Chronic treatment with cyclosporine A in New Zealand rabbit: aortic and erectile tissue alterations

Urological Research
E RagazziA Calabrò

Abstract

Transplanted patients frequently present erectile impotence. In order to test any interference by cyclosporine A (CsA), which is commonly used in the post-transplantation management, we investigated the in vitro contractile and relaxant responses of corpus cavernosum and aorta from rabbits chronically treated with CsA. Male New Zealand White rabbits 6 months of age were treated with CsA (25 mg/kg per day s.c.) or solvent (corn oil) for 3 weeks. Descending thoracic aorta and erectile tissue were studied in vitro at the end of treatment. Isometric tension was recorded. In thoracic aorta, noradrenaline (0.1-30 mM) induced a concentration-dependent contraction with no difference between the two groups. Acetylcholine (30 nM-3 mM) produced relaxation (52 +/- 4% at 1 mM) that was significantly reduced in comparison to controls (67 +/- 4%, P < 0.05). ATP (3-10 mM) relaxation was not significantly different (maximal 78 +/- 10% and 62 +/- 12% in CsA-treated and controls). The relaxation produced by sodium nitrite was reduced in CsA-treated rabbits (at 10 mM and 0.1 mM concentrations). In erectile tissue, no significant variation in the response of isolated erectile tissue to the above drugs was observed between CsA-treated and control an...Continue Reading

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