Cecal ligation and puncture versus colon ascendens stent peritonitis: two distinct animal models for polymicrobial sepsis.
Colon ascendens stent peritonitis (CASP) and cecal ligation and puncture (CLP), two animal models designed to closely mimic the clinical course of intra-abdominal sepsis, were compared. In the past, immunomodulatory therapies developed in animal studies failed to be successful in humans. As a consequence, the established animal sepsis models were criticized. It has been proposed that present models had to be reevaluated, and new, clinically more relevant models should be evolved. CLP procedure was performed puncturing once (CLP[1]) or twice (CLP[2]) the ligated cecum of C57BL/6 mice. In the CASP model, a stent with defined diameter was surgically inserted into the ascending colon. Survival, bacterial load, immunohistochemistry, and serum cytokine levels were analyzed in the groups. Survival after CASP procedure correlated strongly with the stent diameter, whereas the number of punctures in CLP did not significantly change survival rate. Bacterial loads of peritoneal lavage, liver, and lung, as well as serum cytokine levels (tumor necrosis factor, interleukin 1 beta, interleukin 10) steadily increased from 6 to 24 h after the CASP procedure. In contrast, continuously low amounts of bacteria and cytokines were found in CLP mice at any point of time. Twenty-four hours after CLP surgery, the ligated cecum was covered by adhesive small bowel loops, whereas in CASP mice, the intestinal leakage was then still present. The CASP model mimics closely the clinical course of diffuse peritonitis with early and steadily increasing systemic infection and inflammation (systemic inflammatory response syndrome). In contrast, CLP reveals a model of intra-abdominal abscess formation with sustained and minor signs of systemic inflammation.
Maier
Stefan
S
Department of Surgery, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany. maier@uni-greifswald.de
Traeger
Tobias
T
Entleutner
Markus
M
Westerholt
Alexandra
A
Kleist
Britta
B
Hüser
Norbert
N
Holzmann
Bernhard
B
Stier
Albrecht
A
Pfeffer
Klaus
K
Heidecke
Claus-Dieter
CD
D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D044682:Colon, Ascending / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011677:Punctures; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D015607:Stents; D015996:Survival Rate
D016207:Cytokines