INTRODUCTION
Al hough he e a e many models o animal es ing, he
ideal model o ch onic li e disease in ol ing hepa ic
encephalopa hy has no been desc ibed ye . Di e en p ob-
lems associa ed wi h he models ha e led esea che s o
de elop hei own, some imes unique expe imen al models,
which makes di icul he compa ison be ween he esul s
o he conduc ed s udies (1). Hepa ic encephalopa hy (HE)
de ini ion, nomencla u e, diagnosis and quan i ica ion con-
sensus we e published in 2002 (2) whe e h ee ypes o HE
we e conside ed: ype A, associa ed wi h acu e li e ailu e,
ype B, associa ed wi h he exis ence o po o-sys emic
communica ion (by-pass) wi hou in insic li e disease
and ype C, associa ed o li e ci hosis. HE ype C, in u n,
is classi ied acco ding o hei o m o p esen a ion as spon-
aneous o episodic HE, in ela ion o p ecipi a ing ac o s,
pe sis en HE is subdi ided in o mild (HE g ade I), se e e
(HE II-IV) o ea men -dependen (ea ly de eloped a e
aboli ion o ea men ) and inally, he minimal HE, as he
i s mani es a ion o HE. HE ype C is he mos common
o m and om a clinical poin o iew, he episodic HE
ype because o li e ci hosis decompensa ion is he mos
ypical and ele an .
The ideal model o HE should ep oduce mos o he clin-
ical ea u es o his synd ome in humans, as occu ing mainly
in pa ien s wi h ch onic li e disease, being p ecipi a ed by
de ined ac o s, i should be e e sible wi h he co ec ion o
p ecipi a ing ac o s and imp o ed using i aximin o ammo-
nia lowe ing-d ugs, being s ongly associa ed wi h al e ed
ni ogen me abolism and showing a wide spec um o se e i y.
Because mos pa ien s wi h HE also su e om ch onic li e
disease, po o-sys emic shun s, de eloped hype ammonemia
and sys emic in lamma ion i is highly desi able ha animal
models would include hese ac s (Fig. 1).
INDUCED CIRRHOSIS IN RATS BY CARBON
TETRACHLORIDE
This model is easonably easy o ep oduce, al hough a
signi ican numbe o animals die du ing CCl4 ea men ,
especially i i is main ained un il he onse o asci es. Mul-
iple esea ch g oups ha e emphasized, mo eo e , ha a e
usually de ec ed li le change in beha io despi e e y
ad anced and decompensa ed s a e o li e disease is
achie ed. Al hough he well-compensa ed ci hosis model
can only be use ul o in es iga e he e ec s o hype am-
monemia (HA) (3), which is usually mode a e, i has been
shown ha he e is no a se e e educ ion o enzyme ac i i y
o he u ea cycle (4), which is commonly ound in pa ien s
wi h ci hosis. Fo his eason, Snodg ass (4) s a ed ha he
model was inapp op ia e o he s udy o ch onic li e dis-
eases. I migh be in e es ing o ep oduce an ad anced
s age o ci hosis, bu he p esen a ion o se e e asci es
complica es he in e p e a ion o esul s ega ding he ani-
mals’ beha io . Thus, cu en ly, CCL4model was no u i-
lized o HE esea ch p oposes any mo e.
BILE DUCT LIGATION
Obs uc ion o he main bile duc induces a seconda y bil-
ia y ci hosis, simila o ha o humans, so i appea s in ani-
Expe imen al models o hepa ic encephalopa hy
Daniel Díaz-Gómez, Ma ía Jo e , José An onio del-Campo, An onio Galindo and
Manuel Rome o-Gómez
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POINT OF VIEW
Díaz-Gómez D, Jo e M, Del-Campo JA, Galindo A, Rome o-
Gómez M. Expe imen al models o hepa ic encephalopa hy.
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mals a seconda ily li e ailu e, de eloping jaundice, po al
hype ension (5), po o-sys emic shun (6), bac e ial anslo-
ca ion and immune dys unc ion (7). Bile duc -liga ed a s do
no de elop encephalopa hy despi e ammonia le els can be
inc eased (8), al hough hese animals ha e shown a loss o
spon aneous mo o ac i i y (9) and memo y de ici s (10).
