| Abstract: | The change of humoral substances in the blood of cirrhotic rat was studied at different stages of development, together with their effects on the portal hemodynamics. The profiles of humoral substances and hemodynamics in two different cirrhotic rat models, as well as the changes of portal hemodynamics in the normal rats after perfusion with the arterial blood from cirrhotic rats were also investigated. It was found that: during the development of cirrhosis, glucagon increased markedly at all stages, histamine and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) increased at early stage only, while serotonin (5-HT) and somatostatin(SS) increased at middle and advanced stages. In the CCl4 induced cirrhosis, glucagon was the main humoral substance, whereas in the thioacetamide (TAA) induced cirrhosis, histamine and 5-HT were mainly elevated. The portal hemodynamics altered differently in different stages during the development of cirrhosis and in the two different cirrhotic rat models. The perfusion with the arterial blood from cirrhotic rats caused an increase of portal venous pressure and portal venous flow in normal rats. |
