Establishment and Evaluation of the Metabolic Syndrome Models in Rats / 医学研究杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To replicate the rats model of human metabolic syndrome (MS),determine the standard of the model,evaluate the success rate of model,provide the experimental basis for the study of the pathogenesis and therapeutic study of MS.Methods Eighty specific pathogen free male Wistar rats aged 7 weeks were randomly divided into the normal group (n =10) and the experimental group (n =70),which were respectively fed with normal diet and high fat,high sugar,high salt diet for 16 weeks.The rats' body weight,abdominal circumference,body length,blood pressure and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) were measured every 4 weeks.The experimental group rats were injected with streptozocin(STZ) 35mg/kg intraperitoneally once at the fifteenth week,the blood lipids (TC,TG,LDL-C and HDL-C) and FINS were measured,and HOMA-IR was calculated a week late.Results With the feeding time gradually extended,the rats' body weight,abdominal circumference,blood pressure,FPG,TG,TC,FINS,HOMA-IR and LDL-C levels were all significantly higher in the experimental group than in the normal group (P ＜ 0.05),while HDL-C was lower than that of the normal group (P ＜0.05).There was no significant difference in body length between the two groups(P ＞0.05).The success rate of MS rats models were 74.3％.Conclusion High fat,high sugar,high salt diet combined with a small dose of STZ intraperitoneal injection can successfully replicate the rat model of MS.This kind of rat models conforms to the pathological characteristic of MS,which can be easily operated and with high success rate.Therefore,it could be applied as an ideal MS animal model for the study of MS and drugs therapeutic effect.