Abstract
Purpose
We investigated whether periurethral injections of musclederived stem cells (MDSC) and chitosan/hydroapatite after denervation of rat's pudendal nerve could increase the leak point pressure over a long time period in a rat model of urinary incontinence.
Materials and Methods
Muscle-derived stem cells isolated from the gastrocnemius muscle of normal female rats were purified to obtain a myogenic population by using the preplate technique. The N group was the normal female rats, the D Group was the pudendal nerve transected group and the M Group was the MDSC/chitosan/hydroapatite composite gel injected group after pudendal nerve transection. The MDSC/chitosan/hydroapatite composite gel was injected into the proximal periurethral area. At 2 and 4 weeks, visually identified leak point pressure measurement was done with using the vertical tilt/intravesical pressure clamp model of urinary incontinence. The rats were then sacrificed and the periurethral tissues harvested for histological examination.
Results
The leak point pressure was significantly lower in the D group at each time compared with the N group, and the leak point pressure in the N and M groups were significantly higher than those in the D group at both 2 and 4 weeks. The persistence of MDSC over the period of study was verified by histological examination.
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