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Dry Eye Disease: What Is the Role of Vitamin D? Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021458. [PMID: 36674972 PMCID: PMC9860626 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial condition resulting from reduced tear secretion from the lacrimal glands, increased tear water evaporation or the production of poor-quality tears. Such tear instability can lead to inflammation and damage of the ocular surface, as well as to abnormal nociception. Historically, tear substitutes and corticosteroids have been the bastion of DED therapy, but a substantial number of patients still suffer from residual symptoms even after being treated with traditional treatments. Aiming to find safe and effective alternative therapies, recent efforts have been focused on the role of vitamin D in the cellular physiology of the eye. Possibly because of its positive effect in modulating the immune and inflammatory responses, the systemic supplementation of vitamin D seems, indeed, to be an effective therapeutic strategy, especially, but not only, for patients affected by DED that does not respond to conventional treatments. In this context, this review focuses on the literature reporting on the pathogenesis and treatment of DED, with a special emphasis on the recent investigations reporting on the potential role of the systemic administration of vitamin D as a therapeutic approach in the management of such condition.
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Li Y, Hu P, Wu X, Zou Q, Liu X, Liu J, Fu Y. Association between serum vitamin D and refractive status in United States adolescents: A cross-sectional study. Front Nutr 2022; 9:1038963. [PMID: 36570139 PMCID: PMC9773557 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1038963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Purpose We performed this study to determine the relationship between serum vitamin D levels and refractive status in adolescents aged 12-19 years. Methods Cross-sectional study using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database from 2001 to 2006. We used weighted multivariate linear regression models to assess the association between serum vitamin levels and adolescent refractive status and then built a smooth curve fitting to investigate their internal non-linear relationships. Finally, subgroup analysis was performed according to gender, and the threshold effect of serum vitamin D levels on spherical equivalent degree was analyzed using a two-piecewise linear regression model. Result A total of 5,901 adolescents aged 12 to 19 years were included in this study. After adjusting for all confounding factors, the multiple linear regression model showed no significant correlation between adolescent spherical equivalent degree and serum vitamin D [0.0019 (-0.0018, 0.0046)]. However, smooth curve fitting analysis showed an inverted U-shaped curve relationship between spherical equivalent degree and serum vitamin D levels in adolescents (turning point: 58.1 nmol/L). In analyses by gender subgroup, this inverted U-shaped relationship was found to be more pronounced in female adolescents (turning point: 61.6 nmol/L). Conclusion Our results suggest that the correlation between refractive status and serum vitamin D in adolescents differs by gender. When serum vitamin D concentrations were <61.6 nmol/L in female adolescents and <53.2 nmol/L in male adolescents, the spherical equivalent degree showed a positive correlation with serum vitamin D levels. However, there was no significant correlation when adolescent vitamin levels exceeded this threshold.
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- Yanqing Li
- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Phase I Clinical Trial Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China,*Correspondence: Jialing Liu,
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China,Yuxian Fu,
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Aksoy Aydemir G, Ilhan C, Pehlıvanoglu B, Aydemir E, Kiziltoprak H, Bolu S. Conjunctival Histopathological Changes in Children With Vitamin D Deficiency. Eye Contact Lens 2022; 48:289-294. [PMID: 35580362 DOI: 10.1097/icl.0000000000000903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate tear function-associated clinical findings and conjunctival histopathological changes in children with vitamin D (Vit-D) deficiency. METHODS This study used a prospective case-control design. Group 1 (n=38) comprised pediatric patients with Vit-D deficiency, and group 2 (n=45) was the control group. Tear break-up times (TBUTs), Schirmer-1 test measurements, ocular surface disease index (OSDI) scores, and conjunctival impression cytology (CIC) results of the groups were compared. RESULTS The participant demographic characteristics, including the mean age and the male-to-female ratio, were similar (P>0.05). The median TBUT and Schirmer-1 test measurement were 10 s (5-15) and 12 mm (6-19) in group 1 and 11 s (6-16) and 15 mm (8-21) in group 2 (P=0.004 and P=0.013, respectively). The median OSDI scores were 16 (10-20) in group 1 and 17 (10-21) in group 2 (P=0.092). According to the CIC, 25 samples in group 1 and 40 samples in group 2 were categorized as grade 0, 11 samples in group 1 and 5 samples in group 2 were categorized as grade 1, and 2 samples in group 1 and no sample in group 2 were categorized as grade 2 (P=0.027). CONCLUSION Significant conjunctival histopathological changes occur in children with Vit-D deficiency, and these changes have effects on some tear function-associated clinical findings including the Schirmer-1 test and TBUT measurements.
