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Gonzalez-Cano SI, Flores G, Guevara J, Morales-Medina JC, Treviño S, Diaz A. Polyoxidovanadates a new therapeutic alternative for neurodegenerative and aging diseases. Neural Regen Res 2024; 19:571-577. [PMID: 37721286 PMCID: PMC10581577 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.380877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Aging is a natural phenomenon characterized by a progressive decline in physiological integrity, leading to a deterioration of cognitive function and increasing the risk of suffering from chronic-degenerative diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis, cancer, diabetes, and neurodegeneration. Aging is considered the major risk factor for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease develops. Likewise, diabetes and insulin resistance constitute additional risk factors for developing neurodegenerative disorders. Currently, no treatment can effectively reverse these neurodegenerative pathologies. However, some antidiabetic drugs have opened the possibility of being used against neurodegenerative processes. In the previous framework, Vanadium species have demonstrated a notable antidiabetic effect. Our research group evaluated polyoxidovanadates such as decavanadate and metforminium-decavanadate with preventive and corrective activity on neurodegeneration in brain-specific areas from rats with metabolic syndrome. The results suggest that these polyoxidovanadates induce neuronal and cognitive restoration mechanisms. This review aims to describe the therapeutic potential of polyoxidovanadates as insulin-enhancer agents in the brain, constituting a therapeutic alternative for aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Institute of Physiology, Benemerita Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Benemerita Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Benemerita Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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Salazar Marcano DE, Savić ND, Declerck K, Abdelhameed SAM, Parac-Vogt TN. Reactivity of metal-oxo clusters towards biomolecules: from discrete polyoxometalates to metal-organic frameworks. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:84-136. [PMID: 38015569 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00195d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
Abstract
Metal-oxo clusters hold great potential in several fields such as catalysis, materials science, energy storage, medicine, and biotechnology. These nanoclusters of transition metals with oxygen-based ligands have also shown promising reactivity towards several classes of biomolecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, nucleotides, sugars, and lipids. This reactivity can be leveraged to address some of the most pressing challenges we face today, from fighting various diseases, such as cancer and viral infections, to the development of sustainable and environmentally friendly energy sources. For instance, metal-oxo clusters and related materials have been shown to be effective catalysts for biomass conversion into renewable fuels and platform chemicals. Furthermore, their reactivity towards biomolecules has also attracted interest in the development of inorganic drugs and bioanalytical tools. Additionally, the structural versatility of metal-oxo clusters allows for the efficiency and selectivity of the biomolecular reactions they promote to be readily tuned, thereby providing a pathway towards reaction optimization. The properties of the catalyst can also be improved through incorporation into solid supports or by linking metal-oxo clusters together to form Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), which have been demonstrated to be powerful heterogeneous catalysts. Therefore, this review aims to provide a comprehensive and critical analysis of the state of the art on biomolecular transformations promoted by metal-oxo clusters and their applications, with a particular focus on structure-activity relationships.
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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Brenda CT, Norma RF, P BN, E CR, Nelly LV, Marcela RL, Martha UC, I FT. Ultrastructural alterations due to sodium metavanadate treatment in the blood stages of Plasmodium yoelii yoelii. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2023; 80:127314. [PMID: 37778096 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2023.127314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Malaria is a potentially mortal disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium spp. It has a wide distribution in the world and unfortunately there are several factors that make its control difficult; among which the development of pharmacological resistance to the different drugs used to treat this disease stands out, which makes it necessary to design new compounds that have an antimalarial effect. Previous studies have shown that vanadium has a broad antiparasitic spectrum and is also safe for the host, so the objective of this research was to evaluate the antimalarial potential of sodium metavanadate (SM) and to analyze the ultrastructural changes in parasites exposed. The method consisted of inoculating CD-1 male mice with Plasmodium yoelii yoelii and administering a 10 mg/kg/day dose of SM orally for 4 days. On the fifth day, whole blood samples were obtained, processed for ultrastructural analysis, and the changes in the different parasite stages were compared against the control. Our results showed that SM decreased parasitemia compared to the group that did not receive treatment and modified the ultrastructure in all parasitic stages because it damaged the membranes, causing alterations mainly in the nucleus and in the mitochondria as well as the loss of cellular organization, which could affect the integrity of these parasites and decrease its viability.
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- Casarrubias-Tabarez Brenda
- Department of Cellular and Tissular Biology, School of Medicine, UNAM, Av. Ciudad Universitaria 3000, Coyoacan, Mexico City C.P. 04510, Mexico; Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Unidad de Posgrado, Edificio D, 1° Piso, Circuito de Posgrados, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City C.P. 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology. School of Medicine, UNAM, Av. Ciudad Universitaria 3000, Coyoacan, Mexico City C.P. 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Cellular and Tissular Biology, School of Medicine, UNAM, Av. Ciudad Universitaria 3000, Coyoacan, Mexico City C.P. 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology. School of Medicine, UNAM, Av. Ciudad Universitaria 3000, Coyoacan, Mexico City C.P. 04510, Mexico; Microscopy Unit, School of Medicine, UNAM, Av. Ciudad Universitaria 3000, Coyoacan, Mexico City C.P. 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Cellular and Tissular Biology, School of Medicine, UNAM, Av. Ciudad Universitaria 3000, Coyoacan, Mexico City C.P. 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Cellular and Tissular Biology, School of Medicine, UNAM, Av. Ciudad Universitaria 3000, Coyoacan, Mexico City C.P. 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Cellular and Tissular Biology, School of Medicine, UNAM, Av. Ciudad Universitaria 3000, Coyoacan, Mexico City C.P. 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Cellular and Tissular Biology, School of Medicine, UNAM, Av. Ciudad Universitaria 3000, Coyoacan, Mexico City C.P. 04510, Mexico.
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Gumerova NI, Rompel A. Speciation atlas of polyoxometalates in aqueous solutions. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadi0814. [PMID: 37343109 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi0814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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Speciation is the key parameter in solution chemistry that describes the composition, concentration, and oxidation state of each chemical form of an element present in a sample. The speciation study of complex polyatomic ions has remained challenging because of the large number of factors affecting stability and the limited number of direct methods. To address these challenges, we developed the speciation atlas of 10 polyoxometalates commonly used in catalytic and biological applications in aqueous solutions, where the speciation atlas provides both a species distribution database and a predictive model for other polyoxometalates to be used. Compiled for six different polyoxometalate archetypes with three types of addenda ions based on 1309 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra under 54 different conditions, the atlas has revealed a previously unknown behavior of polyoxometalates that may account for their potency as biological agents and catalysts. The atlas is intended to promote the interdisciplinary use of metal oxides in various scientific fields.
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- Nadiia I Gumerova
- Universität Wien, Fakultät für Chemie, Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Wien, Austria
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- Universität Wien, Fakultät für Chemie, Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Wien, Austria
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Aureliano M, De Sousa-Coelho AL, Dolan CC, Roess DA, Crans DC. Biological Consequences of Vanadium Effects on Formation of Reactive Oxygen Species and Lipid Peroxidation. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065382. [PMID: 36982458 PMCID: PMC10049017 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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Lipid peroxidation (LPO), a process that affects human health, can be induced by exposure to vanadium salts and compounds. LPO is often exacerbated by oxidation stress, with some forms of vanadium providing protective effects. The LPO reaction involves the oxidation of the alkene bonds, primarily in polyunsaturated fatty acids, in a chain reaction to form radical and reactive oxygen species (ROS). LPO reactions typically affect cellular membranes through direct effects on membrane structure and function as well as impacting other cellular functions due to increases in ROS. Although LPO effects on mitochondrial function have been studied in detail, other cellular components and organelles are affected. Because vanadium salts and complexes can induce ROS formation both directly and indirectly, the study of LPO arising from increased ROS should include investigations of both processes. This is made more challenging by the range of vanadium species that exist under physiological conditions and the diverse effects of these species. Thus, complex vanadium chemistry requires speciation studies of vanadium to evaluate the direct and indirect effects of the various species that are present during vanadium exposure. Undoubtedly, speciation is important in assessing how vanadium exerts effects in biological systems and is likely the underlying cause for some of the beneficial effects reported in cancerous, diabetic, neurodegenerative conditions and other diseased tissues impacted by LPO processes. Speciation of vanadium, together with investigations of ROS and LPO, should be considered in future biological studies evaluating vanadium effects on the formation of ROS and on LPO in cells, tissues, and organisms as discussed in this review.
