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Urothelium patterns bladder smooth muscle location.

Mei Cao1, Benchun Liu, Gerald Cunha

  • 1Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.

Pediatric Research
|June 7, 2008
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The embryonic bladder urothelium patterns smooth muscle development. It secretes a factor that inhibits smooth muscle at high concentrations and induces it at low concentrations, controlling fibromuscular differentiation.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Biology
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Urology

Background:

  • Smooth muscle differentiation in the embryonic bladder is primarily induced by the central urothelium.
  • The peripheral mesenchyme adjacent to the serosa differentiates into smooth muscle.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the capacity of the entire undifferentiated bladder mesenchyme for smooth muscle differentiation.
  • To determine if urothelium patterns fibromuscular development through secreted factors.

Main Methods:

  • Separation of embryonic mouse bladders (wild-type and GFP) into urothelial and mesenchymal components.
  • Recombination and orthotopic, heterotopic, and ectopic grafting of urothelial and mesenchymal layers.
  • Observation of smooth muscle differentiation patterns in grafted tissues.

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Main Results:

  • A zone of smooth muscle inhibition was consistently observed adjacent to the urothelium, regardless of graft position.
  • Isolated bladder mesenchyme or epithelium failed to grow when grafted alone.
  • The entire bladder mesenchyme demonstrated capacity for smooth muscle differentiation, dependent on urothelial proximity.

Conclusions:

  • The urothelium plays a crucial role in patterning smooth muscle differentiation across the full thickness of the bladder wall.
  • Urothelium likely secretes a diffusible factor that differentially regulates mesenchymal smooth muscle differentiation based on concentration.
  • High concentrations of the urothelial factor inhibit smooth muscle, while low concentrations induce it.