalk: Importance of Alterations in Permeability in Rodent Models.
Greenwood-Van Meerveld B1, Mohammadi E2, Tyler K2, Van Gordon S3, Parker A4, Towner R5, Hurst R6.

PURPOSE: The pathophysiology of painful bladder syndrome is poorly understood. However, there is evidence of female predominance and comorbidity with irritable bowel syndrome. Our hypothesis is that cross-sensitization between bladder and colon is due to altered permeability in 1 organ, which affects the other organ.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Experiments were performed in anesthetized, ovariectomized female rats. In separate groups protamine sulfate was infused in the bladder or trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid was infused in the colon. Untreated rats served as controls. Bladder and colonic tissue were harvested from all rats 1, 3 and 5 days after treatment. Permeability was assessed in vitro in Ussing chambers by measuring transepithelial electrical resistance and macromolecular flux of fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran.

RESULTS: Exposing the bladder to protamine sulfate induced a significant decrease in bladder transepithelial electrical resistance and an increase in the translocation of fluorescein isothiocyanate across the tissue compared to controls at 1 and 3 days (p <0.05). Colonic tissue from rats with enhanced bladder permeability showed a significant decrease in transepithelial electrical resistance and increase in fluorescein isothiocyanate compared to untreated controls at all time points (p <0.05). Conversely when colonic permeability was increased with trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid, we observed an increase in bladder permeability in the absence of any changes to the bladder urothelium.

CONCLUSIONS: Changes in epithelial permeability may represent a novel mechanism for visceral organ crosstalk. It may explain the overlapping symptomology of painful bladder syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome.

http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25776913
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