Mul iple a emp s we e ca y ou o ind a model using a bil-
ia y liga ion based echnique –easy o pe o m– able o de el-
op episodes o unambiguous hepa ic encephalopa hy. In his
sense, a model was desc ibed in which encephalopa hy was
mani es ed a e a po aca al anas omosis in ci ho ic a s
by bile duc liga ion, al hough his model was no widely
dis ibu ed, p obably because o he high mo ali y o he
su gical shun in ci ho ic animals (11). I has ecen ly been
p oposed a model ha combines bile duc liga ion wi h a s
ed wi h ammonia en iched die , which ha e been ound o
inc ease he ammonia le els in he blood and in he b ain (8)
bu he p esence o beha io al changes in hese animals, sug-
ges ing he de elopmen o encephalopa hy, has no been
ound ye . Bile duc obs uc ion p ecludes es ing bilia y-
sec e ed d ugs. Ne e heless, BDL model is easy o pe o m
and allow us o s udy ammonia me abolism in combina ion
wi h an in lamma o y en i onmen . In p elimina y s udies,
i has been shown ha he educ ion o ammonia wi h L-
o ni hine phenylace a e (OP) is e ec i e in BDL model.
Adminis a ion o OP esul s in inc eased con e sion o glu-
ama e o glu amine by s imula ion o glu amine syn hase
ac i i y in he muscle wi h he subsequen exc e ion o pheny-
lace ylglu amine in he u ine, a eac ion in which one mol-
ecule o ammonia is emo ed. Also, OP esul ed in no mal-
iza ion o glu aminase ac i i y in he gu , indica ing ha OP
e ec i ely es ic s he p oduc ion o in i o ammonia in a
BDL model (9). These indings sugges de eloping app oach-
es o a ge hese enzymes o p e en ammonia elease and
HE is a alid he apeu ic s a egy in BDL model.
PORTOCAVAL SHUNT IN RATS
Many s udies ha e been pe o med in a s wi h po a-
ca al shun (PCS) which ha e e ealed some key knowl-
edge abou he hype ammonemia in li e diseases (12) (Fig.
2). Ini ially, doub s a ose abou he adequacy o he model
o ep oduce he symp oms in animals ha could be equi -
alen o human HE, bu acco ding o Bengss on and co-
wo ke s (13-15) as well as o he au ho s (16,17), changes
in beha io ha e been demons a ed in his model, espe-
cially in he a eas o spon aneous ac i i y in esponse o a
new en i onmen and explo a o y ac i i y. Mo eo e , i
was ound ha hese changes we e e e sible by applying
o he animal e ec i e ea men o HE and, as men ioned
be o e, he model can be ele an o s udying he HE.
Speci ically, Conjee a am and co-wo ke s (18) demon-
s a ed ha by adding neomycin o d inking wa e o a s
wi h PCS he mo o ac i i y was educed a e exposing
hem o a new and da k en i onmen , while Coy and col-
leagues also did so using a mo e sophis ica ed echnique
by measu ing dis u bances o he ci cadian mo o ac i i y
(19). This g oup also demons a ed ha ope a ed a s shown
he same imp o emen when hey we e subjec ed o low
p o ein die . I should be emembe ed, howe e , ha he
me e ac o subjec ing a s o a PCS canno gua an ee
he de elopmen o beha io al changes. Aspec s such as he
su gical echnique employed o he size o he s oma o he
mic o ascula anas omosis, which can ha e a signi ican
in luence on he shun p essu e g adien ; o he die p o-
ided, he ime om he in e en ion un il he s udy is pe -
o med in a s and e en he age and weigh o animals, may
a ec he abili y o esea che s o de ec signi ican changes
(20,21). Fu he mo e, i should be no ed ha hepa ic neo-
ascula iza ion may occu spon aneously de eloping
hepa opedal shun s, which a e associa ed wi h eco e y o
weigh and dec ease in HAM and sub-clinical HE in hese
animals.
Lee and Fishe (22) in 1961 and Bismu h in 1962 (23)
desc ibed a echnique o di ec po aca al anas omosis, eli-
able and ep oducible, p oduced by ascula mic osu u e,
which e en oday con inues in o ce by i ue o i s good
esul s and ep oducibili y by di e en esea ch g oups.
