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Cultures were characterized by ACTA2, CD31, P4HB, and nNOS immunohistochemical analysis. Patient smooth muscle cell growth was quantified in response to BMP4 and GREM1 treatment. Adult Sprague Dawley rats underwent 1 of 3 surgeries: (1) uninjured or CN-injured rats were treated with BMP4, GREM1, or mouse serum albumin (control) proteins via Affi-Gel beads (N\u2009=\u200916) or peptide amphiphile (PA) (N\u2009=\u200926) for 3 and 14\u00a0days, and trichrome stain was performed; (2) rats underwent sham (N\u2009=\u20093), CN injury (N\u2009=\u20099), or CN injury and SHH PA treatment for 1, 2, and 4\u00a0days (N\u2009=\u20099).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Outcomes<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Western analysis for BMP4 and GREM1 was performed; (3) rats were treated with 5E1 SHH inhibitor (N\u2009=\u20096) or IgG (control; N\u2009=\u20096) for 2 and 4\u00a0days, and BMP4 and GREM1 localization was examined. Statistics were performed by analysis of variance with Scheff\u00e9\u2019s post hoc test.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>BMP4 increased patient smooth muscle cell growth, and GREM1 decreased growth. In rats, BMP4 treatment via Affi-Gel beads and PA increased smooth muscle at 3 and 14\u00a0days of treatment. GREM1 treatment caused increased collagen and smooth muscle at 3\u00a0days, which switched to primarily collagen at 14\u00a0days. CN injury increased BMP4 and GREM1, while SHH PA altered Western band size, suggesting alternative cleavage and range of BMP4 and GREM1 signaling. SHH inhibition in rats increased BMP4 and GREM1 in fibroblasts.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Clinical implications<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Understanding how SHH PA preserves and regenerates penile morphology after CN injury will aid development of ED therapies.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Strengths and limitations<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>SHH treatment alters BMP4 and GREM1 localization and range of signaling, which can affect penile morphology.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Part of the mechanism of how SHH regulates corpora cavernosa smooth muscle involves BMP4 and GREM1.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jsxmed\/qdae016","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,7]],"date-time":"2024-03-07T17:51:54Z","timestamp":1709833914000},"page":"379-390","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["SHH regulates penile morphology and smooth muscle through a mechanism involving BMP4 and GREM1"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Jiangping","family":"Deng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL 60612 , United States"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"Martin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL 60612 , United States"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Timothy","family":"Searl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL 60612 , United States"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Samuel","family":"Ohlander","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL 60612 , United States"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniel A","family":"Harrington","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston , Houston, TX, 77054 , United States"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kevin T","family":"McVary","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine , Maywood, IL 60153 , United States"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carol A","family":"Podlasek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL 60612 , United States"},{"name":"Department of Physiology, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL 60612 , United States"},{"name":"Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL 60612 , United States"},{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL 60612 , United States"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,6]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"2024050206204981500_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"54","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-5347(17)34871-1","article-title":"Impotence and its medical and psychosocial correlates: results of the Massachusetts male aging study","volume":"151","author":"Feldman","year":"1994","journal-title":"J Urol"},{"issue":"2","key":"2024050206204981500_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"379","DOI":"10.1016\/S0889-8529(05)70329-7","article-title":"Diabetic sexual dysfunction","volume":"25","author":"Hakim","year":"1996","journal-title":"Endocrinol Metab Clin N Am"},{"issue":"9","key":"2024050206204981500_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1185","DOI":"10.1111\/dme.13403","article-title":"High prevalence of erectile dysfunction in diabetes; a systematic review and meta-analysis of 145 studies","volume":"34","author":"Kouidrat","year":"2017","journal-title":"Diabet Med"},{"issue":"2","key":"2024050206204981500_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"87","DOI":"10.3816\/CGC.2004.n.017","article-title":"Current concepts in the management of erectile dysfunction in men with prostate cancer","volume":"3","author":"Kendirci","year":"2004","journal-title":"Clin Prostate Cancer"},{"issue":"9","key":"2024050206204981500_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"891","DOI":"10.1016\/S1470-2045(11)70162-0","article-title":"SPCG-4 investigators. 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