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- Manuel Aureliano
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT), Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
- CCMar, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
- Correspondence: (M.A.); (D.C.C.); Tel.: +351-289-900-805 (M.A.)
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- Escola Superior de Saúde, Universidade do Algarve (ESSUAlg), 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
- Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI), 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
- Algarve Biomedical Center (ABC), 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- Correspondence: (M.A.); (D.C.C.); Tel.: +351-289-900-805 (M.A.)
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Aureliano M, Mitchell SG, Yin P. Editorial: Emerging polyoxometalates with biological, biomedical, and health applications. Front Chem 2022; 10:977317. [PMID: 36017169 PMCID: PMC9397140 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.977317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Manuel Aureliano
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus de Gambelas, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
- Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
- *Correspondence: Manuel Aureliano, ; Scott G. Mitchell, ; Panchao Yin,
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- *Correspondence: Manuel Aureliano, ; Scott G. Mitchell, ; Panchao Yin,
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- South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Manuel Aureliano, ; Scott G. Mitchell, ; Panchao Yin,
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De Sousa-Coelho AL, Aureliano M, Fraqueza G, Serrão G, Gonçalves J, Sánchez-Lombardo I, Link W, Ferreira BI. Decavanadate and metformin-decavanadate effects in human melanoma cells. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 235:111915. [PMID: 35834898 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
Decavanadate is a polyoxometalate (POMs) that has shown extensive biological activities, including antidiabetic and anticancer activity. Importantly, vanadium-based compounds as well as antidiabetic biguanide drugs, such as metformin, have shown to exert therapeutic effects in melanoma. A combination of these agents, the metformin-decavanadate complex, was also recognized for its antidiabetic effects and recently described as a better treatment than the monotherapy with metformin enabling lower dosage in rodent models of diabetes. Herein, we compare the effects of decavanadate and metformin-decavanadate on Ca2+-ATPase activity in sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles from rabbit skeletal muscles and on cell signaling events and viability in human melanoma cells. We show that unlike the decavanadate-mediated non-competitive mechanism, metformin-decavanadate inhibits Ca2+-ATPase by a mixed-type competitive-non-competitive inhibition with an IC50 value about 6 times higher (87 μM) than the previously described for decavanadate (15 μM). We also found that both decavanadate and metformin-decavanadate exert antiproliferative effects on melanoma cells at 10 times lower concentrations than monomeric vanadate. Western blot analysis revealed that both, decavanadate and metformin-decavanadate increased phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and serine/threonine protein kinase AKT signaling proteins upon 24 h drug exposure, suggesting that the anti-proliferative activities of these compounds act independent of growth-factor signaling pathways.
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- Ana Luísa De Sousa-Coelho
- Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Algarve Biomedical Center (ABC), Faro, Portugal; Escola Superior de Saúde (ESS), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
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- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
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- Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Instituto Superior de Engenharia (ISE), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Medicina e Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- División Académica de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Cunduacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" (CSIC-UAM). Madrid, Spain
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- Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Algarve Biomedical Center (ABC), Faro, Portugal; Faculdade de Medicina e Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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Aureliano M, Gumerova NI, Sciortino G, Garribba E, McLauchlan CC, Rompel A, Crans DC. Polyoxidovanadates' interactions with proteins: An overview. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Kita DH, de Andrade GA, Missina JM, Postal K, Boell VK, Santana FS, Zattoni IF, da Silva Zanzarini I, Moure VR, de Moraes Rego FG, Picheth G, de Souza EM, Mitchell DA, Ambudkar SV, Nunes GG, Valdameri G. Polyoxovanadates as new P-glycoprotein inhibitors: insights into the mechanism of inhibition. FEBS Lett 2022; 596:381-399. [PMID: 34939198 PMCID: PMC9340886 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A promising strategy to overcome multidrug resistance is the use of inhibitors of ABC drug transporters. For this reason, we evaluated the polyoxovanadates (POVs) [V10 O28 ]6- (V10 ), [H6 V14 O38 (PO4 )]5- (V14 ), [V15 O36 Cl]6- (V15 ) and [V18 O42 I]7- (V18 ) as inhibitors of three major multidrug resistance-linked ABC transporters: P-glycoprotein (P-gp), ABCG2 and MRP1. All of the POVs selectively inhibited P-gp. V10 and V18 were the two most promising compounds, with IC50 values of transport inhibition of 25.4 and 22.7 µm, respectively. Both compounds inhibited P-gp ATPase activity, with the same IC50 value of 1.26 µm. V10 and V18 triggered different conformational changes in the P-gp protein with time-dependent inhibition, which was confirmed using the synthesized salt of V10 with rhodamine B, RhoB-V10 . The hydrophilic nature of POVs supports the hypothesis that these compounds target an unusual ligand-binding site, opening new possibilities in the development of potent modulators of ABC transporters.
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- Diogo Henrique Kita
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Laboratory of Cancer Drug Resistance, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil,Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Laboratory of Cancer Drug Resistance, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Laboratory of Cancer Drug Resistance, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Laboratory of Cancer Drug Resistance, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Laboratory of Cancer Drug Resistance, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil,Department of Clinical Analysis, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analysis, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil,Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to Giovana Gioppo Nunes () or Glaucio Valdameri (). Phone: +55(41)33604078. Laboratory website: www.lcdr.ufpr.br
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Laboratory of Cancer Drug Resistance, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil,Department of Clinical Analysis, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil,Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to Giovana Gioppo Nunes () or Glaucio Valdameri (). Phone: +55(41)33604078. Laboratory website: www.lcdr.ufpr.br
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Pessoa JC, Santos MF, Correia I, Sanna D, Sciortino G, Garribba E. Binding of vanadium ions and complexes to proteins and enzymes in aqueous solution. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Aureliano M, Gumerova NI, Sciortino G, Garribba E, Rompel A, Crans DC. Polyoxovanadates with emerging biomedical activities. Coord Chem Rev 2021; 447:214143. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Montiel-Flores E, Mejía-García OA, Ordoñez-Librado JL, Gutierrez-Valdez AL, Espinosa-Villanueva J, Dorado-Martínez C, Reynoso-Erazo L, Tron-Alvarez R, Rodríguez-Lara V, Avila-Costa MR. Alzheimer-like cell death after vanadium pentoxide inhalation. Heliyon 2021; 7:e07856. [PMID: 34471719 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Vanadium (V) toxicity depends on its oxidation state; it seems that vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) is the most toxic to the living cells. It has been reported that oral administration induces changes in motor activity and learning; in rats, I.P. administration increases lipid peroxidation levels in the cerebellum and the concentration of free radicals in the hippocampus and cerebellum. Mice that inhaled V2O5 presented a reduced number of tubulin+ in Leydig and Sertoli cells; it has also been reported that inhaled V2O5 induces loss of dendritic spines, necrosis, and hippocampus neuropil alterations; considering the direct consequence of the interaction of V with cytoskeletal components, makes us believe that V2O5 exposure could cause neuronal death in the hippocampus similar to that seen in Alzheimer disease. This work aimed to determine pyramidal hippocampal CA1 cytoskeletal alterations with Bielschowsky stain in rats exposed to V2O5. Male Wistar rats inhaled 0.02 M of V2O5 one h two times a week for two and six months. We found that rats, which inhaled V2O5 reached 56,57% of dead neurons after six months of inhalation; we recognize strong argyrophilic and collapsed somas and typical flame-shaped in all V-exposed rats hippocampus CA1 compared to controls. We also observe somatodendritic distortions. Axons and dendrites displayed thick dark bands replaced by noticeable thickening and nodosities and the cytoskeleton fibrillary proteins' linear traces. Our findings suggest that V2O5 inhalation induces Alzheimer-like cell death with evident cytoskeletal alterations.
