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ArticleSexual medicine2014

Effects of adenosine monophosphate used in combination with L-arginine on female rabbit corpus cavernosum tissue.

Olivier Stücker, Catherine Pons, Yann Neuzillet, Elisabeth Laemmel, Thierry Lebret

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Article in Sexual medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Olivier StückerCEROM Paris, France.
Catherine PonsCEROM Paris, France.
Yann NeuzilletDepartment of Urology, Hôpital Foch, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) Suresnes, France.
Elisabeth LaemmelLaboratoire Etude Microcirculation, Université Denis Diderot Paris, France.
Thierry LebretDepartment of Urology, Hôpital Foch, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) Suresnes, France.
Hôpital Foch · FRUniversité Paris Cité · FR

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Abstract

introductionSexual dysfunction is significantly more prevalent in women than in men. However, to date, no satisfactory oral treatment is yet available.

aimThe aim of this study was to study the effects of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) alone or its combination with L-Arginine on the relaxation of the female rabbit corpus cavernosum.

methodsCylinder strips from the corporal body of the excised clitoris from female New Zealand White rabbits were incubated in Krebs solution. Phenylephrine (PE) precontraction was achieved, then the drugs AMP and L-Arginine were administered either independently or in sequential combinations to the strips under precontracted conditions.

main outcome measuresContraction percentages were compared.

resultsWhen precontraction was induced by PE 8 μM or 20 μM, AMP was shown to induce relaxation up to 25% in a dose-dependent manner. The relaxation induced by L-Arginine reached 15.6% at 5.10(-4) M vs. 16.5% at AMP 5.10(-4) M under the same experimental conditions. Nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor N-nitro-L-arginine strongly inhibited the relaxing effect provoked by AMP, suggesting that the action mechanism of this nucleotide is related to the NO pathway. The combination of L-Arginine at 5.10(-4) M with AMP at different doses ranging from 5.10(-4) M to 10(-3) M significantly amplified the relaxing response up to 40.7% and 58%, respectively.

conclusionsOur results demonstrate that AMP induces a relaxing effect on the female rabbit corpora. They also show that L-Arginine and AMP can potentiate each other and that a synergistic effect can be obtained by their combined use. Because only slight differences exist between both sexes in response to NO donors and/or nucleotide purines or in their use together, it is very likely that close biochemical mechanisms, although not to the same degree and not quite similar, are involved in the engorgement of the penis and the clitoris of New Zealand White rabbits. Stücker O, Pons C, Neuzillet Y, Laemmel E, and Lebret T. Original research-sexual medicine: Effects of adenosine monophosphate used in combination with L-Arginine on female rabbit corpus cavernosum tissue. Sex Med 2014;2:1-7.

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AMPATPFemale Corpus Cavernosum RelaxationL-ArginineNitric OxidePurines

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