[Effect of new synthetic anxiolytic selank on gastric wall blood flow and mesenteryc lymphatic vessels contractility in anesthetized rats].

The influence of a new heptapeptide Selank on microcirculation in anesthetized white rats was investigated. Selank (Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro) is a new synthetic anxiolytic which exerts obvious antiulcerogenic action and promotes healing of experimental ulcers. Action of the peptide on gastric blood flow in the stomach by using the method ofhydrogenic clearance and Selank action on mesenteric lymphatic contractility by microscopical observation in situ, were studied. Selank fail to influence basal gastric blood flow but it can normalize blood flow reduced by indomethacin. The study of dose-depended of Selank effect on lymphatic vessels contractility showed that its low concentration (10(-12)--10(-14) M) enhanced amplitude and increase frequency of lymphatic vessel contractions which indicates an enhancement of lymphatic flow. The high doses of peptide (10(-6)--10(-10) M) also augmented the contraction amplitude but decreased its frequency. The maintenance of adequate blood flow and lymphatic vessel contractility can be one of the mechanisms of the Selank antiulcerogenic properties.

Effect of acute hypoxia in pregnant females on contractile activity of lymphatic vessels in the offspring.

Delayed consequences of acute hypoxia were studied in 60-day-old rat pups. The animals were exposed to acute hypobaric hypoxia on day 10 of embryogenesis. The offspring of intact females served as the control. Reactivity of mesenteric lymphatic vessels to norepinephrine was studied by vital microscopy. The frequency and duration of lymphatic vessel contractions in males significantly increased compared to the control. In females the duration of norepinephrine-induced lymphatic vessel contractions increased, while the frequency and amplitude of contractions and basal vascular tone did not differ from the control.

[Role of adrenoreceptors in the effect of thyroliberin on lymphatic vessels]. / Rol' adrenoretseptorov v mekhanizme deistviia tiroliberina na limfaticheskie sosudy.

Formerly we showed that TRH had simulative effect on mesenteric bovine and rat lymphatic vessels (LV) in very low concentration--10(-12)-10(-18) M. In present paper, participation of LV alpha- and beta-receptors in realization of TRH activity on rat mesenteric lymphatic vessels was studied in situ. Propranolol increased the stimulative effect of TRH, isoproterenol exerted an opposite effect. Phentolamine, prazosin eliminated the simulative effect of TRH, yohimbine resulted in additional gain of effect, which seems to testify 1) presynaptic action of TRH or 2) increase of the output of norepinephrine, which is potentiated by alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonists. Also the participation of adrenergic receptors in positive chronotropic effects of mesenteric rat LV was studied using the method of selective destruction of dopamine-containing neurons after 6-OHDA infusion. As it occurred, desympathization hindered development of stimulating action of TRH. Thus, the efficiency of TRH as a stimulator of LV is connected with activation of adrenergic mechanisms.

[Direct and prolonged effect of thyroliberin in ultra small doses on contractility of the white rat mesentery lymphatic vessels]. / Priamoe i otsrochennoe deistvie sverkhmalykh doz tiroliberina na sokratitel'nuiu aktivnost' limfaticheskikh sosudov bryzheiki beloi krysy.

The prolonged effect of thyroliberin in ULD after single intramuscular injection on contractility of lymphatic vessels directly was investigated. The controlled group of animals received injection of 0.2 ml of physiological solution. The experimental group was injected by 0.2 ml of thyroliberin in concentrations of 10(-10) or 10(-16) mol/l (1 x 10(-4) and 1 x 10(-10) micrograms/kg of the body weight respectively). During the experiment the animals were grouped in the following way: 1) directly after the injection; 2) 3 hours later; 3) on the 1st day and then every day during 2 weeks. Lymphatic vessels reactivity of the experimental animals as well as controlled was studied by application of thyroliberin and noradrenalin (in concentrations of 1 x 10(-16) and 1 x 10(-6) mol/l respectively) directly on mesentery lymphatic vessels. The lymphatic vessels reaction in control group of animals on the noradrenalin and thyroliberin was the same during the period of observation. Thyroliberin stimulated contractility at concentration of 1 x 10(-16) mol/l. The reaction of experimental group was dramatically decreased to 10(-4) mol/l on the 1st and the 3rd day (in the case i.m. injected concentration 1 x 10(-10) mol/l) and to 10(-10) mol/l (in the case of i.m. injected concentration 10(-16) mol/l). The lymphatic vessels reactivity to exogenous thyroliberin gradually established at the 6-7th days till 12th day from the moment of thyroliberin injection. The mechanisms of the action of thyroliberin in ULD are discussed.

Glyprolines and semax prevent stress-induced microcirculatory disturbances in the mesentery.

One-hour immobilization stress considerably disturbed microcirculation in the mesentery: blood flow in small mesenteric vessels decreased or stopped and numerous hemorrhages appeared. Lymphatic vessels lost spontaneous activity and did not respond to norepinephrine. Administration of Semax and glyprolines 1 h before stress decreased the severity of stress-induced microcirculatory disturbances. PGP and GP were most effective in this respect.

[Effect of thyroliberin on contractility and electrical activity of isolated bovine lymphangions]. / Deistvie tiroliberina na sokratitel'nuiu i élektricheskuiu aktivnost' izolirovannykh limfangionov byka.

The role of regulatory peptides is the least explored part in the field of humoral regulation of lymphatics. In this paper we continue a systematic investigation of their effects on the lymphatic vessels of various animals. The effect of thyroliberin was studied on bovine mesenteric lymphatics. The isolated lymphatics contractility and smooth muscle cell electrical activity were investigated. Thyroliberin in ultra low concentrations (1 x 10(-13)-1 x 10(-18) M) exerts a considerable stimulating effect. The mechanism of the theroliberin ultra-low concentrations action and a possibility of the medical usage of the obtained results, are discussed.

[The effectiveness of ultralow doses and concentrations of biologically active compounds]. / Ob éffektivnosti ul'tramalykh doz i kontsentratsii biologicheski aktivnykh soedinenii.

Numerous data of literature are analysed on the biological activity of ultra-low (10(-12)-10(-19) M) concentrations and corresponding doses of same bioregulators. Our own data are presented on the modulation of lymphatic vessel contractility by peptides (thyroliberin, defensin, and tuftsin) in concentrations ranging from 10(-13) to 10(-16) M. Hypothetic mechanisms of these phenomena are discussed.

[The use of thyrotropin-releasing hormone in clinical practice as a lymphatic stimulator in the treatment of acute pancreatitis]. / Primenenie v klinicheskoi praktike tiroliberina kak limfostimuliatora pri lechenii ostrogo pancreatitia.

Experiments were conducted to study the modulating effect of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, (TRH) on the contractility of lymphatic vessels of the rat mesenterium. Later, TRH was applied in the clinic in the treatment of edematous and destructive forms of acute pancreatitis in 15 patients. as a result, echoscopy showed diminished edema of the pancreas, amylasemia decreased, the concentration of middle mass molecules in the blood reduced and their transport in the urine intensified. The agent was infused into the veins and into the lymphatic vessels, which allowed its dose to be reduced by half.