PMID- 32986908 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210524 LR - 20210524 IS - 1439-0272 (Electronic) IS - 0303-4569 (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 11 DP - 2020 Dec TI - Intratunical injection of human urine-derived stem cells derived exosomes prevents fibrosis and improves erectile function in a rat model of Peyronie's disease. PG - e13831 LID - 10.1111/and.13831 [doi] AB - We aimed to evaluate the effects of intratunical injection of exosomes derived from human urine-derived stem cells (USC-exo) on plaque formation and erectile function in a transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) induced Peyronie's disease (PD) rat model. Twenty-four SD rats were randomly assigned equally to three groups: (I) Sham group (50 mul phosphate-buffered saline [PBS] injected into the tunica albuginea [TA]), (II) PD group (0.5 mug TGF-beta1 in 50 mul PBS injected into the TA) and (III) USC-exo group (0.5 ug TGF-beta1 plus 100 mug USC-exo injected into the TA at the same day). The maximum intracavernous pressure (ICP(max) ) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) of each group were evaluated 4 weeks after injection. The plaque formation, fibrosis, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor of MMPs (TIMPs) in the TA were evaluated. Four weeks after injection, USC-exo group showed more significantly enhanced ICP(max) and ICP(max) /MAP than PD group (p < .05). USC-exo could significantly ameliorate the TA fibrosis that could be associated with the inhibition of transdifferentiation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts, decreased expression of TIMPs (TIMP-1, 2, 3) and increased activity of MMPs (MMP-1, 3, 9) in the TA. According to these findings, USC-exo can be a new candidate for the prevention of PD. CI - (c) 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH. FAU - Yang, Qiyun AU - Yang Q AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8077-9223 AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Chen, Wanmei AU - Chen W AD - Department of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Han, Dayu AU - Han D AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Zhang, Chi AU - Zhang C AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Xie, Yun AU - Xie Y AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Sun, Xiangzhou AU - Sun X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8592-7854 AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Liu, Guihua AU - Liu G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1494-0883 AD - Reproductive Medicine Research Center, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Deng, Chunhua AU - Deng C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4969-2875 AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. LA - eng GR - 81671449/the National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 81671834/the National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 8187111/the National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 2018A030310286/the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China/ GR - 18zxxt14/The Basic scienti fi c research project of Sun Yat-sen University/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200928 PL - Germany TA - Andrologia JT - Andrologia JID - 0423506 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - *Erectile Dysfunction/pathology/prevention & control MH - *Exosomes MH - Fibrosis MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Penile Induration/pathology MH - Penis/pathology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - *Stem Cells MH - Urine/cytology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Peyronie's disease OT - exosomes OT - fibrosis OT - urine-derived stem cells EDAT- 2020/09/29 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/25 06:00 CRDT- 2020/09/28 17:13 PHST- 2020/07/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/08/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/09/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/28 17:13 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/and.13831 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Andrologia. 2020 Dec;52(11):e13831. doi: 10.1111/and.13831. Epub 2020 Sep 28.