[Stress-induced changes in functional activity of the neuro-endocrine system: modulatory action of derinat]

Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova. 2009 Mar;95(3):290-6.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Changes in functional activity of HPA and HPG axes under stress influences of different intensity, and possible ways for their correction by native DNA preparation: derinat, possessing immune modulator effects, were studied. It was shown that the vector of changes in hormone's reactions of both axes did not depend on the intensity of stress influences: different models of stress increased corticosterone level and decreased testosterone level in rats' blood. Intraperitoneal injection of 10 and 50 mg/kg BW doses of Derinat to rats enhanced HPA and HPG axes activity, reversed stress-induced decrease of testosterone concentration in blood, that may indicate a stress-protective effect of derinat. Injection of derinat caused normalizing of stress-induced changes in immunomodulatory cytokines production within Lymphocyte Activating Factors, which regulate not only the immune system functions but also the functions of HPA and HPG axes.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Corticosterone / blood
  • Cytokines / biosynthesis
  • Cytokines / immunology
  • DNA / administration & dosage*
  • Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / drug effects*
  • Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / physiopathology
  • Immunologic Factors / administration & dosage*
  • Interleukin-1 / biosynthesis
  • Interleukin-1 / immunology
  • Macrophages, Peritoneal / drug effects
  • Macrophages, Peritoneal / immunology
  • Macrophages, Peritoneal / metabolism
  • Male
  • Pituitary-Adrenal System / drug effects*
  • Pituitary-Adrenal System / physiopathology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Stress, Physiological / drug effects*
  • Stress, Physiological / immunology
  • Stress, Physiological / physiology
  • Testosterone / blood

Substances

  • Cytokines
  • Derinat
  • Immunologic Factors
  • Interleukin-1
  • Testosterone
  • DNA
  • Corticosterone