Howe e , because o he echnical di icul y ha is associ-
a ed, he e ha e been se e al a emp s o simpli y i u he .
Funo ics (24) in 1974 desc ibed a echnique o anas omosis
media ed by using a Te lon ube ha was in ended o a oid
di ec su u ing and Je kins (21) in 1988, one in which he
junc ion be ween he po al and ca a eins was pe o med
using cyanoac yla e adhesi e, wi h he in en ion o acili a e
handling o mic osu gical essel and he e o e, he ech-
nique i sel . Howe e , u he s udies compa ing hese al e -
na i e ypes o shun s desc ibed by Bismu h and Lee con-
cluded ha he p essu e g adien be ween he po al and
ca a sys ems we e lowe a e su gical shun s. This would
sugges ha he mic osu ge y anas omosis main ain a a e
o long- e m iabili y highe han he al e na i e shun s,
which p esen ed highe g adien s because o hei g ea e
endency o be in he pos ope a i e pe iod. This would
explain he a iabili y o esul s ha had been p e iously
desc ibed using hese al e na i e su gical echniques (20).
Fig. 1. Physiopa hology o hepa ic encephalopa hy.
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Numa a published in 1983 a modi ica ion o he ech-
nique ha g ea ly simpli ies and makes i easie and mo e
ep oducible o minimize he ope a i e ime, a key issue in
he iabili y o he animal a e he in e en ion (25). This
echnique is based on a eno- enous mic osu gical anas-
omosis side- o-side be ween he po a and ca a eins o
he a , allowing a g ea e calibe o he shun -side-end
anas omosis o Lee, Fishe and Bismu h, wi h a heo e i-
cally lowe a e o long- e m s enosis. Mo eo e , his ech-
nique allows i s use as side- o-side anas omosis, depending
on how is le as ollowing comple ion o he su gical shun ,
o end-side, i i is ied and cu a he p oximal side o he
po al ein immedia ely a e making anas omosis, enabling
applica ion o expe imen al s udies based on di e en pu -
poses (Fig. 3).
Since nei he he psychome ic es s no clinical diag-
nosis o HE can be achie ed in a s, we need o use al e -
na i e me hods. Se e al au ho s ha e de ailed some e lex
es s and e alua ing esponses o s imuli (26), di icul o
in e p e , o compu e ized ac i i y measu emen s (13,14)
o ci cadian hy hms (19), which ep esen a o wa d s ep
in his sense. Acco ding o Mullen (27), a s subjec ed o
PCS ha e an unce ain esponse o he spon aneous mo o
ac i i y, so e en doing an adequa e shun ; a la ge numbe
o animals is equi ed o demons a e signi ican beha io al
changes in ope a ed animals compa ed o con ols, despi e
he use o mo e sophis ica ed me hods o measu emen .
Di e en sys ems ha e also been pos ula ed o measu e
e oked po en ials (28) o he analysis o encephalog aphic
pa e ns (29), wi h low alida ion o da a in HE animal
models.
Ano he c ucial aspec is he echnique o he shun . A
wide su u ed s oma, made wi h low ascula occlusion and
an expe su geon a e he basis o a las ing ime po o-sys-
emic ci cui and will be able o ep oduce p ope ly he
e ec s o HE, compa ed o echniques in which he shun
Fig. 2. Fou s eps o po aca al shun in a s.
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is media ed by a “bu on” o made wi h cyanoac yla e, asso-
cia ed wi h he e e sibili y o hei e ec s (27). The com-
plexi y o s udies o assess encephalopa hy in a s in e ms
o hei beha io al changes and lack o s anda diza ion, has
led us o limi he alida ion o he model o weigh loss
and he s udy o biochemical changes ha ake place in he
hepa ic encephalopa hy synd ome.
