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Increased Expression of Interleukin-6 Family Members and Receptors in Urinary Bladder with Cyclophosphamide-Induced Bladder Inflammation in Female Rats

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Title
Increased Expression of Interleukin-6 Family Members and Receptors in Urinary Bladder with Cyclophosphamide-Induced Bladder Inflammation in Female Rats
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2011
DOI 10.3389/fnins.2011.00020
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Beatrice M. Girard, Bopaiah P. Cheppudira, Susan E. Malley, Kristin C. Schutz, Victor May, Margaret A. Vizzard

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that janus-activated kinases-signal transducer and activator of transcription signaling pathways contribute to increased voiding frequency and referred pain of cyclophosphamide (CYP)-induced cystitis in rats. Potential upstream chemical mediator(s) that may be activated by CYP-induced cystitis to stimulate JAK/STAT signaling are not known in detail. In these studies, members of the interleukin (IL)-6 family of cytokines including, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), IL-6, and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) and associated receptors, IL-6 receptor (R) α, LIFR, and gp130 were examined in the urinary bladder in control and CYP-treated rats. Cytokine and receptor transcript and protein expression and distribution were determined in urinary bladder after CYP-induced cystitis using quantitative, real-time polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR), western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. Acute (4 h; 150 mg/kg; i.p.), intermediate (48 h; 150 mg/kg; i.p.), or chronic (75 mg/kg; i.p., once every 3 days for 10 days) cystitis was induced in adult, female Wistar rats with CYP treatment. Q-PCR analyses revealed significant (p ≤ 0.01) CYP duration- and tissue- (e.g., urothelium, detrusor) dependent increases in LIF, IL-6, IL-6Rα, LIFR, and gp130 mRNA expression. Western blotting demonstrated significant (p ≤ 0.01) increases in IL-6, LIF, and gp130 protein expression in whole urinary bladder with CYP treatment. CYP-induced cystitis significantly (p ≤ 0.01) increased LIF-immunoreactivity (IR) in urothelium, detrusor, and suburothelial plexus whereas increased gp130-IR was only observed in urothelium and detrusor. These studies suggest that IL-6 and LIF may be potential upstream chemical mediators that activate JAK/STAT signaling in urinary bladder pathways.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 4%
Spain 1 4%
Germany 1 4%
Slovenia 1 4%
Unknown 24 86%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 21%
Student > Master 6 21%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Researcher 2 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Other 4 14%
Unknown 6 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 25%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 21%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 11%
Psychology 2 7%
Neuroscience 2 7%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 6 21%
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#17,286,379
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#8,067
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#52
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