[11][12][13][14][15][16], A strain, in reference to rodents, is a group in which all members are, as nearly as possible, genetically identical. Wistar rats encompass a number of rat substrains that have been derived from a common lineage over the past 50+ years. Following a 2-week recovery period during which the rats received control diet, the forestomach histology returned to normal. Our researchers recently completed a two-year study of 130 male and 130 female Envigo RccHan®:WIST (Wistar Han®) rats and compared them to other outbred rats (e.g., Sprague-Dawley®, Fischer 344).Here, we share the results of the study. Rats are often used in ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) models. ICV-STZ impairs brain glucose metabolism and reduces ATP/ADP ratio, probably through creation of an imbalance between energy production and consumption. An equal dose of distilled water was orally administered to the rats of group B. Naphthoquine phosphate was administered intravenously. [37][38][39], Obese Zucker rats have high levels of lipids and cholesterol in their bloodstream, are resistant to insulin without being hyperglycemic, and gain weight from an increase in both the size and number of fat cells. Once the stereotaxic coordinates (AP=−0.8, DV=4.2, and L=±1.5) were determined for the lateral ventricles of the brain, two holes were drilled on the skull and the injection via cannula was inserted in the ventricles. Rat-baiting was a popular sport, which involved filling a pit with rats and timing how long it took for a terrier to kill them all. The most common are adenomas of the pituitary and adenomas/adenocarcinomas of the adrenal cortex in both sexes, mammary gland tumors and endometrial carcinomas in females, and C-cell adenomas/adenocarcinomas of the thyroid gland and tumors of the haemopoietic system in males. The researchers found that the incidence of tumors in Sprague-Dawley rats from different commercial sources varied as much from each other as from the other strains of rats. Most are derived from the albino Wistar rat, which is still widely used. The historical importance of this species to scientific research is reflected by the amount of literature on it: roughly 50% more than that on laboratory mice. A 28-day rat study with Folpet Technical applied in mineral oil at 0, 1, 10, 20, and 30 mg/kg per day to the backs of Sprague–Dawley rats 6 h per day, five days per week. We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. The irritation was so severe in the 30-mg/kg per day male group, that application was terminated after 10 days. This page was last edited on 2 December 2020, at 15:14. [35] This results in the lowered expression of Reelin protein, essential for proper cortex lamination and cerebellum development. Long-Evans rats are white with a black hood, or occasionally white with a brown hood. In both dose groups, all three types of animal showed no significant changes to these indicators before and after medication. However, since these rats are known to grow tumors at a high (and very variable) rate, the study was considered flawed in design and its findings unsubstantiated. [4] The first rat colony in America used for nutrition research was started in January 1908 by Elmer McCollum[5] and then, nutritive requirements of rats were used by Thomas Burr Osborne and Lafayette Mendel to determine the details of protein nutrition. Over time, breeding the rats for these contests may have produced variations in color, notably the albino and hooded varieties. All adverse effects noted were related to the skin irritation induced by folpet. They have similar genetic background and are therefore, not discriminated in practical research. Knowledge of strain differences in drug metabolism is important for the selectionof animals for pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and toxicological studies. Wistar rats were anesthetized by intraperitoneal (i.p.) The strain was created by R. W. Dawley in 1925, from a hooded male hybrid of unknown origin and an albino female (probably Wistar), and was crossed with the female’s progeny for 7 generations. The SPRAGUE DAWLEY® rat aka SD, is an albino outbred rat with an elongated head and a … To investigate the basis of this difference we further examined the regulation of the mdrlb gene in hepatocytes isolated from Fischer, Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats. Long. and consistency, turn to the Sprague . The average litter size of the Sprague Dawley rat is 11.0. Lobund-Wistar rat. Naphthoquine phosphate had no clear effect on the blood pressures, heart rates, ECGs, and breathing of rats, rabbits, and cats. From NCI, NIH. Long-term health effects occured with undernutrition during either window examined in this study, but the UNI0-21 period resulted in lower birth weight and