A e iew a icle has been ecen ly published in ela ion
o animal models o he s udy o HE (30) ha s ipula es
ha PCS in a s would be an app op ia e model o he ype
B- EH, whe e he e is a po o-sys emic by-pass wi hou
li e ailu e. Howe e , as no ed by Gandhi (31), “ he PCS
is a model o li e a ophy o o e 100 yea s”, e e ing
o he wo k o Hahn in he nine een h cen u y (32) and cha -
ac e ized in g ea de ail in Bismu h’s s udies (33) du ing
he 60s o las cen u y. In his ea ly wo k was desc ibed as
“ he appea ance o he li e a lapa o omy pe o med a ew
days la e o he a s subjec ed p e iously o PCS is pale,
and a e sac i icing he animal and weigh i , he e was a
signi ican educ ion in i s size.” This loss o li e size is
no pa allel o he educ ion in weigh o he a , because
he li e -weigh / animal-weigh a io is also educed (34).
In he li e unde he mic oscope, a seconda y a ophy is
obse ed ha is no accompanied by changes in he com-
posi ion in e ms o he basic cellula componen s (wa e ,
lipids, ca bohyd a es o p o eins) o he hepa ic a chi ec u e.
I seems o be ela ed o hepa ocy e a ophy, which begins
e y ea ly a e su ge y and may las o se e al mon hs
du ing pos ope a i e pe iod (35). Acco ding o hepa ocy e
unc ion s udies, se e al changes ha e been demons a ed
in hese a s, as a decline in he p oduc ion o bile sal s
(abou 40%), a loss o conjuga ion o bili ubin, an al e a ion
o he me abolism o bilia y elimina ion o ce ain dyes,
such as indocyanine g een –o en used as a diagnos ic
me hod o assessing he hepa ic unc ional ese e be o e
hepa ec omy in ci ho ic pa ien s (36)–, al e a ions in
pla ele agg ega ion and hepa ic d ug me abolism (37).
Hemodynamic and ho monal ac o s may be in ol ed
in he genesis o his phenomenon. The PCS leads o a loss
o blood low h ough he li e , despi e he signi ican
inc ease, albei no su icien h ough he hepa ic a e y.
The main a gumen s o his hypo hesis de i ed om expe -
imen al obse a ions whe e he a ophy is co ec ed almos
comple ely a e a po aca al ansposi ion o modi ica ion
o he po al ein (38). Mo eo e , he esponsibili y on he
phenomenon o loss in subs ances passing h ough he li e
wi h hepa o opic e ec can be a gued, mainly wi h pan-
c ea ic o igin and ha will a ec li e egene a ion. Among
hese, insulin and glucagon ha e been he mos ex ensi ely
s udied (39). Bi che ag ees “ he highligh s aking place in
his model a e he po o-sys emic shun and loss o unc-
ional li e pa enchyma (40), implying ha he model may
be conside ed app op ia e o ep esen al e a ions in HE
ype C” (which is associa ed wi h LC).
Neu on-ana omical lesions ha appea in he encephalopa-
hy o li e disease a e simila o hose ound in pa ien s wi h
se e e hype ammonemia by gene ic de ec s o he enzymes
o he u ea cycle. These indings we e i s desc ibed by Von
Hosslin and Alzheime in 1912 (41) and in he case o li e
disease, hese lesions a e usually e e sible a e co ec ion
o he inc eased le el o ammonia. These cells show a e y
pale enla ged nucleus, some imes de o med, wi h a p omi-
nen nucleolus and a ma ginal pa e n o ch oma in su ound-
ed by a hin cy oplasmic laye , named as Alzheime ype II
cells (42). I is no uncommon in hese pa ien s o ind a
spongi o m degene a ion o he deepe laye s in he b ain
co ex and he basal glia (43). The e a e no s udies on di -
e en expe imen al models o HE whe e he neu o-ana om-
ical changes a e desc ibed comple ely (44), al hough some
au ho s ha e demons a ed he p esence o cha ac e is ic
Alzheime cells ype II a e he comple ion o PCS in a s,
conside ed as he mos cha ac e is ic neu on-ana omical al e -
a ion o HE (45-48).
Pilbeam and co-wo ke s published in 1983 (44) a s udy
on a b ain subjec ed o PCS and sac i iced a di e en
ime poin s a e su ge y ha ques ioned he p esence o
Fig. 3. Plasma ammonia le els in simula ed su ge y, po aca al shun ed and
bile duc liga ion a s.
