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Arsenic and chromium enhance transformation of bovine papillomavirus DNA-transfected C3H/10T1/2 cells.

Tumor promoters such as phorbol esters, teleocidin and okadaic acid increase the numbers of multilayered, transformed foci produced by BPV DNA-transfected C3H/10T1/2 cells. We questioned whether arsenic and chromium, which are known human carcinogens also enhance transformation of BPV DNA-transfected C3H/10T1/2 cells. Cr(III) potassium sulfate at 100 microM enhanced transformation by 1.4-fold, but Cr(VI) as potassium chromate did not enhance transformation, although toxicity of potassium chromate may have prevented enhancement of transformation. Sodium arsenite (As(III) at 5 microM and sodium arsenate (As(V)) at 25 microM both enhanced neoplastic transformation by 6-fold. By comparison, in previous studies, sodium orthovanadate (V(IV)) or vanadyl sulfate (V(IV)) at 4 microM enhanced numbers of transformed foci by 25-50-fold. The comparatively strong enhancement of transformation by vanadium and phorbol esters suggests that neoplastic transformation may occur by mechanisms that are common to these compounds including alteration of tyrosine phosphorylation.

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The gas-phase on-line production of vanadium oxytrihalides, VOX3 and their identification by infrared spectroscopy.

A new route has been devised, leading to the production of VOX3 molecules where X=F, Br and I by an on-line process using vanadium oxytrichloride, VOCl3 as a starting compound passed over the following heated salts NaF, KBr and KI at 375, 700 and 550 degrees C, respectively. The products have been characterized by the IR spectra of their vapors. The low resolution gas phase on-line Fourier transform infrared spectra reported for the first time show strong bands with PQR type structure, centered at 1058, 1035, 1030 and 1025 cm(-1) assigned to the v1(a1), the O=V stretching fundamental mode of VOF3, VOCl3 VOBr3 and VOI3, respectively.

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Synthesis of [(HIPTNCH2CH2)3N]V compounds (HIPT = 3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3) and an evaluation of vanadium for the reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia.

Green [HIPTN3N]V(THF) ([HIPTN3N]3- = [(HIPTNCH2CH2)3N]3-, where HIPT = 3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3) can be prepared in a 70-80% yield via the addition of H3[HIPTN3N] to VCl3(THF)3 in THF, followed by the addition of LiN(SiMe3)2. From [HIPTN3N]V(THF), the following have been prepared: {[HIPTN3N]VN2}K, [HIPTN3N]V(NH3), [HIPTN3N]V=NH, [HIPTN3N]V=NSiMe3, [HIPTN3N]V=O, [HIPTN3N]V=S, and [HIPTN3N]V(CO). No ammonia is formed from dinitrogen using {[HIPTN3N]VN2}K, [HIPTN3N]V=NH, or [HIPTN3N]V(NH3) as the initial species under conditions that were successful in the analogous [HIPTN3N]Mo system. X-ray structural studies are reported for [HIPTN3N]V(THF) and [HIPTN3N]V(NH3).

Ammonia↗

Synthesis of a vanadium(III) tris(arylthiolato) complex and its reactions with azide and azo compounds: formation of a sulfenamide complex via cleavage of an azo N=N bond.

The tris(arylthiolate) vanadium(III) complex (1) has been synthesized in good yield. This complex is found to undergo CH activation across a V-S bond in the presence of TMEDA to give a cyclometalated species along with free arylthiol. Complex 1 behaves as a two-electron reductant toward Ad-N(3), yielding an imide complex. Treatment of 1 with azobenzene produces an imide-sulfenamide compound, in which an azo N=N bond cleavage takes place concomitant with formation of a V=N and an S-N bond.

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Molecular genotoxicity profiles of apoptosis-inducing vanadocene complexes.

