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Wherry TLT, Dassanayake RP, Bannantine JP, Mooyottu S, Stabel JR. Vitamin D3 alters macrophage phenotype and endosomal trafficking markers in dairy cattle naturally infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:1021657. [PMID: 36275033 PMCID: PMC9579537 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1021657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Macrophages are important host defense cells in ruminant paratuberculosis (Johne’s Disease; JD), a chronic enteritis caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). Classical macrophage functions of pathogen trafficking, degradation, and antigen presentation are interrupted in mycobacterial infection. Immunologic stimulation by 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) enhances bovine macrophage function. The present study aimed to investigate the role of vitamin D3 on macrophage phenotype and endosomal trafficking of MAP in monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) cultured from JD-, JD+ subclinical, and JD+ clinically infected cattle. MDMs were pre-treated 100 ng/ml 25(OH)D3 or 4 ng/ml 1,25(OH)2D3 and incubated 24 hrs with MAP at 10:1 multiplicity of infection (MOI). In vitro MAP infection upregulated pro-inflammatory (M1) CD80 and downregulated resolution/repair (M2) CD163. Vitamin D3 generally decreased CD80 and increased CD163 expression. Furthermore, early endosomal marker Rab5 was upregulated 140× across all stages of paratuberculosis infection following in vitro MAP infection; however, Rab5 was reduced in MAP-activated MDMs from JD+ subclinical and JD+ clinical cows compared to healthy controls. Rab7 expression decreased in control and clinical cows following MDM infection with MAP. Both forms of vitamin D3 reduced Rab5 expression in infected MDMs from JD- control cows, while 1,25(OH)2D3 decreased Rab7 expression in JD- and JD+ subclinical animals regardless of MAP infection in vitro. Vitamin D3 promoted phagocytosis in MDMs from JD- and JD+ clinical cows treated with either vitamin D3 analog. Results from this study show exogenous vitamin D3 influences macrophage M1/M2 polarization and Rab GTPase expression within MDM culture.
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- Taylor L. T. Wherry
- Infectious Bacterial Diseases, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Ames, IA, United States
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Ames, IA, United States
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- Infectious Bacterial Diseases, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Infectious Bacterial Diseases, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Ames, IA, United States
- *Correspondence: Judith R. Stabel,
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Wherry TLT, Stabel JR. Bovine Immunity and Vitamin D 3: An Emerging Association in Johne's Disease. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10091865. [PMID: 36144467 PMCID: PMC9500906 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10091865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is an environmentally hardy pathogen of ruminants that plagues the dairy industry. Hallmark clinical symptoms include granulomatous enteritis, watery diarrhea, and significant loss of body condition. Transition from subclinical to clinical infection is a dynamic process led by MAP which resides in host macrophages. Clinical stage disease is accompanied by dysfunctional immune responses and a reduction in circulating vitamin D3. The immunomodulatory role of vitamin D3 in infectious disease has been well established in humans, particularly in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. However, significant species differences exist between the immune system of humans and bovines, including effects induced by vitamin D3. This fact highlights the need for continued study of the relationship between vitamin D3 and bovine immunity, especially during different stages of paratuberculosis.
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- Taylor L. T. Wherry
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
- Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA 50010, USA
- Correspondence:
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Bold A, Gross H, Holzmann E, Smetak M, Birkmann J, Bertsch T, Triebel J, Sauer K, Wilhelm M, Hoeres T. Immune activating and inhibiting effects of calcitriol on γδ T cells and NK cells. Immunobiology 2022; 227:152286. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2022.152286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gharib AF, El Askary A, Almehmadi M, Alhuthali HM, Elsawy WH, Allam HH, Elsayyad LK, Ayoub MA, Shafie A. Association of vitamin D deficiency and inflammatory cytokines with the clinicopathological features of breast cancer in female Saudi patients. EUR J INFLAMM 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x221106507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among women in Saudi Arabia. Many studies have suggested a strong correlation between vitamin D and multiple types of cancer. This study included 100 female Saudi patients with early or locally advanced breast cancer. Patients were recruited from King Faisal Hospital in Taif City, Saudi Arabia, from January 2020 to September 2020. We aimed to study the association between serum vitamin D, calcium, interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and chemerin and breast cancer progression. The control group consisted of 100 healthy individuals. Serum levels of vitamin D, calcium, IL-6, TNF-α and chemerin were measured in all participants. Vitamin D was significantly decreased in patients with high-grade tumours ( p < 0.0001), obesity ( p = 0.013), negative oestrogen receptors ( p < 0.0001), negative progesterone receptors ( p < 0.0001) and positive HER2 receptors ( p < 0.0001). Vitamin D was also decreased in patients with large tumours ( p < 0.0001), axillary lymph node involvement ( p < 0.0001) and advanced-stage cancers ( p < 0.0001). Moreover, higher levels of IL-6, TNF-α and chemerin were significantly associated with the presence of breast cancer, particularly in its advanced stages. Vitamin D deficiency and elevated levels of IL-6, TNF- α and chemerin were associated with adverse clinicopathological features of breast cancer. Vitamin D deficiency and elevated inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α and chemerin) were associated with the clinicopathological features of breast cancer in female Saudi patients.
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- Amal F Gharib
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Ministry of Health, King Faisal Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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Pedreañez A, Mosquera-Sulbaran J, Muñoz N. SARS-CoV-2 infection represents a high risk for the elderly: analysis of pathogenesis. Arch Virol 2021; 166:1565-1574. [PMID: 33751241 PMCID: PMC7982908 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-05042-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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As people get older, age-related alterations occur that lead to increased susceptibility to disease. In the current COVID-19 pandemic, older people are particularly susceptible to a SARS-CoV-2 infection developing into severe disease. The objective of this review was to examine the literature regarding factors that may explain the tendency of this population to develop severe COVID-19. Research articles considered in this review were searched for in EMBASE, PubMed, and Web of Science from December 2019 to December 2020. Citations were screened by two independent reviewers. Studies of the immune system in older individuals found alterations in both the adaptive and innate immune systems. The adaptive system is depressed in its functions, and the innate system is in a pro-inflammatory state that can lead to chronic disease. This pro-inflammatory state may be related to a severe course of disease in COVID-19. This review shows that the level of evidence supporting an association between immune alterations in the elderly and susceptibly to severe progression of SARS-CoV-2 infection is generally consistent. Preventive measures such as early antiviral treatment are of key importance for prevention of severe progression of COVID19.
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- Adriana Pedreañez
- Escuela de Bioanálisis, Departamento de Microbiología, Cátedra de Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas "Dr. Américo Negrette". Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia,, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional del Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador
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Spiers JG, Steiger N, Khadka A, Juliani J, Hill AF, Lavidis NA, Anderson ST, Cortina Chen HJ. Repeated acute stress modulates hepatic inflammation and markers of macrophage polarisation in the rat. Biochimie 2021; 180:30-42. [PMID: 33122103 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Bidirectional communication between the neuroendocrine stress and immune systems permits classically anti-inflammatory glucocorticoids to exert pro-inflammatory effects in specific cells and tissues. Liver macrophages/Kupffer cells play a crucial role in initiating inflammatory cascades mediated by the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines following tissue injury. However, the effects of repeated acute psychological stress on hepatic inflammatory phenotype and macrophage activation state remains poorly understood. We have utilised a model of repeated acute stress in rodents to observe the changes in hepatic inflammatory phenotype, including anti-inflammatory vitamin D status, in addition to examining markers of classically and alternatively-activated macrophages. Male Wistar rats were subjected to control conditions or 6 h of restraint stress applied for 1 or 3 days (n = 8 per group) after which plasma concentrations of stress hormone, enzymes associated with liver damage, and vitamin D status were examined, in addition to hepatic expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory markers. Stress increased glucocorticoids and active vitamin D levels in addition to expression of glucocorticoid alpha/beta receptor, whilst changes in circulating hepatic enzymes indicated sustained liver damage. A pro-inflammatory response was observed in liver tissues following stress, and inducible nitric oxide synthase being observed within hepatic macrophage/Kupffer cells. Together, this suggests that stress preferentially induces a pro-inflammatory response in the liver.
