title: [Gene c-Fos expression in brain of rats resistant and predisposed to emotional stress after intraperitoneal injection of the ACTH(4-10)analog--semax].
abstract: The effect of the ACTH(4-10) analog Semax on immediate early gene c-Fos expression was studied in Wistar rats with high and low resistance to emotional stress under the usual conditions and during psychoemotional loading. Fos-immunoreactive cells in the were counted automatically with the help of a computer. It was shown that under the usual conditions the intraperitoneal Semax injection induced immediate early gene c-Fos expression in the lateral septal region in rats predisposed to emotional stress and in the paraventricular hypothalamus in rats of both groups. Preliminary Semax injection decreased the stress-induced c-Fos expression in the paraventricular hypothalamus and medial septum in rats predisposed to emotional stress and tended to reduce the number of stress-induced c-Fos-immunopositive cells in the lateral septum and basolateral amygdala in both groups of animals. The obtained data suggest that Semax differently affects the immediate early c-Fos gene expression in the brain of rats resistant and predisposed to emotional stress and this effect reflects the antistressor properties of the regulatory peptide.
authors.affiliation: P.K. Anokhin Institute of Normal Physiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Umriukhin
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Koplik
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Grivennikov
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Miasoedov
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Sudakov
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D017781:Genes, Immediate-Early; D016762:Genes, fos; D008297:Male; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C048487:ACTH (4-7), Pro-Gly-Pro-; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone