A systematic review of lithium biology and pharmacology and toxicological evaluation of new organic lithium salts

Objective: to systematize scientific data on biomedical studies investigating trace element lithium over the past 70 years; evaluate toxic properties of lithium ascorbate (LiAsc) as an important promising candidate molecule.Material and methods. An analysis of 49,959 publications on lithium biomedic...

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Main Authors: I. Yu. Torshin, O. A. Gromova, V. V. Rastashansky, A. A. Garanin
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author I. Yu. Torshin
O. A. Gromova
V. V. Rastashansky
A. A. Garanin
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description Objective: to systematize scientific data on biomedical studies investigating trace element lithium over the past 70 years; evaluate toxic properties of lithium ascorbate (LiAsc) as an important promising candidate molecule.Material and methods. An analysis of 49,959 publications on lithium biomedical research retrieved from PubMed/MEDLINE database was carried out using modern data mining methods developed within the framework of topological approach to recognizing (Yu.I. Zhuravlev scientific school). Publications found by experts and not indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE were used in discussing the results of a systematic analysis of publications array retrieved from PubMed/MEDLINE. An experimental study of chronic 180 day-long LiAsc (at doses of 5, 50 and 150 mg/kg) toxicity was performed on 36 “Soviet chinchilla” rabbits by assessing local irritant action. Intoxication clinical picture, body weight dynamics, water and food intake as well as physiological, hematological and biochemical parameters were analyzed.Results. Classification and systematization of all currently available publications on lithium biology and medicine were performed. It was shown that pharmacological applications of lithium salts in mental disorders as well as lithium effects on simple sugars metabolism, lipid metabolism, blood pressure regulation, hematopoiesis, inflammation and tumor growth inhibition, neurotransmitter homeostasis, neurotrophic and neuroprotective molecular mechanisms as well as homeostasis of other electrolytes comprised promising fields of lithium drug research. The prospects for using organic lithium salts, particularly LiAsc, for various therapeutic goals were also discussed. 180-day-long oral administration of LiAsc at doses of 5, 50, 150 mg/kg resulted in no macroscopic signs of local inflammatory reaction while examining its local irritant effect.Conclusion. The lithium-ion effect on neurotransmitters promotes neuroprotection and reduces a risk of addiction. The antihypertensive, antiatherosclerotic, antidiabetic, antitumor and neurotrophic effects related to organic lithium salts may be beneficial in various therapeutic applications.
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spelling doaj-art-4e96be52803b40739b127942729273f92025-08-20T03:57:32ZrusIRBIS LLCЭпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния2077-83332311-40882024-10-0116310.17749/2077-8333/epi.par.con.2024.196654A systematic review of lithium biology and pharmacology and toxicological evaluation of new organic lithium saltsI. Yu. Torshin0O. A. Gromova1V. V. Rastashansky2A. A. Garanin3Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control”, Russian Academy of SciencesFederal Research Center “Computer Science and Control”, Russian Academy of SciencesNormofarm LLCIvanovo State Medical UniversityObjective: to systematize scientific data on biomedical studies investigating trace element lithium over the past 70 years; evaluate toxic properties of lithium ascorbate (LiAsc) as an important promising candidate molecule.Material and methods. An analysis of 49,959 publications on lithium biomedical research retrieved from PubMed/MEDLINE database was carried out using modern data mining methods developed within the framework of topological approach to recognizing (Yu.I. Zhuravlev scientific school). Publications found by experts and not indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE were used in discussing the results of a systematic analysis of publications array retrieved from PubMed/MEDLINE. An experimental study of chronic 180 day-long LiAsc (at doses of 5, 50 and 150 mg/kg) toxicity was performed on 36 “Soviet chinchilla” rabbits by assessing local irritant action. Intoxication clinical picture, body weight dynamics, water and food intake as well as physiological, hematological and biochemical parameters were analyzed.Results. Classification and systematization of all currently available publications on lithium biology and medicine were performed. It was shown that pharmacological applications of lithium salts in mental disorders as well as lithium effects on simple sugars metabolism, lipid metabolism, blood pressure regulation, hematopoiesis, inflammation and tumor growth inhibition, neurotransmitter homeostasis, neurotrophic and neuroprotective molecular mechanisms as well as homeostasis of other electrolytes comprised promising fields of lithium drug research. The prospects for using organic lithium salts, particularly LiAsc, for various therapeutic goals were also discussed. 180-day-long oral administration of LiAsc at doses of 5, 50, 150 mg/kg resulted in no macroscopic signs of local inflammatory reaction while examining its local irritant effect.Conclusion. The lithium-ion effect on neurotransmitters promotes neuroprotection and reduces a risk of addiction. The antihypertensive, antiatherosclerotic, antidiabetic, antitumor and neurotrophic effects related to organic lithium salts may be beneficial in various therapeutic applications.https://www.epilepsia.su/jour/article/view/1106systems biologydata miningorganic lithium saltslithium ascorbateliascchronic toxicityneuroprotection
spellingShingle I. Yu. Torshin
O. A. Gromova
V. V. Rastashansky
A. A. Garanin
A systematic review of lithium biology and pharmacology and toxicological evaluation of new organic lithium salts
Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния
systems biology
data mining
organic lithium salts
lithium ascorbate
liasc
chronic toxicity
neuroprotection
title A systematic review of lithium biology and pharmacology and toxicological evaluation of new organic lithium salts
title_full A systematic review of lithium biology and pharmacology and toxicological evaluation of new organic lithium salts
title_fullStr A systematic review of lithium biology and pharmacology and toxicological evaluation of new organic lithium salts
title_full_unstemmed A systematic review of lithium biology and pharmacology and toxicological evaluation of new organic lithium salts
title_short A systematic review of lithium biology and pharmacology and toxicological evaluation of new organic lithium salts
title_sort systematic review of lithium biology and pharmacology and toxicological evaluation of new organic lithium salts
topic systems biology
data mining
organic lithium salts
lithium ascorbate
liasc
chronic toxicity
neuroprotection
url https://www.epilepsia.su/jour/article/view/1106
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