Antithrombotic activity |
Blood coagulation was enhanced and all factors (total, enzyme, and non-enzyme) of the fibrinolytic system were suppressed in rats in 60 min after forced swimming test (FST). Arginine-containing tetrapeptide glyproline Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro administered prior to this test activated fibrinolysis and prevented hypercoagulation. Administration of this peptide in 5 min after swimming test also enhanced anticoagulant, fibrinolytic, and antithrombotic activity of the blood. Therefore, glyproline Arg-Pro-Gly-Pro exerted both preventive and curative effects on the hemostasis system and prevented enhancement of blood coagulation provoked by emotional stress modeled by forced swimming test. (The status of plasmatic fibrinolytic system was assessed on the non-stabilized fibrin plates by the following parameters: total fibrinolytic activity (TFA), fibrinolytic enzyme activity (FEA), and fibrinolytic non-enzyme activity (FNEA). The anticoagulant activity was determined by activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT). Platelet aggregation (PA) was assessed with ADP test.)
Table 1. Early and Delayed Effects of FST on Hemostasis System in Rats (M ± m)
Experimental conditions | TFA, mm2
| FNEA, mm2 | FEA, mm2 | APTT, sec | PA, index | Normal (intact rats) | 40.4 ± 4.4
| 24.6 ± 0.3
| 15.6 ± 1.6
| 39.1 ± 1.4
| 14.1 ± 1.9
| 10 min after FST
| 68.7 ± 5.2** | 37.5 ± 1.5** | 31.2 ± 3.6** | > 120.0**
| 14.2 ± 2.9 | 60 min after FST
| 25.4 ± 0.5**
| 17.0 ± 0.8** | 8.4 ± 0.6** | 26.5 ± 1.7**
| 21.1 ± 2.8** | Note. **p < 0.01 in comparison with the norm.
| Table 2. Preventive Effects of RPGP on Hemostasis System in Rats Assessed in 60 min after FST (M ± m)Experimental conditions | TFA, mm2
| FNEA, mm2 | FEA, mm2 | APTT, sec | PA, index | Normal (intact rats) | 38.0 ± 0.5 | 24.3 ± 0.3 | 13.6 ± 0.9 | 34.5 ± 1.0 | 12.2 ± 0.1 | Experiment (RPGP + FST) | 51.7 ± 1.7**++ | 35.3 ± 1.3**++ | 16.3 ± 0.9*++ | 53.2 ± 3.6**++ | 9.8 ± 0.3++ | Control (0.85% NaCl + FST) | 28.2 ± 1.4** | 19.0 ± 0.7** | 9.2 ± 0.9** | 26.0 ± 1.1* | 17.1 ± 0.5** | Note. Here and in Table 3: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 in comparison with the norm; ++p < 0.01 in comparison with the control. | Table 3. Early and Delayed Effects of FST on Hemostasis System in Rats (M ± m)
Experimental conditions | TFA, mm2
| FNEA, mm2 | FEA, mm2 | APTT, sec | PA, index | Normal (intact rats) | 34.6 ± 1.3 | 24.6 ± 3.4 | 10.0 ± 2.0 | 32.1 ± 3.2 | 14.0 ± 1.9 | Experiment (FST + RPGP) | 48.7 ± 1.7**++ | 32.3 ± 0.7**++ | 16.4 ± 1.4**++ | 48.7 ± 4.5**++ | 13.8 ± 0.8+ | Control (FST + 0.85% NaCl) | 24.5 ± 0.2** | 18.0 ± 0.9** | 6.5 ± 0.7** | 20.4 ± 2.3** | 17.5 ± 2.4* | Note. +p < 0.05 in comparison with the control. | |
Specific target protein(s) |
Specific Target Protein(s): Prothrombin |