New study to verify predictive validity criteria in an animal model for evaluating premature ejaculation: the impact of sertraline and fluoxetine

Adriana Adriana Morales-Otal, Carlos Torner-Aguilar, 1Carol Fernández-Ramírez, Ivonne Heuze de Icaza, Heriberto Quintana-Flores, Armando Ferreira-Nuño

Resumen


La eyaculación precoz (EP) es una disfunción sexual de los hombres muy común en todo el mundo. Nosotros desarrollamos un paradigma llamado arena de selección múltiple de pareja (ASMP), compuesta por 4 cilindros acrílicos colocados en forma de cruz. Cada cilindro contiene una rata macho y una rata hembra, colocada en el espacio central, la cual puede elegir un macho con quien copular. Hemos propuesto la ASMP como un modelo animal para evaluar la EP, ya que en ella las ratas macho eyaculan rápidamente, como ocurre en los hombres con EP. Nuestro objetivo fue determinar si la ASMP cumple con el criterio de validez predictiva, que propone que los fármacos deben tener efectos similares en el modelo animal, a los trastornos que ocurren en el humano, como la EP. Analizamos el efecto de dos inhibidores selectivos de la recaptura de serotonina: sertralina y fluoxetina sobre la eyaculación rápida que presentan las ratas macho en la ASMP. Dos grupos de ratas (n= 8): fueron tratadas semanalmente con dosis semanales y progresivas de 1, 3 y 10 mg/kg/día de sertralina o fluoxetina; el grupo control solo recibió el vehículo (grupo Salina). Cada prueba involucró a 4 machos del mismo grupo, tratados con dosis idénticas del medicamento, hasta que lograron la primera eyaculación en la ASMP. Sólo la dosis de 10 mg/kg de fluoxetina y sertralina incrementó significativamente la latencia de eyaculación, por lo que la ASMP satisfizo el criterio de validez predictiva como un modelo animal de la EP.

Abstract

Premature ejaculation (PE) is a common sexual dysfunction worldwide, and animal models are used to characterize it. We developed a paradigm called the multiple partner choice arena (MPCA), consisting of 4 acrylic cylinders placed crosswise. Each cylinder contains a sexually experienced male rat, and a receptive female rat resides in the central space, able to choose any cylinder for copulation. We have suggested the MPCA as an animal model for assessing PE be-cause male rats in this paradigm display behavior similar to PE in men, achieving ejaculation in less time. This study aims to demonstrate whether the MPCA satisfies the predictive validity criterion, in which the effects of drugs in the animal model should closely resemble those observed in human medical disorders, such as PE. We investigated the effect of 2 SSRIs (SSRI), sertraline and fluoxetine, on male rats' rapid ejaculation in the MPCA. Two groups of male rats (n=8) were tested: saline, sertraline, and fluoxetine. Weekly doses of 1, 3, and 10 mg/kg/day for sertraline and fluoxetine were administered, while the saline group received only the vehicle. Each test involved four males from the same group, treated with identical drug doses, until achieving the first ejaculation in the MPCA. Fluoxetine and sertraline, at the 10 mg/kg dose, significantly prolonged the ejaculation latency. For this reason, the MPCA satisfies the predictive validity criterion as an animal model of PE.

Keywords: Sertraline, fluoxetine, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, premature ejaculation, animal model.


Palabras clave


Sertralina; fluoxetina; inhibidor selectivo de la recaptura de serotonina; eyaculación prematura; modelo animal.

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