Effect of endogenous carbon monoxide on the smooth muscle function of dog penile corpus cavernosum in vitro.
- Author:
Yu-Gang GUO
1
;
Wen-Bo QIN
;
Wen-Jun SONG
;
Shu-Qiu WANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Animals; Carbon Monoxide; physiology; Dogs; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Hemin; pharmacology; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle, Smooth; drug effects; physiology; Penile Erection; drug effects; physiology; Penis; drug effects; physiology
- From:National Journal of Andrology 2006;12(8):685-688
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo study the effect of endogenous carbon monoxide (CO) on the smooth muscle function of the dog penile corpus cavernosum in vitro.
METHODSTissue bioassay was used to measure the corpus cavernosum muscle contraction and relaxation. The production of CO was induced in the corpus cavernosum smooth muscle, and the effect of CO on the penile corpus cavernosum smooth muscle pre-contracted by phenylephrine (PE) was determined.
RESULTSChlorinous hemoglobin could relax the smooth muscle stripes pre-contracted by 10 micromol/L PE. A dose-dependent relaxation was observed. The relaxation responses by 10 -100 micromol/L chlorinous hemoglobin were significant compared with the control group (P < 0. 01). The pretreatment of the muscle stripes with ZnPP-IX or methylthioninium significantly reduced the relaxing effect of chlorinous hemoglobin (P < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONThe relaxing effect of endogenous CO on the smooth muscle of the penile corpus cavernosum depends on the concentration of endogenous CO. The underlying mechanism may involve the pathway from CO to cGMP production.
