豚鼠高脂血症模型的建立及机制探讨

目的建立豚鼠高脂血症模型,探讨模型形成机制并与大鼠模型进行比较。方法豚鼠模型和大鼠模型1组用低胆固醇（0.1%）饲料诱导,大鼠模型2组用高胆固醇（1%）饲料诱导,连续诱导4周。第3、4周分别取血测定血清脂质水平及CETP表达,4周末剖取肝脏检测肝脏FC、TG、ACAT、CYP7A1等指标。动态观察两种动物形成高脂血症状况。结果与对照组比较,豚鼠模型组于第3周血清TC、LDL-C、TG分别升高3.92倍、3.75倍和1.24倍,4周末血清CETP表达、肝脏ACAT活性明显增加,但肝CYP7A1水平变化不大。大鼠模型1组经低胆固醇饲料诱导4周,血脂水平变化不明显,模型2组经高胆固醇饲料诱导于第3周血清TC、LDL-C分别升高1.24倍和1.54倍,明显低于同期豚鼠模型组,4周末大鼠两个模型组肝CYP7A1活性显著增强,血清TG、CETP水平、肝ACAT活性均未见明显变化。结论豚鼠对高脂饲料较大鼠敏感,是一种比大鼠更理想的高血脂模型动物,模型形成机制与血清CETP表达、肝ACAT及CYP7A1活性变化密切相关。     

高脂饮食豚鼠高密度脂蛋白代谢的特点

目的研究豚鼠高脂饮食后高密度脂蛋白代谢的特点,并与大鼠进行比较。方法将豚鼠和大鼠分别随机分为正常组（NC）和高脂组（HF）,正常组均给予普通饲料,高脂组给予高脂饲料诱导10周后,测定血清LDL-C、HDL-C水平,HDL3/HDL2比值和LCAT、CETP的表达;采用real-time RT-PCR方法检测肝脏SR-BI表达的变化。结果与正常组相比,豚鼠高脂组血清HDL-C水平显著升高,高密度脂蛋白亚型HDL3/HDL2的比值升高,血清CETP表达均显著增加,血清LCAT表达下降,肝脏SR-BI mRNA表达水平是正常组的2.27倍。而相同高脂饲料条件下,大鼠的上述指标均无明显变化。结论豚鼠摄入高脂饮食后HDL代谢与大鼠有所不同,主要表现为血清HDL-C升高,肝脏SR-BI受体表达增加,高密度脂蛋白亚型组分发生变化,大颗粒HDL2含量相对减少,小颗粒HDL3堆积,其机制与血清CETP、LCAT的变化密切相关。     

银灵通胶囊调节实验性高脂饮食大鼠血脂的研究

目的:探究银灵通胶囊对脂质代谢的影响及其机制。方法:建立大鼠高脂模型,用药后检测其血脂、丙二醛(MDA)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)的活性,检测肝脏组织的高密度脂蛋白受体SR-BI、低密度脂蛋白受体(LDLR)、氧化低密度脂蛋白(ox-LDH)受体CD36蛋白表达的mRNA表达水平,检测血管组织学变化。结果:高脂饮食明显升高大鼠血清中总胆固醇(CH)、甘油三酯(TG)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)和动脉硬化指数(AI值),银灵通胶囊组可降低上述指标,且呈一定的浓度依赖;高脂饮食可增加肝脏中SR-BI及CD36表达,降低LDLR表达,银灵通胶囊引起SR-BI的过度表达,使LDLR表达增加,CD36表达下降。高脂饮食使血清中MDA的含量增加,给予银灵通胶囊后,明显降低血清MDA的含量。结论:银灵通胶囊具有调节脂质代谢,抗动脉粥样硬化(AS)及抗脂质过氧化作用。其机制与银灵通胶囊能引起肝脏中SR-BI的过度表达及LDLR表达增加,降低肝脏中CD36表达和血清MDA含量有关。     