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- Jereme G Spiers
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia; Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia.
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia; WT-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom.
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Bellan M, Andreoli L, Mele C, Sainaghi PP, Rigamonti C, Piantoni S, De Benedittis C, Aimaretti G, Pirisi M, Marzullo P. Pathophysiological Role and Therapeutic Implications of Vitamin D in Autoimmunity: Focus on Chronic Autoimmune Diseases. Nutrients 2020; 12:E789. [PMID: 32192175 PMCID: PMC7146294 DOI: 10.3390/nu12030789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Vitamin D is a pleiotropic secosteroid yielding multiple actions in human physiology. Besides the canonical regulatory activity on bone metabolism, several non-classical actions have been described and the ability of vitamin D to partake in the regulation of the immune system is particularly interesting, though far stronger and convincing evidence has been collected in in vitro as compared to in vivo studies. Whether vitamin D is able to regulate at physiological concentrations the human immune system remains unproven to date. Consequently, it is not established if vitamin D status is a factor involved in the pathogenesis of immune-mediated diseases and if cholecalciferol supplementation acts as an adjuvant for autoimmune diseases. The development of autoimmunity is a heterogeneous process, which may involve different organs and systems with a wide range of clinical implications. In the present paper, we reviewed the current evidences regarding vitamin D role in the pathogenesis and management of different autoimmune diseases.
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- Mattia Bellan
- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (M.B.); (C.M.); (P.P.S.); (C.R.); (C.D.B.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
- Division of Internal Medicine, “AOU Maggiore della Carità”, 28100 Novara, Italy
- CAAD, Centre for Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, 25128 Brescia, Italy; (L.A.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (M.B.); (C.M.); (P.P.S.); (C.R.); (C.D.B.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (M.B.); (C.M.); (P.P.S.); (C.R.); (C.D.B.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
- Division of Internal Medicine, “AOU Maggiore della Carità”, 28100 Novara, Italy
- CAAD, Centre for Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (M.B.); (C.M.); (P.P.S.); (C.R.); (C.D.B.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
- Division of Internal Medicine, “AOU Maggiore della Carità”, 28100 Novara, Italy
- CAAD, Centre for Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, 25128 Brescia, Italy; (L.A.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (M.B.); (C.M.); (P.P.S.); (C.R.); (C.D.B.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
- Division of Internal Medicine, “AOU Maggiore della Carità”, 28100 Novara, Italy
- CAAD, Centre for Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (M.B.); (C.M.); (P.P.S.); (C.R.); (C.D.B.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (M.B.); (C.M.); (P.P.S.); (C.R.); (C.D.B.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
- Division of Internal Medicine, “AOU Maggiore della Carità”, 28100 Novara, Italy
- CAAD, Centre for Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (M.B.); (C.M.); (P.P.S.); (C.R.); (C.D.B.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
- Division of General Medicine, Ospedale S. Giuseppe, I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano, 28921 Verbania, Italy
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Bikle DD. Vitamin D: Newer Concepts of Its Metabolism and Function at the Basic and Clinical Level. J Endocr Soc 2020; 4:bvz038. [PMID: 32051922 PMCID: PMC7007804 DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvz038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The interest in vitamin D continues unabated with thousands of publications contributing to a vast and growing literature each year. It is widely recognized that the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and the enzymes that metabolize vitamin D are found in many cells, not just those involved with calcium and phosphate homeostasis. In this mini review I have focused primarily on recent studies that provide new insights into vitamin D metabolism, mechanisms of action, and clinical applications. In particular, I examine how mutations in vitamin D metabolizing enzymes—and new information on their regulation—links vitamin D metabolism into areas such as metabolism and diseases outside that of the musculoskeletal system. New information regarding the mechanisms governing the function of the VDR elucidates how this molecule can be so multifunctional in a cell-specific fashion. Clinically, the difficulty in determining vitamin D sufficiency for all groups is addressed, including a discussion of whether the standard measure of vitamin D sufficiency, total 25OHD (25 hydroxyvitamin) levels, may not be the best measure—at least by itself. Finally, several recent large clinical trials exploring the role of vitamin D supplementation in nonskeletal diseases are briefly reviewed, with an eye toward what questions they answered and what new questions they raised.
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- Daniel D Bikle
- Department of Medicine and Endocrine Research Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, California
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Bouillon R, Bikle D. Vitamin D Metabolism Revised: Fall of Dogmas. J Bone Miner Res 2019; 34:1985-1992. [PMID: 31589774 PMCID: PMC9000993 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Roger Bouillon
- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Medicine and Dermatology, University of California San Francisco and VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Olmos-Ortiz A, García-Quiroz J, Halhali A, Avila E, Zaga-Clavellina V, Chavira-Ramírez R, García-Becerra R, Caldiño-Soto F, Larrea F, Díaz L. Negative correlation between testosterone and TNF-α in umbilical cord serum favors a weakened immune milieu in the human male fetoplacental unit. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 186:154-160. [PMID: 30359690 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2018.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Clinical and epidemiological evidence supports that pregnancies carrying a male fetus are more vulnerable to infections and preterm birth, probably due to testosterone immunosuppressive properties. In human placentas, testosterone lowers the expression of CYP27B1, the vitamin D (VD)-activating enzyme, diminishing cathelicidin synthesis, a potent VD-dependent antimicrobial peptide (AMP). VD also stimulates other AMPs, including defensins. To get insights into the increased male vulnerability mechanisms, we investigated the relationship between fetal sex and the immunoendocrine milieu at the fetoplacental unit. For this, umbilical vein serum and placental samples were collected from healthy newborns. In males' serum, testosterone levels were significantly higher and negatively associated with TNF-α, a cytokine that strengthens the immune response. Males showed lower serum TNF-α and increased levels and gene expression of the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10. Only in female samples there was a positive association (P < 0.05) between AMPs and both TNF-α and CYP27B1 and between 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and IL-1β serum levels. Accordingly, VD-metabolites (25-hydroxyvitamin D3, calcitriol) significantly stimulated IL-1β gene expression in cultured trophoblasts. Interestingly, IL-1β mRNA correlated positively with defensins (P < 0.05) in males, but not with cathelicidin expression, which was significantly diminished in comparison to females. Our data suggest that high umbilical serum testosterone and IL-10 in males could explain reduced TNF-α levels and lack of association between VD-dependent innate immunity markers and proinflammatory cytokines expression in the fetoplacental unit. Altogether, our observations imply a restricted basal immune milieu in males compared to females, which may help understand the higher male susceptibility to adverse perinatal outcomes.
