Modification of liver fibrosis model of rabbit induced by carbon tetrachloride
Author(s): HOU Hong-wei, PAN Zheng, CHEN Min, XU Jia-jia, LI Wei-min, JI Zhen-Iing
Pages: 562-567
Year: 2015 Issue: 4
Journal: Journal of Southeast University(Medical Science Edition)
Keyword: liver fibrosis; liver cirrhosis; rabbits; animal models; carbon tetrachloride;
Abstract: Objective: To increase experimental efficiency and animal model’s quality of fundamental research which based on liver fibrosis model of animal by modify the traditional process of carbon tetrachloride ( CCl4 )
induced liver fibrosis of rabbit.Methods:50 healthy male new Zealand rabbits were included in this research and divided into 2 batches on average.Rabbits in first batch( traditional batch) were separated into 2 groups:modeling group(n=21) and control group(n=4).Rabbits in modeling group were injected with 50%CCl4 olive oil solution subcutaneously twice a week for 12 weeks in succession while control group were treated with the same amount of pure olive oil.Rabbits in modeling group received color Doppler ultrasound, spiral computed tomography and serum biochemical examination every 4 weeks from the beginning to 12 weeks, 7 rabbits ( remanent were divided equally when rabbits died unexpected ) were sacrificed after blood drawing every 4 weeks to measure portal venous pressure(PVP) and obtained liver tissues for biopsy and immunohistochemical(IHC) staining as well as staging according the ISHAK grading system; Control group were treated with the same way with modeling group and sacrificed at 12 weeks.Modify disadvantages exposed during experiment of first batch and apply revised scheme to the second batch( modified batch) .Results:Mortality of traditional patch was 42.9%and significantly higher than modified batch of 9.5%( P<0.05 ) and the success rate of traditional patch ( 57.1%) was obviously lower than that of modified batch ( 85.7%) , too.With progression of modeling process, ALT, AST, ALB, TP of modeling group underwent significant changes compare to control group ( P<0.05 ); color doppler flow imaging showed the speed of portal venous blood flow of modeling group was obviously slower and CT values were significantly reduced comparing to control group;HE, Masson and IHC staining showed explicit liver fibrosis and pseudolobule could be seen, ISHAK score rised over time(1.33 ±0.52,1.83 ±0.75,4.17 ±0.75 of modified modeling group at 4,8,12 week respectively).Conclusion:Continuous injection of CCl4 can induce explicit liver fibrosis of rabbit.By adjust modeling process of modeling process we can reduce mortality of animals drastically and guarantee the success rate at the same time and provide useful information for research based on liver fibrosis animal models.
Pages: 562-567
Year: 2015 Issue: 4
Journal: Journal of Southeast University(Medical Science Edition)
Keyword: liver fibrosis; liver cirrhosis; rabbits; animal models; carbon tetrachloride;
Abstract: Objective: To increase experimental efficiency and animal model’s quality of fundamental research which based on liver fibrosis model of animal by modify the traditional process of carbon tetrachloride ( CCl4 )
induced liver fibrosis of rabbit.Methods:50 healthy male new Zealand rabbits were included in this research and divided into 2 batches on average.Rabbits in first batch( traditional batch) were separated into 2 groups:modeling group(n=21) and control group(n=4).Rabbits in modeling group were injected with 50%CCl4 olive oil solution subcutaneously twice a week for 12 weeks in succession while control group were treated with the same amount of pure olive oil.Rabbits in modeling group received color Doppler ultrasound, spiral computed tomography and serum biochemical examination every 4 weeks from the beginning to 12 weeks, 7 rabbits ( remanent were divided equally when rabbits died unexpected ) were sacrificed after blood drawing every 4 weeks to measure portal venous pressure(PVP) and obtained liver tissues for biopsy and immunohistochemical(IHC) staining as well as staging according the ISHAK grading system; Control group were treated with the same way with modeling group and sacrificed at 12 weeks.Modify disadvantages exposed during experiment of first batch and apply revised scheme to the second batch( modified batch) .Results:Mortality of traditional patch was 42.9%and significantly higher than modified batch of 9.5%( P<0.05 ) and the success rate of traditional patch ( 57.1%) was obviously lower than that of modified batch ( 85.7%) , too.With progression of modeling process, ALT, AST, ALB, TP of modeling group underwent significant changes compare to control group ( P<0.05 ); color doppler flow imaging showed the speed of portal venous blood flow of modeling group was obviously slower and CT values were significantly reduced comparing to control group;HE, Masson and IHC staining showed explicit liver fibrosis and pseudolobule could be seen, ISHAK score rised over time(1.33 ±0.52,1.83 ±0.75,4.17 ±0.75 of modified modeling group at 4,8,12 week respectively).Conclusion:Continuous injection of CCl4 can induce explicit liver fibrosis of rabbit.By adjust modeling process of modeling process we can reduce mortality of animals drastically and guarantee the success rate at the same time and provide useful information for research based on liver fibrosis animal models.
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