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Possible role of sildenafil in inhibiting rat vas deferens contractions by influencing the purinergic system.

Bilge SS, Kesim Y, Kurt M, Aksoz E, Celik S

University of Ondokuz Mayis, Department of Pharmacology, Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey. ssbilge@omu.edu.tr

AIM: To evaluate the effect of sildenafil, a selective inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-selective type 5 phosphodiesterase, on isolated rat vas deferens and its connections with the purinergic system. METHODS: Epididymal and prostatic portions of isolated vas deferens were placed in organ baths containing Krebs' solution. Contractions were induced by noradrenaline (NA), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), alpha,beta-methylene ATP and electrical field stimulation (EFS). The effect of sildenafil on the contractions was compared with suramin and Evans blue (EB). RESULTS: NA, ATP, alpha,beta-methylene ATP and EFS caused contractions in both portions of vas deferens. NA-induced contractions were unaffected by sildenafil and suramin but potentiated by EB. ATP-induced contractions were non-competitively inhibited in both portions by sildenafil and suramin but potentiated by EB. alpha,beta-methylene ATP-induced contractions were unaffected by sildenafil but were inhibited in both portions by suramin and EB. EFS-induced contractions were inhibited by sildenafil and suramin while potentiated by EB. CONCLUSION: Sildenafil inhibited the contractions in both portions of vas deferens, as did suramin. We have suggested that purinergic system has a role in this antagonism and it seems to be mediated by an ATP-dependent mechanism instead of a receptor interaction.

Published 5 October 2005 in Int J Urol, 12(9): 829-34.
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