Effect of Imipramine on the Contractility of Single Cells Isolated from Canine Detrusor

Imipramine이 배뇨근 세포의 수축성에 미치는 직접작용

The objective of this study was to establish a good methodology to isolate single smooth muscle cells that are alive and respond properly to pharmacological agents. Canine urinary bladders were employed as the source of single cells, and acetylcholine, atropine and imipramine were used as indicators of pharmacological responsiveness. Imipramine, an antidepressant drug exhibited the anticholinergic and calcium antagonizing properties on rat detrusor muscle. To establish a control value for a further experiment to elucidate the mechanism of action of imipramine on detrusor muscle, we measured the concentration-response of single cells to acetylcholine in the presesnce of imipramine by length of the cells and compared the result with the response in the presence of atropine. Tiny chops of smooth muscle taken from anesthetized canine urinary bladder were incubated in collagenase solution at $36^{\circ}C$ for 17-20 minutes. The collagenase solution included collagenase 1.2 mg/ml, soybean tryspin inhibitor 0.08 mg/ml, bovine serum albumin 2% in 10 ml Krebs-Henseleit buffer solution aerated with a consistent breeze of 95/5% $O_2/CO_2$, to maintain the pH at 7.4. After washing with plain K-H solution on 450 mesh, cells were dissociated from the digested tissue for 12-15 minutes. Cell suspension was transfered in 5 ml test tubes and acetylcholine was added for the final concentration to be $10^{-14}M{\sim}10^{-9}M$. To find the optimal time to fix the cells to determine the contractile responses, 1% acrolein was added 5, 10, 20, 30, 60 and 120 seconds after the administration of ACh. The length of cells fixed by acrolein were measured by microscaler via CCTV camera on phaes-contrast microscope. The average length of 50 cells from a slide glass was taken as the value of a sample at the very concentration point. Single cells were isolated from canine detrusor. The length of untreated cells varied from 82 ${\mu}m$ to 94 ${\mu}m$. The maximal response to actylcholine $10^{-9}M$ was accomplished within 5 seconds of exposure, and the shortening was $19{\pm}3$%. Atropine reduced the contraction of the cells concentration-dependently. Imipramine which exerts a cholinergic blocking action on some smooth muscles also reduced the contraction concentration-dependently and by a similar pattern as atropine. These findings document that imipramine may exerts a cholinergic blocking activity in the single smooth muscle cells isolated from canine urinary bladder.

유뇨증의 치료제로서 널리 사용되고 있는 imipramine의 작용기전에 관한 학설이 여러가지가 있으나 그 중 콜린성수용체 봉쇄작용을 관찰하기 위한 방법으로 평활근 세포를 분리배양하여 단일세포에 대한 acetylcholine의 수축작용과 이에 대한 imipramine의 길항작용을 atropine의 그것과 비교해 보기로 하였다. 개의 방광을 적출하여 $0{\sim}4^{\circ}C$의 K-H 용액내에서 $2{\times}2mm$크기의 평활근 절편을 얻어 $36^{\circ}C$의 collagenase 용액에 넣고 95%/5% $O_2/CO_2$, 혼합산소 공급하에서 17~20분동안 배양하여 분리된 부유세포군을 5 ml test tubes에 나누어 담고 acetylcholine을 $10^{-14}M{\sim}10^{-9}M$의 농도로 첨가하였다. Acrolein 1%를 가하여 수축한 세포를 고정시킨 후, 위상차 현미경에 장착한 CCTV camera로 채취한 영상을 microscaler로 전송하고 monitor상에서 세포의 길이를 측정하였다. 분리된 세포들은 acetylcholine에 의해 5초 이내에 최대 수축을 보였으며 이후 120초까지 수축상태를 지속하였다. Atropine은 acetylcholine 유발 수축을 atropine $10^{-7}M$ 에서부터 농도의존적으로 억제하였으며, imipramine도 acetylcholine 유발수축을 atropine과 같은 경향으로 농도의존적으로 억제하였는데, imipramine $10^{-9}M$의 저농도에서도 유의한 억제를 보였다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면 본 실험에 사용된 조건하에서의 collagense를 이용한 세포 분리법은 단일세포를 대상으로 하는 실험을 위하여 가용한 방법이며, imipramine은 개의 방광평활근 단일세포에서 atropine보다 더 강력한 콜린성 수용체 봉쇄작용을 나타낸다고 생각되었다.