Immunophilin ligands promote penile neurogenesis and erection recovery after cavernous nerve injury
Immunophilin ligands promote penile neurogenesis and erection recovery after cavernous nerve injury
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DOI:
10.1097/01.ju.0000089775.88825.ec
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发表时间:
2004-01-01
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
Becker, RE
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作者:
Burnett, AL;Becker, RE
Purpose: We investigated the long-term effect of immunophilin ligands on erection physiology and cavernous tissue histology using rat models of unilateral and bilateral cavernous nerve (CN) injury.Materials and Methods: Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were administered the immunophilin ligand FK506 (5 mg/kg subcutaneously daily for 5 days), the nonimmunosuppressant FK506 derivative GPI1046 (3 to 3-pyridyl)-1-propyl(2 seconds)-1-(3,3-dimethyl- 1,2-dioxopentyl)-2-pyrrolidine carboxylate) (40 mg/kg subcutaneously daily for 5 or 28 days) or saline immediately upon induction of 2 paradigms of cavernous nerve injury, namely focal transection of the CN unilaterally, and a combination of focal transection of the CN unilaterally and excision of a 5 mm segment of contralateral CN (BIL treated). At 28 days following CN injury electrical stimulation of the transected CN and penile erection monitoring were performed. Whole penes were removed and evaluated immunohistochemically for the nitric oxide generator neuronal nitric oxide synthase, the neuronal marker synaptophysin, the endothelial marker CD31 and the smooth muscle marker alpha-actin.Results: In unilaterally treated groups erection recovery was significantly greater in FK506 treated than in saline treated animals ((83.5% +/- 9.2% vs 24.3% +/- 8.1%, p