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- Andrea Olmos-Ortiz
- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción Dr. Carlos Gual Castro, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, C.P. 14080, Ciudad de México, Mexico; Departamento de Inmunobioquímica, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, Montes Urales No. 800, Lomas de Virreyes, C.P. 11000, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción Dr. Carlos Gual Castro, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, C.P. 14080, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción Dr. Carlos Gual Castro, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, C.P. 14080, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción Dr. Carlos Gual Castro, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, C.P. 14080, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Inmunobioquímica, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, Montes Urales No. 800, Lomas de Virreyes, C.P. 11000, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción Dr. Carlos Gual Castro, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, C.P. 14080, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción Dr. Carlos Gual Castro, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, C.P. 14080, Ciudad de México, Mexico; Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Ciudad Universitaria 3000, Coyoacán 04360, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Jefatura de UTQ, UMAE Hospital de Gineco Obstetricia No. 4 "Luis Castelazo Ayala", IMSS, Av. Río Magdalena No. 289, Tizapán San Angel, C.P. 01090, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción Dr. Carlos Gual Castro, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, C.P. 14080, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción Dr. Carlos Gual Castro, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, C.P. 14080, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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Karras SN, Wagner CL, Castracane VD. Understanding vitamin D metabolism in pregnancy: From physiology to pathophysiology and clinical outcomes. Metabolism 2018; 86:112-123. [PMID: 29066285 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2017.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
This critical time frame of intrauterine life development is considered of major importance on the metabolic imprinting of overall health of the offspring, in later life. This requires a delicate immune balance that nurtures the allogeneic fetus, while maintaining reactivity against pathogens. Dysregulation of these tightly controlled biophenomena at a systemic and placental level, have been considered as a potential mechanism mediating pathogenesis of preeclampsia and spontaneous birth. In this context, vitamin D has been considered as a significant regulator of both innate and adaptive immunity by regulating cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. Vitamin D metabolism during pregnancy manifests striking differences as compared to the non-pregnant state. Calcitriol is increasing >2-3 fold in the first weeks of pregnancy whereas maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D crosses the placental barrier and represents the main pool of vitamin D in the fetus. Moreover, during pregnancy, vitamin D receptor and regulatory metabolic enzymes are expressed in the placenta and decidua, indicating a potential critical point in the immunomodulation at the maternal-fetal interface. Considering these effects, maternal hypovitaminosis D during pregnancy has been associated with pregnancy related disorders. This review focuses on the mechanistic basis of these adaptive changes, as a background for the development of pregnancy related disorders, with a discourse on the pathophysiology relating hypovitaminosis D and clinical outcomes.
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- Spyridon N Karras
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Odessa, TX, United States
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Bikle DD, Patzek S, Wang Y. Physiologic and pathophysiologic roles of extra renal CYP27b1: Case report and review. Bone Rep 2018; 8:255-267. [PMID: 29963603 PMCID: PMC6021194 DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2018.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Although the kidney was initially thought to be the sole organ responsible for the production of 1,25(OH)2D via the enzyme CYP27b1, it is now appreciated that the expression of CYP27b1 in tissues other than the kidney is wide spread. However, the kidney is the major source for circulating 1,25(OH)2D. Only in certain granulomatous diseases such as sarcoidosis does the extra renal tissue produce sufficient 1,25(OH)2D to contribute to the circulating levels, generally associated with hypercalcemia, as illustrated by the case report preceding the review. Therefore the expression of CYP27b1 outside the kidney under normal circumstances begs the question why, and in particular whether the extra renal production of 1,25(OH)2D has physiologic importance. In this chapter this question will be discussed. First we discuss the sites for extra renal 1,25(OH)2D production. This is followed by a discussion of the regulation of CYP27b1 expression and activity in extra renal tissues, pointing out that such regulation is tissue specific and different from that of CYP27b1 in the kidney. Finally the physiologic significance of extra renal 1,25(OH)2D3 production is examined, with special focus on the role of CYP27b1 in regulation of cellular proliferation and differentiation, hormone secretion, and immune function. At this point the data do not clearly demonstrate an essential role for CYP27b1 expression in any tissue outside the kidney, but several examples pointing in this direction are provided. With the availability of the mouse enabling tissue specific deletion of CYP27b1, the role of extra renal CYP27b1 expression in normal and pathologic states can now be addressed definitively.
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- Daniel D Bikle
- Department of Medicine, Endocrine Research Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Endocrine Research Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Endocrine Research Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, United States
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Bora SA, Kennett MJ, Smith PB, Patterson AD, Cantorna MT. Regulation of vitamin D metabolism following disruption of the microbiota using broad spectrum antibiotics. J Nutr Biochem 2018; 56:65-73. [PMID: 29459310 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2018.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Revised: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Vitamin D, 25hydroxyvitamin D (25D), and 24,25dihydroxyvitamin D (24,25D) were measured before and after broad spectrum antibiotic (Abx) treatment for 2 wks. Abx treatments increased 25D and 24,25D levels suggesting that the microbiota or Abx were altering vitamin D metabolism. Increased 25D, but not 24,25D, following Abx treatments were found to be dependent on toll like receptor signaling. Conversely, the effects of Abx on 24,25D levels required that the vitamin D receptor (VDR) be expressed in tissues outside of the hematopoietic system (kidney) and not the immune system. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)23 increased following Abx treatment and the effect of Abx treatment on FGF23 (like the effect on 24,25D) was not present in VDR knockout (KO) mice. The Abx mediated increase in 24,25D was due to changes to the endocrine regulation of vitamin D metabolism. Conversely, 25D levels went up with Abx treatment of the VDR KO mice. Host sensing of microbial signals regulates the levels of 25D in the host.
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- Stephanie A Bora
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA; Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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Barilaro G, Spaziani Testa C, Cacciani A, Donato G, Dimko M, Mariotti A. ASIA syndrome, calcinosis cutis and chronic kidney disease following silicone injections. A case-based review. Immunol Res 2017; 64:1142-1149. [PMID: 27665458 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-016-8871-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An immunologic adjuvant is a substance that enhances the antigen-specific immune response preferably without triggering one on its own. Silicone, a synthetic polymer used for reconstructive and cosmetic purposes, can cause, once injected, local and/or systemic reactions and trigger manifestations of autoimmunity, occasionally leading to an overt autoimmune disease. Siliconosis, calcinosis cutis with hypercalcemia and chronic kidney disease have all been reported in association with silicone injection. Here, we describe a case of autoimmune/auto-inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants, calcinosis cutis and chronic kidney disease after liquid silicone multiple injections in a young man who underwent a sex reassignment surgery, followed by a review of the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing the concomitance of the three clinical conditions in the same patients. The link between silicone and the immune system is not completely understood yet and requires further reports and investigations with long-term data, in order to identify the main individual and genetical risk factors predisposing to the wide spectrum of the adjuvant-induced responses.
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- Giuseppe Barilaro
- Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 37, 00161, Rome, Italy.
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- Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 37, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 37, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 37, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Nephrology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 37, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Nephrology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 37, 00161, Rome, Italy
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Seasonal Variation in Vitamin D in Association with Age, Inflammatory Cytokines, Anthropometric Parameters, and Lifestyle Factors in Older Adults. Mediators Inflamm 2017; 2017:5719461. [PMID: 29104377 PMCID: PMC5618765 DOI: 10.1155/2017/5719461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Vitamin D deficiency is present even in sunny regions. Ageing decreases pre-vitamin D production in the skin and is associated with altered cytokine profile. We performed a multivariate analysis considering lifestyle factors, anthropometric, and inflammatory markers according to seasonal variation in Mexican healthy older adults. The same cohort was followed during 12 months. Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency was found in 91.3% of the subjects despite living in appropriate latitude (25°40′0″N). 25(OH)D levels remained below <30 ng/mL through all seasons. Vitamin D deficiency did not correlate to sun exposure or dietary intake. Gender was the strongest associated factor, explaining a variance of 20%. Waist circumference (WC) greater than 88 cm was a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency. Age (>74 years) combined with WC (>88 cm) and BMI (>32.7) showed a high probability (90%) of vitamin D deficiency. Remarkably, an increase in one centimeter in WC decreased 25(OH)D by 0.176 ng/mL, while an increase in one point BMI decreased 25(OH)D by 0.534 ng/mL. A cutoff point of 74 years of age determined probability of vitamin D hipovitaminosis. Vitamin D deficiency was correlated with TNF-α serum levels, possibly increasing the susceptibility of older adults to a proinflammatory state and its related diseases.
