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Department of Physiology and Urology Section, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912-3000
A recent report from this laboratory (Chitaley K, Wingard C, Webb R, Branam H, Stopper V, Lewis R, and Mills T. Nature Medicine 7: 119-122, 2001) showed that inhibition of Rho-kinase increased the erectile response (intracavernosal pressure and mean arterial pressure) by a process that does not require nitric oxide or cGMP. The present study investigated whether vasoconstrictor agents, which are active in the penis, act via the Rho-kinase pathway. Western analysis revealed RhoA and Rho-kinase protein in the penis. Treatment with the selective Rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632 significantly increased the magnitude of the erectile response. Intracavernous administration of endothelin-1 (ET-1; 50 pmol) or methoxamine (10 µg/kg) reduced the erectile response to autonomic stimulation. If Y-27632 was given before ET-1 or methoxamine, the vasoconstrictor effect was reduced, and intracavernosal pressure and mean arterial pressure remained elevated. However, when given after methoxamine, Y-27632 had a reduced vasodilatory effect, and Y-27632 had no vasodilatory effect when given after ET-1. These findings suggest that ET-1 and methoxamine increase Rho-kinase activity in the cavernous circulation and support the hypothesis that the vasoconstriction that maintains the penis in the nonerect state is mediated, in part, by the Rho-kinase pathway.
penile erection; vasodilation; penis; methoxamine; endothelin-1
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