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Chuanxiongzine relaxes isolated corpus cavernosum strips and raises intracavernous pressure in rabbits
It has been shown that there are many Chinese traditional herbals that can enhance sexual activity. Chuanxiongzine is a vasoactive ingredient that has been isolated and purified from Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. In previous studies, it has been found that chuanxiongzine was effective in relaxing rabb...
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author | Xiao, H-J Wang, T Chen, J Fan, L-C Yin, C-P Liu, J-H Gao, X |
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description | It has been shown that there are many Chinese traditional herbals that can enhance sexual activity. Chuanxiongzine is a vasoactive ingredient that has been isolated and purified from Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. In previous studies, it has been found that chuanxiongzine was effective in relaxing rabbit corpus cavernosum smooth muscle. We determined the effects of chuanxiongzine on relaxation of isolated corpus cavernosum strips in vitro and on increase of intracavernous pressure (ICP) in vivo in rabbits. Chuanxiongzine caused a concentration-dependent relaxation of phenylephrine precontracted isolated corpus cavernosum strips (EC(50) 1.58 × 10(−4) mol l(−1)), which were endothelium independent and NO independent. However, the guanylyl cyclase inhibitor 1-H-[1,2,4] oxadiazolo [4,3-a] quinoxalin-1-one significantly shifted the chuanxiongzine concentration–response relationship to the right. Although there was no significant difference in the level of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in isolated corpus cavernosum strips treated with chuanxiongzine or vehicle, chuanxiongzine caused a significant rise in the level of cGMP and cAMP in isolated corpus cavernosum strips pretreated with the activator of adenylyl cyclase forskolin and the source of NO sodium nitroprusside. In an in vivo study, chuanxiongzine dose-dependently raised ICP after the intracavernous injection of its cumulative doses (0.5, 1, 2 and 5 mg kg(−1)). The ICP increased from baseline to 19.1±3.7, 24.8±2.1, 30.2±4.8 and 39.7±6.1 mm Hg, respectively, and the duration of tumescence ranged from 8.5±2.8 to 22.9±7.3 min. Our results show that chuanxiongzine can relax isolated corpus cavernosum strips of rabbits in vitro and increase ICP of rabbits in vivo, which is neither endothelium dependent nor NO dependent, but may be partly mediated by the inhibition of cAMP phosphodiesterase or cGMP phosphodiesterase. |
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spelling | pubmed-28343412010-03-29 Chuanxiongzine relaxes isolated corpus cavernosum strips and raises intracavernous pressure in rabbits Xiao, H-J Wang, T Chen, J Fan, L-C Yin, C-P Liu, J-H Gao, X Int J Impot Res Original Articles It has been shown that there are many Chinese traditional herbals that can enhance sexual activity. Chuanxiongzine is a vasoactive ingredient that has been isolated and purified from Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. In previous studies, it has been found that chuanxiongzine was effective in relaxing rabbit corpus cavernosum smooth muscle. We determined the effects of chuanxiongzine on relaxation of isolated corpus cavernosum strips in vitro and on increase of intracavernous pressure (ICP) in vivo in rabbits. Chuanxiongzine caused a concentration-dependent relaxation of phenylephrine precontracted isolated corpus cavernosum strips (EC(50) 1.58 × 10(−4) mol l(−1)), which were endothelium independent and NO independent. However, the guanylyl cyclase inhibitor 1-H-[1,2,4] oxadiazolo [4,3-a] quinoxalin-1-one significantly shifted the chuanxiongzine concentration–response relationship to the right. Although there was no significant difference in the level of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in isolated corpus cavernosum strips treated with chuanxiongzine or vehicle, chuanxiongzine caused a significant rise in the level of cGMP and cAMP in isolated corpus cavernosum strips pretreated with the activator of adenylyl cyclase forskolin and the source of NO sodium nitroprusside. In an in vivo study, chuanxiongzine dose-dependently raised ICP after the intracavernous injection of its cumulative doses (0.5, 1, 2 and 5 mg kg(−1)). The ICP increased from baseline to 19.1±3.7, 24.8±2.1, 30.2±4.8 and 39.7±6.1 mm Hg, respectively, and the duration of tumescence ranged from 8.5±2.8 to 22.9±7.3 min. Our results show that chuanxiongzine can relax isolated corpus cavernosum strips of rabbits in vitro and increase ICP of rabbits in vivo, which is neither endothelium dependent nor NO dependent, but may be partly mediated by the inhibition of cAMP phosphodiesterase or cGMP phosphodiesterase. Nature Publishing Group 2009-11-26 2010-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2834341/ /pubmed/19940852 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijir.2009.53 Text en Copyright 2010, Nature Publishing Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Xiao, H-J Wang, T Chen, J Fan, L-C Yin, C-P Liu, J-H Gao, X Chuanxiongzine relaxes isolated corpus cavernosum strips and raises intracavernous pressure in rabbits |
title | Chuanxiongzine relaxes isolated corpus cavernosum strips and raises intracavernous pressure in rabbits |
title_full | Chuanxiongzine relaxes isolated corpus cavernosum strips and raises intracavernous pressure in rabbits |
title_fullStr | Chuanxiongzine relaxes isolated corpus cavernosum strips and raises intracavernous pressure in rabbits |
title_full_unstemmed | Chuanxiongzine relaxes isolated corpus cavernosum strips and raises intracavernous pressure in rabbits |
title_short | Chuanxiongzine relaxes isolated corpus cavernosum strips and raises intracavernous pressure in rabbits |
title_sort | chuanxiongzine relaxes isolated corpus cavernosum strips and raises intracavernous pressure in rabbits |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2834341/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19940852 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijir.2009.53 |
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