more severe effects later in life. [2], In Japan, there was a widespread practice of keeping rats as a domesticated pet during the Edo period and in the 18th century guidebooks on keeping domestic rats were published by Youso Tamanokakehashi (1775) and Chingan Sodategusa (1787). Sprague-Dawley rats were derived from Wistar rat. Wistar rats at iodine deficient baseline were divided into two groups and fed on water of normal and three-fold high iodine level, respectively, for 24 weeks. Sprague Dawley rats were slightly, more sensitive than the Wistar strain for effects on BP and nephron endowment. Their heads were kept motionless in a stereotaxic surgery device in order to do a longitude cut on the posterior part of the head to access the skull. Dawley ® Rat. the biobreeding diabetes-prone rat or BBDP rat) is an inbred strain that spontaneously develops autoimmune type 1 diabetes. Wistar rats given methoxychlor (100 or 200mg/kg/day) for 760 days (males) or 14 days (females) showed inhibition of spermatogenesis and folliculogenesis (Bal, 1984). The relative organ to body kidney weights were statistically increased at all doses. [3], The rat found early use in laboratory research in five areas: W. S. Small suggested that the rate of learning could be measured by rats in a maze; a suggestion employed by John B. Watson for his Ph.D. dissertation in 1903. Many investigators who wish to trace observations on behavior and physiology to underlying genes regard aspects of these in rats as more relevant to humans and easier to observe than in mice, giving impetus to the development of genetic research techniques applicable to rat. Breeding of selected parents over three or four generations produced a strain in which 100% of the rats were affected. Rat cytochrome P450 (CYP) exhibits inter-strain differences, but their analysis has been scattered across studies under different conditions. Hairless laboratory rats provide researchers with valuable data regarding compromised immune systems and genetic kidney diseases. [40] Obesity in Zucker rats is primarily linked to their hyperphagic nature and excessive hunger; however, food intake does not fully explain the hyperlipidemia or overall body composition.[38][40]. The authors of the study "stressed the need for extreme caution in evaluation of carcinogenicity studies conducted at different laboratories and/or on rats from different sources. The Sprague Dawley rat and Long–Evans rat were developed from Wistar rats. Abstract. It is the most widely used rat model for biomedical research. [36] This and the Lewis rat are well-known stocks developed from Wistar rats. Shorn rats were bred from Sprague Dawley rats in Connecticut in 1998. Characteristics include albino coloring, docile behavior, and low fertility. References [edit | edit source] ↑ The typical life span is 2.5 - 3.5 years.. Like NOD mice, biobreeding rats are used as an animal model for Type 1 diabetes. The spontaneously hypertensive rat and the Lewis rat are other well-known stocks developed from Wistar rats. Outbred Rats - Hsd:Sprague Dawley SD - 002. Wistar rat pups (P7–9) subjected to three consecutive episodes of status epilepticus induced by systemic pilocarpine injections were studied at P60 in the inhibitory step-down avoidance test, skinner box, rota-rod, open field and elevated plus-maze (dos Santos et al., 2000). Lab rat strain genealogy. Whole cell patch clamp recordings from somata of visualized neurons are made using borosilicate microelectrodes. [2] Laboratory rats are frequently subject to dissection or microdialysis to study internal effects on organs and the brain, such as for cancer or pharmacological research. Also, it induces impairments of acetylcholine homeostasis through decreasing acetylcholine transferase activity and affecting choline acetyltransferase activity [2]. Indeed, both data sets demonstrate that transmission of SWDs is inherited (Marescaux et al., 1992a; Peeters et al., 1990b, 1992). Folpet Technical admixed in the diet at 0, 300,100, 3000, or 10,000 ppm and fed to Sprague–Dawley rats for 13 weeks, followed by a 2-week recovery showed similar signs of irritation in the forestomach, primarily at 10,000 ppm, but no irritation of the esophagus (Reno et al., 1981). All individuals display SWDs on their EEG. Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. or its licensors or contributors. It is characterized by its wide head, long ears, and a tail length that is always less than its body length. Folpet Technical admixed in the diet at 0, 2000, 4000, and 8000 ppm, and fed to Fischer rats for 13 weeks produced a treatment and dose-related decrease in body weight gain and hyperkeratosis/acanthosis of the esophagus and nonglandular stomach (Sela, 1982). To identify these strain differences in CYP more comprehensively, mRNA expression, protein expression and metabolic activity among Wistar (WI), Sprague Dawley (SD), Dark Agouti (DA) and Brown Norway (BN) rats were compared. Azoreductase activity towards the hepatocarcinogen p-dimethylaminophenylazobenzene (DAB) and four analogues has been measured in vitro in the liver and caecum of Sprague Dawley (Alpk/SD) and Alderley Park (Alpk/AP Wistar-derived) rats. At the top two doses, there were increases in basophilia of hepatocytes in the periportal area of the liver accompanied by increases in relative liver weight. The Sprague Dawley rat and Long-Evans rat strains were developed from Wistar rats. 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Abstract. The adult body weight is 250–300g for females, and 450–520g for males. The leading cause of death among fz/fz rats is ultimately a progressive kidney failure that begins around the age of 1 year. Sprague-Dawley大鼠(Sprague-Dawley rats，SD rats)是生物医学研究中最常使用的实验动物之一。该品系大鼠来源于未知品系的玳瑁大鼠与Wistar大鼠杂交而成。生长速度更快，抗病能力更强。与Wistar大鼠比较，更适合肥胖、脂肪肝、高血脂、胰岛素抵抗、糖尿病等代谢综合征的造模。 Genetic analysis of 117 albino rat strains collected from all parts of the world carried out by a team led by Takashi Kuramoto at Kyoto University in 2012 showed that the albino rats descended from hooded rats and all the albino rats descended from a single ancestor. Dawley ® outbred rat model. There were deaths in males at the high dose and dose-related effects on the larynx (e.g., squamous metaplasia, squamous hyperplasia, vacuolar degeneration of squamous epithelium). A variety of hematological and clinical chemistry changes were noted, but the incidence and pattern did not indicate a clear target. Sprague-Dawley specific pathogen free rats [Crl:CD(SD)IGS BR] at 7 weeks of age and weighing 130 to 230 g (females) and 250 to 350 (males) were obtained from Charles River laboratories Italia S.R.L., Via Indipendenza 11, Calco (lecco), 23885, Italy, and acclimated for a minimum of 6 … Blood pressure, heart rate, electrocardiograms (ECGs), and breathing were monitored before medication and at 15, 30, 45, and 60 min thereafter. While less commonly used for research than mice, rats have served as an important animal model for research in psychology and biomedical science.[1]. Indirect comparison of some prior investigations suggested differential impact of inhaled THC between Wistar (WI) and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, thus this study was conducted to directly compare the strains. In epileptic × nonepileptic F1 generations, more than 95% of the animals showed SWDs after 6 months, suggesting a dominant transmission, and similar SWDs were recorded in male and female animals, indicating that the transmission is autosomal. After EEG recordings in an F2 population of rats resulting from the breeding of GAERS and Brown Norway rats, the polygenic inheritance of SWD-related phenotypes was demonstrated (Rudolf et al., 2004). Wistar rats are more active than others like Sprague Dawley rats. Other common strains are the Sprague Dawley, Fischer 344,[8] Holtzman albino strains, Long–Evans, and Lister black hooded rats. In the initial colonies of Wistar rats in Strasbourg, 30% of the animals showed spontaneous SWDs. Over the next 30 years, rats were used for several more experiments and eventually the laboratory rat became the first animal domesticated for purely scientific reasons. The name was originally hyphenated, although the brand styling today (Sprague Dawley, the trademark used by Envigo) is not. Wistar rats, 4-7 weeks old received lithium (3 mEq kg−1 intraperitoneal; night before) and methylscopolamine (1 mg kg−1 subcutaneous) 30 min before either pilocarpine (40 mg kg−1 intraperitoneal) or normal saline. Elliot B. Gordon, in Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology (Second Edition), 2001. Conversely, adult rats subjected to four bouts of status epilepticus with KA had severe impairment in the water maze (Sarkisian et al., 1997). They are utilized as a multipurpose model organism, frequently in behavioral and obesity research. Type II SWD, however, appear more easily affected by the environment (Schridde and van Luijtelaar, 2004). Mean hormone level in blood samples collected every four hours during a 24 hour period do differ between both strain of rats. A laboratory rat or lab rat is a brown rat of the subspecies Rattus norvegicus domestica which is bred and kept for scientific research. [9] In October 2003, researchers succeeded in cloning two laboratory rats by nuclear transfer. Domestic rats differ from wild rats in many ways: they are calmer and significantly less likely to bite, they can tolerate greater crowding, they breed earlier and produce more offspring, and their brains, livers, kidneys, adrenal glands, and hearts are smaller. All individuals display SWDs on their EEG. In rats, this is accomplished