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- Gozde Aksoy Aydemir
- Department of Ophthalmology (G.A.A., E.A., H.K.), Adıyaman University Research and Training Hospital, Adıyaman, Turkey ; Department of Ophthalmology (C.I.), Tayfur Ata Sokmen Medicine Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay,Turkey; Department of Pathology (B.P.), Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey ; and Department of Pediatric Endocrinology (S.B.), Adıyaman University Research and Training Hospital,Adıyaman, Turkey
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Icel E, Ucak T, Ugurlu A, Erdol H. Changes in optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with vitamin D deficiency. Eur J Ophthalmol 2022; 32:3514-3521. [PMID: 35253469 DOI: 10.1177/11206721221086240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] sufficiency has critical biological importance for the human body. Although there are several studies on the association between serum 25(OH)D levels and macular structure, the data in this regard are limited. This study mainly aimed to investigate macular microvascular structure using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in 25(OH)D deficiency. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, single-center, clinical study. METHODS The study included 82 eyes of 82 patients with 25(OH)D deficiency (Group I) and 50 eyes of 50 healthy subjects (Group II). All participants underwent OCTA examinations. The foveal avascular zone (FAZ) and superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and deep capillary plexus (DCP) vessel density (VD) measurements of the participants were statistically compared between the patients and healthy subjects. RESULTS The mean 25(OH)D levels measured from the venous blood samples of the participants were 7.61 ± 3.27 ng/mL in Group I and 25.39 ± 4.16 ng/mL in Group II, and the difference between these values was statistically significant (p < 0.0001). The FAZ measurement was significantly higher in Group I. The VDs of the SCP and DCP measurements were significantly higher in Group II. When the central macular thickness values of the participants were compared, Group II had a significantly higher value, but there was no significant difference in the central macular volume and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness analyses. CONCLUSION The results showed that the FAZ area was significantly higher and the VDs of SCP and DCP were significantly lower in the patients with 25(OH)D deficiency. We found that 25(OH)D deficiency affected macular microvascular architecture.
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- Erel Icel
- Department of Ophthalmology, 162315Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan, Turkey
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- Department of Ophthalmology, 64159Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Ophthalmology, 162315Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan, Turkey
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- 64255Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Trabzon, Turkey
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Aksoy Aydemir G, Yetkin E, Aydemir E, Bolu S, Asik A. Changes in the macular choroidal thickness of children who have type-1 diabetes mellitus, with and without vitamin D deficiency. Int Ophthalmol 2022; 42:1875-1884. [PMID: 35088355 DOI: 10.1007/s10792-021-02185-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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PURPOSE To assess the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and macular choroidal thickness (CT) of children who have Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), both with and without vitamin D deficiency (VDD). METHODS The prospective, case-control study herein comprised that included 46 children with DM and VDD (Group 1), 42 children with DM and normal vitamin D levels (Group 2), and 73 healthy children (Control group). The peripapillary RNFL thickness and macular CT were measured at three different points (subfoveal, 1500 μm nasal, and 1500 μm temporal from the fovea) and compared. RESULTS The subfoveal, 1500 μm nasal, and 1500 μm temporal CT values were determined to be lower in the patients in Group 1 and Group 2 when compared to those in the Control group (P < 0.001). The same parameters were determined to be lower in the patients in Group 1 when compared to those in Group 2, although this difference was not found to be statistically significant (P > 0.05). In all of the quadrants, the RNFL thickness was determined to be similar between the groups, with P > 0.05 for all of the groups, except for the nasal quadrant (P = 0.031). In the correlation analysis of the patients in Group 1, it was revealed that a positive correlation existed between the CT and the vitamin D levels (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION The choroids of pediatric diabetic children were thinner when compared to those of healthy children. The alterations in these parameters were more prominent in subjects who were determined to have lower levels of vitamin D.
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- Gozde Aksoy Aydemir
- Ophthalmology Department, Adıyaman University Research and Training Hospital, Adıyaman, Turkey.
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- Ophthalmology Department, Midyat State Hospital, Mardin, Turkey
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- Ophthalmology Department, Adıyaman University Research and Training Hospital, Adıyaman, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics Endocrinology, Adıyaman University Research and Training Hospital, Adıyaman, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Adıyaman University Research and Training Hospital, Adıyaman, Turkey
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Lazzara F, Amato R, Platania CBM, Conti F, Chou TH, Porciatti V, Drago F, Bucolo C. 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 protects retinal ganglion cells in glaucomatous mice. J Neuroinflammation 2021; 18:206. [PMID: 34530842 PMCID: PMC8444391 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-021-02263-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy characterized by loss of function and death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), leading to irreversible vision loss. Neuroinflammation is recognized as one of the causes of glaucoma, and currently no treatment is addressing this mechanism. We aimed to investigate the anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects of 1,25(OH)2D3 (1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, calcitriol), in a genetic model of age-related glaucomatous neurodegeneration (DBA/2J mice). METHODS DBA/2J mice were randomized to 1,25(OH)2D3 or vehicle treatment groups. Pattern electroretinogram, flash electroretinogram, and intraocular pressure were recorded weekly. Immunostaining for RBPMS, Iba-1, and GFAP was carried out on retinal flat mounts to assess retinal ganglion cell density and quantify microglial and astrocyte activation, respectively. Molecular biology analyses were carried out to evaluate retinal expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, pNFκB-p65, and neuroprotective factors. Investigators that analysed the data were blind to experimental groups, which were unveiled after graph design and statistical analysis, that were carried out with GraphPad Prism. Several statistical tests and approaches were used: the generalized estimated equations (GEE) analysis, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. RESULTS DBA/2J mice treated with 1,25(OH)2D3 for 5 weeks showed improved PERG and FERG amplitudes and reduced RGCs death, compared to vehicle-treated age-matched controls. 1,25(OH)2D3 treatment decreased microglial and astrocyte activation, as well as expression of inflammatory cytokines and pNF-κB-p65 (p < 0.05). Moreover, 1,25(OH)2D3-treated DBA/2J mice displayed increased mRNA levels of neuroprotective factors (p < 0.05), such as BDNF. CONCLUSIONS 1,25(OH)2D3 protected RGCs preserving retinal function, reducing inflammatory cytokines, and increasing expression of neuroprotective factors. Therefore, 1,25(OH)2D3 could attenuate the retinal damage in glaucomatous patients and warrants further clinical evaluation for the treatment of optic neuropathies.