动脉粥样硬化小型猪SR-BI和PPARγ表达的变化

目的：用贵州小香猪建立动脉粥样硬化（As）动物模型,探讨该模型中B类Ⅰ型清道夫受体（SR-BI）和过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ（PPARγ）表达的变化。方法：采用血管内膜损伤法加高脂高胆固醇饲料喂养贵州小香猪,氧化酶法测定血浆总胆固醇（TC）、甘油三酯（TG）、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇（HDL—C）的浓度。12个月后处死动物,采用苏丹Ⅳ及HE染色检测肝脏脂质沉积及动脉粥样斑块病变;逆转录-聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）、Western blot印迹和免疫组织化学法分别检测肝、主动脉组织中SR-BI、PPARγ的mRNA和蛋白质表达。结果：实验组与对照组比较,血浆TC、TG、HDL-C水平升高;实验组小型猪肝脏有大量的脂肪空泡,动脉有明显的脂质条纹及斑块;动脉粥样硬化小型猪肝组织、主动脉组织的SR-BI、PPARγ的mRNA及蛋白质的表达均上调（P〈0．05）。结论：本实验说明颈总动脉内膜拉伤加高脂高胆固醇饲料喂养小型猪可建立As动物模型;As小型猪肝组织、主动脉组织的SRBI和PPARγ表达上调。     

二苯乙烯苷对动脉硬化大鼠主动脉金属蛋白酶2，9表达的影响

目的：观察二苯乙烯苷（TSG）对动脉硬化大鼠主动脉基质金属蛋白酶2,9（MMP-,9）表达的影响,探讨TSG治疗动脉粥样硬化、稳定斑块的可能机制。方法：采用高脂饲料喂饲＋VitD3复制大鼠动脉粥样硬化模型。SD大鼠60只,雄性,随机分为6组（n=10）：正常组;阳性药组;模型组;TSG120mg·kg^-1·d^-1组;TSG60mg·kg^-1·d^-1组;TSG30,mg·kg^-1·d^-1组。造模给药12周后抽样检测大鼠主动脉,以大鼠动脉粥样硬化斑块形成为造模指标,经治疗6周后,蛋白免疫印迹、逆转录聚合酶反应法观察各组动脉MMP-2,9的蛋白和mRNA表达;检测血清GRP;ELISA法测定血清IL-6和TNF-α。结果：TSG120mg·kg^-1·d^-1和TSG60mg·kg^-1·d^-1能显著降低血清IL-6、TNF-α、CRP和动脉MMP-2,9表达,并呈剂量依赖性。结论：TSG对高脂饲料＋VitD3诱导大鼠动脉粥样硬化具有治疗与稳定斑块作用,其机制可能与其抗炎作用、调节基质金属蛋白酶表达有关.     

炎症促进大鼠动脉粥样硬化初期内皮功能病变机制研究

目的:观察炎症因素诱导大鼠动脉粥样硬化发病过程中对血管内皮细胞的影响。方法:实验分为单纯高脂对照组和炎症组,分别腹腔注射给予无菌医用液体石蜡和酵母多糖(Zym,20mg/kg,1次/3天)。所有大鼠均喂食含3%胆固醇的高脂饲料,共8周。透射电镜观察主动脉超微结构;应用定量PCR法测定腹主动脉组织中诱导型一氧化氮合酶(iNOS)mRNA、血管细胞粘附分子(VCAM)-1 mRNA、以及基质金属蛋白酶7(MMP7)mRNA的表达。结果:炎症组可见游走于内膜下层的平滑肌细胞和和吞噬脂质颗粒的单核细胞,单纯高脂对照组仅见内皮细胞损伤和退行性变,未见内膜下层形成泡沫细胞,AS样病变较炎症组轻。与对照组相比,炎症组动脉壁iNOS mRNA表达降低,VCAM-1 mRNA及MMP7 mRNA标大量显著升高。结论:炎症刺激能够损伤动脉血管内皮细胞,诱导炎症因子释放增加,促进动脉粥样硬化的发生。     

