Laboratory Animal Research (Jul 2019)

Comparison study of the response with botulinum toxin muscle injection in the ICR mice from three different sources

  • Min-Soo Seo,
  • Young-In Kim,
  • Kyung-Ku Kang,
  • Se-Kyung Oh,
  • Soo-Eun Sung,
  • Young-Suk Jung,
  • Joon Yong Cho,
  • HyunKeun Song,
  • Dae Youn Hwang,
  • Sang-Joon Park,
  • Kil Soo Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s42826-019-0010-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 35, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Abstract Botulinum-toxin A (BoNT/A) is a widely used not only for cosmetics but also for various experimental purposes including muscle-related research. In this study, we applied BoNT/A to mouse muscle of three different sources to compare and evaluate the biological and pathological response. The three different mouse sources consist of Korl:ICR (Korea FDA source), A:ICR (USA source) and B:ICR (Japan source) which were purchased from each different vendors. To compare the responses of ICR mice with BoNT/A muscle injection, we examined the body weight, hematological and serum biochemistry analysis. Also, we evaluated the muscle change by histopathological analysis and gene expression patterns of muscle-related target by qPCR. The body weight gain was decreased in the BoNT/A-treated group compared with the control group. In clinical pathologic analysis and gene expression patterns, the data showed that the responses in the BoNT/A-treated group were similar compared with the control group. Decreased muscle fiber was observed in BoNT/A-treated group compared with control group, while Korl:ICR showed a little low response with the other mouse sources. In conclusion, our results suggest that three different sources ICR mice (Korl:ICR, A:ICR and B:ICR) have a similar biological and pathological responses in BoNT/A muscle injection.

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