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Abstract

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a frequent and difficult-to-treat condition in diabetic men. Protein kinase C (PKC) is involved in diabetes-related vascular and cavernosal alterations. We aimed to evaluate the role of PKC in endothelial dysfunction and NO/cGMP impairment associated with diabetic ED in the human corpus cavernosum (CC) and penile resistance arteries (PRAs) and the potential mechanisms involved. Functional responses were determined in the CC and PRAs in patients with non-diabetic ED and diabetic ED undergoing penile prosthesis insertion. PKC activator 12,13-phorbol-dibutyrate (PDBu) impaired endothelial relaxations and cGMP generation in response to acetylcholine in the CC from non-diabetic ED. PDBu also impaired responses to a PDE5 inhibitor, sildenafil, in non-diabetic ED patients. Conversely, a PKC inhibitor, GF109203X, improved endothelial, neurogenic, and PDE5-inhibitor-induced relaxations and cGMP generation only in the CC in diabetic ED patients. Endothelial and PDE5-inhibitor-induced vasodilations of PRAs were potentiated only in diabetes. Improvements in endothelial function in diabetes were also achieved with a specific inhibitor of the PKCβ2 isoform or an NADPH-oxidase inhibitor, apocynin, which prevented PDBu-induced impairment in non-diabetic patients. PKC inhibition counteracted NO/cGMP impairment and endothelial dysfunction in diabetes-related ED, potentially improving response to PDE5 inhibition.

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Title
PKC Inhibition Improves Human Penile Vascular Function and the NO/cGMP Pathway in Diabetic Erectile Dysfunction: The Role of NADPH Oxidase
Author
Mariam El Assar 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; La Fuente, José M 2 ; Sosa, Patricia 3 ; Fernández, Argentina 4 ; Pepe-Cardoso, Augusto J 5 ; Martínez-Salamanca, Juan I 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rodríguez-Mañas, Leocadio 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Angulo, Javier 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital de Getafe, 28905 Getafe, Spain; [email protected]; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain; [email protected]; Instituto de Investigación IdiPaz, 28029 Madrid, Spain 
 Serviço de Urologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Santo António (CHUdSA), 4099-001 Porto, Portugal; [email protected] 
 Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital de Getafe, 28905 Getafe, Spain; [email protected] 
 Servicio de Histología-Investigación, Unidad de Investigación Traslacional en Cardiología—IRYCIS/UFV, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain; [email protected] 
 Serviço de Urologia, Hospital Fernando da Fonseca, 2720-276 Amadora, Portugal; [email protected] 
 Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, 28222 Madrid, Spain; [email protected] 
 Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain; [email protected]; Instituto de Investigación IdiPaz, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, 28905 Getafe, Spain 
 Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain; [email protected]; Servicio de Histología-Investigación, Unidad de Investigación Traslacional en Cardiología—IRYCIS/UFV, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain; [email protected] 
Volume
25
Issue
6
First page
3111
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
Place of publication
Basel
Country of publication
Switzerland
ISSN
16616596
e-ISSN
14220067
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
 
 
Online publication date
2024-03-07
Milestone dates
2024-01-26 (Received); 2024-03-06 (Accepted)
Publication history
 
 
   First posting date
07 Mar 2024
ProQuest document ID
3003034050
Document URL
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Last updated
2024-08-26
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ProQuest One Academic