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Aissa T, Ksiksi R, Elbini-dhouib I, Doghri R, Srairi-abid N, Zid MF. Synthesis of a new vanadium complex (V), hexa [4-methylimidazolium] decavanadate trihydrate (C4H7N2)6V10O28·3H2O: Physico-chemical and biological characterizations. J Mol Struct 2021; 1236:130331. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Assiut University Assiut 71516 Egypt
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- Department Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstr. 5–13, Haus D 81377 München Germany
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Abstract
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This Viewpoint brings
awareness of the challenges and subsequent
breakthroughs at the intersection of different disciplines, illustrated
by the example of the influence biological entities exerted on a huge
class of inorganic coordination compounds, called polyoxometalates
(POMs). We highlight the possible effects of biological systems on
POMs that need to be considered, thereby emphasizing the depth and
complexity of interdisciplinary work. We map POMs’ structural,
electrochemical, and stability properties in the presence of biomolecules
and stress the potential challenges related to inorganic coordination
chemistry carried out in biological systems. This Viewpoint shows
that new chemistry is available at the intersections between disciplines
and aims to guide the community toward a discussion about current
as well as future trends in truly interdisciplinary work. We discuss the investigation of polyoxometalates in biological
systems as one future direction of chemistry. Highly interesting,
new, and sometimes spectacular findings and applications can be obtained
from correctly carried out interdisciplinary research. In this Viewpoint,
the challenges of truly interdisciplinary work and concepts for overcoming
boundaries while working on intertwining disciplines are discussed.
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- Nadiia I Gumerova
- Universität Wien, Fakultät für Chemie, Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Althanstraße 14, Wien 1090, Austria
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- Universität Wien, Fakultät für Chemie, Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Althanstraße 14, Wien 1090, Austria
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The experimental data collected over the past 15 years on the interaction of decavanadate(V) (V10O286-; V10), a polyoxometalate (POM) with promising anticancer and antibacterial action, with G-actin, were rationalized by using several computational approaches (docking, density functional theory (DFT), and molecular dynamics (MD)). Moreover, a comparison with the isostructural and more stable decaniobate(V) (Nb10O286-; Nb10) was carried out. Four binding sites were identified, named α, β, γ, and δ, the site α being the catalytic nucleotide site located in the cleft of the enzyme at the interface of the subdomains II and IV. It was observed that the site α is preferred by V10, whereas Nb10 is more stable at the site β; this indicates that, differently from other proteins, G-actin could contemporaneously bind the two POMs, whose action would be synergistic. Both decavanadate and decaniobate induce conformational rearrangements in G-actin, larger for V10 than Nb10. Moreover, the binding mode of oxidovanadium(IV) ion, VIVO2+, formed upon the reduction of decavanadate(V) by the -SH groups of accessible cysteine residues, is also found in the catalytic site α with (His161, Asp154) coordination; this adduct overlaps significantly with the region where ATP is bound, accounting for the competition between V10 and its reduction product VIVO2+ with ATP, as previously observed by EPR spectroscopy. Finally, the competition with ATP was rationalized: since decavanadate prefers the nucleotide site α, Ca2+-ATP displaces V10 from this site, while the competition is less important for Nb10 because this POM shows a higher affinity for β than for site α. A relevant consequence of this paper is that other metallodrug-protein systems, in the absence or presence of eventual inhibitors and/or competition with molecules of the organism, could be studied with the same approach, suggesting important elements for an explanation of the biological data and a rational drug design.
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- Giuseppe Sciortino
- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Farmacia, Università
di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
- Institute
of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Avgda. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
- (G.S.) Phone +34 977 920229. Email
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- CCMar,
FCT, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, 8000-139 Faro, Portugal
- (M.A.) Phone +351 289 800977. Email
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Farmacia, Università
di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
- (E.G.) Phone +39 079 229487. Email
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Silva-nolasco AM, Camacho L, Saavedra-díaz RO, Hernández-abreu O, León IE, Sánchez-lombardo I. Kinetic Studies of Sodium and Metforminium Decavanadates Decomposition and In Vitro Cytotoxicity and Insulin- Like Activity. Inorganics 2020; 8:67. [DOI: 10.3390/inorganics8120067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The kinetics of the decomposition of 0.5 and 1.0 mM sodium decavanadate (NaDeca) and metforminium decavanadate (MetfDeca) solutions were studied by 51V NMR in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) medium (pH 7.4) at 25 °C. The results showed that decomposition products are orthovanadate [H2VO4]− (V1) and metavanadate species like [H2V2O7]2− (V2), [V4O12]4− (V4) and [V5O15]5− (V5) for both compounds. The calculated half-life times of the decomposition reaction were 9 and 11 h for NaDeca and MetfDeca, respectively, at 1 mM concentration. The hydrolysis products that presented the highest rate constants were V1 and V4 for both compounds. Cytotoxic activity studies using non-tumorigenic HEK293 cell line and human liver cancer HEPG2 cells showed that decavanadates compounds exhibit selectivity action toward HEPG2 cells after 24 h. The effect of vanadium compounds (8–30 μM concentration) on the protein expression of AKT and AMPK were investigated in HEPG2 cell lines, showing that NaDeca and MetfDeca compounds exhibit a dose-dependence increase in phosphorylated AKT. Additionally, NaDeca at 30 µM concentration stimulated the glucose cell uptake moderately (62%) in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Finally, an insulin release assay in βTC-6 cells (30 µM concentration) showed that sodium orthovanadate (MetV) and MetfDeca enhanced insulin release by 0.7 and 1-fold, respectively.
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Althumairy D, Postal K, Barisas BG, Nunes GG, Roess DA, Crans DC. Polyoxometalates function as indirect activators of a G protein-coupled receptor. Metallomics 2020; 12:1044-1061. [DOI: 10.1039/d0mt00044b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A series of multivalent polyoxovanadates were found to activate signaling of a G protein coupled receptor, the luteinizing hormone receptor.
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- Duaa Althumairy
- Cell and Molecular Biology Program
- Colorado State University
- Fort Collins
- USA
- Department of Biological Sciences
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- Department of Chemistry
- Colorado State University
- Fort Collins
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Program
- Colorado State University
- Fort Collins
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Department of Chemistry
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- Curitiba
- Brazil
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Program
- Colorado State University
- Fort Collins
- USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Program
- Colorado State University
- Fort Collins
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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The review covers stability and transformations of classical polyoxometalates in aqueous solutions and provides their ion-distribution diagrams over a wide pH range.
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- Nadiia I. Gumerova
- Universität Wien
- Fakultät für Chemie
- Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie
- 1090 Vienna
- Austria
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- Universität Wien
- Fakultät für Chemie
- Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie
- 1090 Vienna
- Austria
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Bošnjaković-Pavlović N, Xu X, Krstić D, Gillet JM, Wei Y, Wu P, Čolović M, Spasojević-de Biré A. Experimental and theoretical insights of functionalized hexavanadates on Na +/K +-ATPase activity; molecular interaction field, ab initio calculations and in vitro assays. J Inorg Biochem 2019; 198:110720. [PMID: 31150927 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The influence of three functionalized hexavanadates (V6): Na2 [V6O13{(OCH2)3CCH3}2], [H2]2 [V6O13{(OCH2)3CCH2OCOCH2CH3}2] and [(C4H9)4N]2 [V6O13{(OCH2)3CCH2OOC(CH3)2-COOH}2 on Na+/K+-ATPase activity, was investigated in vitro. Including compounds already tested by Xu et al. (Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 161 (2016) 27-36), all functionalized hexavanadates inhibit the activity of Na+/K+-ATPase in a dose-dependent manner but with different inhibitory potencies. Na2 [V6O13{(OCH2)3CCH3}2] was found to have the best inhibition properties - showing 50% inhibition IC50 = 5.50 × 10-5 M, while [(C4H9)4N]2 [V6O13{(OCH2)3CCH2OOC(CH3)2-COOH}2] showed the lowest inhibitory power, IC50 = 1.31 × 10-4 M. In order to understand the bioactivity of functionalized hexavanadates series, we have also used a combined theoretical approach: determination of electrostatic potential from ab initio theoretical calculations and computation of the molecular interaction field (MIF) surface.
