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This work was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (No. 2020R1A4A3079570), the Ministry of Education (No. 2021R1I1A1A01051425), and the Industrial Strategic Technology Development Program (No. 20014873) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry &#38; Energy, Republic of Korea.

All animal research procedures were approved and performed in accordance with the Laboratory Animals Welfare Act, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and the Guidelines and Policies for Animal Experiments provided by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the College of Medicine of The Catholic University of Korea (approval number: CUMC-2021-0176-05). The present study utilized 3 month old male New Zealand white (NZW) rabbits weighing 3.5-4.0 kg, which were maintained under standard ...

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Animal AVS models are commonly used to study the pathological aspects of AVS, including the initiation and progression of AVS. This protocol introduces a new rabbit AVS model induced by a direct balloon injury to the aortic valve. In this study, the aortic valve injury model showed significant leaflet thickening and calcification. Compared to the mild AVS model induced by dietary supplementation, the aortic valve in the direct balloon injury model was selectively injured, leading to thickened cusps and restricted motion,...

It is increasingly recognized that the use of appropriate animal models can contribute to a better understanding of the pathological mechanisms underlying aortic valve stenosis (AVS) due to the lack of access to reliable sources of diseased human aortic valves associated with the progression of aortic stenosis (AS). Among the various animal models for studying AVS, rabbits are one of the most commonly used large-animal AVS models, and the AVS rabbit model is induced either through cholesterol/vitamin D2 supplementation or genetic manipulation1,2,3,4.
Although rabbit AVS models have provided significant insight into the development and progression of AVS, it still remains challenging to induce AVS consistently and reproducibly, as seen in our preliminary experiments.
In addition to diet-induced and genetically susceptible animal models, a new model of AVS has been established through direct mechanical injury in mice5,6. The mechanical injury model successfully induces aortic stenosis and represents a simple and reproducible AVS model in wild-type mice. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no prior studies examining the effects of a mechanical injury on the aortic valve in rabbit models. Thus, this study provides a new procedure for inducing AVS in male New Zealand white rabbits through a direct balloon injury to the aortic valve, which can accurately mimic the condition of valvular aortic stenosis. This protocol includes step-by-step descriptions of the preparation, the surgical procedure, and the post-operative care, which are useful for inducing reproducible AVS rabbit models.

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a rabbit aortic valve stenosis model induced by direct balloon injury

Animal models are emerging as an important tool to understand the pathologic mechanisms underlying aortic valve stenosis (AVS) because of the lack of access to reliable sources of diseased human aortic valves. Among the various animal models, AVS rabbit models are one of the most commonly used in large animal studies. However, traditional AVS rabbit models require a long-term period of dietary supplementation and genetic manipulation to induce significant stenosis in the aortic valve, limiting their use in experimental studies. To address these limitations, a new AVS rabbit model is proposed, in which stenosis is induced by a direct balloon injury to the aortic valve. The present protocol describes a successful technique for inducing AVS in New Zealand white (NZW) rabbits, with step-by-step procedures for the preparation, the surgical procedure, and the post-operative care. This simple and reproducible model offers a promising approach for studying the initiation and progression of AVS and provides a valuable tool for investigating the underlying pathological mechanisms of the disease.

Rabbit AVS model induced by aortic valve injury 
To induce the rabbit AVS model, male NZW rabbits weighing 3.5-4.0 kg were used for this study. According to the surgical procedures described in step 2 (Figure 2), the AVS model was established by aortic valve injury, which resulted in mechanical aortic valve degeneration and calcification. The control group included rabbits fed with a 0.5% cholesterol-enriched diet (high-cholesterol, HC) and 50,000 U of vitamin D2 (VitD2...

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A Rabbit Aortic Valve Stenosis Model Induced by Direct Balloon Injury

An appropriate animal model is needed to understand the pathologic mechanisms underlying aortic valve stenosis (AVS) and to evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. The present protocol describes a new procedure for developing the AVS rabbit model via a direct balloon injury in vivo.

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