title: [Comparison of the neuro- and immunomodulator properties of low-molecular neuropeptides].
abstract: A study was made of the effect of the low-molecular neuropeptides, leu- and met-enkephalins, thyroliberin (TRH), the C-end tripeptides, gastrin (MAF) and oxytocin (MIF) on the content of biogenic monoamines and their metabolites and on the production of humoral antibodies to sheep red blood cells. The action of the peptides enumerated was compared to that of the peptide immunostimulant, tuftsin. All the peptides (upon intraventricular administration) with the exception of tuftsin affect the content of brain biogenic monoamines or their metabolites. Moreover, upon intravenous injection the neuropeptides under study except met-enkephalin exert a modulating action on the immune response pattern and intensity Leu-enkephalin, MIF and MAF have immunostimulant activity similar to tuftsin. TRH given in high doses (100 and 150 mg/kg) provokes almost a two-fold decrease in the antibody titer. This peptide has an immunosuppressant effect when administered both intravenously and intracisternally. It is suggested that neuro- and immunomodulator effects have much in common at the level of cell receptors.
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D005755:Gastrins / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000032:analysis; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D001679:Biogenic Amines; D004745:Enkephalins; D005755:Gastrins; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D010121:Oxytocin; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
vernacular_title: Sopostavlenie neĭro- i immunomoduliatornykh svoĭstv nizkomolekuliarnykh neĭropeptidov.