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Bikle DD. Extraskeletal actions of vitamin D. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2017; 1376:29-52. [PMID: 27649525 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2016] [Revised: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is found in nearly all, if not all, cells in the body. The enzyme that produces the active metabolite of vitamin D and ligand for VDR, namely CYP27B1, likewise is widely expressed in many cells of the body. These observations indicate that the role of vitamin D is not limited to regulation of bone and mineral homeostasis, as important as that is. Rather, the study of its extraskeletal actions has become the major driving force behind the significant increase in research articles on vitamin D published over the past several decades. A great deal of information has accumulated from cell culture studies, in vivo animal studies, and clinical association studies that confirms that extraskeletal effects of vitamin D are truly widespread and substantial. However, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials, when done, have by and large not produced the benefits anticipated by the in vitro cell culture and in vivo animal studies. In this review, I will examine the role of vitamin D signaling in a number of extraskeletal tissues and assess the success of translating these findings into treatments of human diseases affecting those extracellular tissues.
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- Daniel D Bikle
- Departments of Medicine and Dermatology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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Expression of CYP2R1 and VDR in human brain pericytes: the neurovascular vitamin D autocrine/paracrine model. Neuroreport 2015; 26:245-8. [PMID: 25730676 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000000328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D) is a hormone produced from vitamin D through two hydroxylating steps catalyzed successively in the liver by the vitamin D 25-hydroxylase Cyp2R1 and in the kidney by the 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 1α-hydroxylase Cyp27B1. 1,25D behaves like a steroid hormone. It regulates gene transcription by interacting with a nuclear receptor named vitamin D receptor (VDR) for the vitamin D receptor. Although the role of vitamin D is historically related to rickets, its physiological function largely encompasses bone tissues. Accumulating evidence has indicated that 1,25D can also be considered a neurosteroid. For example, both VDR and CYP27B1 are expressed in brain cells. Similarly, the neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory potential of 1,25D in nervous tissue has been shown experimentally. The regulation of Cyp27B1, which catalyzes the last step of 1,25D synthesis, by the inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-α and interferon-γ has been reported recently. However, the fate of Cyp2R1 that catalyzes the first enzymatic reaction of the vitamin D metabolism has not received attention. Using human brain pericytes, we studied the expression of CYP2R1 and VDR genes when these cells were challenged to an inflammatory stimulus. We found a significant upregulation of these two genes in human brain pericytes challenged with tumor necrosis factor-α and interferon-γ. These results suggest the existence of an autocrine/paracrine vitamin D system in the neurovascular unit. The function of this novel signaling system might be critical in the control of neuroinflammation and in brain pathologies.
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Margulies SL, Kurian D, Elliott MS, Han Z. Vitamin D deficiency in patients with intestinal malabsorption syndromes--think in and outside the gut. J Dig Dis 2015; 16:617-33. [PMID: 26316334 DOI: 10.1111/1751-2980.12283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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There is a very high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, which is defined by a serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] of lower than 20 ng/mL, in all populations of the world. Unfortunately, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients with intestinal malabsorption syndromes, including cystic fibrosis (CF), celiac disease (CD), short bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is higher than that in the general population, indicating the presence of disease-specific causative factors. In this review, we aimed to present clinical findings to highlight the roles of insufficient exposure to sunlight and inflammation in the development of vitamin D deficiency in patients with intestinal malabsorption syndromes. Furthermore, we aimed to present experimental evidence that supported a role of vitamin D deficiency in the pathogenesis of IBD. Finally, we reviewed clinical intervention strategies aiming to normalize vitamin D status in and even to improve the conditions of patients and to discuss certain issues that needed to be addressed in future research.
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- Samantha L Margulies
- George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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- George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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Jeffery LE, Raza K, Hewison M. Vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis-towards clinical application. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2015; 12:201-10. [PMID: 26481434 DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2015.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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In addition to its well-documented involvement in mineral homeostasis, vitamin D seems to have broad effects on human health that go beyond the skeletal system. Prominent among these so-called nonclassical effects of vitamin D are its immunomodulatory properties. In vitro studies have shown anti-inflammatory effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D), the active form of vitamin D. In addition, epidemiological analysis of patients with established inflammatory disease identified associations between vitamin D deficiency (low serum concentrations of inactive 25-hydroxyvitamin D, abbreviated to 25(OH)D) and inflammatory conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The association of vitamin D deficiency with RA severity supports the hypothesis of a role for vitamin D in the initiation or progression of the disease, or possibly both. However, whether 25(OH)D status is a cause or consequence of RA is still incompletely understood and requires further analysis in prospective vitamin D supplementation trials. The characterization of factors that promote the transition from preclinical to clinical phases of RA has become a major focus of research, with the aim to facilitate earlier diagnosis and treatment, and improve therapeutic outcomes. In this Review, we aim to describe the current knowledge of vitamin D and the immune system specifically in RA, and discuss the potential benefits that vitamin D might have on slowing RA progression.
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- Louisa E Jeffery
- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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Modulation of the immune response to respiratory viruses by vitamin D. Nutrients 2015; 7:4240-70. [PMID: 26035247 PMCID: PMC4488782 DOI: 10.3390/nu7064240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Revised: 05/17/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been shown to be independently associated with increased risk of viral acute respiratory infection (ARI) in a number of observational studies, and meta-analysis of clinical trials of vitamin D supplementation for prevention of ARI has demonstrated protective effects. Several cellular studies have investigated the effects of vitamin D metabolites on immune responses to respiratory viruses, but syntheses of these reports are lacking. Scope: In this article, we review the literature reporting results of in vitro experiments investigating immunomodulatory actions of vitamin D metabolites in human respiratory epithelial cells infected with respiratory viruses. Key findings: Vitamin D metabolites do not consistently influence replication or clearance of rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or influenza A virus in human respiratory epithelial cell culture, although they do modulate expression and secretion of type 1 interferon, chemokines including CXCL8 and CXCL10 and pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as TNF and IL-6. Future research: More studies are needed to clarify the effects of vitamin D metabolites on respiratory virus-induced expression of cell surface markers mediating viral entry and bacterial adhesion to respiratory epithelial cells.
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Gröschel C, Tennakoon S, Kállay E. Cytochrome P450 Vitamin D Hydroxylases in Inflammation and Cancer. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY 2015; 74:413-58. [PMID: 26233913 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apha.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Vitamin D insufficiency correlates with increased incidence of inflammatory disorders and cancer of the colon, breast, liver, and prostate. Preclinical studies demonstrated that the hormonally active form of vitamin D, 1,25(OH)2D3, has antiproliferative, proapoptotic, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory effects. Tissue levels of 1,25(OH)2D3 are determined by expression and activity of specific vitamin D hydroxylases expressed at renal and extrarenal sites. In order to understand how perturbations in the vitamin D system affect human health, we need to understand the steps involved in the synthesis and catabolism of the active metabolite. This review provides an overview about recent findings on the altered vitamin D metabolism in inflammatory conditions and carcinogenesis. We will summarize existing data on the pathophysiological regulation of vitamin D hydroxylases and outline the role of adequate levels of 1,25(OH)2D3 on tissue homeostasis.
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- Charlotte Gröschel
- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology & Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology & Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology & Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel, Vienna, Austria.
