Qing-xue WANG, Qi-qi ZHANG, Chun-yan LIU, et al. Effect of Gegensan on Expressions of NOS, α-SMA, Cx43, TGF-β1 mRNA and Protein in Penile Smooth Muscle Tissue of Alcoholic ED Rats. [J]. Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 25(24):43-47(2019)
DOI:
Qing-xue WANG, Qi-qi ZHANG, Chun-yan LIU, et al. Effect of Gegensan on Expressions of NOS, α-SMA, Cx43, TGF-β1 mRNA and Protein in Penile Smooth Muscle Tissue of Alcoholic ED Rats. [J]. Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 25(24):43-47(2019) DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20192105.
Effect of Gegensan on Expressions of NOS, α-SMA, Cx43, TGF-β1 mRNA and Protein in Penile Smooth Muscle Tissue of Alcoholic ED Rats
To investigate the activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and
α
-smooth actin (
α
-SMA) in rat penile smooth muscle tissue of rats with alcoholic erectile dysfunction (ED). The effects of protein gene 43 (connexin43
Cx43) and transforming growth factor
β
1
(TGF-
β
1
) mRNA and protein expressions provide an experimental basis for the clinical application of Gegensan in the treatment of alcoholic ED.
Method:
2
SD rats were randomly divided into five groups: normal group
model group
and low
medium
high-dose Gegensan groups (5
10
20 g·kg
-1
). Except the normal group
the other groups were administered with drugs after alcohol intervention for 30 min at 15 mL· kg
-1
·d
-1
. Colorimetric assay was used to detect NOS activity in the penile smooth muscle tissue of alcoholic ED rats. Quantitative real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction(Real-time PCR) and Western blot were used to detect
α
-SMA
Cx43
TGF-
β
1
mRNA and protein expressions in smooth muscle tissue of alcoholic ED rats.
Result:
2
Compared with the normal group
the expressions of NOS
α
-SMA and Cx43 mRNA and protein in the penile smooth muscle of the model group decreased significantly (
P
<
0.05)
while the expressions of TGF-
β
1
mRNA and protein increased significantly (
P
<
0.05). Compared with the model group
low/medium/high-dose Gegensan groups could significantly up-regulate the NOS activity and Cx43 mRNA and protein expressions in the penile tissue of alcoholic ED rats (P
<
0.05)
while significantly down-regulate TGF-
β
1
mRNA expression
and
α
-SMA mRNA and protein expressions in the penis tissue of rats with alcoholic ED were significantly up-regulated (
P
<
0.05).
Conclusion:
2
Gegensan has an obvious protective effect on the structure of penile smooth muscle of alcoholic ED rats. The specific mechanism may be related to the regulation of NOS activity and a-SMA
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