Metallocene complexes containing vanadium induce apoptosis in human cancer cells by an as yet unknown mechanism and may therefore be useful as a new class of cytotoxic anticancer drugs. Ultrastructural studies showing the formation of metallocene-DNA complexes prompted the hypothesis that their mechanism of action may resemble the DNA damage induced by cisplatin. Molecular genotoxicity testing provides insights into the mechanisms of action of new chemotherapeutic agents. Therefore, we determined the effects of three cytotoxic vanadocene complexes, vanadocene dichloride, vanadocene dithiocyanate, and vanadocene dioxycyanate, on genomic stability using the yeast DEL recombination assay and transcriptional activation of genotoxic stress-specific promoters in human HepG2 cells using the CAT-Tox(L) assay. Cisplatin caused an 11-fold increase of recombination frequency in yeast and induced transcriptional activation of the DNA damage-associated promoters such as the minimum promoter containing p53 response elements and the GADD45 promoter in addition to activating the promoters for c-fos, heat shock protein 70, metallothionine IIa, and the minimum promoter containing nuclear factor kappa(kappa)B response elements. In contrast to cisplatin, vanadocene complexes did not increase the DEL recombination frequency in yeast nor did they activate any of the DNA damage-associated promoters in HepG2 cells. Vanadocene complexes triggered activation of the c-fos promoter without affecting the minimum promoter containing p53 response elements or the GADD45 promoter. These results indicate that the apoptotic signal of vanadocene complexes is not triggered by primary DNA damage and it does not require p53 induction, thereby disproving the hypothesis that it mechanistically resembles the cytotoxic action of cisplatin.

Antineoplastic Agents↗

Reduction of vanadium(V) with Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans.

Biotechnological leaching has been proposed as a suitable method for extraction of vanadium from spent catalysts and oil ash. In the biological leaching process, the vanadium(V) can be reduced to vanadium(IV), which is a less toxic and more soluble form of the vanadium. The present investigation showed that Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans efficiently reduced vanadium(V) in the form of vanadium pentaoxide, to vanadyl(IV) ions, and tolerated high concentrations of vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V). A. ferrooxidans was compared with Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans, which has previously been utilized for vanadium leaching and reduction. Vanadium pentaoxide and sodium vanadate were used as model compounds. The results of this study indicate possibilities to develop an economical and technically feasible process for biotechnological vanadium recovery.

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Guanine versus deoxyribose damage in DNA oxidation mediated by vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) complexes.

Vanadyl sulfate reacts with the peroxy acid oxidant KHSO5 to produce guanine-selective oxidation of a 167-bp restriction fragment of DNA. The oxidized lesions result in strand scission after hot piperidine treatment. Although several reactive intermediates are possible, quenching studies with ethanol and tert-butyl alcohol suggest that a monoperoxysulfate radical or a caged sulfate radical are the likely species responsible for oxidation of guanine. Several oxidants and various vanadium complexes (including insulin mimetic compounds) were studied with DNA for comparison. None of the other vanadium complexes showed modification of the double-stranded 167-bp fragment of DNA in the presence of KHSO5. The reactivity of VOSO4 may be due to its irreversible oxidation potential of 0.77 V (vs. Ag+/AgCl, pH 7.0, 10 mM phosphate), making it an appropriate catalyst for decomposition of monoperoxysulfate.

DNA Damage↗

A novel series of vanadium-sulfite polyoxometalates: synthesis, structural, and physical studies.

Reaction of NH4VO3 with sulfur dioxide affords the hexanuclear cluster (NH4)2(Et4N)[(V(IV)O)6(mu4-O)2(mu3-OH)2(mu3-SO3)4(H2O)2]Cl x H2O (1), and the decapentanuclear host-guest compound (Et4N)5{Cl subset [(VO)15(mu3-O)18(mu-O)3]} x 3 H2O (2). Sequential addition of magnesium oxide to an acidic aqueous solution of NH4VO3 (pH approximately 0) followed by (NH4)2SO3 resulted in the formation of either the non-oxo polymeric vanadium(IV) compound trans-(NH4)2[V(IV)(OH)2(mu-SO3)2] (3) or the polymeric oxovanadium(IV) sulfite (NH4)[V(IV)O(SO3)1.5(H2O)] x 2.5 H2O (4) at pH values of 6 and 4, respectively. The decameric vanadium(V) compound {Na4(mu-H2O)8(H2O)6}[Mg(H2O)6][V(V)10(O)8(mu6-O)2(mu3-O)14] x 3 H2O (5) was synthesised by treating an acidic aqueous solution of NH4VO3 with MgO and addition of NaOH to pH approximately 6. All the compounds were characterised by single-crystal X-ray structure analysis. The crystal structure of compound 1 revealed an unprecedented structural motif of a cubane unit [M4(mu4-O)2(mu3-OH)2] connected to two other metal atoms. Compound 3 comprises a rare example of a non-oxo vanadium(IV) species isolated from aqueous solution and in the presence of the reducing agent SO3(2-), while compound 4 represents a rare example of an open-framework species isolated at room temperature (20 degrees C). In addition to the synthesis and crystallographic studies, we report the IR and magnetic properties (for 1, 2 and 3) of these vanadium clusters as well as theoretical studies on compound 3.

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Differential effects of vanadium, tungsten and molybdenum on inhibition of glucose formation in renal tubules and hepatocytes of control and diabetic rabbits: beneficial action of melatonin and N-acetylcysteine.

Effect of vanadyl acetylacetonate (VAc), tungstate and molybdate on gluconeogenesis has been studied in isolated hepatocytes and kidney-cortex tubules. In renal tubules of control and alloxan-diabetic animals, the rank order of the metal-compounds-induced (i) inhibition of glucose formation from alanine+glycerol+octanoate or aspartate+glycerol+octanoate, (ii) decrease in the mitochondrial membrane potential (delta psim), (iii) increase in the hydroxyl free radicals (HFR) generation and (iv) decline in glucose-6-phosphatase activity was the following: VAc > tungstate > molybdate. Moreover, in contrast to VAc, both tungstate and molybdate at 100 microM concentration did not practically decrease glucose production in hepatocytes isolated from diabetic rabbits, and significantly increased the rate of lactate formation in renal tubules. N-acetylcysteine at 2 mM concentration partially attenuated vanadium-induced alterations in glucose formation, delta psim and the cellular glutathione redox state, whereas 0.1 mM melatonin did not abolish vanadium-induced changes in gluconeogenesis despite attenuation of vanadium effects on HFR formation and delta psim decline. However, similarly to control rabbits, following 6 days of intraperitoneal administration of both VAc (1.275 mg V/kg body weight daily) and melatonin (1 mg/kg body weight daily) to alloxan-diabetic animals, vanadium-induced elevated serum creatinine and urea levels were decreased, indicating the beneficial effect of melatonin on diabetes- and vanadium-induced nephrotoxicity in rabbits. As serum glucose levels were also significantly diminished by vanadium+melatonin treatment of diabetic animals, the combination therapy of vanadium compounds and melatonin needs a careful evaluation.

Acetylcysteine↗

Mechanism of insulin sensitization by BMOV (bis maltolato oxo vanadium); unliganded vanadium (VO4) as the active component.

Organovanadium compounds have been shown to be insulin sensitizers in vitro and in vivo. One potential biochemical mechanism for insulin sensitization by these compounds is that they inhibit protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) that negatively regulate insulin receptor activation and signaling. In this study, bismaltolato oxovanadium (BMOV), a potent insulin sensitizer, was shown to be a reversible, competitive phosphatase inhibitor that inhibited phosphatase activity in cultured cells and enhanced insulin receptor activation in vivo. NMR and X-ray crystallographic studies of the interaction of BMOV with two different phosphatases, HCPTPA (human low molecular weight cytoplasmic protein tyrosine phosphatase) and PTP1B (protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B), demonstrated uncomplexed vanadium (VO(4)) in the active site. Taken together, these findings support phosphatase inhibition as a mechanism for insulin sensitization by BMOV and other organovanadium compounds and strongly suggest that uncomplexed vanadium is the active component of these compounds.

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Inhibition of gluconeogenesis by vanadium and metformin in kidney-cortex tubules isolated from control and diabetic rabbits.

Effect of vanadyl acetylacetonate (VAc) and metformin on gluconeogenesis has been studied in isolated hepatocytes and kidney-cortex tubules of rabbit. Glucose formation from alanine+glycerol+octanoate, pyruvate or dihydroxyacetone was inhibited by 50-80% by 100 microM VAc or 500 microM metformin in renal tubules of control and alloxan-diabetic animals, while the inhibitory action of these compounds in hepatocytes was less pronounced (by about 20-30%). In contrast to VAc, metformin increased the rate of lactate formation by about 2-fold in renal tubules incubated with alanine+glycerol+octanoate. In view of VAc-induced changes in intracellular gluconeogenic intermediates and gluconeogenic enzyme activities, it is likely that this compound may decrease fluxes through pyruvate carboxylase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and glucose-6-phosphatase. In contrast to VAc, metformin-induced decrease in renal gluconeogenesis may result from a decline of cytosolic oxaloacetate level and consequently PEPCK activity. Following 6 days of VAc administration (1.275 mg Vkg(-1) body weight daily) the blood glucose level in alloxan-diabetic rabbits was normalised while blood glucose changes in control animals were not observed. On the contrary, in diabetic animals treated for 6 days with metformin (200 mg kg(-1) body weight day(-1)) a high blood glucose level was maintained. Unfortunately, VAc-treated control and diabetic rabbits exhibited elevated serum urea and creatinine levels. In VAc-treated animals vanadium was accumulated in kidney-cortex up to 7.6+/-0.6 microg Vg(-1) dry weight. In view of a potential vanadium nephrotoxicity a therapeutic application of vanadium compounds needs a critical re-evaluation.

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[Comparative assessment of cell mechanisms of the antidiabetic action of a new organic derivative of oxovanadium(IV) and vanadyl sulfate].

The antidiabetic effect of a new organic derivative of vanadium(IV) oxide with isonicotinic acid hydrazide (compound no. 8), as manifested by the action upon the alpha and beta cell populations in Langerhans islands of the pancreas, was studied in rats with alloxane diabetes model in comparison to the analogous effect of the inorganic drug vanadyl sulfate. The hypoglycemic activity of compound no. 8 was comparable with that of vanadyl sulfate. The results of immunohistochemical and morphometric investigation showed that both preparations produced a reliable increase in the population of insulin-producing cells and a decrease in the (alloxane-enhanced) population of alpha-cells in the pancreatic islands.

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Magnetic properties of tunicate blood cells. I. Ascidia nigra.

The magnetic properties of intact and freeze-dried blood cells of the tunicate Ascidia nigra and of model vanadium(III) and (IV) compounds as polycrystalline solids and in aqueous solution have been measured up to 50 kOe with a SQUID susceptometer. Corrections for the samples' diamagnetism were extracted from the temperature dependence of the data without any further assumptions. For vanadium(IV), measured values of the magnetic moment at different values of the applied magnetic field over the temperature range 2-100 K obey a Brillouin function with spin 1/2. For vanadium(III), the magnetic moment data did not obey a Brillouin function and were analyzed in terms of a spin Hamiltonian with S = 1. Measurements on both whole and freeze-dried blood samples give consistent results with vanadium(III) the predominant species. These results are discussed in terms of the mechanisms of vanadium accumulation and the use of vanadium oxidation states as criteria of ascidian taxonomy.

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[Spectral study of some polyoxovanadium borates].

Four novel polyoxovanadium borates with [(VO)12O6B18O42], namely (enH2)6 H3 [(VO)12O6B18O42].13H2O(1), [Ni (en)2]6 H3 [(VO)12 O6B18O42].8H2O(2), [Cu(en)2]5 H3 [(VO)12 O6B18 O42] [B(OH)3]2. 16H20(3) and(enH2)4 Na4H3 [(VO)12 O6B18O42].8H2O(4), were synthesized. The relationship between their properties and structures were studied by using FTIR, UV-Vis DRS and fluorescence etc. Among these compounds, compound (1) possesses isolated [(VO)12O6B18O42] cage, there is a ring of B18O42 sandwiched between two vanadium-oxygen clusters V6O18 by eighteen B--(micro3--O)--V bonds, while compound (2) is rather six [Ni(en)2], each connected with the B18O42 ring by two Ni--(micro3--O)--B. In compounds (3) and (4), the anion clusters [(VO)12 O6B18O42]13- are connected with [Cu(en)2]2+ and Na+ , respectively. Thus, the compounds (3) and (4) are extended to an infinite two-dimensional network structure, respectively. These characteristic vibrational frequencies of polyoxovanadium borates are related to the structures of these compounds. In UV/Vis DRS spectra, there are two characteristic peaks of polyoxometalates at 205 and 260 nm, respectively. The fluorescence spectra of these four compounds have been studied, and they have emission peaks at 415 nm excited by 310 nm which are caused by Omicro-->Mo. The fluorescence lifetimes of these compounds have been studied.