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- Nada Bošnjaković-Pavlović
- Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, Campus de Paris-Saclay, 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; CNRS, UMR 8580, Laboratory "Structures Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides" (SPMS), Campus de Gif, 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, Campus de Paris-Saclay, 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; CNRS, UMR 8580, Laboratory "Structures Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides" (SPMS), Campus de Gif, 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, Campus de Paris-Saclay, 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; CNRS, UMR 8580, Laboratory "Structures Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides" (SPMS), Campus de Gif, 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, PR China
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- Institute of POM-based Materials, The Synergistic Innovation Center of Catalysis Materials of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Technology, 430086 Wuhan, Hubei Province, PR China
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, Campus de Paris-Saclay, 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; CNRS, UMR 8580, Laboratory "Structures Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides" (SPMS), Campus de Gif, 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Treviño S, González-Vergara E. Metformin-decavanadate treatment ameliorates hyperglycemia and redox balance of the liver and muscle in a rat model of alloxan-induced diabetes. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj02460c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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MetfDeca treatment ameliorate glucose and insulin levels, and reduce the levels of oxidized glutathione, reactive oxygen species, malondialdehyde, and 4-hydroxyalkenal; the superoxide and catalase activities, and glutathione levels were regulated.
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- Samuel Treviño
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
- Puebla
- Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Bioinorgánica Aplicada
- Centro de Química ICUAP
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
- Puebla
- Mexico
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Marques-da-Silva D, Fraqueza G, Lagoa R, Vannathan AA, Mal SS, Aureliano M. Polyoxovanadate inhibition of Escherichia coli growth shows a reverse correlation with Ca2+-ATPase inhibition. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj01208g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Polyoxovanadates were recently found to be the most active among a series of polyoxometalates against bacteria. In this study, a reverse correlation was found between the Ca2+-ATPase IC50 and the E. Coli GI50 values.
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- Dorinda Marques-da-Silva
- ESTG, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
- Portugal
- UCIBIO, Faculty of Science and Technology
- University NOVA of Lisbon
- Portugal
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- ISE, University of Algarve
- 8005-139 Faro
- Portugal
- CCMar, University of Algarve
- 8005-139 Faro
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- ESTG, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
- Portugal
- UCIBIO, Faculty of Science and Technology
- University NOVA of Lisbon
- Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology Karnataka
- Mangalore 575025
- India
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- CCMar, University of Algarve
- 8005-139 Faro
- Portugal
- FCT
- University of Algarve
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The first report on the anti-cancer activity of the compound Metvan, [VIVO(Me2phen)2(SO4)], where Me2phen is 4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline, dates back to 2001. Although it was immediately identified as one of the most promising multitargeted anti-cancer V compounds, no development on the medical experimentation was carried out. One of the possible reasons is the lack of information on its speciation in aqueous solution and its thermodynamic stability, factors which influence the transport in the blood and the final form which reaches the target organs. To fill this gap, in this work the speciation of Metvan in aqueous solution and human blood was studied by instrumental (EPR, electronic absorption spectroscopy, ESI-MS and ESI-MS/MS), analytical (pH-potentiometry) and computational (DFT) methods. The results suggested that Metvan transforms at physiological pH into the hydrolytic species cis-[VO(Me2phen)2(OH)]+ and that both citrate and proteins (transferrin and albumin in the blood serum, and hemoglobin in the erythrocytes) form mixed complexes, denoted [VO(Me2phen)(citrH-1)]2- and VO-Me2phen-Protein with the probable binding of His-N donors. The measurements with erythrocytes suggest that Metvan is able to cross their membrane forming mixed species VO-Me2phen-Hb. The redox stability in cell culture medium was also examined, showing that ca. 60% is oxidized to VV after 5 h. Overall, the speciation of Metvan in the blood mainly depends on the V concentration: when it is larger than 50 μM, [VO(Me2phen)(citrH-1)]2- and VO-Me2phen-Protein are the major species, while for concentrations lower than 10 μM, (VO)(hTf) is formed and Me2phen is lost. Therefore, it is plausible that the pharmacological activity of Metvan could be due to the synergic action of free Me2phen, and VIVO and VVO/VVO2 species.
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- Daniele Sanna
- Istituto CNR di Chimica Biomolecolare, Trav. La Crucca 3, I-07040 Sassari, Italy
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Treviño S, Díaz A, Sánchez-Lara E, Sarmiento-Ortega VE, Flores-Hernández JÁ, Brambila E, Meléndez FJ, González-Vergara E. Pharmacological and Toxicological Threshold of Bisammonium Tetrakis 4-( N, N-Dimethylamino)pyridinium Decavanadate in a Rat Model of Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance. Bioinorg Chem Appl 2018; 2018:2151079. [PMID: 30026756 PMCID: PMC6031092 DOI: 10.1155/2018/2151079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Vanadium(IV/V) compounds have been studied as possible metallopharmaceutical drugs against diabetes mellitus. However, mechanisms of action and toxicological threshold have been tackled poorly so far. In this paper, our purposes were to evaluate the metabolic activity on dyslipidemia and dysglycemia, insulin signaling in liver and adipose tissue, and toxicology of the title compound. To do so, the previously reported bisammonium tetrakis 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridinium decavanadate, the formula of which is [DMAPH]4(NH4)2[V10O28]·8H2O (where DMAPH is 4-dimethylaminopyridinium ion), was synthesized, and its dose-response curve on hyperglycemic rats was evaluated. A Long-Evans rat model showing dyslipidemia and dysglycemia with parameters that reproduce metabolic syndrome and severe insulin resistance was generated. Two different dosages, 5 µmol and 10 µmol twice a week of the title compound (equivalent to 2.43 mg·V/kg/day and 4.86 mg·V/kg/day, resp.), were administered intraperitoneal (i.p.) for two months. Then, an improvement on each of the following parameters was observed at a 5 µmol dose: weight reduction, abdominal perimeter, fatty index, body mass index, oral glucose tolerance test, lipid profile, and adipokine and insulin resistance indexes. Nevertheless, when the toxicological profile was evaluated at a 10 µmol dose, it did not show complete improvement, tested by the liver and adipose histology, as well as by insulin receptor phosphorylation and GLUT-4 expression. In conclusion, the title compound administration produces regulation on lipids and carbohydrates, regardless of dose, but the pharmacological and toxicological threshold for cell regulation are suggested to be up to 5 µmol (2.43 mg·V/kg/day) dose twice per week.
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- Samuel Treviño
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 72570 Puebla, PUE, Mexico
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Marques MPM, Gianolio D, Ramos S, Batista de Carvalho LAE, Aureliano M. An EXAFS Approach to the Study of Polyoxometalate-Protein Interactions: The Case of Decavanadate-Actin. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:10893-10903. [PMID: 28858484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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EXAFS and XANES experiments were used to assess decavanadate interplay with actin, in both the globular and polymerized forms, under different conditions of pH, temperature, ionic strength, and presence of ATP. This approach allowed us to simultaneously probe, for the first time, all vanadium species present in the system. It was established that decavanadate interacts with G-actin, triggering a protein conformational reorientation that induces oxidation of the cysteine core residues and oxidovanadium (VIV) formation. The local environment of vanadium's absorbing center in the [decavanadate-protein] adducts was determined, a V-SCys coordination having been verified experimentally. The variations induced in decavanadate's EXAFS profile by the presence of actin were found to be almost totally reversed by the addition of ATP, which constitutes a solid proof of decavanadate interaction with the protein at its ATP binding site. Additionally, a weak decavanadate interplay with F-actin was suggested to take place, through a mechanism different from that inferred for globular actin. These findings have important consequences for the understanding, at a molecular level, of the significant biological activities of decavanadate and similar polyoxometalates, aiming at potential pharmacological applications.
