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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-12
pubmed:abstractText
Many factors, such as nitric oxide synthase, androgen and growth factors, can regulate the tone of corpus cavernosum (CC) smooth muscle with an age-related tendency. It has been shown that the active metabolites of kallikreins-kinins system (KKS), including bradykinin, Lys-BK and Met-Lys-BK, can also relax the CC smooth muscle significantly in vitro. Our aim was to evaluate the specific association between KKS and age in rat CC. CC and thoracic aorta were isolated from rats at postnatal weeks (PW) of 2, 8, 12, 20, 30, 40 and 60, respectively. Tissue kallikrein-I (KLKI) and kinin B2 receptor (B2R) mRNA in CC and thoracic aorta were detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Protein expression of KLKI and B2R were determined with immunofluorescence in situ and Western blot. Real-time PCR, immunofluorescence in situ and Western blot all demonstrated that the age-related changes in expression of KLKI were similar between the CC and thoracic aorta. It significantly increased with age from PW2 to PW30, reached the peak at PW30 and then declined gradually. However, there was no statistically significant difference among PW30, PW40 and PW60. Similarly, the expression of B2R increased gradually with age reached and remained at the peak during adult stages and no significant differences were found among PW20, PW30 and PW40; then, it decreased significantly at PW60. The changes in the expression of B2R in CC and age-matched aorta were similar except that it was significantly less than that in the aorta at PW60. The expression of KLKI and B2R changed in an age-dependent pattern in rat CC and have a tendency to decline during ageing, which is of the same tendency as reported for erection capacity in ageing males and suggests why ageing is an independent predictor of ED, to some extent.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1365-2605
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2010 The Authors. International Journal of Andrology © 2010 European Academy of Andrology.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
33-40
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Aorta, Thoracic, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Erectile Dysfunction, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Kallikrein-Kinin System, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Muscle, Smooth, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Penile Erection, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Penis, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Receptor, Bradykinin B2, pubmed-meshheading:20345876-Tissue Kallikreins
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Age-related changes in kallikreins-kinins system in rat corpus cavernosum.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't