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Carcinogenicity of inhaled vanadium pentoxide in F344/N rats and B6C3F1 mice.

Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) is a slightly soluble compound found in airborne particle emissions from metallurgical works and oil and coal burning. Because the carcinogenic potential of V2O5 was not known, F344/N rats and B6C3F1 mice (N=50/sex/species) were exposed to V2O5 at concentrations of 0, 0.5 (rats only), 1, 2, or 4 (mice only) mg/m3, by whole-body inhalation for 2 years. The survival and body weights of rats were minimally affected by exposure to V2O5. The survival and body weights of male mice exposed to 4 mg/m3 and body weights of all exposed groups of female mice were lower than the controls. Alveolar/bronchiolar (A/B) neoplasms occurred in male rats exposed to 0.5 and 2 mg/m3 at incidences exceeding the National Toxicology Program (NTP) historical control ranges. A marginal increase in A/B neoplasms was also observed in female rats exposed to 0.5 mg/m3. Increases in chronic inflammation, interstitial fibrosis, and alveolar and bronchiolar hyperplasia/metaplasia and squamous metaplasia were observed in exposed male and female rats. A/B neoplasms were significantly increased in all groups of exposed mice. As with rats, increases in chronic inflammation, interstitial fibrosis, and alveolar and bronchiolar epithelial hyperplasia were observed in mice exposed to V2O5. Thus, V2O5 exposure was a pulmonary carcinogen in male rats and male and female mice. The marginal tumor response in the lungs of female rats could not be attributed conclusively to exposure to V2O5. These responses were noted at and slightly above the OSHA permissible occupational exposure limit of 0.5 mg/m3 (dust) (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, 1997, p. 328).

Adenoma↗

The role of vanadium in green plants. IV. Influence on the formation of delta-aminolevulinic acid in Chlorella.

In a series of experiments, it is demonstrated that the trace element vanadium (4.10(-7) g-at/1 as NH4VO3) has a considerable positive influence on the synthesis of delta-aminolevulinic acid(delta-ALA) in the autotrophically growing green alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa, the effect being visible by an enhanced output of the amino acid into the culture medium in presence of levulinic acid (LA). The level of intracellularly accumulated delta-ALA, however, is not changed in presence of the metal. The V-effect on exogenous found delta-ALA is suppressed, when LA is added to the nutrient medium at low pH (pH5), although V-uptake into the algal cells is not disturbed by LA. As demonstrated in culture media with various nitrogen sources (urea, partially hydrolized urea, ammonium salts), the development of the pH during the cultivation time is important for the presentation of the V-effect on delta-ALA. It is suggested that vanadium acts as a catalyst in the conversion of 4,5-dioxovaleric acid to delta-ALA by transamination.

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Induction of aerobic peroxidation of liposomal membranes by bis(cyclopentadienyl)-vanadium(IV) (acetylacetonate) complexes.

The ability of bis(cyclopentadienyl)-vanadium(IV) (acetylacetonate) (1) to initiate oxygen-dependent lipid peroxidation in zwitterionic liposomal membranes was examined in detail. A comparison of the rates of the lipid peroxidation reaction demonstrated that the electron-donating capacity of the substituted acetylacetonate ligand significantly influences the rate of reaction. An increase in the rate of lipid peroxidation correlated to a decrease in the V(IV)/V(V) redox potential. Notably, lipid peroxidation initiated with 1 proceeded without the formation of radicals as shown by EPR spin trap techniques. In contrast, lipid peroxidation initiated with non-chelated bis(cyclopentadienyl)-vanadium(IV) dichloride (6) was associated with the production of radicals under similar experimental conditions. There also was a significant pH effect on the extent of peroxidation initiated with 6 versus the reaction initiated with 1. The mode of action of 1 likely involves the activation of molecular oxygen by the vanadium(IV) center followed by allylic hydrogen atom abstraction from the lipid.

Aerobiosis↗