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Chambers ES, Nanzer AM, Pfeffer PE, Richards DF, Timms PM, Martineau AR, Griffiths CJ, Corrigan CJ, Hawrylowicz CM. Distinct endotypes of steroid-resistant asthma characterized by IL-17A(high) and IFN-γ(high) immunophenotypes: Potential benefits of calcitriol. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2015; 136:628-637.e4. [PMID: 25772594 PMCID: PMC4559139 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Background A small population of patients with severe asthma does not respond to glucocorticoids (steroid resistant [SR]). They have high morbidity, highlighting an urgent need for strategies to enhance glucocorticoid responsiveness. Objective We investigated the immunologic differences between steroid-sensitive (SS) and SR asthmatic patients and the effect on immunophenotype of oral calcitriol treatment because it has been previously shown to beneficially modulate the clinical response to glucocorticoids in patients with SR asthma. Methods CD8-depleted PBMCs were isolated from 12 patients with SS and 23 patients with SR asthma and cultured for 7 days with anti-CD3 and IL-2 with or without dexamethasone. Cytokine production was assessed in supernatants by using the Cytometric Bead Array. Patients with SR asthma were subsequently randomized to oral calcitriol or placebo therapy, and identical studies were repeated. Results Patients with SR asthma produced significantly increased IL-17A and IFN-γ levels compared with those in patients with SS asthma, although it was evident that cells from individual patients might overproduce one or the other of these cytokines. Production of IL-17A was inversely and production of IL-13 was positively associated with the clinical response to prednisolone. Oral calcitriol, compared with placebo, therapy of the patients with SR asthma significantly improved dexamethasone-induced IL-10 production in vitro while suppressing dexamethasone-induced IL-17A production. This effect mirrored the previously demonstrated improvement in clinical response to oral glucocorticoids in calcitriol-treated patients with SR asthma. Conclusions IL-17Ahigh and IFN-γhigh immunophenotypes exist in patients with SR asthma. These data identify immunologic pathways that likely underpin the beneficial clinical effects of calcitriol in patients with SR asthma by directing the SR cytokine profile toward a more SS immune phenotype, suggesting strategies for identifying vitamin D responder immunophenotypes.
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- Emma S Chambers
- MRC and Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC and Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC and Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC and Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Homerton University NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC and Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC and Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC and Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Olmos-Ortiz A, Avila E, Durand-Carbajal M, Díaz L. Regulation of calcitriol biosynthesis and activity: focus on gestational vitamin D deficiency and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Nutrients 2015; 7:443-80. [PMID: 25584965 PMCID: PMC4303849 DOI: 10.3390/nu7010443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Vitamin D has garnered a great deal of attention in recent years due to a global prevalence of vitamin D deficiency associated with an increased risk of a variety of human diseases. Specifically, hypovitaminosis D in pregnant women is highly common and has important implications for the mother and lifelong health of the child, since it has been linked to maternal and child infections, small-for-gestational age, preterm delivery, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, as well as imprinting on the infant for life chronic diseases. Therefore, factors that regulate vitamin D metabolism are of main importance, especially during pregnancy. The hormonal form and most active metabolite of vitamin D is calcitriol. This hormone mediates its biological effects through a specific nuclear receptor, which is found in many tissues including the placenta. Calcitriol synthesis and degradation depend on the expression and activity of CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 cytochromes, respectively, for which regulation is tissue specific. Among the factors that modify these cytochromes expression and/or activity are calcitriol itself, parathyroid hormone, fibroblast growth factor 23, cytokines, calcium and phosphate. This review provides a current overview on the regulation of vitamin D metabolism, focusing on vitamin D deficiency during gestation and its impact on pregnancy outcomes.
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- Andrea Olmos-Ortiz
- Department of Reproductive Biology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, Mexico City, Mexico.
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, Mexico City, Mexico.
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, Mexico City, Mexico.
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Noyola-Martínez N, Díaz L, Zaga-Clavellina V, Avila E, Halhali A, Larrea F, Barrera D. Regulation of CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 gene expression by recombinant pro-inflammatory cytokines in cultured human trophoblasts. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 144 Pt A:106-9. [PMID: 24361583 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Placenta is an important source of endocrine and immunological factors. During pregnancy, calcitriol, the active metabolite of vitamin D, is also metabolized by decidua and placental tissue by means of CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 for synthesis and inactivation of calcitriol respectively. Calcitriol production is regulated by several factors in a tissue-specific manner. However, the association of pro-inflammatory cytokines on calcitriol metabolism has not been studied in human placenta. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of TNF-α, INF-γ, IL-6 and IL-1β upon CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 gene expression in primary cultures of human placental cells. Placentas were obtained immediately after delivery by cesarean section from normotensive women. Cytokine effects upon mRNA of CYPs in enriched trophoblastic cell preparations were evaluated by using qPCR. The results showed that incubation of trophoblasts in the presence of each cytokine resulted in a significant increase of both CYPs expression. Interestingly, TNF-α increased significantly the ratio of CYP24A1/CYP27B1 gene expression, while IFN-γ preferentially induced CYP27B1, whereas IL-1β and IL-6 stimulated gene expression of both CYPs in the same proportion. The results suggest that cytokines among other factors regulate calcitriol metabolism in human placenta; specifically, INF-γ may contribute to calcitriol production while TNF-α favors its catabolism.
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- Nancy Noyola-Martínez
- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, México, D.F., Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, México, D.F., Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, Montes Urales No. 800, Miguel Hidalgo 11000, México, D.F., Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, México, D.F., Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, México, D.F., Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, México, D.F., Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, México, D.F., Mexico.
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BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency is common in patients with Crohn's disease (CD), although whether this impairs immune responsiveness, and is related to disease activity per se, remains unclear. We sought to investigate vitamin D pathways in patients with CD according to measures of inflammation and immune response. METHODS Prospectively collected samples of a well-characterized cohort of patients with CD were used to measure serum 25(OH)-vitamin D levels by enzyme-linked immunoassay. Related gene expression was determined by polymerase chain reaction in T cells. The effect of vitamin D on the proliferation of isolated CD4 cells was determined. RESULTS Patients with active CD had lower serum vitamin D levels than those in clinical remission; this measurement was independent of season or reported use of vitamin D supplements. Harvey-Bradshaw Index scores, but not C-reactive protein, correlated with serum vitamin D levels. Gene expression of the vitamin D receptor was higher in peripheral blood T cells from patients with active disease than in those in remission. The proportion of CD25hi CD4 cells from patients with CD increased in the presence of vitamin D. After treatment with infliximab, significant increases in serum vitamin D levels were noted in patients. CONCLUSIONS Low vitamin D levels are associated with disease activity in CD and increase after infliximab treatment.
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Bikle DD. Vitamin D metabolism, mechanism of action, and clinical applications. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 2014. [PMID: 24529992 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.12.016]] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Vitamin D3 is made in the skin from 7-dehydrocholesterol under the influence of UV light. Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) is derived from the plant sterol ergosterol. Vitamin D is metabolized first to 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD), then to the hormonal form 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D). CYP2R1 is the most important 25-hydroxylase; CYP27B1 is the key 1-hydroxylase. Both 25OHD and 1,25(OH)2D are catabolized by CYP24A1. 1,25(OH)2D is the ligand for the vitamin D receptor (VDR), a transcription factor, binding to sites in the DNA called vitamin D response elements (VDREs). There are thousands of these binding sites regulating hundreds of genes in a cell-specific fashion. VDR-regulated transcription is dependent on comodulators, the profile of which is also cell specific. Analogs of 1,25(OH)2D are being developed to target specific diseases with minimal side effects. This review will examine these different aspects of vitamin D metabolism, mechanism of action, and clinical application.
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- Daniel D Bikle
- VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine and Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
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Bikle DD. Vitamin D metabolism, mechanism of action, and clinical applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 21:319-29. [PMID: 24529992 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 992] [Impact Index Per Article: 99.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/21/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vitamin D3 is made in the skin from 7-dehydrocholesterol under the influence of UV light. Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) is derived from the plant sterol ergosterol. Vitamin D is metabolized first to 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD), then to the hormonal form 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D). CYP2R1 is the most important 25-hydroxylase; CYP27B1 is the key 1-hydroxylase. Both 25OHD and 1,25(OH)2D are catabolized by CYP24A1. 1,25(OH)2D is the ligand for the vitamin D receptor (VDR), a transcription factor, binding to sites in the DNA called vitamin D response elements (VDREs). There are thousands of these binding sites regulating hundreds of genes in a cell-specific fashion. VDR-regulated transcription is dependent on comodulators, the profile of which is also cell specific. Analogs of 1,25(OH)2D are being developed to target specific diseases with minimal side effects. This review will examine these different aspects of vitamin D metabolism, mechanism of action, and clinical application.
