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Li JB, Li D, Liu YY, Cao A, Wang H. Cytotoxicity of vanadium dioxide nanoparticles to human embryonic kidney cell line: Compared with vanadium(IV/V) ions. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2024; 106:104378. [PMID: 38295964 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2024.104378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a class of thermochromic material with potential applications in various fields. Massive production and wide application of VO2 raise the concern of its potential toxicity to human, which has not been fully understood. Herein, a commercial VO2 nanomaterial (S-VO2) was studied for its potential toxicity to human embryonic kidney cell line HEK293, and two most common vanadium ions, V(IV) and V(V), were used for comparison to reveal the related mechanism. Our results indicate that S-VO2 induces dose-dependent cellular viability loss mainly through the dissolved V ions of S-VO2 outside the cell rather than S-VO2 particles inside the cell. The dissolved V ions of S-VO2 overproduce reactive oxygen species to trigger apoptosis and proliferation inhibition via several signaling pathways of cell physiology, such as MAPK and PI3K-Akt, among others. All bioassays indicate that the differences in toxicity between S-VO2, V(IV), and V(V) in HEK293 cells are very small, supporting that the toxicity is mainly due to the dissolved V ions, in the form of V(V) and/or V(IV), but the V(V)'s behavior is more similar to S-VO2 according to the gene expression analysis. This study reveals the toxicity mechanism of nanosized VO2 at the molecular level and the role of dissolution of VO2, providing valuable information for safe applications of vanadium oxides.
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- Jia-Bei Li
- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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Yao J, He Z, You G, Liu Q, Li N. The Deficits of Insulin Signal in Alzheimer's Disease and the Mechanisms of Vanadium Compounds in Curing AD. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2023; 45:6365-6382. [PMID: 37623221 PMCID: PMC10453015 DOI: 10.3390/cimb45080402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Vanadium is a well-known essential trace element, which usually exists in oxidation states in the form of a vanadate cation intracellularly. The pharmacological study of vanadium began with the discovery of its unexpected inhibitory effect on ATPase. Thereafter, its protective effects on β cells and its ability in glucose metabolism regulation were observed from the vanadium compound, leading to the application of vanadium compounds in clinical trials for curing diabetes. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common dementia disease in elderly people. However, there are still no efficient agents for treating AD safely to date. This is mainly because of the complexity of the pathology, which is characterized by senile plaques composed of the amyloid-beta (Aβ) protein in the parenchyma of the brain and the neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), which are derived from the hyperphosphorylated tau protein in the neurocyte, along with mitochondrial damage, and eventually the central nervous system (CNS) atrophy. AD was also illustrated as type-3 diabetes because of the observations of insulin deficiency and the high level of glucose in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), as well as the impaired insulin signaling in the brain. In this review, we summarize the advances in applicating the vanadium compound to AD treatment in experimental research and point out the limitations of the current study using vanadium compounds in AD treatment. We hope this will help future studies in this field.
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- Jinyi Yao
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China; (J.Y.)
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China; (J.Y.)
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China; (J.Y.)
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China; (J.Y.)
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China; (J.Y.)
- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China
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He Z, You G, Liu Q, Li N. Alzheimer's Disease and Diabetes Mellitus in Comparison: The Therapeutic Efficacy of the Vanadium Compound. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111931. [PMID: 34769364 PMCID: PMC8584792 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an intractable neurodegenerative disease that leads to dementia, primarily in elderly people. The neurotoxicity of amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau protein has been demonstrated over the last two decades. In line with these findings, several etiological hypotheses of AD have been proposed, including the amyloid cascade hypothesis, the oxidative stress hypothesis, the inflammatory hypothesis, the cholinergic hypothesis, et al. In the meantime, great efforts had been made in developing effective drugs for AD. However, the clinical efficacy of the drugs that were approved by the US Food and Drug Association (FDA) to date were determined only mild/moderate. We recently adopted a vanadium compound bis(ethylmaltolato)-oxidovanadium (IV) (BEOV), which was originally used for curing diabetes mellitus (DM), to treat AD in a mouse model. It was shown that BEOV effectively reduced the Aβ level, ameliorated the inflammation in brains of the AD mice, and improved the spatial learning and memory activities of the AD mice. These finding encouraged us to further examine the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of BEOV in AD. In this review, we summarized the achievement of vanadium compounds in medical studies and investigated the prospect of BEOV in AD and DM treatment.
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- Zhijun He
- College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China; (Z.H.); (G.Y.); (Q.L.)
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- College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China; (Z.H.); (G.Y.); (Q.L.)
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- College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China; (Z.H.); (G.Y.); (Q.L.)
- Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China; (Z.H.); (G.Y.); (Q.L.)
- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-(0)755-2653-5432; Fax: +86-(0)755-8671-3951
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Turtoi M, Anghelache M, Patrascu AA, Maxim C, Manduteanu I, Calin M, Popescu DL. Synthesis, Characterization, and In Vitro Insulin-Mimetic Activity Evaluation of Valine Schiff Base Coordination Compounds of Oxidovanadium(V). Biomedicines 2021; 9:562. [PMID: 34067862 PMCID: PMC8156053 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9050562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Type 2 diabetes became an alarming global health issue since the existing drugs do not prevent its progression. Herein, we aimed to synthesize and characterize a family of oxidovanadium(V) complexes with Schiff base ligands derived from L-/D-valine (val) and salicylaldehyde (sal) or o-vanillin (van) as insulin-mimetic agents and to assess their potential anti-diabetic properties. Two new oxidovanadium(V) complexes, [{VVO(R-salval)(H2O)}(μ2-O){VVO(R-salval)}] and [{VVO(R-vanval)(CH3OH)}2(μ2-O)], and their S-enantiomers were synthesized and characterized. The compounds exhibit optical activity as shown by crystallographic and spectroscopic data. The stability, the capacity to bind bovine serum albumin (BSA), the cytotoxicity against human hepatoma cell line, as well as the potential anti-diabetic activity of the four compounds are investigated. The synthesized compounds are stable for up to three hours in physiological conditions and exhibit a high capacity of binding to BSA. Furthermore, the synthesized compounds display cytocompatibility at biologically relevant concentrations, exert anti-diabetic potential and insulin-mimetic activities by inhibiting the α-amylase and protein tyrosine phosphatase activity, and a long-term increase of insulin receptor phosphorylation compared to the insulin hormone. Thus, the in vitro anti-diabetic potential and insulin-mimetic properties of the newly synthesized oxidovanadium(V) compounds, correlated with their cytocompatibility, make them promising candidates for further investigation as anti-diabetic drugs.
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- Mihaela Turtoi
- Medical and Pharmaceutical Bionanotechnologies Laboratory, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu of the Romanian Academy, 8 B.P. Hasdeu, 050568-Bucharest, Romania; (M.A.); (I.M.)
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- Medical and Pharmaceutical Bionanotechnologies Laboratory, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu of the Romanian Academy, 8 B.P. Hasdeu, 050568-Bucharest, Romania; (M.A.); (I.M.)
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, 23 Dumbrava Roşie, 020464-Bucharest, Romania; (A.A.P.); (C.M.)
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, 23 Dumbrava Roşie, 020464-Bucharest, Romania; (A.A.P.); (C.M.)
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- Medical and Pharmaceutical Bionanotechnologies Laboratory, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu of the Romanian Academy, 8 B.P. Hasdeu, 050568-Bucharest, Romania; (M.A.); (I.M.)
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- Medical and Pharmaceutical Bionanotechnologies Laboratory, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu of the Romanian Academy, 8 B.P. Hasdeu, 050568-Bucharest, Romania; (M.A.); (I.M.)
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, 23 Dumbrava Roşie, 020464-Bucharest, Romania; (A.A.P.); (C.M.)
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Zhang S, Taehwan Kim A, Liu X, Yan L, Moo Kim S. Antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of vanadium-binding protein and trifuhalol A. J Food Biochem 2020; 44:e13540. [PMID: 33103256 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.13540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of vanadium-binding protein (VBP) and trifuhalol A, alone or combined, were investigated. Both VBP and trifuhalol A showed potent radical scavenging activity (RSA) on 2,2'-azinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline)-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS), hydrogen peroxide, and ferric-reducing antioxidant power. Their combination at a concentration of 100 μg/ml VBP and 40 μg/ml trifuhalol A exhibited more than 99% RSA against ABTS. Additionally, VBP and trifuhalol A, alone or combined, displayed potential antidiabetic activities against Saccharomyces cerevisiae α-glucosidase. The highest inhibition of 70.26% against S. cerevisiae α-glucosidase was observed in the case of the combination of 250 μg/ml VBP and 1.75 μg/ml trifuhalol A. Kinetics study revealed that VBP and trifuhalol A were noncompetitive inhibition type against S. cerevisiae α-glucosidase, while VBP and trifuhalol A combined treatment was a mixed inhibition type against S. cerevisiae α-glucosidase. These results indicated that VBP and trifuhalol A, alone or combined, had high free radical scavenging activity and inhibitory activity against S. cerevisiae a-glucosidase, suggesting that VBP and trifuhalol A could be used as candidates for the development of natural antidiabetic drugs or functional food. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: The present study showed that VBP and trifuhalol A, alone or combined, had potential antioxidant and antidiabetic activities, suggesting that VBP and trifuhalol A could be developed to a novel nutraceutical or natural antidiabetic drugs in the management of obesity or diabetes. This finding will be beneficial for all peoples who are directly or indirectly associated with obesity or diabetes.
