Martin Sidler, Karen J Aitken, Jia-Xin Jiang, Chris Sotiropoulos, Prateek Aggarwal, Arsalan Anees, Cynthia Chong, Aliza Siebenaller, Thenuka Thanabalasingam, J Maxwell White, Sanaa Choufani, Rosanna Weksberg, Bruno Sangiorgi, Jeff Wrana, Paul Delgado-Olguin, Darius J Bägli
Chronic bladder obstruction and bladder smooth muscle cell (SMC) stretch provide fibrotic and mechanical environments that can lead to epigenetic change. Therefore, we examined the role of DNA methylation in bladder pathology and transcriptional control. Sprague-Dawley female rats underwent partial bladder obstruction by ligation of a silk suture around the proximal urethra next to a 0.9-mm steel rod. Sham operation comprised passing the suture around the urethra. After 2 weeks, rats were randomized to normal saline or DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine (DAC) at 1 mg/kg, three times/week intraperitoneally...
October 2018: American Journal of Pathology