Table I. Ten leap o pe o m po aca al shun
1. To use inhala ion anes hesia
2. Wide dissec ion o po a and ca a eins
3. A oiding ascula inju y
4. Co ec la e al clamp o bo h eins
5. Clamp ime sho e han 15 minu es
6. S omas should be 5 mm a leas
7. B aided su u e 7/0 wi h cylind ical needles
8. Hemos asis a e declamping by so comp ession
9. Liga ion and po al ein sec ion
10. Isola ion o animals in sepa a e cages o a oid inju ies
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Alzheime ype II as ocy es in he ope a ed animals. They
s udied he b ains o only 8 a s (2 animals wi h 2, 4, 16
and 30 weeks a e su ge y). They ound ha he e we e
no signi ican di e ences in ammonia plasma alues
be ween ope a ed and con ol animals (none o hem he
mean alue o plasma AM was e en double ha o he con-
ol g oup). In a s udy pe o med by ou g oup whe e 24
a s we e used, 8 and 16 unde PCS in wo con ol g oups
o 8 each (con ol and sham), he alues o ammonia plasma
o ope a ed a s we e ound 4 o 5- old highe han con ol
animals (49). Because o he de ails o he su gical ech-
nique, such as he ex en o he s oma be ween he po al
and ca a eins, o en ha e impo an esul s ega ding he
abili y o ep oduce he hype ammonemia in he li e
(20,21), we hough ha pe haps he e we e some p oblems
in he su gical echnique, leading o he low le els o plasma
ammonia in a s epo ed in he s udy, esponsible o abno -
mal b ain his ology.
PORTOCAVAL SHUNT WITH ADDITIONAL
HANDLING
The idea o ep oducing he symp oms o a mo e se e e
encephalopa hy in a s (and occasionally in dogs) has been
he o igin o he design o di e en manipula ions in he
ope a ed animals. A maneu e wi h po en ial u ili y is he
adminis a ion o ammonium esins o a s wi h PCS, which
appa en ly causes a e e sible encephalopa hy. Ammonium
managed by o he means ( o example i. .) clea ly p oduces
coma o al, while s ill is no de e mined wha his means
in human. Po en ially, his coma is associa ed wi h induced
b ain edema, e en hough he e is no e idence on his issue.
Fu he mo e, he e is no da a demons a ing he e e sibili y
o he coma. No mal a s which we e ed wi h ammonium
ace a e de eloped hype ammonemia wi h a simila deg ee
o a s wi h PCS, and ye hey we e esis an o he ime-
poin adminis a ion o addi ional ammonia, bu he a s
wi h PCS we e, as men ioned abo e, in he opposi e si u-
a ion (50).
The supe posi ion o an acu e oxic hepa i is wi h
dime hyl-ni osamide in dogs wi h PCD has been shown
o induce a se e e HE (51). Al e na i e ways o induce HE
on animals wi h PCS included blood ex ac ion o he in ake
o high amoun s o p o ein in he die , which was e ec i e
in dogs, bu did no in a s. Pa ial hepa ec omy has also
been used in some cases in PCS a s, o PCS o a s wi h
ci hosis induced by e achlo ide ca bon, bu changes in
animal beha io we e no epo ed.
Di e en wo ks ha e been ecen ly published using a
comple e bilia y liga ion in a s wi h p e ious PCS, which
induced an acu e o subacu e choles asis (11). This model
has no been ully cha ac e ized and has he added di icul y
o inducing a se e e weigh loss, p obably caused by ano -
exia o malabso p ion.
In summa y, he ideal HE animal model emains elusi e.
Po aca al shun ed a emains as he gold s anda d me hod
o HE in animals. Easie o pe o m models like bile duc
liga ion could be use ul as complimen a y model. The use-
ulness o adding me hods equi e u he s udies. Po a-
ca al shun in CCL4-induced ci ho ic a s could be in igu-
ing bu ex emely di icul wi h highe a mo ali y.
Hype ammonia-based die o hiace amide-induced li e
ailu e could also be aken in mind when de eloping com-
bina ion models. Po aca al shun is a good model o min-
imal hepa ic encephalopa hy and could be use ul o he
de elopmen o new he apeu ic agen s.
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