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- Francesca Lazzara
- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Center for Research in Ocular Pharmacology - CERFO, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
- Center for Research in Ocular Pharmacology - CERFO, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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Arikan S, Kamis F. Effect of vitamin D deficiency on spatial contrast sensitivity function. Clin Exp Optom 2021; 105:733-739. [PMID: 34459358 DOI: 10.1080/08164622.2021.1969212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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CLINICAL RELEVANCE Vitamin D has regulatory effects on non-skeletal tissues including neurons. The contrast sensitivity function occurs as a result of interaction between retinal neurons. BACKGROUND The association between plasma vitamin D deficiency and contrast sensitivity function was investigated. METHODS Forty-one eyes of 41 subjects with vitamin D deficiency with plasma vitamin D level <20 ng/mL (Group 1), and 30 eyes of 30 subjects without vitamin D deficiency with plasma vitamin D level ≥20 ng/mL (Group 2), were included in this prospective study. OPTEC 6500 was used to measure the contrast sensitivity function at all spatial frequencies involving 1.5 cpd, 3 cpd, 6 cpd, 12cpd, and 18 cpd. The average and sectorial retinal nerve fibre layer thickness, the average and minimum ganglion cell-inner plexiform thickness and tear meniscus height were measured by using optical coherence tomography. RESULTS A significant difference was present between Group 1 and Group 2 regarding the plasma vitamin D level (12.4 ± 4.7 ng/mL in Group 1 versus 27.1 ± 6.7 ng/mL in Group 2 p < 0.001). All spatial frequencies of contrast sensitivity function were significantly greater in Group 2 than those in Group 1, as follows: 45 ± 22.6 in Group 1 versus 57.5 ± 20.9 in Group 2, p = 0.08 in 1.5cpd; 71.3 ± 31.3 in Group 1 versus 91.8 ± 27.8 in Group 2, p = 0.001 in 3cpd; 77.9 ± 39.9 in Group 1 versus 100.4 ± 38.4 in Group 2, p = 0.013 in 6cpd; 32 ± 17.5 in Group 1 versus 48.8 ± 25.2 in Group 2, p = 0.002 in 12cpd; and 12.1 ± 5 in Group 1 versus 17.5 ± 9.5 in Group 2, p = 0.001 in 18cpd. However, there were no significant difference between two groups in terms of retinal fibre layer thicknesses, ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer thicknesses, and tear meniscus height. CONCLUSION Vitamin D deficiency can lead to a decrease in contrast sensitivity function that is an indicator of visual quality. This may be an underlying reason for certain visual complaints.
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- Sedat Arikan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey
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Lavker RM, Kaplan N, McMahon KM, Calvert AE, Henrich SE, Onay UV, Lu KQ, Peng H, Thaxton CS. Synthetic high-density lipoprotein nanoparticles: Good things in small packages. Ocul Surf 2021; 21:19-26. [PMID: 33894397 PMCID: PMC8328934 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2021.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Medicine has been a great beneficiary of the nanotechnology revolution. Nanotechnology involves the synthesis of functional materials with at least one size dimension between 1 and 100 nm. Advances in the field have enabled the synthesis of bio-nanoparticles that can interface with physiological systems to modulate fundamental cellular processes. One example of a diverse acting nanoparticle-based therapeutic is synthetic high-density lipoprotein (HDL) nanoparticles (NP), which have great potential for treating diseases of the ocular surface. Our group has developed a spherical HDL NP using a gold nanoparticle core. HDL NPs: (i) closely mimic the physical and chemical features of natural HDLs; (ii) contain apoA-I; (iii) bind with high-affinity to SR-B1, which is the major receptor through which HDL modulates cell cholesterol metabolism and controls the selective uptake of HDL cargo into cells; (iv) are non-toxic to cells and tissues; and (v) can be chemically engineered to display nearly any surface or core composition desired. With respect to the ocular surface, topical application of HDL NPs accelerates re-epithelization of the cornea following wounding, attenuates inflammation resulting from chemical burns and/or other stresses, and effectively delivers microRNAs with biological activity to corneal cells and tissues. HDL NPs will be the foundation of a new class of topical eye drops with great translational potential and exemplify the impact that nanoparticles can have in medicine.
