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BJU INTERNATIONAL
Volume 98, Issue 6, Pages 1259-1263Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06501.x
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PDE-5 inhibitors; BPH; LUTS; bladder outlet obstruction
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the potential of sildenafil, vardenafil and tadalafil, all phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitors used for treating erectile dysfunction, for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). MATERIALS AND METHODS The mRNA expression of the PDE-5 was determined in rat LUT tissues. The PDE-5 inhibitors were also tested in organ-bath experiments and in a partial bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) rat model in vivo. RESULTS The highest PDE-5 mRNA expression was in the bladder, followed by the urethra and prostate. PIDE-5 inhibitors dose-dependently reduced the contraction of the isolated bladder, urethral and prostate strips. The rank order of potency was vardenafil > sildenafil > tadalafil. In human prostate stromal cells vardenafil inhibited cell proliferation and was more effective than tadalafil and sildenafil. In the BOO model, there was a reduction in the non-voiding contractions after bolus intravenous administration of 3 mg/kg sildenafil and vardenafil. CONCLUSION These results show that PDE-5 is expressed in LUT tissues. PDE-5 inhibitors induced significant relaxation of these tissues, inhibited the proliferation of human prostate stromal cells and reduced the irritative symptoms of BPH/LUTS in vivo. Therefore, PDE-5 inhibitors could be used as an effective treatment for BPH/LUTS.
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