Icariin combined with breviscapine improves the erectile function of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
In: The journal of sexual medicine, Jg. 11 (2014-09-01), Heft 9, S. 2143
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Introduction: The impaired erectile response in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) is caused by increased signaling of RhoA/Rho-kinase and decreased signaling of nitric oxide (NO). Icariin improves erectile function via upregulating multitargets in NO/cyclic guanosine monophosphate (NO/cGMP) pathway, which breviscapine accomplishes by downregulating RhoA/Rho-kinase pathway.
Aim: To investigate the effect and mechanism of icariin combined with breviscapine on the erectile function of SHR.
Methods: Five 12-week-old male Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and 20 age-matched male SHR were evenly randomized into WKY rats control group, SHR control group, icariin-treated group, breviscapine-treated group, and combined treatment group treated by vehicle, icariin, breviscapine, and icariin plus breviscapine, respectively, by gavage for four successive weeks. Maximum intracavernosal pressure/mean arterial pressure (ICPmax/MAP) and the expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5), and Rho-associated, coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1 and 2 (ROCK1 and ROCK2) in the cavernous tissues were determined.
Results: The ICPmax/MAP in the combined treatment group was significantly increased compared with SHR control group, icariin-treated group, and breviscapine-treated group. The expression of eNOS and nNOS was significantly higher in the combined treatment group than in SHR control group, icariin-treated group, and breviscapine-treated group (P < 0.05). The expression of PDE5 was significantly lower in the icariin-treated group than in SHR control group (P < 0.05). The expression of ROCK1 was significantly lower in the combined treatment group than in other groups (P < 0.05). The expression of ROCK2 was significantly higher in SHR control group than in WKY rats control group, icariin-treated group, and combined treatment group (P < 0.05). Among these groups, the expression of eNOS and nNOS was the strongest, and ROCK1 was the lowest in WKY rats control group.
Conclusion: Icariin combined with breviscapine has synergistic effects on erectile function of SHR through different signal pathways.
(© 2014 International Society for Sexual Medicine.)
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Icariin combined with breviscapine improves the erectile function of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Li, Y ; Jiang, J ; He, Y ; Jiang, R ; Liu, J ; Fan, Z ; Cheng, Y |
Zeitschrift: | The journal of sexual medicine, Jg. 11 (2014-09-01), Heft 9, S. 2143 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023- : [Oxford] : Oxford University Press ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2014 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1743-6109 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1111/jsm.12614 |
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