期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1979
卷号:76
期号:1
页码:518-520
DOI:10.1073/pnas.76.1.518
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2 (MIF) and several structural analogues, all injected in 50-microgram doses daily in mice receiving morphine chronically, were found to prevent development of physical dependence as measured by changes in body temperature associated with naloxone-induced withdrawal. Dose-response studies, using again a protocol of daily injections of peptide at 50, 5, 0.5, 0.05, 0.005 microgram per mouse revealed MIF and cyclo(Leu-Gly) to be the most potent peptides and to be effective in blocking physical dependence to morphine at a dose as low as 0.5 and 0.05 microgram per mouse, respectively. The benzyloxycarbonyl derivative of MIF, Pro-Leu, and Pro- -Leu exhibited significant activities down to a dose of 5 microgram of peptide per mouse.