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Rojas-Lemus M, López-Valdez N, Bizarro-Nevares P, González-Villalva A, Ustarroz-Cano M, Zepeda-Rodríguez A, Pasos-Nájera F, García-Peláez I, Rivera-Fernández N, Fortoul TI. Toxic Effects of Inhaled Vanadium Attached to Particulate Matter: A Literature Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18168457. [PMID: 34444206 PMCID: PMC8391836 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18168457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Environmental pollution is a worldwide problem recognized by the World Health Organization as a major health risk factor that affects low-, middle- and high-income countries. Suspended particulate matter is among the most dangerous pollutants, since it contains toxicologically relevant agents, such as metals, including vanadium. Vanadium is a transition metal that is emitted into the atmosphere especially by the burning of fossil fuels to which dwellers are exposed. The objective of this literature review is to describe the toxic effects of vanadium and its compounds when they enter the body by inhalation, based especially on the results of a murine experimental model that elucidates the systemic effects that vanadium has on living organisms. To achieve this goal, we reviewed 85 articles on the relevance of vanadium as a component of particulate matter and its toxic effects. Throughout several years of research with the murine experimental model, we have shown that this element generates adverse effects in all the systems evaluated, because it causes immunotoxicity, hematotoxicity, neurotoxicity, nephrotoxicity and reprotoxicity, among other noxious effects. The results with this experimental model add evidence of the effects generated by environmental pollutants and increase the body of evidence that can lead us to make more intelligent environmental decisions for the welfare of all living beings.
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- Marcela Rojas-Lemus
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (M.R.-L.); (N.L.-V.); (P.B.-N.); (A.G.-V.); (M.U.-C.); (A.Z.-R.); (F.P.-N.); (I.G.-P.)
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (M.R.-L.); (N.L.-V.); (P.B.-N.); (A.G.-V.); (M.U.-C.); (A.Z.-R.); (F.P.-N.); (I.G.-P.)
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (M.R.-L.); (N.L.-V.); (P.B.-N.); (A.G.-V.); (M.U.-C.); (A.Z.-R.); (F.P.-N.); (I.G.-P.)
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (M.R.-L.); (N.L.-V.); (P.B.-N.); (A.G.-V.); (M.U.-C.); (A.Z.-R.); (F.P.-N.); (I.G.-P.)
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (M.R.-L.); (N.L.-V.); (P.B.-N.); (A.G.-V.); (M.U.-C.); (A.Z.-R.); (F.P.-N.); (I.G.-P.)
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (M.R.-L.); (N.L.-V.); (P.B.-N.); (A.G.-V.); (M.U.-C.); (A.Z.-R.); (F.P.-N.); (I.G.-P.)
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (M.R.-L.); (N.L.-V.); (P.B.-N.); (A.G.-V.); (M.U.-C.); (A.Z.-R.); (F.P.-N.); (I.G.-P.)
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (M.R.-L.); (N.L.-V.); (P.B.-N.); (A.G.-V.); (M.U.-C.); (A.Z.-R.); (F.P.-N.); (I.G.-P.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (M.R.-L.); (N.L.-V.); (P.B.-N.); (A.G.-V.); (M.U.-C.); (A.Z.-R.); (F.P.-N.); (I.G.-P.)
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Jin X, Yu H, Wang B, Sun Z, Zhang Z, Liu QS, Zheng Y, Zhou Q, Jiang G. Airborne particulate matters induce thrombopoiesis from megakaryocytes through regulating mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Part Fibre Toxicol 2021; 18:19. [PMID: 33985555 PMCID: PMC8117637 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-021-00411-4] [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: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although airborne fine particulate matter (PM) pollution has been demonstrated as an independent risk factor for pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases, their currently-available toxicological data is still far from sufficient to explain the cause-and-effect. Platelets can regulate a variety of physiological and pathological processes, and the epidemiological study has indicated a positive association between PM exposure and the increased number of circulative platelets. As one of the target organs for PM pollution, the lung has been found to be involved in the storage of platelet progenitor cells (i.e. megakaryocytes) and thrombopoiesis. Whether PM exposure influences thrombopoiesis or not is thus explored in the present study by investigating the differentiation of megakaryocytes upon PM treatment. RESULTS The results showed that PM exposure promoted the thrombopoiesis in an exposure concentration-dependent manner. PM exposure induced the megakaryocytic maturation and development by causing cell morphological changes, occurrence of DNA ploidy, and alteration in the expressions of biomarkers for platelet formation. The proteomics assay demonstrated that the main metabolic pathway regulating PM-incurred alteration of megakaryocytic maturation and thrombopoiesis was the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) process. Furthermore, airborne PM sample promoted-thrombopoiesis from megakaryocytes was related to particle size, but independent of sampling filters. CONCLUSION The findings for the first time unveil the potential perturbation of haze exposure in thrombopoiesis from megakaryocytes by regulating mitochondrial OXPHOS. The substantial evidence on haze particle-incurred hematotoxicity obtained herein provided new insights for assessing the hazardous health risks from PM pollution.
