title: Model for the study of portal-systemic collateral vascular resistance in the conscious rat.
abstract: In order to obtain a model for the study of portal-systemic collateral vascular resistance, total portal vein occlusion was performed in rats 48 hr or 3 wk after partial obstruction. Four groups of conscious restrained rats were studied: a) sham-operated, b) partial portal vein ligated, c) 48 hr-total portal vein occluded, and d) 3 wk-total portal vein occluded. In comparison with the sham group, the three portal vein ligated groups had significantly higher cardiac output, portal tributary blood flow, portal pressure (7.7 +/- 0.4 versus 13.5 +/- 0.5, 13.6 +/- 0.8, and 17.7 +/- 1.1 mmHg, mean +/- SE, respectively) and hepatic arterial blood flow (5.8 +/- 0.6 versus 9.5 +/- 0.7, 8.3 +/- 0.5, and 13.9 +/- 1.9 ml/min, respectively). Cardiac output and portal tributary blood flow did not differ between the portal vein ligated groups, but portal pressure and hepatic arterial blood flow were significantly higher in the 3 wk-total portal vein occlusion group. The 3 wk-total portal vein occlusion group showed 99.1 +/- 0.3% shunting, different from the partial (29.7 +/- 16.9%, p less than 0.01) and 48 hr-total portal vein occlusion (46.5 +/- 14.7%, p less than 0.05) groups. Portography confirmed absence of portal-portal collaterals in the 3 wk-total portal vein occlusion group. It is suggested that rats with 3 wk-total portal vein occlusion are useful for the study of acute modifications of portal-systemic collateral circulation, as shunting is total and consistent in this model.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherches de Physiopathologie Hépatique, INSERM U-24, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koshy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cerini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bernuau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hadengue
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Girod
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lebrec
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006439:Hemodynamics; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D011859:Radiography; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors; D014655:Vascular Resistance