Inhibition of agonist-induced smooth muscle contraction by picotamide in the male human lower urinary tract outflow region

Hennenberg, Martin; Tamalunas, Alexander; Wang, Yiming; Keller, Patrick; Schott, Melanie; Strittmatter, Frank; Herlemann, Annika; Yu, Qingfeng; Rutz, Beata; Ciotkowska, Anna; Stief, Christian G. und Gratzke, Christian (2017): Inhibition of agonist-induced smooth muscle contraction by picotamide in the male human lower urinary tract outflow region. In: European Journal of Pharmacology, Bd. 803: S. 39-47

Abstract

Male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to bladder outlet obstruction are characterized by abnormal smooth muscle contractions in the lower urinary tract. Alphas-adrenoceptor antagonists may induce smooth muscle relaxation in the outflow region and represent the current gold standard of medical treatment. However, results may be unsatisfactory or inadequate. Apart from alpha(r)-adrenoceptor agonists, smooth muscle contraction in the outflow region may be induced by thromboxane A(2) MAD, endothelins, or muscarinic receptor agonists. Here, we studied effects of the thromboxane A2 receptor (TP receptor) antagonist picotamide on contraction in the human male bladder trigone and prostate. Carbachol, the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine, the thromboxane A(2) analog U46619, and electric field stimulation (EFS) induced concentration-or frequency dependent contractions of trigone tissues in an organ bath. Picotamide (300 mu M) inhibited carbachol-, phenylephrine-, U46619-, and EFS-induced contractions. Endothelins 1-3 induced concentration-dependent contractions of prostate tissues, which were inhibited by picotamide. Analyses using real time polymerase chain reaction and antibodies suggested expression of thromboxane A(2) receptors and synthase in trigone smooth muscle cells. Thromboxane B-2 (the stable metabolite of thromboxane A(2)) was detectable by enzyme immune assay in trigone samples, with most values ranging between 50 and 150 pg/mg trigone protein. Picotamide inhibits contractions induced by different stimuli in the human lower urinary tract, including cholinergic, adrenergic, thromboxane A(2)- and endothelin-induced, and neurogenic contractions in different locations of the outflow region. This distinguishes picotamide from current medical treatments for LUTS, and suggests that picotamide may induce urodynamic effects in vivo.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 0014-2999
• Sprache: Englisch