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- Shuang Zhang
- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Recycling of Argo-Waste in Cold Region, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, People's Republic of China.,Department of Marine Food Science and Technology, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Recycling of Argo-Waste in Cold Region, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Marine Food Science and Technology, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
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Sciortino G, Ugone V, Sanna D, Lubinu G, Ruggiu S, Maréchal JD, Garribba E. Biospeciation of Potential Vanadium Drugs of Acetylacetonate in the Presence of Proteins. Front Chem 2020; 8:345. [PMID: 32457872 PMCID: PMC7221193 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Among vanadium compounds with potential medicinal applications, [VIVO(acac)2] is one of the most promising for its antidiabetic and anticancer activity. In the organism, however, interconversion of the oxidation state to +III and +V and binding to proteins are possible. In this report, the transformation of VIII(acac)3, VIVO(acac)2, and VVO2(acac)2- after the interaction with two model proteins, lysozyme (Lyz) and ubiquitin (Ub), was studied with ESI-MS (ElectroSpray Ionization-Mass Spectroscopy), EPR (Electron Paramagnetic Resonance), and computational (docking) techniques. It was shown that, in the metal concentration range close to that found in the organism (15–250 μM), VIII(acac)3 is oxidized to VIVO(acac)+ and VIVO(acac)2, which—in their turn—interact with proteins to give n[VIVO(acac)]–Protein and n[VIVO(acac)2]–Protein adducts. Similarly, the complex in the +IV oxidation state, VIVO(acac)2, dissociates to the mono-chelated species VIVO(acac)+ which binds to Lyz and Ub. Finally, VVO2(acac)2- undergoes complete dissociation to give the 'bare' VVO2+ ion that forms adducts n[VVO2]–Protein with n = 1–3. Docking calculations allowed the prediction of the residues involved in the metal binding. The results suggest that only the VIVO complex of acetylacetonate survives in the presence of proteins and that its adducts could be the species responsible of the observed pharmacological activity, suggesting that in these systems VIVO2+ ion should be used in the design of potential vanadium drugs. If VIII or VVO2 potential active complexes had to be designed, the features of the organic ligand must be adequately modulated to obtain species with high redox and thermodynamic stability to prevent oxidation and dissociation.
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- Giuseppe Sciortino
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, Sassari, Italy.,Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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Vanadium and insulin: Partners in metabolic regulation. J Inorg Biochem 2020; 208:111094. [PMID: 32438270 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Since the 1970s, the biological role of vanadium compounds has been discussed as insulin-mimetic or insulin-enhancer agents. The action of vanadium compounds has been investigated to determine how they influence the insulin signaling pathway. Khan and coworkers proposed key proteins for the insulin pathway study, introducing the concept "critical nodes". In this review, we also considered critical kinases and phosphatases that participate in this pathway, which will permit a better comprehension of a critical node, where vanadium can act: a) insulin receptor, insulin receptor substrates, and protein tyrosine phosphatases; b) phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase, 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase and mammalian target of rapamycin complex, protein kinase B, and phosphatase and tensin homolog; and c) insulin receptor substrates and mitogen-activated protein kinases, each node having specific negative modulators. Additionally, leptin signaling was considered because together with insulin, it modulates glucose and lipid homeostasis. Even in recent literature, the possibility of vanadium acting against metabolic diseases or cancer is confirmed although the mechanisms of action are not well understood because these critical nodes have not been systematically investigated. Through this review, we establish that vanadium compounds mainly act as phosphatase inhibitors and hypothesize on their capacity to affect kinases, which are critical to other hormones that also act on common parts of the insulin pathway.
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He Z, Han S, Wu C, Liu L, Zhu H, Liu A, Lu Q, Huang J, Du X, Li N, Xie Q, Wan L, Ni J, Chen L, Yang X, Liu Q. Bis(ethylmaltolato)oxidovanadium(iv) inhibited the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease in triple transgenic model mice. Metallomics 2020; 12:474-490. [PMID: 31970356 DOI: 10.1039/c9mt00271e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Vanadium compounds have been reported to mimic the anti-diabetes effects of insulin on rodent models, but their effects on Alzheimer's disease (AD) have rarely been explored. In this paper, 9-month-old triple transgenic AD model mice (3×Tg-AD) received bis(ethylmaltolato)oxidovanadium(iv) (BEOV) at doses of 0.2 mmol L-1 (68.4 μg mL-1) and 1.0 mmol L-1 (342 μg mL-1) for 3 months. BEOV at both doses was found to improve contextual memory and spatial learning in AD mice. It also improved glucose metabolism and protected neuronal synapses in the AD brain, as evidenced respectively by 18F-labeled fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) scanning and by transmission electron microscopy. Inhibitory effects of BEOV on β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and neuronal impairment in the cortex and hippocampus of fluorescent AD mice were visualized three-dimensionally by applying optical clearing technology to brain slices before confocal laser scanning microscopy. Western blot analysis semi-quantitatively revealed the altered levels of Aβ42 in the brains of wildtype, AD, and AD treated with 0.2 and 1.0 mmol L-1 BEOV mice (70.3%, 100%, 83.2% and 56.8% in the hippocampus; 82.4%, 100%, 66.9% and 42% in the cortex, respectively). The mechanism study showed that BEOV increased the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) (140%, 100%, 142% and 160% in the hippocampus; 167%, 100%, 124% and 133% in the cortex) to inactivate the JAK2/STAT3/SOCS-1 pathway and to block the amyloidogenesis cascade, thus attenuating Aβ-induced insulin resistance in AD models. BEOV also reduced protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) expression (74.8%, 100%, 76.5% and 53.8% in the hippocampus; 71.8%, 100%, 94.2% and 81.8% in cortex) to promote insulin sensitivity and to stimulate the PI3K/Akt/GSK3β pathway, subsequently reducing tau hyperphosphorylation (phosphorylated tau396 levels were 51.1%, 100%, 56.1% and 50.2% in the hippocampus; 22.2%, 100%, 36.1%, and 24% in the cortex). Our results suggested that BEOV reduced the pathological hallmarks of AD by targeting the pathways of PPARγ and PTP1B in 3×Tg AD mice.
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- Zhijun He
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, 518060 Shenzhen, China.
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Vanadium compounds induced damage of human umbilical vein endothelial cells and the protective effect of berberine. Biometals 2019; 32:785-794. [DOI: 10.1007/s10534-019-00211-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Synthesis, crystal structures and insulin-like activity of three new oxidovanadium(V) complexes with aroylhydrazone ligand. J Inorg Biochem 2019; 196:110680. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ugone V, Sanna D, Sciortino G, Maréchal JD, Garribba E. Interaction of Vanadium(IV) Species with Ubiquitin: A Combined Instrumental and Computational Approach. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:8064-8078. [PMID: 31140794 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The interaction of VIVO2+ ion and five VIVOL2 compounds with potential pharmacological application, where L indicates maltolate (ma), kojate (koj), acetylacetonate (acac), 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4(1 H)-pyridinonate (dhp), and l-mimosinate (mim), with ubiquitin (Ub) was studied by EPR, ESI-MS, and computational (docking and DFT) methods. The free metal ion VIVO2+ interacts with Glu, Asp, His, Thr, and Leu residues, but the most stable sites (named 1 and 2) involve the coordination of (Glu16, Glu18) and (Glu24, Asp52). In the system with VIVOL2 compounds, the type of binding depends on the vanadium concentration. When the concentration is in the mM range, the binding occurs with cis-VOL2(H2O), L = ma, koj, dhp, and mim, or with VO(acac)2: in the first case, the equatorial coordination of His68, Glu16, Glu18, or Asp21 residues yields species with formula n[VOL2]-Ub where n = 2-3, while with VO(acac)2 only noncovalent surface interactions are revealed. When the concentration of V is on the order of micromolar, the mono-chelated species VOL(H2O)2+ with L = ma, koj, acac, dhp, and mim, favored by the hydrolysis, interact with Ub, and adducts with composition n[VOL]-Ub ( n = 1-2) are observed with the contemporaneous coordination of (Glu18, Asp21) or (Glu16, Glu18), and (Glu24, Asp52) or (Glu51, Asp52) donors. The results of this work suggest that the combined application of spectroscopic, spectrometric, and computational techniques allow the complete characterization of the ternary systems formed by a V compound and a model protein such as ubiquitin. The same approach can be applied, eventually changing the spectroscopic/spectrometric techniques, to study the interaction of other metal species with other proteins.
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- Valeria Ugone
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia , Università di Sassari , Via Vienna 2 , I-07100 Sassari , Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Trav. La Crucca 3 , I-07040 Sassari , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia , Università di Sassari , Via Vienna 2 , I-07100 Sassari , Italy.,Departament de Química , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallés , Barcelona , Spain
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- Departament de Química , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallés , Barcelona , Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia , Università di Sassari , Via Vienna 2 , I-07100 Sassari , Italy
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Treviño S, Díaz A, Sánchez-Lara E, Sanchez-Gaytan BL, Perez-Aguilar JM, González-Vergara E. Vanadium in Biological Action: Chemical, Pharmacological Aspects, and Metabolic Implications in Diabetes Mellitus. Biol Trace Elem Res 2019; 188:68-98. [PMID: 30350272 PMCID: PMC6373340 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-018-1540-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Vanadium compounds have been primarily investigated as potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of various major health issues, including cancer, atherosclerosis, and diabetes. The translation of vanadium-based compounds into clinical trials and ultimately into disease treatments remains hampered by the absence of a basic pharmacological and metabolic comprehension of such compounds. In this review, we examine the development of vanadium-containing compounds in biological systems regarding the role of the physiological environment, dosage, intracellular interactions, metabolic transformations, modulation of signaling pathways, toxicology, and transport and tissue distribution as well as therapeutic implications. From our point of view, the toxicological and pharmacological aspects in animal models and humans are not understood completely, and thus, we introduced them in a physiological environment and dosage context. Different transport proteins in blood plasma and mechanistic transport determinants are discussed. Furthermore, an overview of different vanadium species and the role of physiological factors (i.e., pH, redox conditions, concentration, and so on) are considered. Mechanistic specifications about different signaling pathways are discussed, particularly the phosphatases and kinases that are modulated dynamically by vanadium compounds because until now, the focus only has been on protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B as a vanadium target. Particular emphasis is laid on the therapeutic ability of vanadium-based compounds and their role for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, specifically on that of vanadate- and polioxovanadate-containing compounds. We aim at shedding light on the prevailing gaps between primary scientific data and information from animal models and human studies.
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- Samuel Treviño
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, C.P. 72570 Puebla, PUE Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, C.P. 72570 Puebla, PUE Mexico
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- Centro de Química, ICUAP, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, C.P. 72570 Puebla, PUE Mexico
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- Centro de Química, ICUAP, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, C.P. 72570 Puebla, PUE Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, C.P. 72570 Puebla, PUE Mexico
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- Centro de Química, ICUAP, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, C.P. 72570 Puebla, PUE Mexico
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León IE, Díez P, Baran EJ, Etcheverry SB, Fuentes M. Decoding the anticancer activity of VO-clioquinol compound: the mechanism of action and cell death pathways in human osteosarcoma cells. Metallomics 2018; 9:891-901. [PMID: 28581009 DOI: 10.1039/c7mt00068e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Vanadium compounds were studied in recent years by considering them as a representative of a new class of non-platinum metal anticancer drugs. However, a few challenges still remain in the discovery of new molecular targets of these new metallodrugs. Studies on cell signaling pathways related to vanadium compounds have scarcely been reported and so far this information is highly critical for identifying novel targets that play a key role in the antitumor actions of vanadium complexes. This research deals with the alterations in the intracellular signaling pathways promoted by an oxovanadium(iv) complex with the clioquinol (5-chloro-7-iodo-8-quinolinol), VO(CQ)2, on a human osteosarcoma cell line (MG-63). Herein are reported, for the first time, the antitumor properties of VO(CQ)2 and the relative abundance of 224 proteins (which are involved in most of the common intracellular pathways) to identify novel targets of the studied complex. Besides, full-length human recombinant AKT1 kinase was produced by using an IVTT system to evaluate the variation of relative tyrosin-phosphorylation levels caused by this compound. The results of the differential protein expression levels reveal several up-regulated proteins such as CASP3, CASP6, CASP7, CASP10, CASP11, Bcl-x, DAPK and down-regulated ones, such as PKB/AKT, DIABLO, among others. Moreover, cell signaling pathways involved in several altered pathways related to the PKC and AP2 family have been identified in both treatments (2.5 and 10 μM) suggesting the crucial antitumoral role of VO(CQ)2. Finally, it has been demonstrated that this compound (10 μM, 6 h) triggers a decrease of 2-fold in in situ AKT1 expression.
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- Ignacio E León
- Chair of Patologic Biochemistry, Exact School Sciences, National University of La Plata, 47 y 115, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
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Sciortino G, Sanna D, Ugone V, Lledós A, Maréchal JD, Garribba E. Decoding Surface Interaction of VIVO Metallodrug Candidates with Lysozyme. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:4456-4469. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Giuseppe Sciortino
- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto CNR di Chimica Biomolecolare, Trav. La Crucca 3, I-07040 Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
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Vanadium(IV)-chlorodipicolinate alleviates hepatic lipid accumulation by inducing autophagy via the LKB1/AMPK signaling pathway in vitro and in vivo. J Inorg Biochem 2018; 183:66-76. [PMID: 29558683 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Numerous studies have demonstrated that vanadium compounds are able to improve lipemia and triglyceridemia in both humans and animals. However, the molecular mechanism remains elusive. The present study was conducted to investigate the anti-hyperlipidemic effect of vanadium(IV) complex with 4-chlorodipicolinic acid (VOdipic-Cl)-induced autophagy on hepatic lipid accumulation. To explore the possible underlying mechanisms, primary rat hepatocytes, human hepatoma cell line HepG2, and liver tissue from C57BL/6 mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) were used. In vitro, cultured primary rat hepatocytes were treated with palmitate (0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 mM) prior to VOdipic-Cl (50, 100, and 200 μM) for 24 h, respectively. In vivo, C57BL/6 mice were fed with high-fat diet for 16 weeks. VOdipic-Cl (10 mg V/kg body weight) was given by daily gavage for 4 weeks. In vitro results showed that VOdipic-Cl significantly inhibited lipid droplet formation by increasing the level of conversion and punctuation of microtubule-associated proteins light chain 3 (LC3) in a dose-dependent manner, and activated liver kinase B-1 (LKB1) and adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) phosphorylation. Confocal microscopy images also showed that VOdipic-Cl induced sequestration of lipid droplets (LDs) by autophagy. In vivo, VOdipic-Cl attenuated the increase in serum and liver triglyceride levels in the mice fed with high-fat diet, while significantly increased autophagy induction and activated LKB1 and AMPK phosphorylation in the liver. Taken together, these results suggest that VOdipic-Cl reduces hepatic lipid accumulation by inducing autophagy via the activation of LKB1/AMPK-dependent signaling pathway.
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León IE, Díez P, Etcheverry SB, Fuentes M. Deciphering the effect of an oxovanadium(iv) complex with the flavonoid chrysin (VOChrys) on intracellular cell signalling pathways in an osteosarcoma cell line. Metallomics 2017; 8:739-49. [PMID: 27175625 DOI: 10.1039/c6mt00045b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Vanadium complexes were studied during recent years and considered as a representative of a new class of non-platinum metal antitumor agents in combination with their low toxicity. However, a few challenges still remain in the discovery of new molecular targets for these novel metal-based drugs. The study of cell signaling pathways related to vanadium drugs, which is highly critical for identifying specific targets that play an important role in the antitumor activity of vanadium compounds, is scarce. This research deals with the alterations in intracellular signaling pathways promoted by an oxovanadium(iv) complex with the flavonoid chrysin [VO(chrysin)2EtOH]2 (VOChrys) in a human osteosarcoma cell line (MG-63). Herein we report for the first time the effect of [VO(chrysin)2EtOH]2 on the relative abundance of 224 proteins, which are involved in the most common intracellular pathways. Besides, full-length human recombinant (FAK and AKT1) kinases are produced using an in situ IVTT system and then we have evaluated the variation of relative tyrosine-phosphorylation levels caused by the [VO(chrysin)2EtOH]2 compound. The results of the differential protein expression levels reveal that several proteins such as PKB/AKT, PAK, DAPK, Cdk 4, 6 and 7, FADD, AP2, NAK, and JNK, among others, were altered. Moreover, cell signaling pathways related to the PTK2B, FAK, PKC families suggests an important role associated with the antitumor activity of [VO(chrysin)2EtOH]2 was demonstrated. Finally, the effect of this compound on in situ expressed FAK and AKT1 is validated by determining the phosphorylation level, which decreased in the former and increased in the latter.
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- Ignacio E León
- Chair of Patologic Biochemistry, Exact School Sciences, National University of La Plata, 47 y 115, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. and Inorganic Chemistry Center (CEQUINOR, CONICET), Exact School Sciences, National University of La Plata, 47 y 115, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
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- Cancer Research Center, University of Salamanca-CSIC, IBSAL, Department of Medicine, Servicio General de Citometría-Nucleus, Campus Miguel de Unamuno S/N, 37007 Salamanca, Spain and Proteomics Unit, Cancer Research Center, IBSAL, University of Salamanca-CSIC, Campus Miguel de Unamuno S/N, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Chair of Patologic Biochemistry, Exact School Sciences, National University of La Plata, 47 y 115, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. and Inorganic Chemistry Center (CEQUINOR, CONICET), Exact School Sciences, National University of La Plata, 47 y 115, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
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- Cancer Research Center, University of Salamanca-CSIC, IBSAL, Department of Medicine, Servicio General de Citometría-Nucleus, Campus Miguel de Unamuno S/N, 37007 Salamanca, Spain and Proteomics Unit, Cancer Research Center, IBSAL, University of Salamanca-CSIC, Campus Miguel de Unamuno S/N, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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In situ determination of V(V) by diffusive gradients in thin films and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry techniques using amberlite IRA-410 resin as a binding layer. Anal Chim Acta 2017; 950:32-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Wu JX, Hong YH, Yang XG. Bis(acetylacetonato)-oxidovanadium(IV) and sodium metavanadate inhibit cell proliferation via ROS-induced sustained MAPK/ERK activation but with elevated AKT activity in human pancreatic cancer AsPC-1 cells. J Biol Inorg Chem 2016; 21:919-929. [PMID: 27614430 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-016-1389-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this study, the antiproliferative effect of bis(acetylacetonato)-oxidovanadium(IV) and sodium metavanadate and the underlying mechanisms were investigated in human pancreatic cancer cell line AsPC-1. The results showed that both exhibited an antiproliferative effect through inducing G2/M cell cycle arrest and can also cause elevation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in cells. Moreover, the two vanadium compounds induced the activation of both PI3K/AKT and MAPK/ERK signaling pathways dose- and time-dependently, which could be counteracted with the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine. In the presence of MEK-1 inhibitor, the degradation of Cdc25C, inactivation of Cdc2 and accumulation of p21 were relieved. However, the treatment of AKT inhibitor did not cause any significant effect. Therefore, it demonstrated that the ROS-induced sustained MAPK/ERK activation rather than AKT contributed to vanadium compounds-induced G2/M cell cycle arrest. The current results also exhibited that the two vanadium compounds did not induce a sustained increase of ROS generation, but the level of ROS reached a plateau instead. The results revealed that an intracellular feedback loop may be against the elevated ROS level induced by vanadate or VO(acac)2, evidenced by the increased GSH content, the unchanged level at the expression of antioxidant enzymes. Therefore, vanadium compounds can be regarded as a novel type of anticancer drugs through the prolonged activation of MAPK/ERK pathway but retained AKT activity. The present results provided a proof-of-concept evidence that vanadium-based compounds may have the potential as both antidiabetic and antipancreatic cancer agents to prevent or treat patients suffering from both diseases.
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- Jing-Xuan Wu
- Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China.
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Zhang L, Huang Y, Liu F, Zhang F, Ding W. Vanadium(IV)-chlorodipicolinate inhibits 3T3-L1 preadipocyte adipogenesis by activating LKB1/AMPK signaling pathway. J Inorg Biochem 2016; 162:1-8. [PMID: 27318173 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Our previous studies demonstrated that vanadium(IV) complex with 4-chlorodipicolinic acid (VOdipic-Cl) alleviates lipid abnormalities in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. However, the molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. In the present study, the effect of VOdipic-Cl on adipogenesis and mechanisms of action in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes were investigated. The 3T3-L1 preadipocytes were induced to differentiate in the presence or absence of VOdipic-Cl for 8days. The cells were determined for proliferation, differentiation, lipid accumulation as well as the protein expressions of molecular targets that are involved in fatty acid synthesis. The results demonstrated that VOdipic-Cl at concentrations ranging from 2.5μM to 10μM reduced the intracellular lipid content by 10%, 22% and 30% compared to control. VOdipic-Cl down-regulated the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPARγ), CCAAT element binding protein a (C/EBPα), sterol regulatory element binding protein 1c (SREBP-1c), fatty acid synthase (FAS) and fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) and activated the phosphorylation of acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACC), adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and liver kinase B1 (LKB1) in a dose-dependent manner. Further studies showed that AMPK small interfering RNA (siRNA) markedly up-regulated PPARγ, C/EBPα, FAS and FABP4 expression in the presence of VOdipic-Cl, respectively. When LKB1 was silenced with siRNA, the effect of VOdipic-Cl on AMPK phosphorylation was diminished. Taken together, these results suggested that VOdipic-Cl can inhibit 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis through activating the LKB1/AMPK-dependent signaling pathway. These findings raise the possibility that VOdipic-Cl may be a promising therapy in treatment of obesity.
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- Liang Zhang
- Laboratory of Environment and Health, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Environment and Health, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Environment and Health, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Environment and Health, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Laboratory of Environment and Health, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China.
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Chakrabarty S, Banerjee R. Oxidation of l
-Methionine by Bisperoxo(1,10-phenanthroline)oxovanadate(V): A Mechanistic Study. INT J CHEM KINET 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.20990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Pessoa JC, Etcheverry S, Gambino D. Vanadium compounds in medicine. Coord Chem Rev 2015; 301:24-48. [PMID: 32226091 PMCID: PMC7094629 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 328] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Vanadium is a transition metal that, being ubiquitously distributed in soil, crude oil, water and air, also found roles in biological systems and is an essential element in most living beings. There are also several groups of organisms which accumulate vanadium, employing it in their biological processes. Vanadium being a biological relevant element, it is not surprising that many vanadium based therapeutic drugs have been proposed for the treatment of several types of diseases. Namely, vanadium compounds, in particular organic derivatives, have been proposed for the treatment of diabetes, of cancer and of diseases caused by parasites. In this work we review the medicinal applications proposed for vanadium compounds with particular emphasis on the more recent publications. In cells, partly due to the similarity of vanadate and phosphate, vanadium compounds activate numerous signaling pathways and transcription factors; this by itself potentiates application of vanadium-based therapeutics. Nevertheless, this non-specific bio-activity may also introduce several deleterious side effects as in addition, due to Fenton's type reactions or of the reaction with atmospheric O2, VCs may also generate reactive oxygen species, thereby introducing oxidative stress with consequences presently not well evaluated, particularly for long-term administration of vanadium to humans. Notwithstanding, the potential of vanadium compounds to treat type 2 diabetes is still an open question and therapies using vanadium compounds for e.g. antitumor and anti-parasitic related diseases remain promising.
