[Expression of the kallikreins-kinins system in the corpus cavernosum of rats].
OBJECTIVE
To study the expression of the kallikreins-kinins system in the corpus cavernosum of rats.


METHODS
The expression of tissue kallikrein I and kinin B2 receptor gene in the corpus cavernosum and heart of adult rats was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).


RESULTS
The tissue kallikrein I and kinin B2 receptor were detected in the corpus cavernosum as well as in the heart of the rats and the contents were similar.


CONCLUSIONS
A kallikreins-kinins system exists in the corpus cavernosum of rats, and the content is rich, almost similar to that in the heart.
Wang
Tao
T
Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China.
Liu
Ji-hong
JH
Chen
Jun
J
Xiao
Heng-jun
HJ
Li
Yang
Y
Ye
Zhang-qun
ZQ
D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010413:Penis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D043782:Receptor, Bradykinin B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D043782:Receptor, Bradykinin B2; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins