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Vanadium Modulates Proteolytic Activities and MMP-14-Like Levels during Paracentrotus lividus Embryogenesis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232214238. [PMID: 36430713 PMCID: PMC9697301 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232214238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The increasing industrial use of vanadium (V), as well as its recent medical use in various pathologies has intensified its environmental release, making it an emerging pollutant. The sea urchin embryo has long been used to study the effects induced by metals, including V. In this study we used an integrated approach that correlates the biological effects on embryo development with proteolytic activities of gelatinases that could better reflect any metal-induced imbalances. V-exposure caused morphological/morphometric aberrations, mainly concerning the correct distribution of embryonic cells, the development of the skeleton, and the embryo volume. Moreover, V induced a concentration change in all the gelatinases expressed during embryo development and a reduction in their total proteolytic activity. The presence of three MMP-like gelatinases (MMP-2, -9, and -14) was also demonstrated and their levels depended on V-concentration. In particular, the MMP-14-like protein modified its expression level during embryo development in a time- and dose-dependent manner. This enzyme also showed a specific localization on filopodia, suggesting that primary mesenchyme cells (PMCs) could be responsible for its synthesis. In conclusion, these results indicate that an integrated study among morphology/morphometry, proteolytic activity, and MMP-14 expression constitutes an important response profile to V-action.
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Vanadium Toxicity Monitored by Fertilization Outcomes and Metal Related Proteolytic Activities in Paracentrotus lividus Embryos. TOXICS 2022; 10:toxics10020083. [PMID: 35202269 PMCID: PMC8878891 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10020083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Metal pharmaceutical residues often represent emerging toxic pollutants of the aquatic environment, as wastewater treatment plants do not sufficiently remove these compounds. Recently, vanadium (V) derivatives have been considered as potential therapeutic factors in several diseases, however, only limited information is available about their impact on aquatic environments. This study used sea urchin embryos (Paracentrotus lividus) to test V toxicity, as it is known they are sensitive to V doses from environmentally relevant to very cytotoxic levels (50 nM; 100 nM; 500 nM; 1 µM; 50 µM; 100 µM; 500 µM; and 1 mM). We used two approaches: The fertilization test (FT) and a protease detection assay after 36 h of exposure. V affected the fertilization percentage and increased morphological abnormalities of both egg and fertilization envelope, in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, a total of nine gelatinases (with apparent molecular masses ranging from 309 to 22 kDa) were detected, and their proteolytic activity depended on the V concentration. Biochemical characterization shows that some of them could be aspartate proteases, whereas substrate specificity and the Ca2+/Zn2+ requirement suggest that others are similar to mammalian matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs).
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Liu Q, Li L, Gao L, Li C, Huan Y, Lei L, Cao H, Li L, Gao A, Liu S, Shen Z. Combination of bis (α-furancarboxylato) oxovanadium (IV) and metformin improves hepatic steatosis through down-regulating inflammatory pathways in high-fat diet-induced obese C57BL/6J mice. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2021; 128:747-757. [PMID: 33599105 PMCID: PMC8251758 DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.13573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The effects of the combination of bis (α-furancarboxylato) oxovanadium (IV) (BFOV) and metformin (Met) on hepatic steatosis were investigated in high-fat diet-induced obese C57BL/6J mice (HFC57 mice) for 6 weeks. Oral glucose tolerance test was performed to evaluate glucose metabolism. Moreover, blood and hepatic biochemical and histological indices were detected. Besides, Affymetrix-GeneChip analysis and Western blot of the liver were performed. Comparing to the monotherapy group, BFOV + Met showed more effective improvement in glucose metabolism, which decreased the fasting blood glucose, insulin levels and improved insulin sensitivity in HFC57 mice. BFOV + Met significantly decreased serum ALT and AST activities and reduced hepatic triglyceride content and iNOS activities, accompanied by ameliorating intrahepatic fat accumulation and hepatocellular vacuolation. Enhanced hepatic insulin signalling transduction and attenuated inflammation pathway were identified as the major pathways in the BFOV + Met group. BFOV + Met significantly down-regulated the protein expression levels of MMPs, NF-κB, iNOS and up-regulated phosphorylation of AKT and AMPK levels. We concluded that a combination of BFOV and metformin ameliorates hepatic steatosis in HFC57 mice via alleviating hepatic inflammation and enhancing insulin signalling pathway, suggesting that the combination of BFOV and metformin is a potential treatment for hepatic steatosis.
