Study of Calcium Oxalate Crystallization Model in Mice
Objective:To explore a method of establishing mice model with calcium-oxalate kidney stones so as to provide the reli-able animal models for follow-up study on pharmacodynamics .Methods: Mice were divided to normal group ( A group ) , model group (B group) and model group (C group) randomly.0.75%ethylene glycol and 0.75% ammonia chloride mixture were ad-ministrated orally1 mL/time and 3 times/day to B group mice for 28 consecutive days .1%ethylene glycol and 1%ammonia chlo-ride mixture were administrated orally to C group mice as well as B group .The same volume of normal saline was administered in parallel to A group.Food and water intake, vital signs, behavior and change of hair were observed in experiment .24 h urine of mouse was collected for detecting concentration of oxalic acid and calcium at 7, 14, 21, 28 days after modeling.All of mice were sacrificed at the last time , and took the kidney to carry out pathological observation .Results:The phenomenon of inability to crawl on the hind legs , loss of appetite and the dull hair were observed in B and C group mice after modeling 3 days.The situation of C group was more serious than B group .The model animals began to die after modeling 7 days and the mortality rate of C group was higher than that of group B .The concentration of oxalic acid and calcium in urine of B group or C group were more than A group (P<0.01).The concentration of oxalic acid in B group was significantly higher than that in C group (P<0.05~0.01), but the calcium concentration was significantly lower than that of the C group ( P<0.01 ) .No abnormalities and Calcium oxalate crystal were found in the kidney of A group mice .In B and C groups , the renal tissues of mice were swollen .The renal tubular lumen showed obvious expansion , degeneration necrosis and there was obvious chronic inflammatory cell infiltration in renal interstitial . The surface of the kidney is dotted with white crystals or calcification .There are large tracts of crystal in the proximal and distal tu-bules and Number of crystals in B group was more than that in C group .Conclusion:It was found that 0.75%ethylene glycol and 0.75%ammonia chloride mixture can be successfully induced low mortality , high stone rate of calcium oxalate kidney stones in mice.
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