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- Robert M Lavker
- Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Daldal H, Gokmen Salici A. Ocular Findings Among Patients With Vitamin D Deficiency. Cureus 2021; 13:e15159. [PMID: 34168925 PMCID: PMC8215305 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.15159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the ocular findings in patients with low vitamin D levels. Methods All patients who attended the Internal Medicine Clinic between March 2018 and February 2020 with vitamin low D levels but had been untreated for the same were included in our study. The exclusion criteria were as follows:history of intraocular surgery, trauma, steroid use, secondary glaucoma, and history of rheumatologic diseases. The patients were classified into three groups: group 1 had severe deficiency with vitamin D levels below 10 µg/L; group 2 had vitamin deficiency with levels of 10-20 µg/L; and group 3 had vitamin D insufficiency with levels of 20-30 µg/L. A comparison among groups was performed in terms of intraocular pressure (IOP), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, central macular thickness (CMT), dry eyes, cataract, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and refractive error. The evaluation of statistical data was performed with the SPSS Statistics software version 22 (IBM, Armonk, NY). Results There were a total of 98 patients and 196 eyes, who were classified into three groups. There were 41 patients in group 1, 45 in group 2, and 12 in group 3. Groups were similar in terms of age (p=0.25) and gender (p=0.46). The average age among the cohort was 51 ± 13.08 years; 65 (66.3%) of the patients were female and 33 (33.7%) were male. There was no statistically significant difference in terms of IOP (p=0.55), dry eyes (p=0.35), cataract (p=0.22), glaucoma (p=0.50), macular degeneration (p=0.64), and refractive error (p=0.46) among the groups. There was a statistically significant difference in CMT between group 1 and other groups (p=0.002 and p=0.002, respectively). Also, there was a statistically significant difference in RNFL thickness between group 1 and group 2 (p=0.01). When compared in terms of quadrants, a significant difference was found only with regard to the nasal quadrant. Conclusion Based on our findings, lower levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D might be related to thinning in CMT. Regarding RNFL thickness, while there was a significant difference between groups 1 and 2, there was no difference between groups 1 and 3, and hence the association between lower levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and thinning in RNFL thickness could not be clearly established. Hence, we have assumed that lower levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D might cause thinning in the macula and nasal quadrant of RNFL, and vitamin D deficiency might affect the nasal quadrant of RNFL primarily. Further long-term studies with a larger number of patients might clarify the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and the thinning in CMT, RNFL quadrants, and RNFL thickness.
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- Hatice Daldal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Usak University Faculty of Medicine, Usak, TUR
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Usak University Training and Research Hospital, Usak, TUR
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Hernandez M, Recalde S, González-Zamora J, Bilbao-Malavé V, Sáenz de Viteri M, Bezunartea J, Moreno-Orduña M, Belza I, Barrio-Barrio J, Fernandez-Robredo P, García-Layana A. Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Oxidative Synergistic Effect of Vitamin D and Nutritional Complex on Retinal Pigment Epithelial and Endothelial Cell Lines against Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13051423. [PMID: 33922669 PMCID: PMC8170899 DOI: 10.3390/nu13051423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a multifactorial disease of the retina featured by dysfunction of retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) and loss of photoreceptor cells under oxidative stress and inflammatory conditions. Vitamin D and antioxidants have beneficial effects against retinal degenerative diseases, such as AMD. We investigated the impact of associating vitamin D (ND) with a nutritional antioxidant complex (Nutrof Total®; N) on oxidative stress and inflammation-like induced conditions by H2O2 and LPS, respectively, in human retinal epithelial (ARPE-19) and human retinal endothelial (HREC) cells. Application of either N or ND treatments to H2O2-induced media in ARPE-19 cells counteracted late apoptosis, attenuated oxidative DNA damage, and increased cell proliferation. Significant reduction in the expression levels of MCP1, IL-8, and IL6 cytokines was observed following application of either N or ND treatments under LPS-induced conditions in ARPE-19 cells and in MCP-1 and IL12p70 cytokine levels in HREC cells. ND and not N revealed significant downregulation of IFNγ in ARPE-19 cells, and of IL-6 and IL-18 in HREC cells. In conclusion, adding vitamin D to Nutrof Total® protects in a synergistic way against oxidative and inflammatory stress-induced conditions in retinal epithelial and endothelial cells.
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- Maria Hernandez
- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
- Navarra Institute for Health Research, IdiSNA, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
- Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa Sanitaria en Enfermedades Oculares (Oftared), 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
- Navarra Institute for Health Research, IdiSNA, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
- Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa Sanitaria en Enfermedades Oculares (Oftared), 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
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- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
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- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
- Navarra Institute for Health Research, IdiSNA, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
- Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa Sanitaria en Enfermedades Oculares (Oftared), 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
- Navarra Institute for Health Research, IdiSNA, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
- Navarra Institute for Health Research, IdiSNA, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
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- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
- Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa Sanitaria en Enfermedades Oculares (Oftared), 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
- Navarra Institute for Health Research, IdiSNA, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
- Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa Sanitaria en Enfermedades Oculares (Oftared), 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Retinal Pathologies and New Therapies Group, Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain; (S.R.); (J.G.-Z.); (V.B.-M.); (M.S.d.V.); (J.B.); (M.M.-O.); (I.B.); (J.B.-B.); (P.F.-R.); (A.G.-L.)
