The Status of the Hemostasis System under the Influence of Proline Peptides during the Development of Experimental Metabolic Syndrome.

A comparative study of the influence of regulatory proline peptides Pro-Gly-Pro, Pro-Arg-Pro, Pro-Gly-Pro-Leu, and Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro on the state of the hemostasis system was carried out in an experiment on male rats with metabolic syndrome. Under these conditions, repeated (7-fold) intranasal administration of the peptides in a daily dose of 50 μg/kg resulted in an increase in the anticoagulant potential of the blood, namely, in an increase in the anticoagulant, fibrinolytic, and antiplatelet activity 20 h and 7 days after the last peptide injection. The arginine-containing peptide Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro had the most pronounced and stable effect on haemostasis under these experimental conditions.

Mechanisms for glyproline protection in hypercholesterolemia.

Comparative analysis of the hypocholesterolemic and antithrombotic action of small regulatory glyproline peptides (Pro-Gly-Pro, Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro and Pro-Gly-Pro-Leu) was performed on an experimental hypercholesterolemia model of rats. Repeated intranasal introduction of glyproline peptides to fat-diet-fed animals led to more active functioning of the anticoagulation system (the anticoagulant and fibrinolytic properties of the plasma increased and platelet aggregation decreased) and to normalization of the total cholesterol level as a parameter of lipid metabolism. The largest anticoagulant and hypocholesterolemic effect was detected for the Pro-Gly-Pro-Leu peptide.

Anticoagulant effects of arginine-containing peptide Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro under conditions of immobilization stress.

Anticoagulant, fibrinolytic, and antiplatelet effects of RPGP peptide were found in animals under stress conditions caused by single or repeated immobilization. The observed properties of the peptide extend the study of agents protecting the organism under conditions of hypercoagulation occurring under stress conditions and help to re-evaluate the role of glyprolines as contributors to the maintenance of adaptation capacities in various pathologies.

Anticoagulation and antiplatelet effects of semax under conditions of acute and chronic immobilization stress.

The effects of semax on anticoagulant, fibrinolytic, and platelet components of the anticoagulation system were studied on albino rats under conditions of acute and chronic immobilization stress. Semax exhibited a protective antistress effect after repeated intranasal administration under conditions of hypercoagulation developing in response to immobilization stress of different degree. The effect manifested in stimulation of the anticoagulation system.