脂可平对实验性早期动脉粥样硬化大鼠主动脉ICAM-1表达的影响

研究脂可平对大鼠早期动脉粥样硬化氧自由基及细胞间粘附分子(ICAM1)表达的影响。应用高脂饲料复制SD大鼠早期动脉粥样硬化模型,分别给以脂可平、辛伐他汀片混悬液灌胃,实验10周后,酶比色法检测各组大鼠血清超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性和丙二醛(MDA)含量,用免疫组化和RTPCR方法检测主动脉壁ICAM1及其mRNA的表达水平。两治疗组血清MDA含量均明显降低,SOD活性显著升高,ICAM1及其mRNA的表达水平显著下降,且脂可平优于辛伐他汀。本实验说明脂可平抗动脉粥样硬化作用的机制可能与其抗氧化、抗粘附等保护血管内皮细胞功能密切相关。     

甘草酸二铵脂质配位体对非酒精性脂肪肝大鼠白细胞浸润的影响

目的研究甘草酸二铵脂质配位体(DGLL)对非酒精性脂肪肝(NAFLD)大鼠白细胞浸润的影响及机制。方法用高脂乳剂灌胃诱导大鼠NAFLD模型并给予DGLL干预,6周后观察肝脏组织中髓过氧化物酶(MPO)的表达,酶标仪法测定肝脏组织MPO活性的变化,流式细胞技术测定外周血白细胞粘附分子表达的变化,Western blot技术检测肝脏组织内皮细胞间粘附分子-1(ICAM-1)的表达水平。结果与高脂模型组相比,DGLL能明显降低NAFLD大鼠肝脏组织中白细胞MPO的表达和活化,下调大鼠外周血中单核细胞和粒细胞粘附分子的表达,同时显著地抑制肝脏组织中内皮细胞ICAM-1的表达。结论 DGLL能显著降低高脂饮食诱导的NAFLD大鼠肝脏组织中白细胞的活化和浸润,这种作用可能与抑制白细胞与内皮细胞粘附分子的表达相关。     

大鼠胰岛素抵抗形成中脂联素受体基因表达及运动的影响

目的:检测SD大鼠脂联素受体的分布,观察大鼠胰岛素抵抗(IR)形成中脂联素受体(Adipok)基因表达及运动的影响。方法:46只雄性SD大鼠随机分为4组(n=12),以高脂膳食喂养诱导IR,同时运动组实施10周游泳运动干预。结果:AdipoR1/R2mRNA分别在骨骼肌和肝脏高表达(P<0.05);H组骨骼肌AdipoR1和肝脏AdipoR2mRNA表达显著低于C组(P<0.05)。结论:骨骼肌和肝脏AdipoR1/R2mRNA表达的下调可能是高脂大鼠IR形成的机制之一,未观察到运动干预的显著影响。     

低密度脂蛋白胆固醇升高在家兔动脉粥样硬化发生发展中的意义

目的：观察低密度脂蛋白胆固醇（LDL-c）对家兔动脉粥样硬化（AS）形成的影响,探讨AS的发生机制.方法：以高脂饲料复制家兔实验性AS模型,分阶段检测家兔血清胆固醇（TC）、甘油三脂（TG）、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇（HDL-c）和低密度脂蛋白胆固醇（LDL-c）含量;观察主动脉内膜病理学变化;分析主动脉内膜增生程度及AS斑块面积与血浆脂蛋白水平的相关性.结果：高脂组家兔主动脉粥样硬化面积和内膜增生程度明显较对照组增加（P〈0.01）,血浆LDL-c水平明显较对照组升高（P〈0.01）;动脉内膜增生程度及AS斑块面积均与血浆LDL-c水平呈非常显著正相关（r=0.837,P〈0.001）.结论：提示血浆LDL-c水平升高,是致AS发生发展的重要原因.     

豚鼠：一种良好的高脂血症模型动物

从豚鼠血浆脂蛋白组成、胆固醇和脂蛋白代谢特点等方面阐述了豚鼠与人类的相似性,并对其高脂血症模型的优势进行了评价,为构建豚鼠高脂血症模型并应用于降脂及抗动脉粥样硬化药物的研究提供参考。     

Induction of CD1-restricted immune responses in guinea pigs by immunization with mycobacterial lipid antigens

