PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ADENOSINE ON CANINE PENILE ERECTION

被引:17
作者
TAKAHASHI, Y [1 ]
ISHII, N [1 ]
LUE, TF [1 ]
TANAGHO, EA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO, SCH MED, DEPT UROL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143 USA
关键词
ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; THEOPHYLLINE; PENILE ERECTION; DOG;
D O I
10.1620/tjem.165.49
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
We investigated the pharmacological effects of adenosine on canine penile erection in vivo. Intracavernous injection of adenosine induced a full erection, which was unaffected by hexamethonium and atropine. The erectile response induced by adenosine was augmented by intracavernous pretreatment with dipyridamole and markedly depressed by theophylline. The erectile response induced by cavernous nerve stimulation was also enhanced by dipyridamole and reduced by theophylline. The combination of acetylcholine and adenosine, when injected intracavernously, induced a full erection, and the effect of these drugs was not additive but synergistic. These results suggest that penile erection induced by adenosine is due to a direct relaxing effect on cavernous smooth muscle. We propose that adenosine plays a cooperative role with acetylcholine and also has a physiological role as a neuromodulator in canine penile erection.
引用
收藏
页码:49 / 58
页数:10
相关论文
共 14 条
[1]   HEMODYNAMICS OF PELVIC NERVE INDUCED PENILE ERECTION IN THE DOG - POSSIBLE MEDIATION BY VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE [J].
ANDERSSON, PO ;
BLOOM, SR ;
MELLANDER, S .
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, 1984, 350 (MAY) :209-224
[2]   THE ROLE OF ADENOSINE IN THE REGULATION OF CORONARY BLOOD-FLOW [J].
BERNE, RM .
CIRCULATION RESEARCH, 1980, 47 (06) :807-813
[3]  
DEMEY J, 1979, EUR J PHARMACOL, V55, P401
[4]  
DETEJADA IS, 1988, UROL CLIN N AM, V15, P9
[5]   CHOLINERGIC NEUROTRANSMISSION IN HUMAN CORPUS CAVERNOSUM .1. RESPONSES OF ISOLATED TISSUE [J].
DETEJADA, IS ;
BLANCO, R ;
GOLDSTEIN, I ;
AZADZOI, K ;
DELASMORENAS, A ;
KRANE, RJ ;
COHEN, RA .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY, 1988, 254 (03) :H459-H467
[6]   ADENOSINE AND DIPYRIDAMOLE - ACTIONS AND INTERACTIONS ON THE CONTRACTILE RESPONSE OF GUINEA-PIG ILEUM TO HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL-FIELD STIMULATION [J].
HAYASHI, E ;
MAEDA, T ;
SHINOZUKA, K .
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, 1985, 84 (03) :765-771
[7]   EFFECTS OF PURINE COMPOUNDS ON CHOLINERGIC NERVES - SPECIFICITY OF ADENOSINE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS ON ACETYLCHOLINE-RELEASE IN ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED GUINEA-PIG ILEUM [J].
HAYASHI, E ;
MORI, M ;
YAMADA, S ;
KUNITOMO, M .
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, 1978, 48 (03) :297-307
[8]   HEMODYNAMICS OF PAPAVERINE-INDUCED AND PHENTOLAMINE-INDUCED PENILE ERECTION [J].
JUENEMANN, KP ;
LUE, TF ;
FOURNIER, GR ;
TANAGHO, EA .
JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, 1986, 136 (01) :158-161
[9]   THE ROLE OF VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE AS A NEUROTRANSMITTER IN CANINE PENILE ERECTION - A COMBINED INVIVO AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY [J].
JUENEMANN, KP ;
LUE, TF ;
LUO, JA ;
JADALLAH, SA ;
NUNES, LL ;
TANAGHO, EA .
JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, 1987, 138 (04) :871-877
[10]   PENILE ERECTION - POSSIBLE ROLE FOR VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE AS A NEUROTRANSMITTER [J].
OTTESEN, B ;
WAGNER, G ;
VIRAG, R ;
FAHRENKRUG, J .
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1984, 288 (6410) :9-11