- Navarra Institute for Health Research, IdiSNA, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
- Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa Sanitaria en Enfermedades Oculares (Oftared), 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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Lu X, Chen Z, Watsky MA. Effects of 1,25 and 24,25 Vitamin D on Corneal Fibroblast VDR and Vitamin D Metabolizing and Catabolizing Enzymes. Curr Eye Res 2021; 46:1271-1282. [PMID: 33535006 DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2021.1884726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Purpose: To investigate the effects of 1,25-Vit D3 and 24,25-Vit D3 on corneal fibroblast expression of the vitamin D-associated enzymes CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 and the roles of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and protein disulfide isomerase, family A, member 3 (Pdia3) in these cells.Methods: CYP24A1, CYP27B1, VDR, and Pdia3 expression in corneas was detected using immunohistochemistry. Western blotting was used to measure protein expression in human and mouse fibroblasts, including VDR KO mouse cells, treated with 1,25-Vit D3 (20 nM) and 24,25-Vit D3 (100 nM). The Pdia3 inhibitor LOC14 was used to explore the role of Pdia3 as a Vit D3 receptor in these cells.Results: CYP24A1, CYP27B1, VDR, and Pdia3 were all expressed in mouse and human corneal fibroblasts. 1,25-Vit D3 significantly increased VDR expression in human and mouse fibroblasts. 1,25-Vit D3 and 24,25-VitD3 significantly increased CYP24A1 and CYP27B1 expression level in human, VDR WT mouse, and VDR KO mouse corneal fibroblasts. CYP24A1 and CYP27B1 expression was unchanged in VDR KO mouse fibroblasts treated with 1,25-Vit D3 or 24,25-Vit D3 plus LOC14. Human fibroblast VDR, CYP24A1, and CYP27B1 expression were unaffected by LOC14.Conclusions: Vitamin D metabolic enzymes, VDR, and Pdia3 are all expressed in mouse and human corneal fibroblasts. 1,25-Vit D3 modulates fibroblast vitamin D enzymes through both the VDR and Pdia3 pathways in a species-dependent manner. 24,25-Vit D3 can increase expression of fibroblast CYP24A1 and CYP27B1 in the absence of VDR and is likely involved in fibroblast regulation independent of 1,25-Vit D3 or VDR.
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- Xiaowen Lu
- Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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Örnek N, Oğurel T, Kısa Ü. Tear Fluid and Serum Vitamin D Concentrations in Unilateral Pterygium. Optom Vis Sci 2021; 98:170-174. [PMID: 33534378 DOI: 10.1097/opx.0000000000001640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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SIGNIFICANCE Vitamin D has antiangiogenic, anti-inflammatory, and antifibrotic properties, which may play an inhibitory role on pterygium formation. Vitamin D concentration was measured in few studies, and contradictory results have been reported. There is no study investigating tear fluid concentration of vitamin D in pterygium patients. PURPOSE This study evaluated tear fluid and serum vitamin D concentrations of pterygium patients in comparison with healthy controls. METHODS Thirty-five (21 male, 14 female) patients with unilateral pterygium and 25 (18 male, 7 female) healthy controls were included in this case-control study. After full ophthalmic examination, blood samples were taken, and basal tear fluid was collected using glass microcapillary tubes. Tear fluid and serum vitamin D concentrations were analyzed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and analyzed statistically. RESULTS The mean ± standard deviation age of patients was 51.7 ± 16.7 years in the study group and 50.6 ± 18.7 years in the control group, respectively (P = .82). The mean tear fluid vitamin D concentration was statistically significantly higher than the mean serum concentration in the study groups (P < .0001). The mean tear fluid (P = .76) and serum vitamin D concentrations (P = .53) did not reveal statistically significant difference between patients and controls. There was no statistically significant difference for tear fluid vitamin D concentration between pterygium eyes and fellow eyes (P = .93). The difference in concentrations was compared within the pterygium subgroups, and it was found that the mean serum vitamin D concentration trended toward lower values as the stage of pterygium increased, and the mean tear fluid vitamin D concentration trended toward higher values as the stage of pterygium increased, although these differences were not statistically significant (all, P > .05). CONCLUSIONS Tear fluid and serum vitamin D concentrations do not seem to have a role in pterygium pathogenesis.
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- Nurgül Örnek
- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Ulhaq Z. Vitamin D and its receptor polymorphisms are associated with glaucoma. J Fr Ophtalmol 2020; 43:1009-1019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2020.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Serum 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, and Folic Acid Levels in Progressive and Nonprogressive Keratoconus. Cornea 2020; 40:334-341. [PMID: 32833845 DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000002475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D, vitamin B12, and folic acid (FA) levels in progressive and nonprogressive patients with keratoconus (KCN). METHODS Fifty-five patients with KCN (28 progressive and 27 nonprogressive) who were followed up for at least 12 months were recruited and separated into 2 groups according to corneal topographic progression criteria. Age- and sex-matched 30 healthy individuals formed the control group. Serum vitamin D, B12, FA, and Ca levels were compared among control, nonprogressive, and progressive groups. The effect of gender, age, vitamin D, B12, and FA parameters on KCN progression was investigated. RESULTS Serum vitamin D levels were 12.77 ± 5.52, 11.78 ± 4.32, and 17.40 ± 5.12 ng/mL in nonprogressive, progressive, and control groups, respectively. The serum vitamin D levels in KCN groups (nonprogressive and progressive) were significantly lower than the control group (P = 0.002 and P < 0.001, respectively). There was no significant difference between all groups in serum vitamin B12, FA, and Ca levels (P > 0.05). Decreased vitamin D levels significantly increased nonprogressive KCN probability 1.23 times and progressive KCN probability 1.29 times more than the control group (P = 0.002, 95% confidence interval, 0.708-0.925; P < 0.001, 95% confidence interval, 0.668-0.888, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Serum vitamin D levels were significantly decreased in both KCN groups. However, serum vitamin B12, FA, and Ca levels were similar in all groups. Serum vitamin D evaluation of patients with KCN at onset and follow-up examinations may help to predict the course of the disease.