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- M Paula M Marques
- "Química-Física Molecular" R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra , 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra , 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus , Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Universidade Nova de Lisboa , 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- "Química-Física Molecular" R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra , 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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- "Química-Física Molecular" R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra , 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
- FCT and CCmar, University of Algarve , 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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Mutlu E, Cristy T, Graves SW, Hooth MJ, Waidyanatha S. Characterization of aqueous formulations of tetra- and pentavalent forms of vanadium in support of test article selection in toxicology studies. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:405-416. [PMID: 27726079 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7803-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Tetravalent (VIV) and pentavalent (VV) forms of vanadium were selected for testing by the National Toxicology Program via drinking water exposure due to potential human exposure. To aid in the test article selection, drinking water formulations (125-2000 mg/L) of vanadyl sulfate (VIV), sodium orthovanadate, and sodium metavanadate (VV) were characterized by ultraviolet/visible (UV/VIS) spectroscopy, mass spectrometry (MS), or 51V nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Aqueous formulations of orthovanadate, metavanadate, and vanadyl sulfate in general were basic, neutral, and acidic, respectively. Changes in vanadium speciation were investigated by adjusting formulation pH to acidic, neutral, or basic. There was no visible difference in UV/VIS spectra of pentavalent forms. NMR and MS analyses showed that the predominant oxidovanadate species in both ortho- and metavanadate formulations at basic and acidic pH, respectively, were the monomer and decamer, while, a mixture of oxidovanadates were present at neutral pH. Oxidovanadate species were not observed in vanadyl sulfate formulations at acidic pH but were observed at basic pH suggesting conversion of VIV to VV. These data suggest that formulations of both ortho- and metavanadate form similar oxidovanadate species in acidic, neutral and basic pH and exist mainly in the VV form while vanadyl sulfate exists mainly as VIV in acidic pH. Therefore, the formulation stability overtime was investigated only for sodium metavanadate and vanadyl sulfate. Drinking water formulations (50 and 2000 mg/L) of metavanadate (~pH 7) and vanadyl sulfate (~pH 3.5) were ≥92 % of target concentration up to 42 days at ~5 °C and ambient temperature demonstrating the utility in toxicology studies.
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- Esra Mutlu
- Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Mail Drop K2-07, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Mail Drop K2-07, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Mail Drop K2-07, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
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Aureliano M, Ohlin CA, Vieira MO, Marques MPM, Casey WH, Batista de Carvalho LAE. Characterization of decavanadate and decaniobate solutions by Raman spectroscopy. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:7391-9. [PMID: 27031764 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04176g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The decaniobate ion, (Nb10 = [Nb10O28](6-)) being isoelectronic and isostructural with the decavanadate ion (V10 = [V10O28](6-)), but chemically and electrochemically more inert, has been useful in advancing the understanding of V10 toxicology and pharmacological activities. In the present study, the solution chemistry of Nb10 and V10 between pH 4 and 12 is studied by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectra of V10 show that this vanadate species dominates up to pH 6.45 whereas it remains detectable until pH 8.59, which is an important range for biochemistry. Similarly, Nb10 is present between pH 5.49 and 9.90 and this species remains detectable in solution up to pH 10.80. V10 dissociates at most pH values into smaller tetrahedral vanadate oligomers such as V1 and V2, whereas Nb10 dissociates into Nb6 under mildly (10 > pH > 7.6) or highly alkaline conditions. Solutions of V10 and Nb10 are both kinetically stable under basic pH conditions for at least two weeks and at moderate temperature. The Raman method provides a means of establishing speciation in the difficult niobate system and these findings have important consequences for toxicology activities and pharmacological applications of vanadate and niobate polyoxometalates.
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- Manuel Aureliano
- FCT and CCmar, University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal. and Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia
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- Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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- Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Portugal and Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Kan WC, Lu TL, Ling P, Lee TH, Cho CY, Huang CYF, Jeng WY, Weng YP, Chiang CY, Wu JB, Lu TJ. Pervanadate induces Mammalian Ste20 Kinase 3 (MST3) tyrosine phosphorylation but not activation. J Inorg Biochem 2016; 160:33-9. [PMID: 27118027 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The yeast Ste20 (sterile) protein kinase, which is a serine/threonine kinase, responds to the stimulation of the G proteincoupled receptor (GPCR) pheromone receptor. Ste20 protein kinase serves as the critical component that links signaling from the GPCR/G proteins to the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade in yeast. The yeast Ste20p functions as a MAP kinase kinase kinase kinase (MAP4K) in the pheromone response. Ste20-like kinases are structurally conserved from yeast to mammals. The mechanism by which MAP4K links GPCR to the MAPK pathway is less clearly defined in vertebrates. In addition to MAP4K, the tyrosine kinase cascade bridges G proteins and the MAPK pathway in vertebrate cells. Mammalian Ste20 Kinase 3 (MST3) has been categorized into the Ste20 family and has been reported to function in the regulation of cell polarity and migration. However, whether MST3 tyrosine phosphorylation regulates diverse signaling pathways is unknown. In this study, the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor pervanadate was found to induce MST3 tyrosine phosphorylation in intact cells, and the activity of tyrosine-phosphorylated MST3 was measured. This tyrosine-directed phosphorylation was independent of MST3 activity. Parameters including protein conformation, Triton concentration and ionic concentration influenced the sensitivity of MST3 activity. Taken together, our data suggests that the serine/threonine kinase MST3 undergoes tyrosinedirected phosphorylation. The tyrosine-phosphorylated MST3 may create a docking site for the structurally conserved SH2/SH3 (Src Homology 2 and 3) domains within the Src oncoprotein. The unusual tyrosinephosphorylated MST3 may recruit MST3 to various signaling components.
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- Wei-Chih Kan
- Department of Nephrology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan 701, Taiwan; Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, Tsuzuki Institute for Traditional Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biological Science and Technology, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Optometry, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, Tsuzuki Institute for Traditional Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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Omri I, Mhiri T, Graia M. A new monohydrogendecavanadate (V)-dihydrogendecavanadate (V) with dibutylammonium cations [C 8 NH 20 ] 9 [H 2 V 10 O 28 ][HV 10 O 28 ].2.13H 2 O: Synthesis, crystal structure, vibrational and optical properties. J Mol Struct 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Aureliano M. Decavanadate Toxicology and Pharmacological Activities: V10 or V1, Both or None? Oxid Med Cell Longev 2016; 2016:6103457. [PMID: 26904166 PMCID: PMC4745863 DOI: 10.1155/2016/6103457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/24/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This review covers recent advances in the understanding of decavanadate toxicology and pharmacological applications. Toxicological in vivo studies point out that V10 induces several changes in several oxidative stress parameters, different from the ones observed for vanadate (V1). In in vitro studies with mitochondria, a particularly potent V10 effect, in comparison with V1, was observed in the mitochondrial depolarization (IC50 = 40 nM) and oxygen consumption (99 nM). It is suggested that mitochondrial membrane depolarization is a key event in decavanadate induction of necrotic cardiomyocytes death. Furthermore, only decavanadate species and not V1 potently inhibited myosin ATPase activity stimulated by actin (IC50 = 0.75 μM) whereas exhibiting lower inhibition activities for Ca(2+)-ATPase activity (15 μM) and actin polymerization (17 μM). Because both calcium pump and actin decavanadate interactions lead to its stabilization, it is likely that V10 interacts at specific locations with these proteins that protect against hydrolysis but, on the other hand, it may induce V10 reduction to oxidovanadium(IV). Putting it all together, it is suggested that the pharmacological applications of V10 species and compounds whose mechanism of action is still to be clarified might involve besides V10 and V1 also vanadium(IV) species.
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- M. Aureliano
- 1Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Campus of Gambelas, 8005-135 Faro, Portugal
- 2CCMar (Centre of Marine Sciences), University of Algarve, Campus of Gambelas, 8005-135 Faro, Portugal
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Postal K, Maluf DF, Valdameri G, Rüdiger A, Hughes DL, de Sá EL, Ribeiro RR, de Souza EM, Soares JF, Nunes GG. Chemoprotective activity of mixed valence polyoxovanadates against diethylsulphate in E. coli cultures: insights from solution speciation studies. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra15826a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cell survival after treatment with dimethylsulphate in the presence of polyoxovanadates.