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- Daniel D Bikle
- VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine and Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
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Jeffery LE, Wood AM, Qureshi OS, Hou TZ, Gardner D, Briggs Z, Kaur S, Raza K, Sansom DM. Availability of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) to APCs controls the balance between regulatory and inflammatory T cell responses. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2012; 189:5155-64. [PMID: 23087405 PMCID: PMC3504609 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)], the active form of vitamin D, exerts potent effects on several tissues including cells of the immune system, where it affects T cell activation, differentiation and migration. The circulating, inactive form of vitamin D, 25(OH)D(3), is generally used as an indication of vitamin D status. However, use of this precursor depends on its uptake by cells and subsequent conversion by the enzyme 25(OH)D(3)-1α-hydroxylase (CYP27B1) into active 1,25(OH)(2)D(3). Using human T cells, we show in this study that addition of inactive 25(OH)D(3) is sufficient to alter T cell responses only when dendritic cells (DCs) are present. Mechanistically, CYP27B1 is induced in DCs upon maturation with LPS or upon T cell contact, resulting in the generation and release of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3), which subsequently affects T cell responses. In most tissues, vitamin D binding protein acts as a carrier to enhance the use of vitamin D. However, we show that vitamin D binding protein modulates T cell responses by restricting the availability of inactive 25(OH)D(3) to DC. These data indicate that the level of free 25(OH)D(3) available to DCs determines the inflammatory/regulatory balance of ensuing T cell responses.
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- Louisa E. Jeffery
- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- Department of Rheumatology, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK
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- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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O’Brien MA, Jackson MW. Vitamin D and the immune system: Beyond rickets. Vet J 2012; 194:27-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Revised: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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van der Does AM, Bergman P, Agerberth B, Lindbom L. Induction of the human cathelicidin LL-37 as a novel treatment against bacterial infections. J Leukoc Biol 2012; 92:735-42. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0412178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ahmed HH, Morcos NY, Eskander EF, Seoudi DM, Shalby AB. Role of dehydroepiandrosterone in management of glucocorticoid-induced secondary osteoporosis in female rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 64:659-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2011.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2010] [Revised: 12/07/2010] [Accepted: 01/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Sacco RE, Nonnecke BJ, Palmer MV, Waters WR, Lippolis JD, Reinhardt TA. Differential expression of cytokines in response to respiratory syncytial virus infection of calves with high or low circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. PLoS One 2012; 7:e33074. [PMID: 22412984 PMCID: PMC3297628 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Accepted: 02/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Deficiency of serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 has been related to increased risk of lower respiratory tract infections in children. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of low respiratory tract infections in infants and young children. The neonatal calf model of RSV infection shares many features in common with RSV infection in infants and children. In the present study, we hypothesized that calves with low circulating levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) would be more susceptible to RSV infection than calves with high circulating levels of 25(OH)D3. Calves were fed milk replacer diets with different levels of vitamin D for a 10 wk period to establish two treatment groups, one with high (177 ng/ml) and one with low (32.5 ng/ml) circulating 25(OH)D3. Animals were experimentally infected via aerosol challenge with RSV. Data on circulating 25(OH)D3 levels showed that high and low concentrations of 25(OH)D3 were maintained during infection. At necropsy, lung lesions due to RSV were similar in the two vitamin D treatment groups. We show for the first time that RSV infection activates the vitamin D intracrine pathway in the inflamed lung. Importantly, however, we observed that cytokines frequently inhibited by this pathway in vitro are, in fact, either significantly upregulated (IL-12p40) or unaffected (IFN-γ) in the lungs of RSV-infected calves with high circulating levels of 25(OH)D3. Our data indicate that while vitamin D does have an immunomodulatory role during RSV infection, there was no significant impact on pathogenesis during the early phases of RSV infection. Further examination of the potential effects of vitamin D status on RSV disease resolution will require longer-term studies with immunologically sufficient and deficient vitamin D levels.
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- Randy E Sacco
- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.
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Krikorian A, Shah S, Wasman J. Parathyroid hormone-related protein: an unusual mechanism for hypercalcemia in sarcoidosis. Endocr Pract 2012; 17:e84-6. [PMID: 21550945 DOI: 10.4158/ep11060.cr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) as a mediator of hypercalcemia in sarcoidosis. METHODS We present a detailed case report including history, physical, laboratory testing, pathology findings, and follow-up data over 2 years. We also propose a possible mechanism for PTHrP-mediated hypercalcemia in sarcoidosis. RESULTS A 56-year-old man presented with abdominal pain, fatigue, and excess thirst. Routine laboratory testing demonstrated severe hypercalcemia. The patient was admitted for treatment and work-up. Inpatient work-up was significant for suppressed parathyroid hormone, low 25-hydroxyvitamin D, normal 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, and elevated PTHrP. The patient was treated for hypercalcemia and discharged for follow-up. Malignancy screening included computed tomography of the chest, which revealed parenchymal nodules and diffuse lymphadenopathy. Biopsy revealed nonnecrotizing granulomatous inflammation with positive PTHrP staining by immunohistochemistry. After treatment with intravenous hydration and glucocorticoids, the hypercalcemia resolved and on subsequent follow-up, PTHrP levels had normalized to 0.5 pmol/L. CONCLUSION PTHrP may be a possible mediator of hypercalcemia in sarcoidosis. The differential diagnosis of PTHrP-induced hypercalcemia should include sarcoidosis, and further research is needed to establish the incidence and source of PTHrP in sarcoidosis.
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- Armand Krikorian
- Division of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
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Although the best known actions of vitamin D involve its regulation of bone mineral homeostasis, vitamin D exerts its influence on many physiologic processes. One of these processes is the immune system. Both the adaptive and innate immune systems are impacted by the active metabolite of vitamin D, 1,25(OH)(2)D. These observations have important implications for understanding the predisposition of individuals with vitamin D deficiency to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis as well as to autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes mellitus and multiple sclerosis. However, depending on the disease process not all actions of vitamin D may be beneficial. In this review, I examine the regulation by 1,25(OH)(2)D of immune function, then assess the evidence implicating vitamin D deficiency in human disease resulting from immune dysfunction.
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Diehl CJ, Barish GD, Downes M, Chou MY, Heinz S, Glass CK, Evans RM, Witztum JL. Research resource: Comparative nuclear receptor atlas: basal and activated peritoneal B-1 and B-2 cells. Mol Endocrinol 2011; 25:529-45. [PMID: 21273443 DOI: 10.1210/me.2010-0384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Naïve murine B cells are typically divided into three subsets based on functional and phenotypic characteristics: innate-like B-1 and marginal zone B cells vs. adaptive B-2 cells, also known as follicular or conventional B cells. B-1 cells, the innate-immune-like component of the B cell lineage are the primary source of natural antibodies and have been shown to modulate autoimmune diseases, human B-cell leukemias, and inflammatory disorders such as atherosclerosis. On the other hand, B-2 cells are the principal mediators of the adaptive humoral immune response and represent an important pharmacological target for various conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and lymphomas. Using the resources of the Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas program, we used quantitative real-time PCR to assess the complement of the 49 murine nuclear receptor superfamily expressed in quiescent and toll-like receptor (TLR)-stimulated peritoneal B-1 and B-2 cells. We report the expression of 24 nuclear receptors in basal B-1 cells and 25 nuclear receptors in basal B-2 cells, with, in some cases, dramatic changes in response to TLR 4 or TLR 2/1 stimulation. Comparative nuclear receptor profiling between B-1 and peritoneal B-2 cells reveals a highly concordant expression pattern, albeit at quantitatively dissimilar levels. We also found that splenic B cells express 23 nuclear receptors. This catalog of nuclear receptor expression in B-1 and B-2 cells provides data to be used to better understand the specific roles of nuclear receptors in B cell function, chronic inflammation, and autoimmune disease.
