Age-associated changes in collagen content and its subtypes within rat corpora cavernosa with computerized histomorphometric analysis

Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 837-842

  Lin, Johnny S N ^a   Tsai, Yuh Shyan ^a   Lin, Yung Ming ^a   Lin, Chun Shing ^a   Chow, Nan Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PENIS; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PENIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035321412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)01097-9     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. A.C Kinsey W.B Pomeroy C.E Martin Age and sexual outlet A.C Kinsey W.B Pomeroy C.E Martin Sexual Behavior in the Human Male 1948 WB Saunders Philadelphia 218 262
2. H.A Feldman I Goldstein D.G Hatzichristou Impotence and its medical and psychosocial correlates results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study J Urol 151 1994 54 61
3. A Calabro G Italiano E.S Pescatori Physiological aging and penile erectile function a study in the rat Eur Urol 29 1996 240 244
4. H Garban D Vernet A Freedman Effect of aging on nitric oxide-mediated penile erection in rats Am J Physiol 268 1995 467 475
5. A Mersdorf P.C Goldmith W Diederich Ultrastructural changes in impotent penile tissue comparison of 65 patients J Urol 145 1991 749 758
6. R Luangkhot S Rutchik V Agarwal Collagen alteration in the corpus cavernosum of men with sexual dysfunction J Urol 148 1992 467 471
7. A.M.B Goldstein J.P Meehan J.W Marrow The fibrous skeleton of the corpora cavernosa and its probable function in the mechanism of erection Br J Urol 57 1985 574 578
8. Amenta PS, Martinez-Hernnandez A, and Trelstad RL: Repair and regeneration, in Damjanov I, and Linder J (Eds): Anderson’s Pathology, 10th ed. St. Louis, Mosby-Year Book, 1996, pp 416–447.
9. P.H Chiang C.P Chiang M.R Shen Study of the changes in collagen of the tunica albuginea in venogenic impotence and Peyronie’s disease Eur Urol 21 1992 48 51
10. Prockop DJ, Kivirikko KI, Tuderman L, et al: The biosynthesis of collagen and its disorders. N Engl J Med 301: 13–23, 77–85, 1979.
11. E Wespes P.M Goes M Schiffman Computerized analysis of smooth muscle fibers in potent and impotent patients J Urol 146 1991 1015 1017
12. H Padma-Nathan D Cheung N Perelman The effects of aging, diabetes and vascular ischemia on the biochemical composition of collagen found in corpora and tunica of potent and impotent men Int J Impot Res 2 1990 75 76
13. J.S.N Lin Y.M Lin N.H Chow Novel image analysis of corpus cavernous tissue in impotent men Urology 55 2000 252 256
14. Y.N Sun M.H Horng Assessing liver tissue fibrosis with an automatic computer morphometry system IEEE Eng Med Biol 16 1997 66 73
15. N Salama S Kagawa Ultra-structural changes in collagen of penile tunica albuginea in aged and diabetic rats Int J Impot Res 11 1999 99 105
16. R Dahiya R Chui G Perinchery Differential gene expression of growth factors in young and old rat penile tissues is associated with erectile dysfunction Int J Impot Res 11 1999 201 206
17. A Matsumoto G.S Prins Age-dependent changes in androgen receptor immunoreactivity in motoneurons of the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus of male rats Neurosci Lett 243 1998 29 32
18. S Carrier P Nagaraju D.M Morgan Age decreases nitric oxide synthase-containing nerve fibers in the rat penis J Urol 157 1997 1088 1092
19. R.D Johnson F.T Murray Reduced sensitivity of penile mechanoreceptors in aging rats with sexual dysfunction Brain Res Bull 28 1992 61 64
20. T.S Leeson C.R Leeson The fine structure of cavernous tissue in the adult rat penis Invest Urol 3 1965 144 154
21. A.M.B Goldstein H Padma-Nathan The microarchitecture of the intracavernosal smooth muscle and the cavernosal fibrous skeleton J Urol 144 1990 1144 1146
22. E.J Miller Biochemical characteristics and biological significance of the genetically-distinct collagens Mol Cell Biochem 13 1976 165 176
23. Y Takubo T Hirai S Muro Age-associated changes in elastin and collagen content and the proportion of types I and III collagen in the lungs of mice Exp Gerontol 34 1999 353 364
24. W.S Karwatowski T.E Jeffries V.C Duance Preparation of Bruch’s membrane and analysis of the age-related changes in the structural collagens Br J Ophthalmol 79 1995 944 952
25. J Albon W.S Karwatowski N Avery Changes in the collagenous matrix of the aging human lamina cribrosa Br J Ophthalmol 79 1995 368 375
26. G Raviv R Kiss J.P Vanegas Objective measurement of the different collagen types in the corpus cavernosum of potent and impotent men an immunohistochemical staining with computerized-image analysis World J Urol 15 1997 50 55
27. M Ciner C.J van Vorstenbosch G Dijkstra Penile bulb and its relationship with the pelvic urethra and the penile urethra in the rat light and scanning electron microscopical observations Anat Rec 244 1996 452 469
28. T Tarcan K.M Azadzoi M.B Siroky Age-related erectile and voiding dysfunction the role of arterial insufficiency BJU Int 82 suppl 1 1998 26 33