title: Anticonflict properties of the dipeptide Litoralon and of diazepam in rats.
abstract: The anticonflict properties of the anxiolytic diazepam and of the dipeptide Litoralon gamma-L-glutamyl-taurine and two of its analogues SZJ 3388, gamma-aminobutyryl-ethanolamine phosphate, and SZJ 3361, D-1-aminoisobutyrylethanolamine phosphate have been investigated in a "time-to-emerge" conflict paradigm in non-deprived rats. Diazepam, Litoralon and compound SZJ 3388 significantly decreased the "time-to-emerge" latency (TTE latency) in a dose-dependent manner versus saline- or vehicle-treated controls in doses between 0.05 and 0.50 mg/kg intraperitoneally. The analogue SZJ 3361 was inactive as regards the TTE latency, while the anti-histaminic promethazine lengthened the TTE latency in a dose-dependent manner. The number of irresolute responses was significantly decreased following administration of diazepam, SZJ 3388 and Litoralon and was positively correlated with the TEE latency-decreasing activity of these compounds. The data are discussed in terms of the benzodiazepine-like anxiolytic or anti-conflict properties of these dipeptides.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D003975:Diazepam / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D005973:Glutamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D011398:Promethazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects; D013654:Taurine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D004983:Ethanolamines; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D005973:Glutamine; D013654:Taurine; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; C049770:gamma-aminobutyrylethanolamine phosphate; C049677:SZJ 3361; C020903:glutaurine; D011398:Promethazine; D003975:Diazepam