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Injecting RNA interference lentiviruses targeting the muscarinic 3 receptor gene into the bladder wall inhibits neurogenic detrusor overactivity in rats with spinal cord injury
Author(s) -
Shang Zhenhua,
Jia Chunsong,
Yan Hao,
Cui Bo,
Wu Jiangtao,
Wang Qi,
Gao Wei,
Cui Xin,
Li Jin,
Ou Tongwen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neurourology and urodynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1520-6777
pISSN - 0733-2467
DOI - 10.1002/nau.23894
Subject(s) - rna interference , small hairpin rna , medicine , spinal cord , lentivirus , blot , receptor , spinal cord injury , gene silencing , reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction , urology , cell culture , gene expression , rna , immunology , gene knockdown , biology , gene , biochemistry , virus , genetics , psychiatry , viral disease
Aims To investigate the effects of injecting RNA interference (RNAi) lentiviruses targeting the muscarinic 3 (M 3 ) receptor gene into the bladder wall on bladder activity in rats with spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods Four M 3 RNAi lentiviruses were constructed and used to infect primary cultured bladder smooth muscle cells (BSMCs). Western blotting and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT‐PCR) were performed to determine the optimal RNAi lentivirus with the highest interference efficiency. Female Wistar rats were subjected spinal cord transection at T9‐10 and randomly divided into three groups ( n = 8), namely, blank control, negative control, and experimental groups, and injected into the bladder wall with saline, negative control shRNA, and M 3 RNAi lentiviruses, respectively, 1 week after spinal cord transection. The normal rats were used as normal control group. Urodynamic parameters and bladder tissues were evaluated in the different groups. Results An M 3 RNAi lentivirus with the highest interference efficiency (78.9%) was constructed and identified. Three weeks after injecting M 3 RNAi lentiviruses into the bladder wall, Western blotting and qRT‐PCR showed that the M 3 receptor was significantly downregulated in the experimental group. Cystometric evaluation suggested that downregulating M 3 receptor expression could substantially decrease basal pressure, residual volume, and non‐voiding contraction number, increase intercontraction interval, and significantly improve bladder compliance in rats with SCI. Conclusion Injecting RNAi lentiviruses targeting the M 3 receptor gene into the bladder wall could effectively inhibit neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) due to SCI. Thus, this approach may be a potential treatment for NDO in SCI.