[The effect of the stimulation of opioid receptors on lymphocyte functional activity in vivo]

With the aid of lymphocytes' spontaneous adhesion test and the reaction of blast transformation with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) the influence of met-enkephaline upon the functional activity of lymphocytes of healthy donors was studied in vitro. It was shown, that met-enkephaline stimulate lymphocyte spontaneous adhesion and the lymphocyte PHA-induced proliferative activity. The stimulating effects of met-enkephalin revealed in vitro were blocked by the opioid receptor blocker naloxone.