Group 1 CD1 molecules have been shown to present lipid and glycolipid Ags of mycobacteria to human T cells. However, a suitable animal model for the investigation of this component of antimycobacterial immunity has not yet been established. Previously, we found that guinea pigs express multiple isoforms of group 1 CD1 proteins that are homologous to human CD1b and CD1c. In this study, we show that CD1-restricted T cell responses can be generated in guinea pigs following immunization with lipid Ags from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Splenic T cells from lipid Ag-immunized guinea pigs showed strong proliferative responses to total lipid Ags and partially purified glycolipid fractions from M. tuberculosis. These lipid Ag-reactive T cells were enriched in CD4-negative T cell fractions and showed cytotoxic activity against CD1-expressing guinea pig bone marrow-derived dendritic cells pulsed with M. tuberculosis lipid Ags. Using guinea pig cell lines transfected with individual CD1 isoforms as target cells in cytotoxic T cell assays, we found that guinea pig CD1b and CD1c molecules presented M. tuberculosis glycolipid Ags to T cells raised by mycobacterial lipid immunization. These results were confirmed using a T cell line derived from M. tuberculosis lipid Ag-immunized guinea pigs, which also showed CD1-restricted responses and cytolytic activity. Our results demonstrate that CD1-restricted responses against microbial glycolipid Ags can be generated in vivo by specific immunization and provide support for the use of the guinea pig as a relevant small animal model for the study of CD1-restricted immune responses to mycobacterial pathogens.     

High fat diets and pathology in the guinea pig. Atherosclerosis or liver damage?

Animal models have been widely used to investigate the relationship between diet and atherosclerosis and also to study disease etiology and possible interventions. Guinea pigs have been suggested to be a more “realistic” model for atherosclerosis due to their many similarities to humans. However, few published studies actually reported observations of characteristic atherosclerotic lesions and even fewer of advanced lesions. Studies, by our group, of guinea pigs fed on a high-fat diet revealed similar observations, with indications primarily of fatty streaks but little evidence of atherosclerotic plaques. This review discusses the feasibility of the guinea pig as a model for dietary-induced atherosclerosis. As it stands, current evidence raises doubt as to whether guinea pigs could serve as a realistic model for atherosclerosis. However, our own data and the literature suggest that they could be useful models for studying lipoprotein metabolism, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and dietary interventions which may help regulate these conditions.     

Demonstration of apolipoprotein CII in guinea pigs. Functional characteristics, cDNA sequence, and tissue expression

In contrast to plasma from other mammals, guinea pig plasma does not stimulate the activity of lipoprotein lipases in vitro. This had led previously to the conclusion that guinea pigs lack an analogue to apolipoprotein CII (apoCII). By adsorption of lipid-binding proteins to lipid droplets, thereby separating them from other plasma components, we could demonstrate apoCII-like activity in guinea pig plasma. On electrophoresis, the CII-like activity co-migrated with one isoform of guinea pig apolipoprotein CIII, identified by amino-terminal amino acid sequence determination (40 residues). By isoelectric focusing in a narrow pH gradient, the activating protein was separated sufficiently from the dominating apoCIII isoform to allow sequence determination of 8 residues from the amino terminus. Six of these were identical to corresponding residues in apoCII from dog and monkey. With the aid of a human apoCII cDNA probe we identified one cross-hybridizing mRNA species (approximately 600 nucleotides) on Northern blots of guinea pig liver. Three positive clones were isolated from a guinea pig liver cDNA library using the same cDNA probe. The nucleotide sequence showed extensive similarities to the previously known human, monkey, and canine sequences, but the signal peptide was 3 amino acid residues longer in the guinea pig protein, and there was a deletion of 4 residues in the putative lipid binding domain. Northern blot analyses indicated that guinea pig apoCII is mainly expressed in the liver with little or no contribution from the intestine.     

Chloditan-induced changes in lipid peroxidation in the adrenals of dogs and guinea pigs

The effect of adrenocorticolytic drug chloditan (1-(o-chlorophenyl)-1-(p-chlorophenyl)-2,2-dichloroethane;) on the content and the rate of lipid peroxidation in dog and guinea pig adrenals was studied. In adrenals of dogs and guinea the amount of malondialdehyde (MDA) was increased. In vitro spontaneous lipid peroxidation was delayed in adrenal homogenate of DDD-treated dogs. Spontaneous lipid peroxidation in adrenal homogenate was not decreased by feeding DDD in the guinea pig. DDD consumption did not affect on lipid peroxidation promoted by ascorbic acid and ferrous iron. The accumulation of MDA in dog and guinea pig adrenal homogenates was inhibited by NADPH.     