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- Cody J Diehl
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Burke RR, Rybicki BA, Rao DS. Calcium and vitamin D in sarcoidosis: how to assess and manage. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2010; 31:474-84. [PMID: 20665397 DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1262215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The synthesis of vitamin D is altered by the granulomatous inflammation of sarcoidosis leading to increased production of 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D. Mounting evidence suggests that vitamin D is an immunomodulating hormone that inhibits both antigen presentation by cells of the innate immune system, and the cytokine release and proliferation of Th1 cells. These and other extraskeletal health benefits have led to an increase in vitamin D assessment and pharmacological supplementation in the general population. This review highlights the altered synthesis and general immunomodulating properties of vitamin D with a special emphasis on known interactions with sarcoidosis. In addition, the assessment of vitamin D nutritional status, its pharmacological supplementation, and the management of bone health in patients with sarcoidosis are reviewed.
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- Robert R Burke
- Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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Characterization and management of hypercalcemia following transplantation for osteopetrosis. Bone Marrow Transplant 2009; 45:939-44. [PMID: 19802031 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2009.277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis (OP) is characterized by insufficient osteoclast activity resulting in defective bone resorption and marked increase in skeletal mass and density. OP has been successfully treated with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), secondary to engraftment of donor-derived functioning osteoclasts resulting in remodeling of bone and establishment of normal hematopoiesis. Although hypercalcemia is a common presenting feature of OP, it may be observed following HCT due to engraftment of osteoclasts differentiated from the hematopoietic precursors. To characterize hypercalcemia after HCT-who is at risk, onset, duration and response to treatment-we evaluated 15 patients with OP treated at the University of Minnesota from 2000 to 2009. Hypercalcemia, defined as any single calcium >11.0 mg/100 ml after the first transplant, was found in 40% of patients. Median onset of hypercalcemia was 23 days and the duration was 2-24 days. Hypercalcemia was more common in patients older than 2 years of age at the time of HCT. Treatment with hydration, furosemide and s.c. calcitonin resolved hypercalcemia and resulted in no severe adverse events. In conclusion, hypercalcemia is common in patients with OP within the first 4 weeks after HCT, and more likely in older patients. Isotonic saline, furosemide and s.c. calcitonin were well-tolerated and effective treatments in our study population.
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Bikle DD. Vitamin D Regulation of Immune Function: Implications for Bone Loss During Inflammation. Clin Rev Bone Miner Metab 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s12018-009-9056-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Vitamin D, acting through its active metabolite 1,25(OH)(2)D(3), exerts its influence on many physiologic processes in addition to the regulation of calcium and phosphate homeostasis. These processes include the immune system. Both the adaptive and innate immune systems are affected by 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) and its receptor, and the cells involved express not only the vitamin D receptor but also, in most cases, the enzyme CYP27B1, which produces 1,25(OH)(2)D(3). Both the vitamin D receptor and CYP27B1 can be constitutive or induced by the ligands that activate the immune processes in these cells, providing feedback loops that help regulate the immune response. In general, 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) suppresses most elements of the adaptive immune system while inducing most elements of the innate immune system. Thus 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) may be protective against various autoimmune diseases and may limit graft rejection by suppressing adaptive immunity while enhancing the first line of defense against invading microorganisms via upregulation of innate immunity.
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- Daniel D Bikle
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center (111N), San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
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Norman PE, Powell JT. Vitamin D, Shedding Light on the Development of Disease in Peripheral Arteries. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005; 25:39-46. [PMID: 15499037 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000148450.56697.4a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vitamin D is generally associated with calcium metabolism, especially in the context of uptake in the intestine and the formation and maintenance of bone. However, vitamin D influences a wide range of metabolic systems through both genomic and nongenomic pathways that have an impact on the properties of peripheral arteries. The genomic effects have wide importance for angiogenesis, elastogenesis, and immunomodulation; the nongenomic effects have mainly been observed in the presence of hypertension. Although some vitamin D is essential for cardiovascular health, excess may have detrimental effects, particularly on elastogenesis and inflammation of the arterial wall. Vitamin D is likely to have a role in the paradoxical association between arterial calcification and osteoporosis. This review explores the relationship between vitamin D and a range of physiological and pathological processes relevant to peripheral arteries.
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- P E Norman
- School of Surgery and Pathology, The University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia
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McCarty MF. A moderately low phosphate intake may provide health benefits analogous to those conferred by UV light - a further advantage of vegan diets. Med Hypotheses 2004; 61:543-60. [PMID: 14592785 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-9877(03)00228-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Although exposure to ultraviolet light is often viewed as pathogenic owing to its role in the genesis of skin cancer and skin aging, there is growing epidemiological evidence that such exposure may decrease risk for a number of more serious cancers, may have a favorable impact on blood pressure and vascular health, and may help to prevent certain autoimmune disorders - in addition to its well-known influence on bone density. Most likely, these health benefits are reflective of improved vitamin D status. Increased synthesis or intake of vitamin D can be expected to down-regulate parathyroid hormone (PTH), and to increase autocrine synthesis of its active metabolite calcitriol in certain tissues; these effects, in turn, may impact cancer risk, vascular health, immune regulation, and bone density through a variety of mechanisms. Presumably, a truly adequate supplemental intake of vitamin D - manyfold higher than the grossly inadequate current RDA - could replicate the benefits of optimal UV exposure, without however damaging the skin. Diets moderately low in bioavailable phosphate - like many vegan diets - might be expected to have a complementary impact on disease risks, inasmuch as serum phosphate suppresses renal calcitriol synthesis while up-regulating that of PTH. A proviso is that the impact of dietary phosphorus on bone health is more equivocal than that of vitamin D. Increased intakes of calcium, on the other hand, down-regulate the production of both PTH and calcitriol - the latter effect may explain why the impact of dietary calcium on cancer risk (excepting colon cancer), hypertension, and autoimmunity is not clearly positive. An overview suggests that a vegan diet supplemented with high-dose vitamin D should increase both systemic and autocrine calcitriol production while suppressing PTH secretion, and thus should represent a highly effective way to achieve the wide-ranging health protection conferred by optimal UV exposure.
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- M F McCarty
- Pantox Laboratories, San Diego, CA 92109, USA.
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Cardiovascular calcification is a common consequence of aging, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, mechanically abnormal valve function, and chronic renal insufficiency. Although vascular calcification may appear to be a uniform response to vascular insult, it is a heterogenous disorder, with overlapping yet distinct mechanisms of initiation and progression. A minimum of four histoanatomic variants-atherosclerotic (fibrotic) calcification, cardiac valve calcification, medial artery calcification, and vascular calciphylaxis-arise in response to metabolic, mechanical, infectious, and inflammatory injuries. Common to the first three variants is a variable degree of vascular infiltration by T cells and macrophages. Once thought benign, the deleterious clinical consequences of calcific vasculopathy are now becoming clear; stroke, amputation, ischemic heart disease, and increased mortality are portended by the anatomy and extent of calcific vasculopathy. Along with dystrophic calcium deposition in dying cells and lipoprotein deposits, active endochondral and intramembranous (nonendochondral) ossification processes contribute to vascular calcium load. Thus vascular calcification is subject to regulation by osteotropic hormones and skeletal morphogens in addition to key inhibitors of passive tissue mineralization. In response to oxidized lipids, inflammation, and mechanical injury, the microvascular smooth muscle cell becomes activated. Orthotopically, proliferating stromal myofibroblasts provide osteoprogenitors for skeletal growth and fracture repair; however, in valves and arteries, vascular myofibroblasts contribute to cardiovascular ossification. Current data suggest that paracrine signals are provided by bone morphogenetic protein-2, Wnts, parathyroid hormone-related polypeptide, osteopontin, osteoprotegerin, and matrix Gla protein, all entrained to endocrine, metabolic, inflammatory, and mechanical cues. In end-stage renal disease, a "perfect storm" of vascular calcification often occurs, with hyperglycemia, hyperphosphatemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, parathyroid hormone resistance, and iatrogenic calcitriol excess contributing to severe calcific vasculopathy. This brief review recounts emerging themes in the pathobiology of vascular calcification and highlights some fundamental deficiencies in our understanding of vascular endocrinology and metabolism that are immediately relevant to human health and health care.
