Efficiency of ultralow doses of antibodies to S100 protein and delta sleep-inducing peptide in rats with anxious depression.

We studied the effects of single peroral treatment with antibodies against S100 protein and delta sleep-inducing peptide in ultralow doses on behavioral characteristics of rats with anxious depression produced by acute stress (unavoidable electrical shock). Stress-produced behavioral changes and anxiolytic activity of antibodies were determined using the elevated plus-maze, open field, and tail suspension tests. High efficiency of the mixture of antibodies against S100 protein and delta sleep-inducing peptide was observed in all tests. Anxiolytic activity of anti-S100 antibodies (although less pronounced than that of the mixture of antibodies) was revealed in the elevated plus-maze and tail suspension test.