Research Article

Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthase Prevents Muscarinic and Purinergic Functional Changes and Development of Cyclophosphamide-Induced Cystitis in the Rat

Table 2

Receptor expression and mast cell occurrence as judged by muscarinic M5 receptor-like, P1A1 purinoceptor-like and MIF-like staining in the detrusor muscle in saline and CYP-treated rats that had received saline, 4-DAMP, or L-NAME pretreatment ( in each group). 0, (+), +, ++ refer to none (or almost none), possibly occurring, occurring, and obvious, respectively.

ā€‰Muscarinic M5 receptor-like staining P1A1 purinoceptor-like stainingMIF-like staining

Saline-saline++(+)
Saline-CYP++(+)++
4-DAMP-saline++(+)
4-DAMP-CYP++(+)++
L-NAME-saline++(+)
L-NAME-CYP(+)+/(+)+