Establishing a rat model of diabetic acromelic gangrene and intervention of Chinese compound
- VernacularTitle:构建糖尿病性肢端坏疽大鼠模型及中药复方的干预效应
- Author:
Jiangtao SUN
;
Qunli CHEN
;
Xiaoshan FENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
2007;11(29):5857-5860
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Diabetic acromelic gangrene(diabetic foot)has become one of the important causes for the disability and death in diabetes mellitus.OBJECTIVE:To establish model of diabetic foot in rat,and observe the interventional effect of Chinese compound on diabetic foot.DESIGN:A comparative observational experiment.SETTING:The First Affiliated Hospital of Clinical Medical College,Henan University of Science and Technology.MATERIALS:Fifty male Wistar rats of 8 weeks old,(200.0±16.3)g,were raised with common feed in separate cage at the room temperature of 18-22℃.and they were free to access of feed and water.Ten rats were randomly selected as the blank control group,and the other 40 were used for model establishment.METHODS:The experiments were carried out in the Animal Room of Henan University of Science and Technology from October 2001 to April 2002.①Grouping:The 40 rats were fasted for 6 hours,and then treated with intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin(55.0 mg/kg),while the 10 rats in the blank control group were injected with isovolume sodium citrate buffer solution.20 models were successfully established,and they were randomly divided into model group(n=10)and treatment group(n=10).Rats in the treatment group were treated for 3 weeks with intragastric perfusion of Chinese compound(60 g/kg)at 9:00 every day after model establishment,and those in the model group were given intragastric perfusion of isovolume saline.At the end of the third week,the rats were all killed under anesthesia after fasted for 12 hours,blood samples were collected to determine the levels of fasting blood glucose,blood lipids and insulin.The daily amount of drinking water was recorded in each group during the experiment.②Scoring standards for acromelic gangrenes:The limbs rats with diabetic foot were scored by three grades,including dark skin,mild open focus on skin,and focus had invaded deep muscular tissue.The total score of each rat was calculated.The beta-cell function index (HBCI)was also evaluated.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The changes of the amount of drinking water,body mass and levels of triglyceride,cholesterol,fasting blood glucose,blood lipids and insulin were observed before and after treatment.RESULTS:Totally 50 Wistar rats were used.20 of them were excluded due to unsuccessful model establishment,and the other 30 rats were involved in the final analysis of results.①The amount of drinking water was obviously higher in the model group and treatment group than in the blank control group during the experiment(P＜0.01).As the treatmentlasted,the amount of drinking water was obviously decreased in the treatment group,but gradually increased in the model group.②After treatment,the body mass was obviously lower than that before treatment in the model group(P＜0.01).but had a descending trend without obvious difference as compared with that before treatment in the treatment group(P＞0.05).③Obvious acromelic gangrenes were obvious in both groups(P＜0.01).The body mass in the treatment group was obviously higher than that in the model group(P＜0.01),and the conditions of acromelic gangrene were obviously better than those in the model group(P＜0.01).④Before treatment,the levels of fasting blood glucose in the treatment group and model group were obviously higher than that in the blank control group(P＜0.01),while the levels of insulin and HBCl were obviously lower than those in the blank control group(P＜0.01).After treatment,the levels of fasting blood glucose in the treatment group and model group were obviously higher than that in the blank control group(P＜0.01),and it was obviously lower in the treatment group than in the model group(P＜0.01),it was close to the normal value in the treatment group.⑤The levels of triglyceride and cholesterol before treatment were obviously higher in the treatment group and model group than in the blank control group(P＜0.01).After treatment,the levels of triglyceride and cholesterol in the treatment group were obviously decreased(P＜0.01), which were not obviously different from those in the blank control group (P＞0.05), while those in the model group were increased continuously,and obviously higher than those in the blank control group(P＜0.01).CONCLUSION:Increasing the serum level of insulin and decreasing the levels of blood glucose and blood lipids can prevent and treat the occurrence and development of diabetic foot to some extent.This model of diabetic foot is sensitive to drug,and can be used to investigate the pathogenesis of diabetic foot and evaluate the effect of drug therapy.