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- Quan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural MedicinesKey laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of BeijingInstitute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural MedicinesKey laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of BeijingInstitute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Biomedical Engineering Research CenterKunming Medical UniversityKunmingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural MedicinesKey laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of BeijingInstitute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural MedicinesKey laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of BeijingInstitute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural MedicinesKey laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of BeijingInstitute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural MedicinesKey laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of BeijingInstitute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Biomedical Engineering Research CenterKunming Medical UniversityKunmingChina
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- Kunming Institute of Precious MetalsKunmingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural MedicinesKey laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of BeijingInstitute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural MedicinesKey laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of BeijingInstitute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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Ahmadi-Eslamloo H, Dehghani GA, Moosavi SMS. Long-term treatment of diabetic rats with vanadyl sulfate or insulin attenuate acute focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury via their antiglycemic effect. Metab Brain Dis 2018; 33:225-235. [PMID: 29151151 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-017-0153-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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It is well-known that patients with diabetes mellitus have worse clinical outcomes following acute ischemic stroke. The intensifying effects of diabetes on ischemic brain injury have been shown to be mostly due to hyperglycemia, rather than the lack of insulin direct effects on brain. It is also well-approved that vanadium compounds have insulin-like and anti-diabetic effects, and the present study was designed to compare the protective effects of diabetes treatment with vanadium or insulin on ischemic/reperfused brain injury. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 4 groups (n = 21). Two groups of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were treated with either vanadyl sulfate or insulin at proper doses to similarly attenuate hyperglycemia during 45 days, while there was no treatment in the control diabetic and non-diabetic sham groups. Thereafter, all treated and non-treated diabetic rats were subjected to 60-min of the right middle cerebral artery occlusion followed by 12-h reperfusion, and then their brains were removed for evaluating blood-brain barrier leakage, tissue swelling, infarct size and oxidant status in both hemispheres. Vanadium and insulin that equally reduced blood glucose and water intake had some differences in their antidiabetic effects of ameliorating weight loss and hypertension during 45-days treatment period. However, they caused similar decrements in levels of Evans blue dye extravastion, edema, infarct volume and malondialdehyde in ischemic/reperfused cerebral hemisphere. Therefore, it can be suggested that insulin and vanadium via their antiglycemic effect cause reduction in cerebral production of oxidants following acute focal ischemia/reperfusion, which attenuate BBB disruption and brain tissue injury.
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- Hossein Ahmadi-Eslamloo
- Department of Physiology, The Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 71365-1689, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, The Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 71365-1689, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, The Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 71365-1689, Iran.
- Shiraz Nephro-Urology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Linyi L, Yoshitomi H, Lingling Q, Xinli W, Tian Z, Haiyan W, Yueying J, Ying W, Tunhai X, Tonghua L, Ming G. Tangnaikang improves insulin resistance and β-cell apoptosis by ameliorating metabolic inflammation in SHR.Cg-Lepr cp /NDmcr rats. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(17)30072-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Li L, Yoshitomi H, Wei Y, Qin L, Zhou J, Xu T, Wu X, Zhou T, Sun W, Guo X, Wu L, Wang H, Zhang Y, Li C, Liu T, Gao M. Tang-Nai-Kang alleviates pre-diabetes and metabolic disorders and induces a gene expression switch toward fatty acid oxidation in SHR.Cg-Leprcp/NDmcr rats. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0122024. [PMID: 25874615 PMCID: PMC4395456 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Increased energy intake and reduced physical activity can lead to obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Transcriptional modulation of metabolic networks has become a focus of current drug discovery research into the prevention and treatment of metabolic disorders associated with energy surplus and obesity. Tang-Nai-Kang (TNK), a mixture of five herbal plant extracts, has been shown to improve abnormal glucose metabolism in patients with pre-diabetes. Here, we report the metabolic phenotype of SHR.Cg-Leprcp/NDmcr (SHR/cp) rats treated with TNK. Pre-diabetic SHR/cp rats were randomly divided into control, TNK low-dose (1.67 g/kg) and TNK high-dose (3.24 g/kg) groups. After high-dose treatment for 2 weeks, the serum triglycerides and free fatty acids in SHR/cp rats were markedly reduced compared to controls. After 3 weeks of administration, the high dose of TNK significantly reduced the body weight and fat mass of SHR/cp rats without affecting food consumption. Serum fasting glucose and insulin levels in the TNK-treated groups decreased after 6 weeks of treatment. Furthermore, TNK-treated rats exhibited obvious improvements in glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. The improved glucose metabolism may be caused by the substantial reduction in serum lipids and body weight observed in SHR/cp rats starting at 3 weeks of TNK treatment. The mRNA expression of NAD+-dependent deacetylase sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and genes related to fatty acid oxidation was markedly up-regulated in the muscle, liver and adipose tissue after TNK treatment. Furthermore, TNK promoted the deacetylation of two well-established SIRT1 targets, PPARγ coactivator 1α (PGC1α) and forkhead transcription factor 1 (FOXO1), and induced the phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) in different tissues. These observations suggested that TNK may be an alternative treatment for pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome by inducing a gene expression switch toward fat oxidation through the activation of SIRT1 and AMPK signaling.
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- Linyi Li
- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women’s University, Hyogo, Japan
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- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Dongzhimen Hospital Eastern Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Health-cultivation Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (TL); (MG)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women’s University, Hyogo, Japan
- * E-mail: (TL); (MG)
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