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- 81530-900 – Curitiba-PR
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- 81530-900 – Curitiba-PR
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- 81530-900 – Curitiba-PR
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- 81530-900 – Curitiba-PR
- Brazil
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- School of Chemistry
- University of East Anglia
- Norwich NR4 7TJ
- UK
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- 81530-900 – Curitiba-PR
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- 81530-900 – Curitiba-PR
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- 81530-900 – Curitiba-PR
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- 81530-900 – Curitiba-PR
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- Departamento de Química
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
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Sánchez-Lombardo I, Sánchez-Lara E, Pérez-Benítez A, Mendoza Á, Bernès S, González-Vergara E. Synthesis of Metforminium(2+) Decavanadates - Crystal Structures and Solid-State Characterization. Eur J Inorg Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This review covers recent advances in the understanding of the in vitro and in vivo effects of decavanadate, (V10O28)(6-), particularly in mitochondria. In vivo toxicological studies involving vanadium rarely account for the fact that under physiological conditions some vanadium may be present in the form of the decavanadate ion, which may behave differently from ortho- and metavanadates. It has for example been demonstrated that vanadium levels in heart or liver mitochondria are increased upon decavanadate exposure. Additionally, in vitro studies have shown that mitochondrial depolarization (IC50, 40 nM) and oxygen consumption (IC50, 99 nM) are strongly affected by decavanadate, which causes reduction of cytochrome b (complex III). We review these recent findings which together suggest that the observed cellular targets, metabolic pathway and toxicological effects differ according to the species of vanadium present. Finally, the toxicological effects of decavanadate depend on several factors such as the mode of administration, exposure time and type of tissue.
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- M Aureliano
- DCBB, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-135 Faro, Portugal; CCMar, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-135 Faro, Portugal.
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Vanadate is widely used as an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPase) and is routinely applied in cell lysis buffers or immunoprecipitations of phosphotyrosyl proteins. Additionally, vanadate has been extensively studied for its antidiabetic and anticancer effects. In most studies, orthovanadate or metavanadate was used as the starting compound, whereas these "vanadate" solutions may contain more or less oligomerized species. Whether and how different species of vanadium compounds formed in the biological media exert specific biological effect is still a mystery. In the present commentary, we focus on the chemical, biochemical, and biological behaviors of vanadate. On the basis of species formation of vanadate in chemical and biological systems, we compared the biological effects and working mechanism of monovanadate with that of its oligomers, especially the decamer. We propose that different oligomers may exert a specific biological effect, which depends on their structures and the context of the cell types, by different modes of action.
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- Xiao-Gai Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China
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Infertility is becoming a health problem, which has increased mainly in megacities, and several studies have shown its association with environmental pollution. Air pollution has been linked to alterations in sperm parameters, both in humans and animal models. In male humans, it has been associated with reduced semen quality and DNA alterations. Vanadium is a transition element that has increased in recent decades as a component of air suspended matter and has been associated with reprotoxic effects in animal models. Few are the mechanisms described by which the vanadium produces these effects, and cytoskeleton interaction is a possibility. We reported immunohistochemical changes in actin testicular cytoskeleton in a vanadium inhalation experimental mice model. Our findings show that exposure to vanadium pentoxide (0.02 M) results in actin decrease in testicular cells from 3-12 weeks exposure time; this effect was statistically significant and exposure time dependent. Actin cytoskeleton damage is a mechanism that could explain vanadium reprotoxic effects and its association with impaired fertility.
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- Vianey Rodríguez-Lara
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
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Luo SY, Wu XL, Hu QP, Wang JX, Liu CZ, Sun YY. Structural characterization of a new decavanadate compound with organic molecules and inorganic ions. J STRUCT CHEM+ 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476612050125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fraqueza G, Batista de Carvalho LAE, Marques MPM, Maia L, Ohlin CA, Casey WH, Aureliano M. Decavanadate, decaniobate, tungstate and molybdate interactions with sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase: quercetin prevents cysteine oxidation by vanadate but does not reverse ATPase inhibition. Dalton Trans 2012; 41:12749-58. [PMID: 22968713 DOI: 10.1039/c2dt31688a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Recently we demonstrated that the decavanadate (V(10)) ion is a stronger Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor than other oxometalates, such as the isoelectronic and isostructural decaniobate ion, and the tungstate and molybdate monomer ions, and that it binds to this protein with a 1 : 1 stoichiometry. The V(10) interaction is not affected by any of the protein conformations that occur during the process of calcium translocation (i.e. E1, E1P, E2 and E2P) (Fraqueza et al., J. Inorg. Biochem., 2012). In the present study, we further explore this subject, and we can now show that the decaniobate ion, [Nb(10) = Nb(10)O(28)](6-), is a useful tool in deducing the interaction and the non-competitive Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibition by the decavanadate ion [V(10) = V(10)O(28)](6-). Moreover, decavanadate and vanadate induce protein cysteine oxidation whereas no effects were detected for the decaniobate, tungstate or molybdate ions. The presence of the antioxidant quercetin prevents cysteine oxidation, but not ATPase inhibition, by vanadate or decavanadate. Definitive V(IV) EPR spectra were observed for decavanadate in the presence of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase, indicating a vanadate reduction at some stage of the protein interaction. Raman spectroscopy clearly shows that the protein conformation changes that are induced by V(10), Nb(10) and vanadate are different from the ones induced by molybdate and tungstate monomer ions. Here, Mo and W cause changes similar to those by phosphate, yielding changes similar to the E1P protein conformation. The putative reduction of vanadium(V) to vanadium(IV) and the non-competitive binding of the V(10) and Nb(10) decametalates may explain the differences in the Raman spectra compared to those seen in the presence of molybdate or tungstate. Putting it all together, we suggest that the ability of V(10) to inhibit the Ca(2+)-ATPase may be at least in part due to the process of vanadate reduction and associated protein cysteine oxidation. These results contribute to the understanding and application of these families of mono- and polyoxometalates as effective modulators of many biological processes, particularly those associated with calcium homeostasis.
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- Gil Fraqueza
- ISE and CCmar, University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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Fraqueza G, Ohlin CA, Casey WH, Aureliano M. Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase interactions with decaniobate, decavanadate, vanadate, tungstate and molybdate. J Inorg Biochem 2012; 107:82-9. [PMID: 22178669 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Revised: 10/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/20/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Over the last few decades there has been increasing interest in oxometalate and polyoxometalate applications to medicine and pharmacology. This interest arose, at least in part, due to the properties of these classes of compounds as anti-cancer, anti-diabetic agents, and also for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, among others. However, our understanding of the mechanism of action would be improved if biological models could be used to clarify potential toxicological effects in main cellular processes. Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles, containing a large amount of Ca(2+)-ATPase, an enzyme that accumulates calcium by active transport using ATP, have been suggested as a useful model to study the effects of oxometalates on calcium homeostasis. In the present article, it is shown that decavanadate, decaniobate, vanadate, tungstate and molybdate, all inhibited SR Ca(2+)-ATPase, with the following IC(50) values: 15, 35, 50, 400 μM and 45 mM, respectively. Decaniobate (Nb(10)), is the strongest P-type enzyme inhibitor, after decavanadate (V(10)). Atomic-absorption spectroscopy (AAS) analysis, indicates that decavanadate binds to the protein with a 1:1 decavanadate:Ca(2+)-ATPase stoichiometry. Furthermore, V(10) binds with similar extension to all the protein conformations, which occur during calcium translocation by active transport, namely E1, E1P, E2 and E2P, as analysed by AAS. In contrast, it was confirmed that the binding of monomeric vanadate (H(2)VO(4)(2-); V(1)) to the calcium pump is favoured only for the E2 and E2P conformations of the ATPase, whereas no significant amount of vanadate is bound to the E1 and E1P conformations. Scatchard plot analysis, confirmed a 1:1 ratio for decavanadate-Ca(2+)-ATPase, with a dissociation constant, k(d) of 1 μM(-1). The interaction of decavanadate V(10)O(28)(6-) (V(10)) with Ca(2+)-ATPase is prevented by the isostructural and isoelectronic decaniobate Nb(10)O(28)(6-) (Nb(10)), whereas no significant effects were detected with ATP or with heparin, a known competitive ATP binding molecule, suggesting that V(10) binds non-competitively, with respect to ATP, to the protein. Finally, it was shown that decaniobate inhibits SR Ca(2+)-ATPase activity in a non competitive type of inhibition, with respect to ATP. Taken together, these data demonstrate that decameric niobate and vanadate species are stronger inhibitors of the SR calcium ATPase than simple monomeric vanadate, tungstate and molybdate oxometalates, thus affecting calcium homeostasis, cell signalling and cell bioenergetics, as well many other cellular processes. The ability of these oxometalates to act either as phosphate analogues, as a transition-state analogue in enzyme-catalysed phosphoryl group transfer processes and as potentially nucleotide-dependent enzymes modulators or inhibitors, suggests that different oxometalates may reveal different mechanistic preferences in these classes of enzymes.
