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. 2024 Sep 6;10(18):e37545. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37545

Table 2.

Summary of the effects of various metals/metalloids in vivo models on Nrf2 signaling and its interrelation with oxidative stress parameters.

Metals/Metalloids Experimental model Dose Duration Results Reference
Arsenic Swiss albino mice 20 mg/kg bw/day 2-week ↓ sperm motility, ↑ accumulation in kidney and liver, ↓ (SOD, GSH, GST), ↑ (LPO, PCC, CAT, Nrf2) [54]
Arsenic Kunming mice (10,50, 100) mg/L 6 weeks ↑ (ALT, AST, MDA), ↓ (GSH, Nrf2, HO-1, NQO1) [108]
Arsenic C57BL/6 mice 10 mg/kg bw/day 14 days ↑ (ALT, AST, MDA), ↓ (Nrf2, NQO1) [109]
Arsenic Swiss albino mice 10 mg/kg 3 months ↑ accumulation in lungs, ↑ (ROS, LPO, PCC, Bax/Bcl2), ↓ (SOD, CAT, GST, GR and GPx, Nrf2, HO-1, SOD2) [66]
Arsenic Sprague Dawley rats 5 mg/kg 7 days ↑ (ALT, AST, ALP, MDA, ROS), ↓ (CAT, SOD, Nrf2, HO-1, NQO1) [67]
Arsenic ICR mice 5 mg/kg 7 days ↑ (ALT, AST, MDA, ROS, Cleaved-Cas 3, 9, p53, CytC, Bax/Bcl-2, Cas 3, 9), ↓ (SOD, CAT, GSH-Px, TSH, GSH, Nrf2, HO-1, NQO1) [68]
Chromium Zebrafish (Danio rerio) 2 mg/L 1, 7, 15, 30, 60 days ↑ (GSH, MDA, CAT, Nrf2, HO-1, NQO1, Bax, Cas 9, Cas 3, AChE), ↓ (Bcl2) [76]
Chromium Wistar rats 17 mg/kg bw 12 and 24 h for 3 days ↑ (ALT, AST, LDH, LPO, ROS), ↓ (SOD, CAT, GPx, Nrf2) [77]
Chromium Wild-type zebrafish 2 mg/L 1, 7, 15, 30, 60 days ↑ (ROS, GSH, MDA, CAT, Nrf2, Cyp1a, Cu/Zn SOD, ↓ (HO-1, Hsp 70, Ucp2) [78]
Chromium Swiss albino mice 75 ppm 30 days ↑ (PCC, MDA), ↓ (GSH, SOD, GST, TT, CAT, Nrf2, HO-1, NQO1) [56]
Chromium Swiss albino mice Cr-75 ppm + As-100 ppm in combination 15 days ↑ (PCC, MDA), ↓ (GSH, SOD, GST, TT, Nrf2, AChE, BChE) [55]
Chromium Broilers 37 mg/kg bw 42 days ↑ (ALT, AST, MDA, Beclin 1, p62), ↓ (GSH, SOD, GPx-1, Nrf2, HO-1, NQO1, mTOR) [79]
Chromium Wistar rats 4 mg/kg 35 days ↓ (AMPK, Nrf2, HO-1, NQO1, Bcl2), ↑ (NF-kβ, Cleaved Cas 3, p53) [51]
Mercury Kunming mice 5 mg/kg At 24th hr once ↑ (MPO, MDA, TNFα, IL-1β, IL-6, Bax, Cas3), ↓ (GSH, SOD, Bcl2, Nrf2, HO-1) [83]
Mercury Wistar rats 80 mg/L 56 days ↑ (Hg accumulation in blood and heart, MDA, TNFα, Cleaved Cas 3, p53, Bax), ↓ (GSH,Nrf2, HO-1,NQO1, Bcl2, P-AKT) [25]
Cadmium Zebrafish Adult (0, 11, and 110) μg/L
Embryo (0, 562 and 2810) μg/L
Adult (24 h)
Embryo (3 h)
↑ (GstPi, GCLC, HO-1, Prdx1, Nrf2) [87]
Cadmium C57BL/6 mice 2 and 7 mg/kg 4 and 8 weeks ↑ (NLRP3, Asc, Cas 1, Gsdmd, IL-1β, and IL-18, Keap 1), ↓ (Nrf2) [88]
Cadmium Swiss albino mice 6.5 mg/kg 7 days ↓ (LH, FSH, GPx, SOD, CAT, GR, Nrf2, Bcl2), ↑ (IL-1β, TNFα, Cas 3, Bax) [89]
Cobalt Wistar rats 50 mM Once/10 days ↑ (HIF1α, NOX2), ↓ (Nrf2) [96]
Cobalt Wistar rats 4 mg/kg 20 days ↑ (MDA, Cas 9), ↓ (Nrf2, HO-1) [97]
Lead Sprague Dawley rats 200 ppm 8 weeks ↑ (Bax/Bcl2), ↓ (Nrf2, CAT, Mn-SOD) [99]
Lead Wistar albino rats 20 mg/kg 7 days ↑ (Pb accumulation, LPO, NO, IL-1β, TNFα, iNOS, Bax, Cas3), ↓ (SOD, CAT, GSH, GPx, GR, Nrf2, HO-1, Bcl2) [101]
Lead Wistar rats 20 mg/kg 7 days ↓ (SOD, CAT, GPx, GR, Nrf2, HO-1, Bcl2), ↑ (Pb accumulation, MDA, TNF-α, IL-1β, NO, Bax, Cas 3) [52]
Lead ICR mice 250 mg/L 4 weeks ↑ (MDA, Cas 3, Cyt C, TNFα, COX2, NF-kβ), ↓ (SOD, TAC, Nrf2, HO-1, NQO1, Bcl2) [102]

ALP- Alkaline phosphatase.

LDH- lactate dehydrogenase.

ICR- Institute of Cancer Research.

Ucp2-Uncoupling protein 2.

AChE- Acetylcholinesterase.

BChE- Butyrylcholinesterase.

mTOR- Mammalian target of rapamycin.

MPO- Myeloperoxidase.

Asc - Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein.

Gsdmd - Cleaves gasdermin D.