Establishment and Evaluation of Food Induced Model of Metabolic Syndrome in Rabbit / 天津医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To establish an animal model of metabolic syndrome which is prone to atherosclerosis. Methods Eight rabbits were randomly selected from in total of 16 rabbits as control group who were fed with normal rabbit feed. And the rest were used as model group, who were fed with high fat diet. Animals were weigh every week, and triacylg-lycerol (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and glucose (GLU) content were tested in the 8th, 10th , 13th, 16th and 18th week. Femoral arterial blood pressure and insu-lin (INS) content were assessed at the end of experimental period which is the 18th week;Also, aortic sclerosis rating, arterial stiffness index, abdominal fat coefficient, liver coefficient and cardiac coefficient were calculated and heart, aorta, liver and lower extremity artery pathology were examed. Results Compared with the control group, weight in the model group in-creased significantly;Serum levels of TC, HDL-C, blood pressure abdominal fat coefficient, liver coefficient were significant-ly increased in model group;the whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity and blood pressure fat coefficient, liver coefficient, aortic sclerosis rating, arterial stiffness index, and GLU all increased significantly in model group;while HDL-C/TCHO, in-sulin sensitivity index decreased significantly in model group(P < 0.05 or P<0.01). Conclusion Food induced method can form metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis in rabbit model.