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1: J Urol. 2008 Aug;180(2):742-8. Epub 2008 Jun 13.
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Intraprostatic botulinum toxin a injection inhibits cyclooxygenase-2 expression and suppresses prostatic pain on capsaicin induced prostatitis model in rat.

Chuang YC, Yoshimura N, Huang CC, Wu M, Chiang PH, Chancellor MB.

Department of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China. chuang82@ms26.hinet.net

PURPOSE: Cyclooxygenase-2 is a key enzyme in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins, which are important mediators of inflammation and pain. We investigated the effect of intraprostatic botulinum toxin A administration on pain reaction and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in a capsaicin induced prostatitis model in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with vehicle or capsaicin (10 mM, 0.1 cc) into the prostate. The nociceptive effects of capsaicin were evaluated for 30 minutes using a behavior approach. The prostate and L6 spinal cord were then removed for histology and cyclooxygenase-2 expression using Western blotting or immunostaining. A second set of animals was injected with botulinum toxin A (5 to 20 U) into the prostate 1 week before intraprostatic injection of capsaicin. RESULTS: Capsaicin induced increased pain behavior and inflammatory reaction. Botulinum toxin A 1 week before treatment dose dependently decreased inflammatory cell accumulation, cyclooxygenase-2 expression and prostatic pain. Botulinum toxin A (20 U) significantly decreased inflammatory cell accumulation, and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in the prostate, ventral horn and dorsal horn of the L6 spinal cord (93.5%, 89.4%, 90.5% and 77.5%, respectively). It decreased pain behavior for eye and locomotion scores (59.5% and 40.0%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Intraprostatic capsaicin injection activates cyclooxygenase-2 expression in the prostate, and spinal sensory and motor neurons, and it induces prostatic pain. Botulinum toxin A pretreatment could inhibit capsaicin induced cyclooxygenase-2 expression from the peripheral organ to the L6 spinal cord and inhibit prostatic pain and inflammation. This finding suggests a potential clinical benefit of botulinum toxin A for the treatment of nonbacterial prostatitis.

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PMID: 18554636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]