@article {2637,
	title = {Vanadium treatment of type 2 diabetes: A view to the future},
	journal = {Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry},
	volume = {103},
	number = {4},
	year = {2009},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 429EUTimes Cited: 20Cited Reference Count: 41Thompson, Katherine H. Lichter, Jay LeBel, Carl Scaife, Michael C. McNeill, John H. Orvig, Chris6th International Vanadium SymposiumJUL 17-19, 2008Lisbon, PORTUGALSp. Iss. SI},
	month = {Apr},
	pages = {554-558},
	type = {Proceedings Paper},
	abstract = {3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pryone and 2-ethyl 3-hydroxy-4-pyrone (maltol and ethyl maltol, respectively) have proven especially suitable a ligands for vanadyl tons, fit potential insulin enhancing agents for diabetes mellitus. Both bis(maltolato)oxovanadium(IV) (BMOV), and the ethylmaltol analog, bis(ethylmaltolato)oxovanadium(IV) (BEOV), have the desired intermediate stability for pro-drug use, and have undergone extensive pie-clinical testing for safety and efficacy. Pharmacokinetic evaluation indicates a pattern of biodistribution consistent with fairly rapid dissociation and uptake, binding to serum transferrin for systemic circulation and transport to tissues, with preferential uptake in bone. These bis-ligand oxovanadium(IV) (VOL2) compounds have a clear advantage over inorganic vanadyl sulfate in terms of bioavailability and pharmaceutical efficacy. BEOV has now completed Phase I and has advanced to Phase II clinical trials. In the Phase I trial, a ran-e of doses horn 10 mg, to 90 mg BEOV, given orally to non-diabetic volunteers, resulted in no adverse effects, all biochemical parameters remained within normal limits. In the Phase IIa trial, BEOV (AKP-020). 20 mg, daily for 28 clays, per os, in seven type 2 diabetic Subjects, was associated with reductions in fasting blood and glucose and \%HbA1c; improved responses to oral glucose tolerance testing, versus, the observed worsening of diabetic symptoms in the two placebo controls. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {BIODISTRIBUTION, bis(ethylmaltolato)oxovanadium(IV), BIS(MALTOLATO)OXOVANADIUM(IV), CHEMISTRY, Diabetes mellitus, IN-VIVO, INSULIN SENSITIVITY, MALTOL, METAL-COMPLEXES, RATS, SERUM, SKELETAL-MUSCLE, SULFATE, VANADIUM},
	isbn = {0162-0134},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000264904400011},
	author = {Thompson, K. H. and Lichter, J. and Lebel, C. and Scaife, M. C. and McNeill, J. H. and Orvig, Chris}
}
@article {784,
	title = {Chronic glucose-lowering effects of rosiglitazone and bis(ethylmaltolato)oxovanadium(IV) in ZDF rats},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology},
	volume = {81},
	number = {11},
	year = {2003},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 749AHTimes Cited: 3Cited Reference Count: 47},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {1049-1055},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The aim of this study was to determine if there was a synergistic or additive effect of a thiazolidinedione derivative (rosiglitazone (ROS)) and a vanadium compound (bis(ethylmaltolato)oxovanadium(IV) (BEOV)) on plasma glucose and insulin levels following chronic oral administration to Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats. Whole-blood vanadium levels were determined at time 0 and at days 1, 6, and 18. The doses of BEOV (0.1 mmol/kg) and ROS (2.8 mumol/kg) were selected to produce a glucose-lowering effect in 30\% (ED30) of animals. Both drugs were administered daily by oral gavage as suspensions in 1\% carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) in a volume of 2.5 mL/kg. The total volume administered to all rats was 5 mL/(kg-day). The combination of BEOV and ROS was effective in lowering plasma glucose levels to <9 mmol/L in 60\% of fatty animals as compared with 30\% for BEOV and 10\% for ROS alone. The age-dependent decrease in plasma insulin levels associated with \&beta;-cell failure in the ZDF rats did not occur in the BEOV-treated fatty groups. There was no effect of any treatment on body weight; however, there was a significant reduction in both food and fluid intake in fatty groups treated with BEOV. There were no overt signs of toxicity and no mortality in this study. Both BEOV and ROS were effective in lowering plasma glucose levels, as stated above, and there was at least an additive effect when BEOV and ROS were used in combination.},
	keywords = {ACTIVATED-RECEPTOR-GAMMA, bis(ethylmaltolato)oxovanadium(IV), diabetes, GLUT4, IN-VIVO, INSULIN SENSITIVITY, ORAL VANADYL, PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE-CARBOXYKINASE, RATS, rosigitazone, SKELETAL-MUSCLE, STREPTOZOTOCIN-DIABETIC RATS, TRANSLOCATION, VANADYL SULFATE, ZDF rats, ZUCKER FATTY},
	isbn = {0008-4212},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000186896100007},
	author = {Yuen, V. G. and Bhanot, S. and Battell, M. L. and Orvig, Chris and McNeill, J. H.}
}