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- Gil Fraqueza
- Department of Food Engineering, ISE, University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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Although the number of papers about "vanadium" has doubled in the last decade, the studies about "vanadium and actin" are scarce. In the present review, the effects of vanadyl, vanadate and decavanadate on actin structure and function are compared. Decavanadate (51)V NMR signals, at -516 ppm, broadened and decreased in intensity upon actin titration, whereas no effects were observed for vanadate monomers, at -560 ppm. Decavanadate is the only species inducing actin cysteine oxidation and vanadyl formation, both processes being prevented by the natural ligand of the protein, ATP. Vanadyl titration with monomeric actin (G-actin), analysed by EPR spectroscopy, reveals a 1:1 binding stoichiometry and a K(d) of 7.5 μM(-1). Both decavanadate and vanadyl inhibited G-actin polymerization into actin filaments (F-actin), with a IC(50) of 68 and 300 μM, respectively, as analysed by light scattering assays, whereas no effects were detected for vanadate up to 2 mM. However, only vanadyl (up to 200 μM) induces 100% of G-actin intrinsic fluorescence quenching, whereas decavanadate shows an opposite effect, which suggests the presence of vanadyl high affinity actin binding sites. Decavanadate increases (2.6-fold) the actin hydrophobic surface, evaluated using the ANSA probe, whereas vanadyl decreases it (15%). Both vanadium species increased the ε-ATP exchange rate (k = 6.5 × 10(-3) s(-1) and 4.47 × 10(-3) s(-1) for decavanadate and vanadyl, respectively). Finally, (1)H NMR spectra of G-actin treated with 0.1 mM decavanadate clearly indicate that major alterations occur in protein structure, which are much less visible in the presence of ATP, confirming the preventive effect of the nucleotide on the decavanadate interaction with the protein. Putting it all together, it is suggested that actin, which is involved in many cellular processes, might be a potential target not only for decavanadate but above all for vanadyl. By affecting actin structure and function, vanadium can regulate many cellular processes of great physiological significance.
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- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Dpto Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Ramos S, Moura JJG, Aureliano M. A Comparison between Vanadyl, Vanadate, and Decavanadate Effects in Actin Structure and Function: Combination of Several Spectroscopic Studies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 27:355-9. [DOI: 10.1155/2012/532904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The studies about the interaction of actin with vanadium are seldom. In the present paper the effects of vanadyl, vanadate, and decavanadate in the actin structure and function were compared. Decavanadate clearly interacts with actin, as shown byV51-NMR spectroscopy. Decavanadate interaction with actin induces protein cysteine oxidation and vanadyl formation, being both prevented by the natural ligand of the protein, ATP. Monomeric actin (G-actin) titration with vanadyl, as analysed by EPR spectroscopy, indicates a 1 : 1 binding stoichiometry and akdof 7.5 μM. Both decavanadate and vanadyl inhibited G-actin polymerization into actin filaments (F-actin), with aIC50of 68 and 300 μM, respectively, as analysed by light-scattering assays. However, only vanadyl induces G-actin intrinsic fluorescence quenching, which suggests the presence of vanadyl high-affinity actin-binding sites. Decavanadate increases (2.6-fold) actin hydrophobic surface, evaluated using the ANSA probe, whereas vanadyl decreases it (15%). Finally, both vanadium species increasedε-ATP exchange rate (k=6.5×10−3and4.47×10−3 s−1for decavanadate and vanadyl, resp.). Putting it all together, it is suggested that actin, which is involved in many cellular processes, might be a potential target not only for decavanadate but above all for vanadyl.
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The number of papers about decavanadate has doubled in the past decade. In the present review, new insights into decavanadate biochemistry, cell biology, and antidiabetic and antitumor activities are described. Decameric vanadate species (V10) clearly differs from monomeric vanadate (V1), and affects differently calcium pumps, and structure and function of myosin and actin. Only decavanadate inhibits calcium accumulation by calcium pump ATPase, and strongly inhibits actomyosin ATPase activity (IC50 = 1.4 μmol/L, V10), whereas no such effects are detected with V1 up to 150 μmol/L; prevents actin polymerization (IC50 of 68 μmol/L, whereas no effects detected with up to 2 mmol/L V1); and interacts with actin in a way that induces cysteine oxidation and vanadate reduction to vanadyl. Moreover, in vivo decavanadate toxicity studies have revealed that acute exposure to polyoxovanadate induces different changes in antioxidant enzymes and oxidative stress parameters, in comparison with vanadate. In vitro studies have clearly demonstrated that mitochondrial oxygen consumption is strongly affected by decavanadate (IC50, 0.1 μmol/L); perhaps the most relevant biological effect. Finally, decavanadate (100 μmol/L) increases rat adipocyte glucose accumulation more potently than several vanadium complexes. Preliminary studies suggest that decavanadate does not have similar effects in human adipocytes. Although decavanadate can be a useful biochemical tool, further studies must be carried out before it can be confirmed that decavanadate and its complexes can be used as anticancer or antidiabetic agents.
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Ramos S, Almeida RM, Moura JJG, Aureliano M. Implications of oxidovanadium(IV) binding to actin. J Inorg Biochem 2011; 105:777-83. [PMID: 21497575 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2010] [Revised: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 02/24/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Oxidovanadium(IV), a cationic species (VO(2+)) of vanadium(IV), binds to several proteins, including actin. Upon titration with oxidovanadium(IV), approximately 100% quenching of the intrinsic fluorescence of monomeric actin purified from rabbit skeletal muscle (G-actin) was observed, with a V(50) of 131 μM, whereas for the polymerized form of actin (F-actin) 75% of quenching was obtained and a V(50) value of 320 μM. Stern-Volmer plots were used to estimate an oxidovanadium(IV)-actin dissociation constant, with K(d) of 8.2 μM and 64.1 μM VOSO(4), for G-actin and F-actin, respectively. These studies reveal the presence of a high affinity binding site for oxidovanadium(IV) in actin, producing local conformational changes near the tryptophans most accessible to water in the three-dimensional structure of actin. The actin conformational changes, also confirmed by (1)H NMR, are accompanied by changes in G-actin hydrophobic surface, but not in F-actin. The (1)H NMR spectra of G-actin treated with oxidovanadium(IV) clearly indicates changes in the resonances ascribed to methyl group and aliphatic regions as well as to aromatics and peptide-bond amide region. In parallel, it was verified that oxidovanadium(IV) prevents the G-actin polymerization into F-actin. In the 0-200 μM range, VOSO(4) inhibits 40% of the extent of polymerization with an IC(50) of 15.1 μM, whereas 500 μM VOSO(4) totally suppresses actin polymerization. The data strongly suggest that oxidovanadium(IV) binds to actin at specific binding sites preventing actin polymerization. By affecting actin structure and function, oxidovanadium(IV) might be responsible for many cellular effects described for vanadium.
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- Susana Ramos
- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal.
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ATP prevents G-actin cysteine oxidation and vanadyl formation specifically induced by decavanadate, suggesting that the oxometalate-protein interaction is affected by the nucleotide. The ATP exchange rate is increased by 2-fold due to the presence of decavanadate when compared with control actin (3.1×10(-3) s(-1)), and an apparent dissociation constant (k(dapp)) of 227.4±25.7 μM and 112.3±8.7 μM was obtained in absence or presence of 20 μM V(10), respectively. Moreover, concentrations as low as 50 μM of decameric vanadate species (V(10)) increases the relative G-actin intrinsic fluorescence intensity by approximately 80% whereas for a 10-fold concentration of monomeric vanadate (V(1)) no effects were observed. Upon decavanadate titration, it was observed a linear increase in G-actin hydrophobic surface (2.6-fold), while no changes were detected for V(1) (0-200 μM). Taken together, three major ideas arise: i) ATP prevents decavanadate-induced G-actin cysteine oxidation and vanadate reduction; ii) decavanadate promotes actin conformational changes resulting on its inactivation, iii) decavanadate has an effect on actin ATP binding site. Once it is demonstrated that actin is a new potential target for decavanadate, being the ATP binding site a suitable site for decavanadate binding, it is proposed that some of the biological effects of vanadate can be, at least in part, explained by decavanadate interactions with actin.
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- Susana Ramos
- DCBB-FCT and CCMar, University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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Currently, efforts have been directed towards using decavanadate as a tool for the understanding of several biochemical processes such as muscle contraction, calcium homeostasis, in vivo changes of oxidative stress markers, mitochondrial oxygen consumption, mitochondrial membrane depolarization, actin polymerization and glucose uptake, among others. In addition, studies have been conducted in order to make vanadium available and safe for clinical use, for instance with decavanadate compounds that present interesting pharmacological properties, eventually useful for the treatment of diabetes. Here, recent contributions of decavanadate to the effects of vanadium in biological systems, not only in vitro, but also in vivo, are analysed.
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- Manuel Aureliano
- Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Portugal.
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Incubation of actin with decavanadate induces cysteine oxidation and oxidovanadium(IV) formation. The studies were performed combining kinetic with spectroscopic (NMR and EPR) methodologies. Although decavanadate is converted to labile oxovanadates, the rate of deoligomerization can be very slow (half-life time of 5.4 h, at 25 degrees C, with a first order kinetics), which effectively allows decavanadate to exist for some time under experimental conditions. It was observed that decavanadate inhibits F-actin-stimulated myosin ATPase activity with an IC(50) of 0.8 microM V(10) species, whereas 50 microM of vanadate or oxidovanadium(IV) only inhibits enzyme activity up to 25%. Moreover, from these three vanadium forms, only decavanadate induces the oxidation of the so called "fast" cysteines (or exposed cysteine, Cys-374) when the enzyme is in the polymerized and active form, F-actin, with an IC(50) of 1 microM V(10) species. Decavanadate exposition to F- and G-actin (monomeric form) promotes vanadate reduction since a typical EPR oxidovanadium(IV) spectrum was observed. Upon observation that V(10) reduces to oxidovanadium(IV), it is proposed that this cation interacts with G-actin (K(d) of 7.48 +/- 1.11 microM), and with F-actin (K(d) = 43.05 +/- 5.34 microM) with 1:1 and 4:1 stoichiometries, respectively, as observed by EPR upon protein titration with oxidovanadium(IV). The interaction of oxidovanadium(IV) with the protein may occur close to the ATP binding site of actin, eventually with lysine-336 and 3 water molecules.
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Bošnjaković-Pavlović N, Spasojević-de Biré A, Tomaz I, Bouhmaida N, Avecilla F, Mioč UB, Pessoa JC, Ghermani NE. Electronic Properties of a Cytosine Decavanadate: Toward a Better Understanding of Chemical and Biological Properties of Decavanadates. Inorg Chem 2009; 48:9742-53. [DOI: 10.1021/ic9008575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nada Bošnjaković-Pavlović
- Laboratoire Structures, Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides (SPMS), UMR CNRS 8580, Ecole Centrale Paris, Grande Voie des Vignes, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry, France
- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 47, 11158 Belgrade, PAC 105305, Serbia
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- Laboratoire Structures, Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides (SPMS), UMR CNRS 8580, Ecole Centrale Paris, Grande Voie des Vignes, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Centro de Quimica Estrutural, Instituto Superior Tecnico, TU Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Laboratoire des Sciences des Matériaux (LSM) Université Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Boulevard Prince Moulay Abdallah, BP 2390, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 47, 11158 Belgrade, PAC 105305, Serbia
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- Centro de Quimica Estrutural, Instituto Superior Tecnico, TU Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Laboratoire Structures, Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides (SPMS), UMR CNRS 8580, Ecole Centrale Paris, Grande Voie des Vignes, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry, France
- Laboratoire de Physique Pharmaceutique, UMR CNRS 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Aureliano M, Crans DC. Decavanadate (V10 O28 6-) and oxovanadates: oxometalates with many biological activities. J Inorg Biochem 2009; 103:536-46. [PMID: 19110314 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2008.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2008] [Revised: 11/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The decameric vanadate species V(10)O(28)(6-), also referred to as decavanadate, impact proteins, lipid structures and cellular function, and show some effects in vivo on oxidative stress processes and other biological properties. The mode of action of decavanadate in many biochemical systems depends, at least in part, on the charge and size of the species and in some cases competes with the simpler oxovanadate species. The orange decavanadate that contains 10 vanadium atoms is a stable species for several days at neutral pH, but at higher pH immediately converts to the structurally and functionally distinct lower oxovanadates such as the monomer, dimer or tetramer. Although the biological effects of vanadium are generally assumed to derive from monomeric vanadate or the vanadyl cation, we show in this review that not all effects can be attributed to these simple oxovanadate forms. This topic has not previously been reviewed although background information is available [D.C. Crans, Comments Inorg. Chem. 16 (1994) 35-76; M. Aureliano (Ed.), Vanadium Biochemistry, Research Signpost Publs., Kerala, India, 2007]. In addition to pumps, channels and metabotropic receptors, lipid structures represent potential biological targets for decavanadate and some examples have been reported. Decavanadate interact with enzymes, polyphosphate, nucleotide and inositol 3-phosphate binding sites in the substrate domain or in an allosteric site, in a complex manner. In mitochondria, where vanadium was shown to accumulate following decavanadate in vivo administration, nM concentration of decavanadate induces membrane depolarization in addition to inhibiting oxygen consumption, suggesting that mitochondria may be potential targets for decameric toxicity. In vivo effects of decavanadate in piscine models demonstrated that antioxidant stress markers, lipid peroxidation and vanadium subcellular distribution is dependent upon whether or not the solutions administered contain decavanadate. The present review summarizes the reports on biological effects of decavanadate and highlights the importance of considering decavanadate in evaluations of the biological effects of vanadium.
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- Manuel Aureliano
- CCMar and Dept. Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacy, FCT, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
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Aureliano M, Henao F, Tiago T, Duarte RO, Moura JJG, Baruah B, Crans DC. Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase is inhibited by organic vanadium coordination compounds: pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylatodioxovanadium(V), BMOV, and an amavadine analogue. Inorg Chem 2008; 47:5677-84. [PMID: 18510311 DOI: 10.1021/ic702405d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The general affinity of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca (2+)-ATPase was examined for three different classes of vanadium coordination complexes including a vanadium(V) compound, pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylatodioxovanadium(V) (PDC-V(V)), and two vanadium(IV) compounds, bis(maltolato)oxovanadium(IV) (BMOV), and an analogue of amavadine, bis( N-hydroxylamidoiminodiacetato)vanadium(IV) (HAIDA-V(IV)). The ability of vanadate to act either as a phosphate analogue or as a transition-state analogue with enzymes' catalysis phosphoryl group transfer suggests that vanadium coordination compounds may reveal mechanistic preferences in these classes of enzymes. Two of these compounds investigated, PDC-V(V) and BMOV, were hydrolytically and oxidatively reactive at neutral pH, and one, HAIDA-V(IV), does not hydrolyze, oxidize, or otherwise decompose to a measurable extent during the enzyme assay. The SR Ca (2+)-ATPase was inhibited by all three of these complexes. The relative order of inhibition was PDC-V(V) > BMOV > vanadate > HAIDA-V(IV), and the IC 50 values were 25, 40, 80, and 325 microM, respectively. Because the observed inhibition is more potent for PDC-V(V) and BMOV than that of oxovanadates, the inhibition cannot be explained by oxovanadate formation during enzyme assays. Furthermore, the hydrolytically and redox stable amavadine analogue HAIDA-V(IV) inhibited the Ca (2+)-ATPase less than oxovanadates. To gauge the importance of the lipid environment, studies of oxidized BMOV in microemulsions were performed and showed that this system remained in the aqueous pool even though PDC-V(V) is able to penetrate lipid interfaces. These findings suggest that the hydrolytic properties of these complexes may be important in the inhibition of the calcium pump. Our results show that two simple coordination complexes with known insulin enhancing effects can invoke a response in calcium homeostasis and the regulation of muscle contraction through the SR Ca (2+)-ATPase.
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- Manuel Aureliano
- Dept. Química, Bioquímica e Farmácia, FCT, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal.
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