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Conjunctival impression cytology and tear-film changes in cases with vitamin D deficiency. Int Ophthalmol 2020; 40:1687-1694. [PMID: 32207046 DOI: 10.1007/s10792-020-01336-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate conjunctival surface cells and tear-film functions in cases with vitamin D deficiency. METHODS Thirty-six patients with serum vitamin D deficiency and 27 control subjects with normal serum vitamin D levels were included in this prospective study. The tear break-up time (TBUT), Schirmer II test, and conjunctival impression cytology tests were performed to all participants. RESULTS The mean serum vitamin D levels were 10.5 ± 5.0 µl in the study group and 33.9 ± 11.7 µl in the control group (p < 0.001). The median TBUT scores were 11 s and 17 s and the median Schirmer II values were 7.5 mm and 12 mm in the study and the control groups, respectively (p = 0.003, p = 0.049). According to the Nelson staging system, 69.4% of the patients in the study group had grade 2 or 3 impression cytology, whereas 18.5% of the participants in the control group had grade 2 or 3 impression cytology (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Our study results showed that vitamin D deficiency may lead to dry eye causing conjunctival squamous metaplasia and loss of goblet cells on the ocular surface.
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Rullo J, Pennimpede T, Mehraban Far P, Strube YN, Irrcher I, Urton T, Bona M, Gonder T, Campbell RJ, Ten Hove M, Sharma S, Farmer J, Petkovich M. Intraocular calcidiol: Uncovering a role for vitamin D in the eye. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 197:105536. [PMID: 31734492 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2019.105536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED Vitamin D has emerged as a potentially important molecule in ophthalmology. To date, all ophthalmic data pertaining to vitamin D has been restricted primarily to tear and serum analysis in human patients. Considering the isolated nature of the eye, we sought to determine the presence of intraocular vitamin D in ocular disease. METHODS 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) concentrations were measured in the eye and blood of 120 participants undergoing ophthalmic procedures. Ocular localization of the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-generating (CYP27B1) and deactivating (CYP24A1) hydroxylases was performed by immunohistochemistry. Gene expression of CYP27B1, CYP24A1 and VEGF-A was measured in eyes from patients with and without disease. RESULTS 25(OH)D3 was quantified in 112 ocular samples. In 40 cataract patient samples, the average 25(OH)D3 concentration was 0.057 ng/mL, compared to 72 retinal disease patient samples, average of 0.502 ng/mL (p < 0.001). Intraocular 25(OH)D3 did not correlate with serum levels of 25(OH)D3. There was no difference between the level of 25(OH)D3 measured in the aqueous and vitreous humour. The vitamin D-specific CYPs 27B1 and 24A1, strongly localized to complementary regions of the ciliary body, retinal pigment epithelium and neural retina. Gene expression analysis confirmed retinal CYP27B1 correlated strongly with VEGF-A in eyes from diabetic patients (r = 0.92, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Our data confirms that vitamin D is present in the humours of the human eye and that local synthesis/degradation is possible via the ocular CYP27B1 and CYP24A1. This argues for a functional role for local vitamin D production and signaling in the eye and suggests that vitamin D may be an important intraocular mediator in disease pathogenesis.
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- Jacob Rullo
- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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- Queen's University, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Ophthalmology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Queen's University, Department of Laboratory and Molecular Pathology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Vural E, Hazar L, Çağlayan M, Şeker Ö, Çelebi ARC. Peripapillary choroidal thickness in patients with vitamin D deficiency. Eur J Ophthalmol 2020; 31:578-583. [PMID: 32009449 DOI: 10.1177/1120672120902025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AIM To investigate the effects of vitamin D deficiency on peripapillary choroidal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency but not yet treated for it (Group 1) and patients with normal vitamin D levels (Group 2) were included in this study. Subjects with any kind of eye disease and/or systemic disease were excluded from this study. Demographic characteristics of the patients were collected, and the subfoveal choroidal thickness, central foveal thickness, retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, and peripapillary choroidal thickness were measured using optical coherence tomography. RESULTS The mean ages in Groups 1 and 2 were 30.5 ± 6.7 and 28 ± 5.78 years (p = 0.12), respectively, and female to male ratios were 19/11 and 17/13, respectively (p = 0.59). The mean vitamin D levels were 8.2 ± 2.5 and 28 ± 4.9 ng/mL in Groups 1 and 2, respectively (p <0.001). In Group 1, subfoveal choroidal thickness and nasal and inferior peripapillary choroidal thicknesses at 500 µm were 327.5 ± 81.4, 142.9 ± 40, and 140.66 ± 38.74 µm, respectively. For Group 2, these values were 407.1 ± 85.5, 189.3 0 ± 57.18, and 195.93 ± 67.58 µm, respectively (p <0.001, p = 0.001, and p <0.001, respectively). In addition, a positive correlation was found between vitamin D levels and the subfoveal choroidal thickness and nasal and inferior peripapillary choroidal thicknesses in all patients (r = 0.365, p = 0.005; r = 0.341, p = 0.008; and r = 0.370, p = 0.004, respectively). CONCLUSION Subfoveal choroidal thickness and inferior and nasal peripapillary choroidal thicknesses decreased in patients with vitamin D deficiency.