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- Xiaoting Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China
- China School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People's Republic of China
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- China School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People's Republic of China
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- China School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China
- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310000, People's Republic of China
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- China School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China
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- China School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China.
- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310000, People's Republic of China.
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China.
- Institute of Environment and Health, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China
- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310000, People's Republic of China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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Gonzalez-Villalva A, Bizarro-Nevares P, Rojas-Lemus M, Ustarroz-Cano M, López-Valdez N, García-Peláez I, Albarrán-Alonso JC, Barbosa-Barrón F, Fortoul TI. A brief review of the biology of megakaryocytes and platelets and their role in thrombosis associated with particulate air pollution. Toxicol Ind Health 2021; 37:164-172. [PMID: 33506746 DOI: 10.1177/0748233720986352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Air pollution is a worldwide public health issue and it is associated with millions of premature deaths due to cancer, thrombosis, and pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. Thrombosis is the excessive clotting that blocks a blood vessel, and its etiology is multifactorial. In recent years, growing evidence has linked air pollution, especially particulate matter (PM) and metals, to the development of thrombosis. PM and metals induce lung and systemic inflammation and oxidative stress that are frequent mechanisms in thrombosis. Platelets are important effectors of physiological hemostasis and pathological thrombosis. They are responsible for the formation of the initial plug and are important in the cellular model of coagulation. Therefore, any changes in their morphology or function or an increase in activation could be extremely relevant in thrombosis. Megakaryocytes (MKs) in the bone marrow and in the lungs are the precursor cells of platelets, and the latter is the first organ injured by air pollution. There is substantial evidence of the effect that PM and metals have on platelets, but there is almost no research about the effect of PM and metals on MKs. It is very likely that the alterations produced by air pollution originate in these cells. In this article, we review the biology of MKs and platelets and their role in particulate air pollution-related thrombosis to emphasize the need for further research in this field.
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- Adriana Gonzalez-Villalva
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, 7180Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, 7180Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, 7180Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, 7180Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, 7180Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, 7180Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, 7180Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, 7180Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, 7180Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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Espinosa-Zurutuza M, González-Villalva A, Albarrán-Alonso JC, Colín-Barenque L, Bizarro-Nevares P, Rojas-Lemus M, López-Valdéz N, Fortoul TI. Oxidative Stress as a Mechanism Involved in Kidney Damage After Subchronic Exposure to Vanadium Inhalation and Oral Sweetened Beverages in a Mouse Model. Int J Toxicol 2017; 37:45-52. [PMID: 29254395 DOI: 10.1177/1091581817745504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Kidney diseases have notably increased in the last few years. This is partially explained by the increase in metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and systemic blood hypertension. However, there is a segment of the population that has neither of the previous risk factors, yet suffers kidney damage. Exposure to atmospheric pollutants has been suggested as a possible risk factor. Air-suspended particles carry on their surface a variety of fuel combustion-related residues such as metals, and vanadium is one of these. Vanadium might produce oxidative stress resulting in the damage of some organs such as the kidney. Additionally, in countries like Mexico, the ingestion of sweetened beverages is a major issue; whether these beverages alone are responsible for direct kidney damage or whether their ingestion promotes the progression of an existing renal damage generates controversy. In this study, we report the combined effect of vanadium inhalation and sweetened beverages ingestion in a mouse model. Forty CD-1 male mice were distributed in 4 groups: control, vanadium inhalation, 30% sucrose in drinking water, and vanadium inhalation plus sucrose 30% in drinking water. Our results support that vanadium inhalation and the ingestion of 30% sucrose induce functional and histological kidney damage and an increase in oxidative stress biomarkers, which were higher in the combined effect of vanadium plus 30% sucrose. The results also support that the ingestion of 30% sucrose alone without hyperglycemia also produces kidney damage.
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- Maribel Espinosa-Zurutuza
- 1 Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- 1 Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- 1 Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- 1 Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- 1 Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- 1 Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- 1 Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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Rodriguez-Lara V, Muñiz-Rivera Cambas A, González Villalva A, Fortoul TI. Sex-based differences in lymphocyte proliferation in the spleen after vanadium inhalation. J Immunotoxicol 2016; 13:498-508. [DOI: 10.3109/1547691x.2015.1134731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Vianey Rodriguez-Lara
- Department of Cellular and Tissue Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, C.U., México City, México
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- Department of Cellular and Tissue Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, C.U., México City, México
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- Department of Cellular and Tissue Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, C.U., México City, México
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- Department of Cellular and Tissue Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, C.U., México City, México
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Scior T, Guevara-Garcia JA, Do QT, Bernard P, Laufer S. Why Antidiabetic Vanadium Complexes are Not in the Pipeline of "Big Pharma" Drug Research? A Critical Review. Curr Med Chem 2016; 23:2874-2891. [PMID: 26997154 PMCID: PMC5068500 DOI: 10.2174/0929867323666160321121138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Public academic research sites, private institutions as well as small companies have made substantial contributions to the ongoing development of antidiabetic vanadium compounds. But why is this endeavor not echoed by the globally operating pharmaceutical companies, also known as "Big Pharma"? Intriguingly, today's clinical practice is in great need to improve or replace insulin treatment against Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Insulin is the mainstay therapeutically and economically. So, why do those companies develop potential antidiabetic drug candidates without vanadium (vanadium- free)? We gathered information about physicochemical and pharmacological properties of known vanadium-containing antidiabetic compounds from the specialized literature, and converted the data into explanations (arguments, the "pros and cons") about the underpinnings of antidiabetic vanadium. Some discoveries were embedded in chronological order while seminal reviews of the last decade about the Medicinal chemistry of vanadium and its history were also listed for further understanding. In particular, the concepts of so-called "noncomplexed or free" vanadium species (i.e. inorganic oxido-coordinated species) and "biogenic speciation" of antidiabetic vanadium complexes were found critical and subsequently documented in more details to answer the question.
