* Exendin-4 shows no effects on the prostatic index in high-fat-diet-fed rat with benign prostatic hyperplasia by improving insulin resistance.
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a prevalent disease globally, and accumulating evidence has indicated an association between BPH, insulin resistance (IR) and diabetes. Exendin-4 is widely used in clinics, which could enhance the proliferation of pancreatic β cells. The ability of exendin-4 to promote tumorigenesis has been of concern, and whether exendin-4 would enhance the propagation of BPH is not fully understood. We aimed to determine whether glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors (GLP-1Rs) were expressed in rat prostate and to determine the effect of exendin-4 on prostate of BPH. Male Wistar rats were used and assigned to six groups: normal diet (ND), high-fat diet (HFD), HFD + exendin-4, HFD + BPH, HFD + BPH + exendin-4 and HFD + BPH + rosiglitazone group. After castration, steroids were injected subcutaneously for 4 weeks to induce BPH. Rats were kept on high-fat diet to induce IR. Treatment groups were treated with exendin-4 and rosiglitazone. Prostatic index and HOMA-IR index were used to evaluate the prostatic hyperplasia status and the degree of IR respectively. The expression of GLP-1R was indicated not only by immunohistochemistry, but also by Western blot analysis. The expression of GLP-1R was significantly higher, and HOMA-IR index and body weight significantly decreased after administration of exendin-4. However, no significant differences in the prostatic index were observed between exendin-4 treatment groups and non-exendin-4 treatment groups. Prostatic index was not influenced by exendin-4 maybe by improving IR and weight loss.
=>表現すること, 式, 表現, 表示, 言い回し, 表現法, 表情
Overview of noun expression
The noun expression has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (23) expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face -- (the feelings expressed on a person's
face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face")
2. (18) expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion -- (expression without words; "tears are an
expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition")
3. (15) expression, verbal expression, verbalism -- (the communication (in speech or writing) of
your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my
ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours")
4. (5) saying, expression, locution -- (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular
situations; "pardon the expression")
5. (4) formulation, expression -- (the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better
formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared")
6. (4) formula, expression -- (a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement)
7. expression -- ((genetics) the process of expressing a gene)
8. construction, grammatical construction, expression -- (a group of words that form a constituent
of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that
he was a foreigner")
9. expression -- (the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; "the expression of milk
from her breast")
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