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- Esra Vural
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Mardin Kızıltepe State Hospital, Mardin, Turkey
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mardin State Hospital, Mardin, Turkey
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Scanlon G, McCartney D, Butler JS, Loskutova E, Loughman J. Identification of Surrogate Biomarkers for the Prediction of Patients at Risk of Low Macular Pigment in Type 2 Diabetes. Curr Eye Res 2019; 44:1369-1380. [PMID: 31225969 DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2019.1635166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Purpose: This cross-sectional study compared macular pigment (MP) levels among persons with Type 2 diabetes relative to healthy controls. Additionally, a range of behavioral, anthropometric, clinical and serum measures were explored as possible predictors of low MP optical density (MPOD) in diabetes.Methods: Two health status groups; Group 1: Type 2 diabetes (n = 188), and Group 2: Healthy controls (n = 2,594) completed a full MP assessment using customized heterochromatic flicker photometry, as part of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging (TILDA). Clinical [blood pressure; cataract status; MPOD] and anthropometric [waist (cm); weight (kg); hip (cm)] measurements were taken, and a blood sample drawn for analysis of serum biomarkers [lipoproteins; inflammatory markers (C reactive protein and vitamin-D)].Results: One-way ANOVA revealed lower MPOD in subjects with Type 2 diabetes relative to controls (p = .047). Amongst participants with diabetes, those with low serum vitamin D (≤50 nmol/L) had significantly lower mean MPOD compared to those with sufficient serum vitamin D levels >50 nmol/L (0.173(0.148) vs. 0.226(0.145); p = .006). Concomitantly, MP was significantly lower in diabetes participants with raised serum triglyceride (TG) to high density lipoprotein (HDL) ratio (TG/HDL); values >1.74 mmol/L (0.172 (0.140) vs 0.215 (0.152); p = .039). Body mass index, waist-to-height ratio and waist circumference, were all significantly negatively correlated with MPOD (Pearson's correlation, p < .05 for all). Significant correlates of MPOD in the multivariate regression model included smoking, cataract, and vitamin D, which collectively contributed 18.5% of the overall variability in MPOD status amongst participants with Type 2 diabetes.Conclusions: This study provides additional evidence that low MP may indeed be a feature of Type 2 diabetes, and further identifies smoking, cataract and vitamin D status as plausible predictors of low MPOD amongst persons with Type 2 diabetes.
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- Grainne Scanlon
- Centre for Eye Research Ireland, School of Physics, Clinical & Optometric Sciences, Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biological and Health Sciences, Technological University Dublin, City Campus, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Eye Research Ireland, School of Physics, Clinical & Optometric Sciences, Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,School of Mathematical Sciences, Technological University Dublin, City Campus, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Eye Research Ireland, School of Physics, Clinical & Optometric Sciences, Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Eye Research Ireland, School of Physics, Clinical & Optometric Sciences, Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Rinninella E, Mele MC, Merendino N, Cintoni M, Anselmi G, Caporossi A, Gasbarrini A, Minnella AM. The Role of Diet, Micronutrients and the Gut Microbiota in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: New Perspectives from the Gut⁻Retina Axis. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10111677. [PMID: 30400586 PMCID: PMC6267253 DOI: 10.3390/nu10111677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex multifactorial disease and the primary cause of legal and irreversible blindness among individuals aged ≥65 years in developed countries. Globally, it affects 30–50 million individuals, with an estimated increase of approximately 200 million by 2020 and approximately 300 million by 2040. Currently, the neovascular form may be able to be treated with the use of anti-VEGF drugs, while no effective treatments are available for the dry form. Many studies, such as the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) and AREDS 2, have shown a potential role of micronutrient supplementation in lowering the risk of progression of the early stages of AMD. Recently, low-grade inflammation, sustained by dysbiosis and a leaky gut, has been shown to contribute to the development of AMD. Given the ascertained influence of the gut microbiota in systemic low-grade inflammation and its potential modulation by macro- and micro-nutrients, a potential role of diet in AMD has been proposed. This review discusses the role of the gut microbiota in the development of AMD. Using PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus, we searched for recent scientific evidence discussing the impact of dietary habits (high-fat and high-glucose or -fructose diets), micronutrients (vitamins C, E, and D, zinc, beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin) and omega-3 fatty acids on the modulation of the gut microbiota and their relationship with AMD risk and progression.
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- Emanuele Rinninella
- UOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino-Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
- Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- UOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino-Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
- Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- Laboratorio di Nutrizione Cellulare e Molecolare, Dipartimento di Scienze Ecologiche e Biologiche (DEB), Università della Tuscia, Largo dell'Università snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
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- Scuola di Specializzazione in Scienza dell'Alimentazione, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- UOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino-Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- UOC di Oculistica, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Neurologiche, Ortopediche e della Testa-Collo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
- Istituto di Oftalmologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- UOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino-Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
- Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- UOC di Oculistica, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Neurologiche, Ortopediche e della Testa-Collo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
- Istituto di Oftalmologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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Cankaya C, Cumurcu T, Gunduz A. Corneal endothelial changes in patients with vitamin D deficiency. Indian J Ophthalmol 2018; 66:1256-1261. [PMID: 30127135 PMCID: PMC6113815 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_238_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of vitamin D deficiency on corneal endothelial layer using specular microscopy. Methods: Fifty-eight eyes of 58 patients whose vitamin D level was below 15 ng/ml and who had no ocular pathology were included in the study (Group 1). Forty eyes of 40 age-and sex-matched subjects were enrolled as control group (Group 2). Corneal endothelial cell density (CD), coefficient of variation (CV), hexagonal cell ratio (HEX), and central corneal thickness (CCT) were measured using specular microscopy (Konan Medical Inc., Nishinomiya, Japan). The obtained data were compared between the groups. Results: There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of age and gender (P = 0.344, P = 0.399, respectively). The mean CD value was 2772.79 ± 202.21 cells/mm2 in Group 1 and 2954.97 ± 116.89 cells/mm2 in Group 2 (P = 0.001). The mean CV value was 30.31 ± 3.65 in Group 1 and 28.20 ± 2.71 in Group 2 (P = 0.003). The mean HEX value was 46.56 ± 6.32 in Group 1 and 51.07 ± 5.28 in Group 2 (P = 0.001). The mean CCT value was 555.87 ± 36.90 μ in group 1 and 549.0 ± 37.39 μ in Group 2 (P = 0.96). Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency may affect the corneal endothelial layer. Patients with vitamin D deficiency should be evaluated for endothelial parameters in particular before an intraocular surgery. Further studies are needed to confirm our results.