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- Joao Costa Pessoa
- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Cátedra de Bioquímica Patológica and CEQUINOR, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 47 y 115 1900 La Plata, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Gral. Flores 2124, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay
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Levina A, McLeod AI, Pulte A, Aitken JB, Lay PA. Biotransformations of Antidiabetic Vanadium Prodrugs in Mammalian Cells and Cell Culture Media: A XANES Spectroscopic Study. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:6707-18. [PMID: 25906315 PMCID: PMC4511291 DOI: 10.1021/ic5028948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The antidiabetic activities of vanadium(V)
and -(IV) prodrugs are determined by their ability to release active
species upon interactions with components of biological media. The
first X-ray absorption spectroscopic study of the reactivity of typical
vanadium (V) antidiabetics, vanadate ([VVO4]3–, A) and a vanadium(IV) bis(maltolato)
complex (B), with mammalian cell cultures has been performed
using HepG2 (human hepatoma), A549 (human lung carcinoma), and 3T3-L1
(mouse adipocytes and preadipocytes) cell lines, as well as the corresponding
cell culture media. X-ray absorption near-edge structure data were
analyzed using empirical correlations with a library of model vanadium(V),
-(IV), and -(III) complexes. Both A and B ([V] = 1.0 mM) gradually converged into similar mixtures of predominantly
five- and six-coordinate VV species (∼75% total
V) in a cell culture medium within 24 h at 310 K. Speciation of V
in intact HepG2 cells also changed with the incubation time (from
∼20% to ∼70% VIV of total V), but it was
largely independent of the prodrug used (A or B) or of the predominant V oxidation state in the medium. Subcellular
fractionation of A549 cells suggested that VV reduction
to VIV occurred predominantly in the cytoplasm, while accumulation
of VV in the nucleus was likely to have been facilitated
by noncovalent bonding to histone proteins. The nuclear VV is likely to modulate the transcription process and to be ultimately
related to cell death at high concentrations of V, which may be important
in anticancer activities. Mature 3T3-L1 adipocytes (unlike for preadipocytes)
showed a higher propensity to form VIV species, despite
the prevalence of VV in the medium. The distinct V biochemistry
in these cells is consistent with their crucial role in insulin-dependent
glucose and fat metabolism and may also point to an endogenous role
of V in adipocytes. The first detailed
speciation study of typical antidiabetic vanadium(V/IV) complexes
in mammalian cell culture systems showed that the complexes decomposed
rapidly in cell culture media and were further metabolized by the
cells, which included interconversions of VV and VIV species.
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- Aviva Levina
- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Makinen MW, Salehitazangi M. The Structural Basis of Action of Vanadyl (VO 2+) Chelates in Cells. Coord Chem Rev 2014; 279:1-22. [PMID: 25237207 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Much emphasis has been given to vanadium compounds as potential therapeutic reagents for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Thus far, no vanadium compound has proven efficacious for long-term treatment of this disease in humans. Therefore, in review of the research literature, our goal has been to identify properties of vanadium compounds that are likely to favor physiological and biochemical compatibility for further development as therapeutic reagents. We have, therefore, limited our review to those vanadium compounds that have been used in both in vivo experiments with small, laboratory animals and in in vitro studies with primary or cultured cell systems and for which pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics results have been reported, including vanadium tissue content, vanadium and ligand lifetime in the bloodstream, structure in solution, and interaction with serum transport proteins. Only vanadyl (VO2+) chelates fulfill these requirements despite the large variety of vanadium compounds of different oxidation states, ligand structure, and coordination geometry synthesized as potential therapeutic agents. Extensive review of research results obtained with use of organic VO2+-chelates shows that the vanadyl chelate bis(acetylacetonato)oxidovanadium(IV) [hereafter abbreviated as VO(acac)2], exhibits the greatest capacity to enhance insulin receptor kinase activity in cells compared to other organic VO2+-chelates, is associated with a dose-dependent capacity to lower plasma glucose in diabetic laboratory animals, and exhibits a sufficiently long lifetime in the blood stream to allow correlation of its dose-dependent action with blood vanadium content. The properties underlying this behavior appear to be its high stability and capacity to remain intact upon binding to serum albumin. We relate the capacity to remain intact upon binding to serum albumin to the requirement to undergo transcytosis through the vascular endothelium to gain access to target tissues in the extravascular space. Serum albumin, as the most abundant transport protein in the blood stream, serves commonly as the carrier protein for small molecules, and transcytosis of albumin through capillary endothelium is regulated by a Src protein tyrosine kinase system. In this respect it is of interest to note that inorganic VO2+ has the capacity to enhance insulin receptor kinase activity of intact 3T3-L1 adipocytes in the presence of albumin, albeit weak; however, in the presence of transferrin no activation is observed. In addition to facilitating glucose uptake, the capacity of VO2+- chelates for insulin-like, antilipolytic action in primary adipocytes has also been reviewed. We conclude that measurement of inhibition of release of only free fatty acids from adipocytes stimulated by epinephrine is not a sufficient basis to ascribe the observations to purely insulin-mimetic, antilipolytic action. Adipocytes are known to contain both phosphodiesterase-3 and phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE3 and PDE4) isozymes, of which insulin antagonizes lipolysis only through PDE3B. It is not known whether the other isozyme in adipocytes is influenced directly by VO2+- chelates. In efforts to promote improved development of VO2+- chelates for therapeutic purposes, we propose synergism of a reagent with insulin as a criterion for evaluating physiological and biochemical specificity of action. We highlight two organic compounds that exhibit synergism with insulin in cellular assays. Interestingly, the only VO2+- chelate for which this property has been demonstrated, thus far, is VO(acac)2.
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- Marvin W Makinen
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Gordon Center for Integrative Science, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57 Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Gordon Center for Integrative Science, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57 Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637 USA
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