through inbreeding. Inbred strains of Rattus norvegicus used for scientific research, "Lab rat" redirects here. Rodents (Sprague-Dawley rats, Wistar rats and C57BL/6J mice) showed markedly higher reference intervals for RBC and platelet than in humans. Each of these QTLs appear to control independently the two types of SWDs which have been described in this model. "[10], During food rationing due to World War II, British biologists ate laboratory rat, creamed. The no observed effect concentration (NOEC) for toxic effects (other than generalized irritation) was 0.6 μg/liter (measured). More than half of all laboratory rat strains are descended from the original colony established by physiologist Henry Donaldson, scientific administrator Milton J. Greenman, and genetic researcher/embryologist Helen Dean King.[19][20]. Fuzzy rats were identified in 1976 in a Pennsylvania lab. However, Sarkisian et al. These rats typically have increased tail to body length ratio compared with Wistar rats. This mutation results in defective retinal pigment epithelium phagocytosis of photoreceptor outer segments.[34]. [3] As there is evidence that the hooded rat was known as the "Japanese rat" in the early 20th century, Kuramoto concluded that one or more Japanese hooded rats might have been brought to Europe or the Americas and an albino rat that emerged as a product of the breeding of these hooded rats was the common ancestor of all the albino laboratory rats in use today. A strain, in reference to rodents, is a group in which all members are, as nearly as possible, genetically identical. Antoine Depaulis, Gilles van Luijtelaar, in Models of Seizures and Epilepsy, 2006. Sprague Dawley Rats - Longer and Narrower head, tail longer than body (may equal to body length). The Sprague Dawley rat is an outbred multipurpose breed of albino rat used extensively in medical and nutritional research. Inbred strains are also available, but are not as commonly used as inbred mice. They were involved in the Séralini affair, where the herbicide RoundUp was claimed to increase the occurrence of tumor in these rats. Most laboratory rat strains descend from a colony of rats established at the Wistar Institute in 1906. The animals were fasted for 12 h with free access to water before the experiment. In Experiment 1, WKY, Wistar and Sprague-Dawley male rats were subjected, in the first test series, to three consecutive 2-min exposures to one intruder stimulus female, followed later by another three consecutive 2-min exposures to a second stimulus intruder female. For other uses, see, "Use of House Mice in Biomedical Research", "43rd Annual Pathology of Laboratory Animals Course", Comparison of Neoplasms in Six Sources of Rats, "Rules and Guidelines for Nomenclature of Mouse and Rat Strains", "The Wistar Institute Archives: Rats (Not Mice) and History", "Studies on the effect of experimental nonketotic diabetes mellitus on antibacterial defense. Knockout rat disease models for Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, hypertension, and diabetes, using zinc-finger nuclease technology, are being commercialized by SAGE Labs. Regardless of the health . In the normal iodine supplement group, the development of goiter resumed partly, but it never reverted to normal size; ­oxidation damage abated; the activity of antioxidation enzyme of the thyroid decreased relatively; the ability of integrated antioxidation did not decrease, which indicated that iodine supplement with normal concentration was safe for iodine-deficient rats. (1997), using four serial KA episodes of status epilepticus in Sprague-Dawley rats, found no deficits in spatial learning retention following the status. The average litter size of the Sprague Dawley rat is 10.5. [17][18], The Wistar rat is an outbred albino rat. The Wistar rat is currently one of the most popular rats used for laboratory research. The Long–Evans rat is an outbred rat developed by Drs. Captan has been tested in Wistar rats by nose-only inhalation at nominal dose levels of 0.1, 0.5, 5, and 15 μg/liter for 13 weeks (Hext, 1989). Although some differences in the experimental designs may account for different QTLs for GAERS and WAG/Rij rats, the identification of distinct QTLs suggests that SWDs have been fixed in these two strains (Gauguier et al., 2004). The Lewis rat suffers from several spontaneous pathologies: first, they can suffer from high incidences of neoplasms, with the rat's lifespan mainly determined by this. [25] This breed of rat was first produced by the Sprague-Dawley farms (later to become the Sprague-Dawley Animal Company) in Madison, Wisconsin in 1925. Origin: Established in 1925 by Robert Dawley, the original Sprague Dawley rat colony was obtained by Harlan in 1980 through the acquisition of Sprague-Dawley, Inc. Harlan became Envigo in 2015. The