Changes of rat's benign hyperplasia prostate glandular epithelium cells after interfering cholinergic innervations by drug

Objective To investigate the changes of rats' benign hyperplasia prostate glandular epithelium cells after continuing blockade the cholinergic innervation by drug.Methods All 42 male spontaneous hypertension rats (SHR,a spontaneous BPH animal model,29 weeks old) were divided into experiment group (EG),control group (CG) and normal control (NC).EG were intragastric administered with Tolterodine (3.5 mg/kg,bid),CG were intragastric administered with equivalent physiological saline.Rats were sacrificed in batches every 12 weeks,the changes of the prostate gross morphology,ratio of ventral prostate lobe wet weight and body weight (wet/body),ratio of ventral prostate lobe dry weight and wet weight (wet/dry),histology,ultra-structure and LC3-Ⅱ & LC3-Ⅰ expression were observed.Results The gross morphological changes and the increase of wet/body ratio of EG rats' prostate were similar to CG in every stage.The wet/body ratio of two group increased with rats' age,but EG were significantly smaller than CG after 41 weeks.The proliferation of prostate glandular epithelium cell in EG were stopped while in CG were continuing.The number of autophagosome was increased with age in CG glandular cell cytoplasm,while in EG,the number of autophagosome was decreased with age.The immunohistrochemistry staining of LC3-Ⅰ progressively attenuated and LC3-Ⅱ staining progressively reinforced with the rat' s age in CG,but in EG,the situation were conversed.All these index between CG and NC,had no statistical difference.Conclusion The benign hyperplasia of rats' prostate glandular epithelium cells have been reversed after blockade the cholinergic innervation by drug,the significantly inactivation of autophagy may play an important role. Key words: Benign prostate hyperplasia;  Cholinergic innervation ;  Denervation ;  Autophagy ; Rat