Leishmania braziliensis spp. in the nasal mucosa of guinea pigs inoculated in the tarsi.

Two lots of 20 young male guinea pigs were inoculated subcutaneously in the tarsi with 10(4) amastigotes of Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis or L. b. guyanensis to study the susceptibility of this Neotropical hystricomorph rodent the autochthonous parasites. Almost 50% of the animals showed lesions in the inoculation site and had parasitizations that were infective to hamsters, as shown by inoculating homogenates of the dermal lesion, of the spleen, of the liver, and of the nasal mucosa into hamsters at 20, 40, 60, and 120 days after inoculation of the guinea pig. Smears of the above organs showed the presence of amastigotes. Parasites inoculated into the tarsi were detected early in the skin, spleen, and liver of the guinea pig host. Blood cultures made by cardiopuncture on sacrifice of the guinea pigs were uniformly negative. The nasal mucosa of nearly all animals positive in the skin or viscera was invaded early by the parasites, although with greater frequency between 60 and 120 days post-inoculation. The use of this model for the study of mucocutaneous parasitism by L. braziliensis is discussed, together with the phenomena of parasitism at a distance from the inoculation site, the temperature of the body regions affected, and the possible genetic influence on susceptibility of the guinea pig to L. braziliensis.     

Enhanced heme oxygenase activity increases the antioxidant defense capacity of guinea pig liver upon acute cobalt chloride loading: comparison with rat liver

Changes in the activity of so-called oxidative stress defensive enzymes, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase and heme oxygenase, as well as changes in lipid peroxidation and reduced glutathione levels, were measured in guinea pig and rat liver after acute cobalt loading. Cobalt chloride administration produced a much higher degree of lipid peroxidation in guinea pig than in rat liver compared with the control animals. The intrahepatic reduced glutathione content in control guinea pig was higher than that in rat, but was equally decreased in both species after cobalt administration. The enzymatic scavengers of free radicals, superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase, were significantly decreased in rat liver after acute cobalt loading, and as a compensatory reaction, the heme oxygenase activity was increased (seven-fold). In guinea pig liver, only superoxide dismutase activity was depleted in response to cobalt-induced oxidative stress, while catalase and glutathione peroxidase were highly activated and the heme oxygenase activity was dramatically increased (13-fold). It is assumed that enhanced heme oxygenase activity may have important antioxidant significance by increasing the liver oxidative-stress defense capacity.     

Stimulation of guinea pig macrophage pinocytosis by lipopolysaccharides (LPS): Evidence that LPS acts directly on the macrophage

Bacterial lipopolysaccharide can enhance the pinocytosis of horseradish peroxidase in guinea pig macrophages. This increased uptake can be seen as early as 6 hr after incubation in a spinner suspension culture. An equivalent amount of enhanced pinocytosis can be seen if plated, washed peritoneal exudate macrophages are used. Plated guinea pigs PECs, washed five times, were examined for the presence of B cells, and none were found. Thus, LPS appears to stimulate the macrophage directly and does not require a lymphocyte intermediary. The active stimulatory moiety appears to be lipid A, which can be blocked by preincubation of LPS with polymyxin B.     

Sterol and bile acid metabolism during development: 2. Identification of 3β-hydroxy-5-cholenoic acid (an intermediate in alternate pathway of bile acid synthesis) in newborn and fetal guinea pig

3β-hydroxy-5-cholenoic acid was found in the bile and feces of new-born and fetal guinea pigs. The identity of this compound was confirmed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. This finding suggests that the formation of chenodeoxycholic acid through 3β-hydroxy-5-cholenoic acid is intermediate in the early life of guinea pigs. Thus, it provides a useful model for studying the details of regulatory factors and significance of this pathway. This study also revealed that, unlike the adult guinea pig, the newborn guinea pig has significant amounts of glycine conjugates of bile acid.