Project description:Urethra was partially ligated and the urinary bladder was removed 10 days or 6 weeks after obstruction. Sham operated rats were used as controls. An addtitonal group of rats were repoerated 6 weeks after surgery and the obstruction was removed. These rats were then sacrificed 10 days after deobstruction. The bladder (including the urothelium) was frozen and used for RNA extraction. Urinary bladders from sham-operated, 10 days and 6 weeks after obstruction and rats 10 days after deobstruction were compared. mRNA and microRNA were both analyzed.
Project description:Bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) causes lower urinary tract symptoms and objectifiable urodynamic changes in bladder function. We carried out an integrated transcriptome and proteome analysis of bladder samples from male patients with BOO before and 3 months after de-obstruction surgery (transurethral resection of the prostate, TURP). mRNA and protein profiles were correlated with urodynamic findings, specifically voiding detrusor pressure (PdetQmax) before TURP. Patients with high PdetQmax showed less advanced remodeling and inflammatory changes than those with lower values. We oberved significant dysregulation of gene expression, which was reversed by de-obstruction in both patients’ groups. We propose a series of biomarker genes, indicative of BOO, and possibly contributing to the bladder changes. Our data sheds light on the stages of progressive obstruction-induced bladder decompensation, and might add selecting the operation point to avoid the loss of contractility.
Project description:Urinary obstruction causes injury to the renal papilla and leads to defects in the ability to concentrate urine which predisposes to progressive kidney injury. However, the regenerative capacity of the papilla after reversal of obstruction is poorly understood. To address this, we developed a mouse model of reversible urinary obstruction which is characterized by extensive papillary injury, followed by a robust regeneration response and complete histological recovery over a 3-month period. However, these mice have a pronounced defect in urinary concentrating capacity. We now show that this is due to permanent changes in the composition, organization, and transcriptional signatures of epithelial, endothelial, and interstitial cell lineages in the papilla. There are persistent inflammatory responses that are also seen in patients with renal stone disease but are associated with cell-specific adaptive responses to the increasingly hypoxic environment of the papilla after reversal of obstruction. Taken together, our analysis of a new model of reversible urinary obstruction reveals that partial repair leads to permanent changes in the structure and function of all of the major cellular compartments in the papilla that include both shared and distinct responses to different types of renal papillary injury in humans and mice.
Project description:Urethra was partially ligated and the urinary bladder was removed 10 days or 6 weeks after obstruction. Sham operated rats were used as controls. An addtitonal group of rats were repoerated 6 weeks after surgery and the obstruction was removed. These rats were then sacrificed 10 days after deobstruction. The bladder (including the urothelium) was frozen and used for RNA extraction.
Project description:Collagen 17A1 (COL17A1) is induced in urothelium under disease conditions of urinary system organs, such as chronic nephritis and urinary obstruction. Thus, the ureters of Col17a1-knock out (KO) mice were injured by unilateral ureteral obsruction (UUO), and the gene expression was compared with those of wild-tyoe (WT).
Project description:Early stages of ureteral obstruction are marked by polyuria with impaired urinary concentrating ability, associated with loss of aquaporin-2 (AQP2) expression. Most mechanistic work in unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) models has been done at relatively late time points, making it difficult to discriminate the early effect on collecting ducts (CDs) in gene expression. Here, we use single-tubule RNA-Seq to identity signaling pathways at earlier time points after UUO in rat models.
2022-07-20 | GSE174289 | GEO
Project description:Benchmarking urine storage and collection conditions for evaluating the female urinary microbiome