title: [Alternative changes of activity of alpha2-macroglobulin and alpha1-antitrypsin in rat blood following damage in capsaicin-sensitive nerves].
abstract: Effects of functional ablation of peptidergic sensory nerves with neurotoxic doses of capsaicin (150 mg/kg, s/c) as well as of their stimulation with small doses of capsaicin (5 mg/kg, i/p) on activity of proteinase inhibitors: alpha1-antitrypsin (alpha1-AT)-serine proteinase inhibitor and alpha2-macroglobulin (alpha2-MG)-nonspecific inhibitor were investigated in rat blood. The present results indicate alternative changes in activity of these proteinase inhibitors after damage of capsaicin-sensitive nerves: increasing decline in activity of alpha1-AT 1 and 3 or 14 days after administration of capsaicin and increase in activity of alpha2-MG land 3 day after the injection. The stimulation of afferent nerves with capsaicin did not change activity of the proteinase inhibitors 1 and 24 hours after the injection. It is suggested that the stable decrease in activity of alpha1-AT during a long period after the damage of capsaicin-sensitive nerves indicates an important role for these nerves in the regulating alpha1-AT that may exert a tonic effect on the activity alpha1-AT.
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Tolochko
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Spiridonov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000187:drug effects*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins; D002211:Capsaicin