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Decrease of the insulin-like growth factor-1 bioavailability in spontaneously hypertensive rats with erectile dysfunction.
- Source :
- Andrologia; Sep2016, Vol. 48 Issue 7, p824-828, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03034569
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Andrologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117169141
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/and.12518