Abstract
Tuftsin and its Leu1 and D-Arg4 analogs displayed stimulating activity in experimental behavioral despair in mice. In rats with different types of emotional reactions and with destroyed catecholamine terminals (6-OHDA treatment), tuftsin increased exploratory activity, with fear manifestations being decreased and avoidance behavior improved. This was shown while testing the rats in the "open field" and according to the ability to accomplish an extrapolation task of avoiding critical stress-situation. Leu1-tuftsin increased the emotional stress and sharply hindered the avoidance reaction, while D-Arg4-tuftsin modulated the behavior of the animals with increased emotional reactivity and made the avoidance behavior prompter. Pentapeptide, an inhibitor of tuftsin stimulation of phagocytosis, had no significant effect on the behavior. Modifications in the structure of tuftsin resulted both in the changes in phagocytosis-stimulating activity and the appearance of other psychotropic effects.
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