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a Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of La Laguna, 38071 Tenerife, Spain
Androgens are known to influence penile erection and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity in cavernosal tissue homogenates. The present study was an assessment of the effects of castration and androgen replacement on the in vivo release of nitric oxide (NO), and of the simultaneously recorded intracavernosal pressure (ICP) changes elicited by electrostimulation of the cavernosal nerves (SCN) in the anesthetized rat. The extracellular levels of NO in the corpora were monitored electrochemically using porphyrin microsensors. The content of NOS isoenzymes in corporal homogenates was determined by immunoblotting. The responses of castrated rats with or without testosterone (T) implants were compared to those of intact animals. Castration virtually abolished both the NO and the ICP responses to SCN. There was a concomitant significant decrease in the content of both the neuronal (nNOS) and the endothelial (eNOS) isoenzymes in the cavernosal tissue. All these effects of castration were prevented by T replacement. The NO response to SCN was positively correlated with the levels of nNOS and eNOS, especially when the values of the two isoforms were added (r = 0.71, P < 0.001). These data suggest that the facilitatory action of androgens on penile erection involves the up-regulation of both constitutive NOS isoenzymes in the corpora cavernosa.
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