Establishment and Evaluation of Rat Models of Cervical Spondylopathy with Yin Deficiency Syndrome

Author:

Yang WenlongORCID,Liu Muqing,Sun Qinran,Liu Lei,Wu Wenqing,Gao Peng,Liu FangmingORCID,Liu Zhizhen

Abstract

AbstractObjectiveCervical spondylosis (CS) with Yin deficiency syndrome is an important classification of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptoms of CS. However, there is no animal model for studying this TCM syndrome. This study aimes to establish and evaluate rat models of cervical spondylopathy with Yin deficiency syndrome.MethodThirty-six Sprague–Dawley male rats were randomly divided into the blank control (control), CS and CS with Yin deficiency syndrome (YCS) groups (n = 12 rats/group). CS was induced using cervical static–dynamic imbalance to mimic disk degeneration (except in the control group). After 30 days of the CS rat model, rats in the YCS group were subjected to sustained sleep deprivation for 168h. After different induction times, the rats in each group were observed for behavior and weight. Pain behavior was assessed by a withdrawal response to von Frey filament application, and heart rate and blood pressure were measured using a rat noninvasive sphygmomanometer. Intervertebral disc pathology sections were observed using hematoxylin and eosin staining and an electron microscope. Western blotting was used to evaluate the protein level of collagen-II, Bcl-2, Bax and Bcl-2/Bax expression in the cervical intervertebral disc. Determination of related laboratory serum indexes, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, and cyclic guanosine phosphate were conducted using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.ResultsThe laboratory indexes in the YCS group were significantly different from those in the control and CS groups (P < 0.05), and indicators of 72-, 120-, and 178-h sleep deprivation showed varying degrees of difference from those of the CS group.ConclusionAfter establishing a model of CS, continuous sleep deprivation for 72 h was used to create a rat model of CS with Yin deficiency syndrome. The established rat models of CS with Yin deficiency syndrome met the clinical and Chinese medicine characteristics, and thus, they can be expected to become an ideal model for studying CS with Yin deficiency syndrome in the future.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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