Results
Title

Decrease of the insulin-like growth factor-1 bioavailability in spontaneously hypertensive rats with erectile dysfunction.

Authors

Zhou, Z.‐Y.; Cheng, S.‐P.; Huang, H.; Sun, Y.‐L.; Xiao, S.; Liu, R.‐H.; Mao, F.‐J.; Zhong, G.‐J.; Huang, J.‐B.; Pan, H.

Abstract

We investigated the role of insulin-like growth factor-1 ( IGF-1) in spontaneously hypertensive rats with erectile dysfunction. Firstly, we evaluated intracavernous pressure. The bioavailability of IGF-1 at both mRNA and protein levels were measured by quantitative real-time PCR and Western blot respectively. Then, cavernous cyclic guanosine monophosphate concentrations were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The cavernosal pressure was significantly decreased in the hypertensive and the propranolol treatment groups compared to the normal control group ( P < 0.01). Cavernous IGF-1 bioavailability and the concentrations of cavernous cyclic guanosine monophosphate were both significantly decreased in the hypertensive and the propranolol treatment groups compared to the normal control group ( P < 0.01). This study suggests that an obvious decrease in cavernous IGF-1 levels might play an important role in spontaneously hypertensive rats with erectile dysfunction.

Subjects

SOMATOMEDIN C; BIOAVAILABILITY; IMPOTENCE; LABORATORY rats; MESSENGER RNA; POLYMERASE chain reaction; PROPRANOLOL

Publication

Andrologia, 2016, Vol 48, Issue 7, p824

ISSN

0303-4569

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1111/and.12518