Within tissues in organisms, V3+ and V4+ predominate because of largely reducing conditions; in plasma, however, which is high in oxygen, V5+ is formed.
Vanadium is absorbed mainly via inhalation, though small amounts can be absorbed through the skin and gastrointestional tract. It is rapidly distributed in the plasma, mainly to the kidney, liver, lungs, heart, bone, where it tends to accumulate. With the help of cytochrome P-450 enzymes, it can interconvert between its two oxidation states, vanadyl (V+4) and vanadate (V+5). Both states of vanadium can reversibly bind to transferrin protein in the blood and then be taken up into erythrocytes. Vanadium is excreted mainly in the urine. (L837)
IDENTIFICATION AND USE: Vanadium trioxide is a black powder. The most important application is as an alternative to vanadium pentoxide in the production of iron-vanadium, vanadium-aluminum master alloys, high purity vanadium metal, and vanadium carbides and carbonitrides. HUMAN EXPOSURE AND TOXICITY: Acute exposure to vanadium oxide dusts is associated with acute upper and lower airway irritation. Conjunctivitis, rhinitis, and pharyngitis commonly occur within 0.5 hr of exposure and up to 12 hours after the exposure. Cough, wheezing, dyspnea, and substernal soreness occur with more severe exposures. A green-black discoloration of the tongue sometimes occurs. The discoloration occurs from simple exposure of the tongue mucosa to vanadium powder. Inhalation of vanadium trioxide for 1-5 yr produced asthma in 3 of 20 workers. It induced micronuclei in cultured human lymphoblastoid TK6 cells. ANIMAL STUDIES: Rabbits exposed to a dispersion aerosol of vanadium trioxide (40-75 mg/cu m, 2 hr/day for up to 12 months) exhibited a progressive weight loss amounting to an average of 4.6% at the termination of the study. Control animals gained weight by an average of 12.3%. Neurophysiological disturbances (impaired conditioned reflexes and neuromuscular excitability) /were observed/ in dogs and rabbits exposed orally or subcutaneously to vanadium trioxide. It did not induce mutation at the hprt locus of L5178Y mouse lymphoma cells. In Chinese hamster ovary cells at doses 0.02-0.25 TC50, vanadium trioxide was able to induce significant increases in the SCE frequency with or without the presence of rat hepatic S9 mix. It did not show sensitizing properties in guinea pigs,
Vanadium damages alveolar macrophages by decreasing the macrophage membrane integrity, thus impairing the cells' phagocytotic ability and viability. The pentavalent form of vanadium, vanadate, is a potent inhibitor of the Ca+-ATPase and Na+,K+-ATPase of plasma membranes, which decreases intracellular ATP concentration. Vanadium is also believed to induce the production of reactive oxygen species. This may damage DNA and also cause oxidative stress, which can damage the reproductive system. Vanadium also inhibits protein tyrosine phosphatases, producing insulin-like effects. (L837, A247, A248, A249, A250, A251)
来源:Toxin and Toxin Target Database (T3DB)
毒理性
致癌物分类
对人类不具有致癌性(未被国际癌症研究机构IARC列名)。
No indication of carcinogenicity to humans (not listed by IARC).
Breathing high levels of vanadium affects the lungs, throat, and eyes. Ingestion of vanadium may cause kidney and liver damage, birth defects, or death. (L837)
来源:Toxin and Toxin Target Database (T3DB)
毒理性
暴露途径
该物质可以通过吸入其气溶胶被吸收进入人体。
The substance can be absorbed into the body by inhalation of its aerosol.
来源:ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
The bioaccessibility of divanadium trioxide has been investigated experimentally in vitro by simulating dissolution under physiological conditions considered to mimic the most relevant exposure routes (oral, dermal and inhalation). Dissolved V concentrations were between 3 to 16 mg/L at the loading of 100 mg/L V2O3, corresponding to a solubility of less than 25%. Therefore, divanadium trioxide may reasonably be considered moderately bioaccessible.
In an exptl study in which humans were exposed to vanadium oxide dust, with tests being run before, during, and after exposure, the greatest amount of vanadium was found in urine 3 days after exposure; none was detectable after a week. Fecal vanadium was at a max of 0.003 mg/g; none was detected after 2 wk. /Vanadium oxide dust/