Current estimates for the annual treatment of UTIs in the US including recurrences and their complications exceed $3.5 billion. A significant number of UTIs are recurrent (recUTIs), with the same subject experiencing multiple bouts of infection. A frequent outcome of recUTIs is loss in bladder control which is manifested as increased urgency and frequency accompanied by loss of bladder capacity. In spite of the severe discomfort and anxiety associated with this condition, the underlying basis for bladder impairment has remained unresolved. In an experimental mouse model of UPEC-induced recUTIs, we observed exuberant sprouting of sensory and sympathetic nerves was observed in the mouse bladder, which closely paralleled increased bladder frequency and reduced bladder capacity in the infected mice. These observations suggest that bladder nerve fibers actively respond to bacterial infections and these responses could potentially contribute to loss of bladder dysfunction. Since a known determinant of nerve cells sprouting in the bladder is nerve growth factor (NGF) we looked for possible sources of this growth factor. We have identified mast cells (MCs) and monocytes as putative cellular sources of NGF as mice subjected to recUTIs contain large number of recruited monocytes compared to naïve mice and MC deficient mice do not any loss of bladder control even after recUTIs. Therefore, we hypothesize that the loss of bladder control after recUTIs, is the direct result of nerve fiber hyperplasia which is induced by NGF and other neurotrophic factors produced by local MCs and MC recruited monocytes. We further hypothesize that it is possible to prevent loss of bladder control in mice subjected to recUTIs by therapeutic targeting of NGF and other neurotrophic factors. To validate these notions, we have proposed the following specific aims: (i) Establish a clear link between neuronal sprouting and loss of bladder control in mice subjected to recUTIs;; (iii) Examine the role of neurotrophic factors in bladder dysfunction following recUTIs and the effect of targeting these factors to protect and even reverse bladder dysfunction (iii) Investigate the contribution of MCs to neuronal sprouting and bladder impairment.