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The effects of vanadium (V) absorbed by Coprinus comatus on bone in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of vanadium absorbed by Coprinus comatus (VACC) treatment on bone in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Forty-five Wistar female rats used were divided into three groups: (1) normal rats (control), (2) diabetic rats, and (3) diabetic rats treated with VACC. Normal and diabetic rats were given physiological saline, and VACC-treated rats were administered VACC intragastrically at doses of 0.18 mg vanadium/kg body weight once daily. Treatments were performed over a 12-week period. At sacrifice, one tibia and one femur were removed, subjected to micro computed tomography (micro-CT) for determination of trabecular bone structure, and then processed for histomorphometry to assess bone turnover. Another femoral was used for mechanical testing. In addition, bone samples were collected to evaluate the content of mineral substances in bones. Treatment with VACC increased trabecular bone volume fraction in diabetic rats. Vanadium-treated animals had significant increases in ultimate load, trabecular thickness, and osteoblast surface. However, vanadium treatment did not seem to affect bone stiffness, bone energy absorption, trabecular separation, and osteoclast number. P levels in the femurs of diabetic rats treated with VACC were significantly higher than those of diabetic animals. Ca levels in diabetic and diabetic rats treated with vanadium showed no obvious changes. In conclusion, our results provide an important proof of concept that VACC may represent a powerful approach to treating or reversing diabetic osteopathy in humans.
AuthorsYi Pei, Qin Fu
JournalBiological trace element research (Biol Trace Elem Res) Vol. 142 Issue 3 Pg. 748-59 (Sep 2011) ISSN: 1559-0720 [Electronic] United States
PMID20734239 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Vanadium
Topics
  • Animals
  • Biomechanical Phenomena (drug effects)
  • Body Weight (drug effects)
  • Bone Density (drug effects)
  • Coprinus (chemistry, metabolism)
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental (drug therapy, metabolism, physiopathology)
  • Female
  • Osteogenesis
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Vanadium (metabolism, therapeutic use)
  • X-Ray Microtomography

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