Review Article

Protective Effects of Dietary Antioxidants against Vanadium-Induced Toxicity: A Review

Table 1

Summary of the effects of dietary antioxidants on vanadium toxicity in animal and cell culture models.

Vanadium compoundsDietary antioxidantsAnimal/cell culture modelEffects compared to vanadium-treated animals or cellsRef.

Vanadium-vitamins
NH4VO3
5 and 10 mg/kg diet
Vitamin C
50 and 100 mg/kg diet
L hens↑ Egg quality; ↑ serum SOD activity; ↓ serum LPO[80]
V2O5
40 mg/kg, ip
Vitamin C (100 mg/kg, ip) or vitamin E (20 mg/kg by gavage)Hsd:ICR mice (♂)↓ Micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes[83]
NaVO3
0.4 mg V/kg bw, ip
Vitamin E acetate
50 and 100 mg/kg bw, orally
SD rats (♂)↑ Reproductive organ weight; ↑ sperm number and morphology; ↑ testicular steroidogenic enzyme activities; ↑ serum testosterone, LH and FSH levels; ↑ testicular SOD, CAT activities; ↓ testicular LPO; ↓ testicular histopathological changes[81]
NaVO3
3 mg/kg bw, ip
Vitamin E
500 mg/kg bw, orally
Nursing albino ratsIn pups coexposed to vitamin E and vanadium through lactation: ↑ body weight gain, ↑ brain weight, ↓ reactive astrogliosis, ↑ locomotor and exploratory activity, ↑ hanging latency[82]
NaVO3
3 mg/kg bw, ip (pubs)
Vitamin E
500 mg, orally (dams)
W rats
(dams and pubs)
In vanadium-treated pups exposed to vitamin E through lactation: ameliorated histopathological changes in the testes, lungs, and liver[126]
Vanadium-polyphenols (flavanols)
NH4VO3
5, 10, and 15 mg V/kg diet
Tea polyphenols
600 and 1000 mg/kg diet
L hens↑ Hepatic GST and GPx activities; ↑ production and egg quality[92]
NH4VO3
10 mg V/kg diet
Tea polyphenols
600 and 1000 mg/kg diet
L hens↓ Intestinal microflora diversity; ↓ duodenal cell apoptosis; ↑ cecum butyrate acid content[93]
NH4VO3
5 mg/kg bw, ip
Epigallocatechin gallate 5 mg/kg bw, ipW rats (♂)↓ Renal LPO; ↑ renal CAT, SOD, and GPx activities; ↑ serum vitamin E and A levels; ↓ histopathological changes in the kidneys[95]
NH4VO3
10 mg/kg diet
Epigallocatechin gallate
130 mg/kg diet
L hens↑ Eggshell color; ↑ protoporphyrin IX content (in eggshell); ↓ uterine LPO; ↑ uterine GST activity; ↑ Nrf2 and HO-1 gene and protein level (in uterus); ↑ phospho-P38 MAPK protein level (in uterus)[96]
Vanadium-polyphenols (flavonones)
NaVO3
1 mg/kg bw, ip
Glucosyl hesperidin
25 and 50 mg/kg bw, orally
SD rats (♂)↑ Reproductive organ weight; ↑ sperm count, motility, and morphology; ↓ sperm DNA fragmentation; ↑ serum testosterone levels; ↓ testicular LPO; ↑ testicular SOD and CAT activities; ↓ testicular histopathological changes[127]
Vanadium-polyphenols (stilbenes)
NH4VO3
5 mg/kg bw, ip
Resveratrol
50 mg/kg, orally
SD rats (♂)↑ Body weight gain; ↓ blood urea nitrogen and creatinine level; ↑ renal SOD activity; no effects of resveratrol on vanadium-induced histopathological changes in the kidneys[128]
Vanadium-phytosterols
NaVO3
3 mg/kg, ip
Stigmasterol
100 μg, orally
BALB/c mice (♂)↓ Hippocampal LPO and H2O2 levels; ↑ hippocampal SOD and CAT activities; ↑ learning and memory; ↑ locomotor and exploratory activity; ↑ hanging latency; ↓ damage to myelin sheaths, ↑ MBP expression[106]
NaVO3
3 mg/kg, ip
β-Sitosterol
100 μg, orally
BALB/c mice (♂)↑ Learning and memory; ↑ locomotor and exploratory activity; ↑ hanging latency; ↓ brain LPO and H2O2 levels; ↓ damage to myelin sheaths; ↑ MBP expression; ↑ SOD, CAT activities and GSH level in the brain[107]
Vanadium-organosulfur compounds (isothiocyanates)
VOSO4
34.4 and 68.8 μM
R-sulforaphane
5 μM
HepG2, Caco-2, and Vero cells↓ ROS; ↓ mitochondrial depolarization; ↑ lysosomal integrity; ↓ DNA damage (comet assay); ↓ cell death[129]
Vanadium-plant extracts
NaVO3
100 and 200 μM
Moringa oleifera leaf extract
0.063 mg/well, 0.01 and 0.02 mg/ml
Mouse hippocampal H22 cells↓ Superoxide levels; ↓ DNA damage (comet assay)[115]
NaVO3
3 mg/kg, ip
Grewia carpinifolia leaf extract
200 mg/kg, orally
Swiss mice (♂)↑ Locomotor and exploratory activity; ↑ hanging latency; ↑ motor coordination[116]
NH4VO3
5 mg/kg bw, ip
Green tea Camellia sinensis decoction
66 g of leaves/l, as a drink
W rats (♂)↓ LPO in the kidney, liver, and testes; ↑ vitamins E and A in serum; ↓ CAT and SOD activities in erythrocytes[117]
NH4VO3
60 mg/kg bw (drinking water)
Malva sylvestris decoction
0.2 g of dry plant/kg bw
W rats (♂)↓ Renal LPO, CAT, SOD, and GPx activities; ↓ histopathological changes in the kidneys[70]
NH4VO3
5 mg/kg bw, ip
Essential oil of Salvia officinalis
15 mg/kg bw, orally
W rats (♂)↓ Plasma renal markers (creatinine, urea, uric acid, and LDH); ↓ renal LPO and protein carbonyls; normalized CAT, SOD, and GPx activities in the kidney; ↓ renal histopathological changes[113]

Abbreviations: bw: body weigh; CAT: catalase; FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone; GPx: glutathione peroxidase; GSH: reduced glutathione; GST: glutathione S-transferase; H2O2: hydrogen peroxide; HO-1: heme oxygenase; ip: intraperitoneal; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; LH: luteinizing hormone; L hen: Lohmann hen; LPO: lipid peroxidation; MAPK: mitogen-activated protein kinases; MBP: myelin basic protein; NaVO3: sodium metavanadate; NH4VO3: ammonium metavanadate; Nrf2: nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2; ROS: reactive oxygen species; SD rat: Sprague Dawley rat; SOD: superoxide dismutase; V: vanadium; V2O5: vanadium pentoxide; W rats: Wistar rats; ↑: increased; ↓: decreased.