ABSTRACT:Patients with DM are often afflicted by debilitating urologic complications. The main aim of this study is to investigate the effect of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced type I diabetes on contractile responses to numerous stimuli, intracellular cation concentrations and morphology in the rat. Adult rats (n=12) were humanely killed and detrusor muscles of urinary bladder located and excised rapidly and placed in organ baths. Then urinary bladder detrusor muscles were blotted, weighed and dissolved in concentrated nitric acid for the measurements of cation contents. The diabetic rats had significantly (P<0.05) elevated blood glucose compared to control rats. The contractile responses induced by EFS were significantly (P<0.05) increased in the diabetic urinary bladder tissue in comparison to the control urinary bladder tissue. The increase in the contractile force was calcium-dependent in both control and diabetic urinary bladder tissues. The results also showed no significant differences in the levels of sodium, potassium, calcium, between the diabetic and control urinary bladder (p>0.05). However, there was a significant (P<0.05) decrease in magnesium in the diabetic urinary bladder tissue in comparison to the control urinary bladder tissue. The increased responsiveness of the diabetic urinary bladder tissue compared to the control tissue may be due to either alterations in the intracellular cation concentrations, hypertrophy of the diabetic urinary bladder or calcium sensitivity to the myofilaments. The results also raise the possibility that that these factors, in conjunction with other causes may work in tandem to exacerbate diabetic bladder dysfunction.
Diabetes mellitus is known to induce microvascular changes and alterations to neuronal functions. Diabetic neuropathy and diabetic nephropathy are two of the major long-term complications of diabetic mellitus (DM). The main aim of the comparative study is to investigate the role of cations contents compared to the age matched control.Adult rats were humanely killed and detrusor muscles of urinary bladder located and excised rapidly and placed in organ baths. Then urinary bladder detrusor muscles were blotted, weighed and dissolved in concentrated nitric acid for the measurements of cation contents. , Cu 2+ and Pb 2+ the cations content increased in unstimulated diabetic urinary bladder than unstimulated control urinary bladder.Hence we conclude that these differences in the cation contents in STZinduced DM results in malfunctioning of bladder and the development of long term complications of DM.
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