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- Radhika Vattikuti
- Washington Univ. School of Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Campus Box 8301, 660 South Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Rebsamen MC, Sun J, Norman AW, Liao JK. 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 induces vascular smooth muscle cell migration via activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Circ Res 2002; 91:17-24. [PMID: 12114317 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000025269.60668.0f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The steroid hormone 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3] promotes vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) growth and calcification, but the precise mechanism by which 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3 regulates VSMC migration is unknown. In rat aortic SMCs, we found that 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3 (0.1 to 100 nmol/L) induced a dose-dependent increase in VSMC migration. This response required the activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3 kinase) because 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3-induced migration was completely abolished by the PI3 kinase inhibitors, LY294002 (10 micromol/L) or wortmannin (30 nmol/L). Furthermore, the RNA polymerase inhibitor, 5,6-dichlorobenzimidazole riboside (50 micromol/L), did not affect 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3-induced VSMC migration, suggesting that gene transcription is not involved in this rapid response. Using analogs of 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3, which have been characterized for their abilities to induce either transcriptional or nontranscriptional responses of 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3, we found that 1alpha,25-dihydroxylumisterol, which is a potent agonist of the rapid, nongenomic responses, was equipotent with 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3 in inducing PI3 kinase activity and VSMC migration. Moreover, 1beta, 25-(OH)2D3, which specifically antagonizes the nongenomic actions of 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3, abolished 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3-induced PI3 kinase activity and VSMC migration, whereas the inhibitor of the genomic actions of vitamin D, (23S)-25-dehydro-1alpha-OH-D3-26,23-lactone, did not affect these responses. These results indicate that 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3 induces VSMC migration independent of gene transcription via PI3 kinase pathway, and suggest a possible mechanism by which 1alpha, 25-(OH)2D3 may contribute to neointima formation in atherosclerosis and vascular remodeling.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Calcitriol/pharmacology
- Cell Adhesion/drug effects
- Cell Movement/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Dichlororibofuranosylbenzimidazole/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Activation/drug effects
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Ergosterol/analogs & derivatives
- Ergosterol/pharmacology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Osteopontin
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- RNA Polymerase II/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA Polymerase II/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Sialoglycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Sialoglycoproteins/drug effects
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- Michela C Rebsamen
- Vascular Medicine Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass 02139, USA
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Enioutina EY, Visic D, Daynes RA. The induction of systemic and mucosal immune responses to antigen-adjuvant compositions administered into the skin: alterations in the migratory properties of dendritic cells appears to be important for stimulating mucosal immunity. Vaccine 2000; 18:2753-67. [PMID: 10781863 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00059-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The properties of various vaccine-adjuvant formulations that are capable of inducing both systemic and common mucosal immunity subsequent to their intradermal administration are described. Effective mucosal adjuvants, including bacterial toxins, chemical enhancers of cyclic AMP, and the active form of vitamin D3, all shared the ability to promote dendritic cell migration from the skin to Peyer's patches subsequent to antigen induced maturation. Our data suggests that skin dendritic cells may function as effective antigen presenting cells for the induction of mucosal immune responses, if microenvironmental conditions are appropriately manipulated subsequent to their stimulation by antigen.
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- E Y Enioutina
- Department of Pathology, University of Utah, 50 N. Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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Haug CJ, Aukrust P, Haug E, Mørkrid L, Müller F, Frøland SS. Severe deficiency of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in human immunodeficiency virus infection: association with immunological hyperactivity and only minor changes in calcium homeostasis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998; 83:3832-8. [PMID: 9814454 DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.11.5270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The serum level of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D], the biologically most potent metabolite of vitamin D, is tightly regulated within narrow limits in human healthy adults. 1,25-(OH)2D deficiency is rare and is associated with disturbances in calcium and bone metabolism. We have previously reported a marked decrease in serum levels of 1,25-(OH)2D in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. The present study was designed to further examine the causes and consequences of severe 1,25-(OH)2D deficiency in these patients. The design was a prospective cohort study. Fifty-four HIV-infected patients clinically classified according to the revised criteria from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and healthy controls were studied. Parameters related to vitamin D and calcium metabolism as well as immunological and nutritional status were determined. Twenty-nine of the patients (54%) had serum levels of 1,25-(OH)2D below the lower reference limit, and 18 of these had undetectable levels. In contrast, HIV-infected patients had normal serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and vitamin D-binding protein. HIV-infected patients as a group had modestly depressed serum calcium and PTH levels. There were, however, no correlations between these parameters and serum levels of 1,25-(OH)2D. There were no differences in serum calcium or PTH levels or nutritional status when patients with severe 1,25-(OH)2D deficiency were compared to other patients, but patients with undetectable 1,25-(OH)2D had significantly elevated serum phosphate levels. Furthermore, patients with undetectable 1,25-(OH)2D levels were characterized by advanced clinical HIV infection, low CD4+ lymphocyte counts, and high serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha). We conclude that inadequate 1alpha-hydroxylation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D seems to be the most likely cause of 1,25-(OH)2D deficiency in HIV-infected patients, possibly induced by an inhibitory effect of TNFalpha. The low 1,25-(OH)2D and high TNFalpha levels observed may impair the immune response in HIV-infected patients both independently and in combination and may represent an important feature of the pathogenesis of HIV-related immunodeficiency. Markedly depressed 1,25-(OH)2D serum levels are also present in certain other disorders characterized by immunological hyperactivity. Thus, the findings in the present study may not only represent a previously unrecognized immune-mediated mechanism for induction of 1,25-(OH)2D deficiency in human disease, but may also reflect the importance of adequate serum levels of 1,25-(OH)2D for satisfactory performance of the immune system in man.
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- C J Haug
- Medical Department A, and Research Institute for Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
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This review considers the role of avian macrophages as a source of immune effector and immunoregulatory metabolites. Although considerable attention has been given to the importance of leukocytic cytokines, particularly the monokines such as interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), metabolites produced by macrophages appear to be of equal importance in determining the progression of immune responses. The three metabolite categories that have received the greatest attention are the reactive oxygen species (ROS), the reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNI), and the eicosanoids. Additionally, the xenobiotic metabolites produced via cytochrome P450 activity mediate some immune-environmental interactions. Each of these four metabolite categories is subject to different requirements for metabolite production, and each has distinct effector functions. An understanding of macrophage metabolite regulation could allow improvements in avian health management and production via the effective control of metabolite production. The present review considers prior and recent information on the production of the metabolites by avian macrophages. Additionally, the potential ramifications of metabolite production and regulation are discussed.
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- R R Dietert
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, and Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA.
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Hsu CH, Patel SR, Young EW, Vanholder R. The biological action of calcitriol in renal failure. Kidney Int 1994; 46:605-12. [PMID: 7996783 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1994.312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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