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- Thomas Scior
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, P.O. Box: 72570, City of Puebla, Country Mexico.
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Fortoul T, Rodriguez-Lara V, González-Villalva A, Rojas-Lemus M, Cano-Gutiérrez G, Ustarroz-Cano M, Colín-Barenque L, Bizarro-Nevares P, García-Pealez I, Montaño L, Jimenez-Martinez R, Lopez-Valdez N, Ruiz-Guerrero M, Meléndez-García N, García-Ibarra F, Martínez-Baez V, Alfaro DZ, Muñiz-Rivera-Cambas A, López-Zepeda L, Quezada-Maldonado E, Cervantes-Yépez S. Inhalation of vanadium pentoxide and its toxic effects in a mouse model. Inorganica Chim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2014.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Gonzalez-Villalva A, Piñon-Zarate G, Falcon-Rodriguez C, Lopez-Valdez N, Bizarro-Nevares P, Rojas-Lemus M, Rendon-Huerta E, Colin-Barenque L, Fortoul TI. Activation of Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription pathway involved in megakaryocyte proliferation induced by vanadium resembles some aspects of essential thrombocythemia. Toxicol Ind Health 2014; 32:908-18. [PMID: 24442345 DOI: 10.1177/0748233713518600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Vanadium (V) is an air pollutant released into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. Also, it has been recently evaluated for their carcinogenic potential to establish permissible limits of exposure at workplaces. We previously reported an increase in the number and size of platelets and their precursor cells and megakaryocytes in bone marrow and spleen. The aim of this study was to identify the involvement of Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway and thrombopoietin (TPO) receptor, and myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene (Mpl), in megakaryocyte proliferation induced by this compound. Mice were exposed twice a week to vanadium pentoxide inhalation (0.02 M) and were killed at 4th, 6th, and 8th week of exposure. Phosphorylated JAK2 (JAK2 ph), STAT3 (STAT3 ph), STAT5, and Mpl were identified in mice spleen megakaryocytes by cytofluorometry and immunohistochemistry. An increase in JAK2 ph and STAT3 ph, but a decrease in Mpl at 8-week exposure was identified in our findings. Taking together, we propose that the morphological findings, JAK/STAT activation, and decreased Mpl receptor induced by V leads to a condition comparable to essential thrombocythemia, so the effect on megakaryocytes caused by different mechanisms is similar. We also suggest that the decrease in Mpl is a negative feedback mechanism after the JAK/STAT activation. Since megakaryocytes are platelet precursors, their alteration affects platelet morphology and function, which might have implications in hemostasis as demonstrated previously, so it is important to continue evaluating the effects of toxics and pollutants on megakaryocytes and platelets.
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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González-Villalva A, Piñón-Zárate G, De la Peña Díaz A, Flores-García M, Bizarro-Nevares P, Rendón-Huerta EP, Colín-Barenque L, Fortoul TI. The effect of vanadium on platelet function. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2011; 32:447-456. [PMID: 22004965 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2011.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Revised: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Vanadium pentoxide (V(2)O(5)) inhalation effect on platelet function in mice was explored, as well as the in vitro effect on human platelets. Mouse blood samples were collected and processed for aggregometry and flow cytometry to assess the presence of P-selectin and monocyte-platelet conjugates. Simultaneously, human platelets were processed for aggregometry(.) The mouse results showed platelet aggregation inhibition in platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) at four-week exposure time, and normality returned at eight weeks of exposure, remaining unchanged after the exposure was discontinued after four weeks. This platelet aggregation inhibition effect was reinforced with the in vitro assay. In addition, P-selectin preserved their values during the exposure, until the exposure was discontinued during four weeks, when this activation marker increased. We conclude that vanadium affects platelet function, but further studies are required to evaluate its effect on other components of the hemostatic system.
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- Adriana González-Villalva
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, CP 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Vanadium inhalation in a mouse model for the understanding of air-suspended particle systemic repercussion. J Biomed Biotechnol 2011; 2011:951043. [PMID: 21716674 PMCID: PMC3118304 DOI: 10.1155/2011/951043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2010] [Revised: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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There is an increased concern about the health effects that air-suspended particles have on human health which have been dissected in animal models. Using CD-1 mouse, we explore the effects that vanadium inhalation produce in different tissues and organs. Our findings support the systemic effects of air pollution. In this paper, we describe our findings in different organs in our conditions and contrast our results with the literature.
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