title: Role of adenosine and P2 receptors in the penile tumescence in anesthetized dogs.
abstract: We studied the role of adenosine and P2 receptors in the pelvic nerve stimulation-induced penile tumescence in anesthetized dogs. A local intracavernous injection of adenosine induced the tumescence, which was abolished by intracavernous 8-(p-sulfophenyl)theophylline (8-SPT), an unspecific adenosine receptor antagonist, and by 4-(2-[7-amino-2-(2-furyl)[1,2,4]triazolo[2,3-a][1,3,5]triazin-5-yl amino]ethyl)phenol (ZM241385), an adenosine A(2A) receptor antagonist. ATP also induced the tumescence, which was diminished by 8-SPT, but not by reactive blue-2, a P2 receptor antagonist. Neither intracavernous beta, gamma-meATP nor ADP(beta)S, P2X and P2Y receptor agonists, induced tumescence. N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NAME), a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, and T-1032, a phosphodiesterase type V inhibitor, had no effects on the tumescence induced by adenosine. 8-SPT and reactive blue-2 had no effects on the tumescence induced by pelvic nerve stimulation. These results show that although exogenous adenosine and ATP induce tumescence, neither the adenosine nor the P2 receptor is involved in the tumescence induced by pelvic nerve stimulation in anesthetized dogs.
authors.affiliation: Discovery Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., 2-2-50, Kawagishi, Toda, Saitama 335-8505, Japan. t-noto@tanabe.co.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mochida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000758:Anesthesia; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010410:Penile Erection / Q000187:drug effects*; D010413:Penis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D058910:Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists; D058919:Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000502:physiology*; D013806:Theophylline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014227:Triazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D014230:Triazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D058910:Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists; D058919:Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D013873:Thionucleotides; D014227:Triazines; D014230:Triazoles; C097270:ZM 241385; C005147:5'-adenylyl (beta,gamma-methylene)diphosphonate; C030812:adenosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate); D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; C031433:8-(4-sulfophenyl)theophylline; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D013806:Theophylline; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000241:Adenosine; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester