Influence of thyroliberin and its analogs with different hormonal activity on the pharmacological effects of ethanol
Burov, I.V.; Vedernikova, N.N.; Borisova, I.P.; Shvachkin, I.P.; Smirnova, A.P.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 95(5): 42-44
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 6405823 Document Number: 212169
TRH and its two analogs with modified hormonal activity were examined for the capacity to antagonize acute and chronic effects of ethanol in mice. It has been demonstrated that L-pyroglutamyl-L-seryl-L-leucinamide, an analog of TRH, that does not affect the secretion of TSH and decreases prolactin production has the same capacity as TRH to reduce the time of ethanol narcosis but produces a lesser effect on the ethanol-induced fall of rectal temperature. Both the drugs did not affect the ethanol-altered ability of mice to hold on the rotating bar. Methyl ether of TRH, a hormonally inactive analog, was ineffective as shown by all the tests. Neither TRH nor its analogs changed the development of tolerance to chronic administration of ethanol, recorded by the rotating bar test and rectal temperature drop.