NOEL for decreased weight gain was 2000 ppm in males (136 mg/kg per day) and 4000 ppm in females (291 mg/kg per day). [33], The Royal College of Surgeons rat (or RCS rat) is the first known animal with inherited retinal degeneration. Knockout rats can mimic human diseases, and are important tools for studying gene function and for drug discovery and development. By continuing you agree to the use of cookies. The publicly available database for spontaneous tumors in control Wistar rats is substantially smaller than for either Sprague–Dawley rats or F344 rats; however, it does appear that the total incidence of spontaneous tumors in aged control animals in various Wistar strains is lower than has been reported for Sprague–Dawley and Sprague–Dawley-derived rats [6,43]. Using a similar method, two different QTLs were characterized in a WAG/Rij × ACI F2 population, which are located in chromosomes 5 and 9 (Gauguier et al., 2004). Wistar rats (220–250 g body weight) were purchased from the laboratory animal center of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine (Harbin, China) and divided into two groups (group A, drug group for dosed rat plasma, n = 7, and group B, control group for blank rat plasma, n = 7) and kept in a breeding room. A similar finding was observed in the females at the next lower dose (4000 ppm). A knockout rat (also spelled knock out or knock-out) is a genetically engineered rat with a single gene turned off through a targeted mutation. Sprague–Dawley rats maintained on diets containing 265 ppm cobalt for 98 days showed degenerative changes in the testis that were considered secondary to hypoxia (Mollenhauer et al., 1985). Irritation to the esophagus and forestomach occurred at all doses and in both sexes. In Artemisinin-Based and Other Antimalarials, 2018. By having this kind of population, it is possible to conduct experiments on the roles of genes, or conduct experiments that exclude variations in genetics as a factor. Rats have long been used in cancer research; for instance at the Crocker Institute for Cancer Research.[7]. Its main advantage is its calmness and ease of handling. This breed was developed at the Wistar Institute in 1906 for use in biological and medical research, and is notably the first rat developed to serve as a model organism at a time when laboratories primarily used the house mouse (Mus musculus). I. Figure 6. The Wistar rat, Wistar Hannover (Wistar HAN) rat, and Wistar Unilever (WU) rat are outbred rat strains, while the Wistar Kyoto and Wistar Furth rats are inbred strains. Group A was a dysmenorrhea model induced by estradiol benzoate injection combined with oxytocin. Brain slices are cut (350 μm coronal sections) and perfused at 1.5 ml min−1 with 33–35 °C ACSF. The Sprague Dawley® outbred model was developed by Sprague Dawley, Inc. NIH received stock from Sprague Dawley, Inc in 1945. MC Silva et al investigated CNS penetration of an ATP-competitive mTOR kinase inhibitor AZD2014 in Han Wistar male rats purchased from Vital River . They are named after Lois M. Zucker and Theodore F. Zucker, pioneer researchers in the study of the genetics of obesity. After ∼1 h from the onset of stage 5 seizures, rats are anesthetized with halothane, decapitated, and the brains placed in ice-cold artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF). The rats … The adult body weight is 250-300g for females, and 450-520g for males. The Sprague-Dawley strain came from crosses between Wistar females and a "hybrid" male whose origins are unknown. Shaking rat Kawasaki was first described in 1988. In this study, age was a major factor influencing the detection of genetic linkage to the various components of the SWDs. 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Three quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were identified on chromosomes 4, 7, and 8, which appear to control different variables of SWD (e.g., frequency, amplitude, severity). Although the genetic defect was not known for many years, it was identified in the year 2000 as a mutation in the gene MERTK. Lastly, when in advanced age, they sometimes develop spontaneous glomerular sclerosis. Recent efforts to manipulate characteristics (e.g., the number, incidence, mean duration) of type I and type II SWDs by housing WAG/Rij in an enriched environment demonstrated that type I SWDs were less sensitive to environmental factors such as housing. Dementia and Cognitive Decline, 2015 differ between both strain of rats injury ( VILI ) models Care! Three-Fold high-iodine supplement at Iodine deficient baseline in Wistar rats might be improper RoundUp was claimed to increase occurrence! Naylor, in Comprehensive Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology ( Third Edition ), 2001 levels. 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