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A new animal model for human preeclampsia: ultra-low-dose endotoxin infusion in pregnant rats.

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  • 1. Department of Pathology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
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    • Faas MM 1
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American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 01 Jul 1994, 171(1):158-164
https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9378(94)90463-4 PMID: 8030692 

A comment on this article appears in "Low-dose endotoxin infusion: a new model?" Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1995 May;172(5):1634-5.

Abstract 

Objective

An animal model for preeclampsia was developed by means of an ultra-low-dose endotoxin infusion protocol in conscious pregnant rats.

Study design

Rats received a permanent jugular vein cannula on day 0 of pregnancy, through which endotoxin (1.0 micrograms/kg body weight) (n = 10) or saline solution (n = 6) was infused during 1 hour on day 14 of pregnancy. Blood pressure, albuminuria, and platelet counts were measured, and histopathologic studies was performed in these rats.

Results

A significant increase of blood pressure (p < 0.05) and of urinary albumin excretion (p < 0.05) was observed in endotoxin-treated pregnant animals, in contrast to control pregnant rats receiving saline solution. Platelet coagulopathy was found and glomerular fibrinogen deposits could be detected only in the endotoxin-treated pregnant rats. In addition, the activity of the glomerular antithrombotic enzyme adenosine diphosphatase was decreased in endotoxin-treated pregnant rats compared with saline solution-treated pregnant rats.

Conclusion

Because histopathologic and clinical events in this model mimic predominant features of human preeclampsia, this model may enable further study into the pathophysiologic mechanisms of this complication of pregnancy.

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