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. 2023 May 18;14:135. doi: 10.1186/s13287-023-03333-4

Table 1.

The animal model of premature ovarian failure (POF)

Method of model Animal Method of administration Dosage of administration Advantages Disadvantages The model from References
CTX Wistar rat (180–200 g) Ip: 14 days

1st: 50 mg/kg;

2–14 th: 8 mg/kg

The most common model; the operation is simple Myelosuppression and bleeding [21]

SD rat

(150 g)

Ip: 14 days

1st: 50 mg/kg;

4–15 th: 5 mg/kg

[23]
SD rat (8 weeks) Ip: 14 days

1st: 50 mg/kg;

2–14 th: 5 mg/kg

[24]
TG

SD rat

(220–250 g)

Ig: 70 days For 10 weeks: 40 mg/kg/days High safety Long molding time [10]
CTX + BF Wistar rat (180–220 g) Ip (CTX) + ih (BF) 1st: CTX:120 mg/kg + BF 12 mg/kg Simple operation, short cycle, only a single dose [25]
CIS

SD rat

(180–250 g)

Ip: 6 days 2 mg/kg, Daily, 6 days Low-cost, short cycles, low mortality The lethal dose (50) was 7.4 mg/kg [22]
SD rat (320 ± 10 g) Ip: 10 days 1.5 mg/kg, Daily, 10 days [26]
DOX

ICR mice

(7–8 weeks)

Ip: 7.5 mg/kg, Single dose The operation is simple The model success rate is uncertain [11]
ZP3 glycoproteins

BALB/c mice

(18–22 g)

SI 1st and 14 th

1st: 0.16 mg/mouse

14th: 0.16 mg/mouse

Short cycle, high survival rate of mice (100%), and the high success rate (80–90%) [27]

BALB/c mice

(7–8 weeks)

SI 1st and 14 th

1st: 0.16 mg/mouse

14th: 0.16 mg/mouse

[28]
OA + FIA SD rat (8  weeks) SI 3 times, once every 10 days. OA:FIA = 1: 1 This method is rarely used [13]
Thymus removing BALB/c mice Surgery Removing the thymus of 3-day-old neonatal mice 90% developed autoimmune ovaritis and POF Thymectomy for newborn mice is difficult to operate and has a high mortality rate [14]
Sound-light-electricity stimulation

SD rat

(200–220 g)

For 20 days, 5 times per day The acousto, optical, and electrical stimuli for 20 days it is consistent with known major causative agents of human POF, and pathogenic pathways and pathological changes are like clinical observations The success rate of the model is low and large samples are needed [15]
CUMS Wistar (~ 200 g) For 35 days Alternating daily fasting and water deprivation, forced swimming, noise interference, and plantar electrical stimulation [16]
GAL

SD rat

(Born 35 days)

Food pellet: 19 days Food pellet with 35% galactose: from 3 days of conception continuing through weaning of the litters (21 days), the adult offspring were POF Success rate:63% The period is relatively long [18]
D-GAL Mice (7–8  weeks ) SI: for 42 days Daily with d-gal (200 mg/kg/day) The process of establishing the model is simple [20]

CTX cyclophosphamide, TG tripterygium glycosides, BF busulfan, CIS cisplatinum, DOX doxorubicin, ZP3 zona pellucida 3, OA ovarian antigen, FIA: Freund's incomplete adjuvant, CUMS constructed chronic unpredictable mild stress, GAL galactose, D-GAL d-Galactose, Ip intraperitoneal injection, ih hypodermic injection, ig intragastric administration, SI subcutaneous injection