Effect of diabetes and insulin treatment on nitric oxidesynthase content in rat corpus cavernosum

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摘要 Aim:Tostudytheeffectofdiabetesmellitusandinsulintreatmentonratpenilenitricoxidesynthasecontent.Methods:MaleWistarratsweredividedatrandomintotwogroups:theControl(n=8)andtheDiabetic(n=17).Diabetesmellituswasinducedbyintraperitonealinjectionofstreptozotocin.Thediabeticanimalswerethenrandomlydividedintotwosubgroups:diabeticratswithoutinsulintreatment(n=7)anddiabeticratswithinsulintreatment(n=10).Theneuronalnitricoxidesynthase(nNOS)inthepenilecorpuscavemosumwereassayedbyimmumohistochemicalstainingwithspecificantibodytonNOSandthenNOS-positivenervefiberswerecountedsemiquantitativelyunderahighpowermicroscope.Results:ThenNOS-positivenervefibresindiabeticratswithtreatmentwashigherthanthatindiabeticratswithouttreatment(P<0.05)andlowerthanthatinthecontrols(P<0.01).ThenNOS-positivenervefibresindiabeticratwithouttreatmentwerealsolowerthanthatinthecontrols(P<0.01).Conclusion:Instreptozotocin-induceddiabeticrats,thenNOScontentinthepenilecorpuscavemosumwassignificantlydecreased.InsulintreatmentatthedoselevelemployedpartiallyrestoresthepenilenNOScontentintheserats.
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出版日期 2001年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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