title: Embryotoxic and teratogenic effects of intraperitoneally administered metavanadate in mice.
abstract: Metavanadate was evaluated for developmental toxicity in pregnant Swiss mice. Sodium metavanadate (NaVO3) was administered intraperitoneally on d 6-15 of gestation at doses of 0, 2, 4, or 8 mg/kg/d. On gestation d 18, all live fetuses were examined for external, visceral, and skeletal malformations and variations. Maternal toxicity was observed at 2, 4, and 8 mg/kg/d as evidenced by decreased weight gain during treatment. Increased resorptions and dead fetuses, increased percentage postimplantation loss, and reduced fetal body weight per litter were observed at 4 and 8 mg/kg/d. There were no significant increases in the type or incidence of external and skeletal anomalies, but a significant increase in the incidence of cleft palate was detected at 8 mg/kg/d. The lowest-observed-adverse-effect level (LOAEL) for maternal toxicity was 2 mg NaVO3/kg/d, while 2 mg/kg/d was also the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) for significant developmental toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Toxicology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Reus, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Domingo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Corbella
mesh_terms: D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced; D000818:Animals; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000139:chemically induced; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005327:Fetal Resorption / Q000139:chemically induced*; D051379:Mice; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014638:Vanadates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D014638:Vanadates