Abstract
Among the previously studied organic vanadium derivatives showing an anti-diabetic action, we investigated a new complex, bis(2,2′-bipyridine)oxovanadium(IV) sulphate. We tested its ability to normalise parameters previously described for streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetes, such as lower yields of Golgi-rich membrane fraction isolation, decreased activity of Golgi membrane marker enzyme - galactosyltransferase (GalT) - and altered morphology of rat liver Golgi complexes. Oral application as a drinking solution of 1.8 mmol bis(2,2′-bipyridine)oxovanadium(IV) (dissolved in 0.09 M NaCl) caused a similar dispersion of GalT activities in both vanadium treated groups, control and diabetic. Very low activities of the enzyme (characteristic for untreated diabetes) we found only in approximately 35 % of the STZ-diabetic rats treated with the new vanadium compound. The morphology of liver Golgi complexes in diabetic rats treated with bis(2,2′-bipyridine)oxovanadium(IV) sulphate was improved, which manifested itself in the reappearance of vacuoles with VLDL and coated and uncoated secretory vesicles. In view of biochemical and morphological parameters of normalised diabetic rat liver Golgi apparatus, the new vanadium complex was more effective than bis(oxalato)oxovanadium(IV) or bis(kojato)oxovanadium(IV), but in our experimental model, the best anti-diabetic, orally applied drug was the bis(maltolato)oxovanadium(IV) previously investigated.
Key words
Golgi Complexes - Bis(2,2′-bipyridine)oxovanadium(IV) - Galactosyltransferase (GalT) - Pathology - Liver - Streptozotocin (STZ)
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