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- Cem Cankaya
- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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Kutlehria S, Vhora I, Bagde A, Chowdhury N, Behl G, Patel K, Singh M. Tacrolimus Loaded PEG-Cholecalciferol Based Micelles for Treatment of Ocular Inflammation. Pharm Res 2018; 35:117. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-018-2376-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Broadgate S, Kiire C, Halford S, Chong V. Diabetic macular oedema: under-represented in the genetic analysis of diabetic retinopathy. Acta Ophthalmol 2018; 96 Suppl A111:1-51. [PMID: 29682912 DOI: 10.1111/aos.13678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Diabetic retinopathy, a complication of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, is a complex disease and is one of the leading causes of blindness in adults worldwide. It can be divided into distinct subclasses, one of which is diabetic macular oedema. Diabetic macular oedema can occur at any time in diabetic retinopathy and is the most common cause of vision loss in patients with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this review is to summarize the large number of genetic association studies that have been performed in cohorts of patients with type 2 diabetes and published in English-language journals up to February 2017. Many of these studies have produced positive associations with gene polymorphisms and diabetic retinopathy. However, this review highlights that within this large body of work, studies specifically addressing a genetic association with diabetic macular oedema, although present, are vastly under-represented. We also highlight that many of the studies have small patient numbers and that meta-analyses often inappropriately combine patient data sets. We conclude that there will continue to be conflicting results and no meaningful findings will be achieved if the historical approach of combining all diabetic retinopathy disease states within patient cohorts continues in future studies. This review also identifies several genes that would be interesting to analyse in large, well-defined cohorts of patients with diabetic macular oedema in future candidate gene association studies.
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- Suzanne Broadgate
- Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences; University of Oxford; Oxford UK
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- Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences; University of Oxford; Oxford UK
- Oxford Eye Hospital; John Radcliffe Hospital; Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford UK
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- Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences; University of Oxford; Oxford UK
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- Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences; University of Oxford; Oxford UK
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Song WS, Yoon WT, Kim YK, Park SP. Analysis of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D in the Aqueous Humor of Age-related Macular Degeneration Patients. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2018. [DOI: 10.3341/jkos.2018.59.11.1024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Won Seok Song
- Department of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Jamali N, Wang S, Darjatmoko SR, Sorenson CM, Sheibani N. Vitamin D receptor expression is essential during retinal vascular development and attenuation of neovascularization by 1, 25(OH)2D3. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0190131. [PMID: 29272316 PMCID: PMC5741250 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Vitamin D provides a significant benefit to human health, and its deficiency has been linked to a variety of diseases including cancer. Vitamin D exhibits anticancer effects perhaps through inhibition of angiogenesis. We previously showed that the active form of vitamin D (1, 25(OH)2D3; calcitriol) is a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis in mouse model of oxygen-induced ischemic retinopathy (OIR). Many of vitamin D's actions are mediated through vitamin D receptor (VDR). However, the role VDR expression plays in vascular development and inhibition of neovascularization by 1, 25(OH)2D3 remains unknown. Here using wild type (Vdr +/+) and Vdr-deficient (Vdr -/-) mice, we determined the impact of Vdr expression on postnatal development of retinal vasculature and retinal neovascularization during OIR. We observed no significant effect on postnatal retinal vascular development in Vdr -/- mice up to postnatal day 21 (P21) compared with Vdr +/+ mice. However, we observed an increase in density of pericytes (PC) and a decrease in density of endothelial cells (EC) in P42 Vdr -/- mice compared with Vdr +/+ mice, resulting in a significant decrease in the EC/PC ratio. Although we observed no significant impact on vessel obliteration and retinal neovascularization in Vdr -/- mice compared with Vdr +/+ mice during OIR, the VDR expression was essential for inhibition of retinal neovascularization by 1, 25(OH)2D3. In addition, the adverse impact of 1, 25(OH)2D3 treatment on the mouse bodyweight was also dependent on VDR expression. Thus, VDR expression plays a significant role during retinal vascular development, especially during maturation of retinal vasculature by promoting PC quiescence and EC survival, and inhibition of ischemia-mediated retinal neovascularization by 1, 25(OH)2D3.
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- Nasim Jamali
- Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America.,McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America.,McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America.,Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America
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Jamali N, Sorenson CM, Sheibani N. Vitamin D and regulation of vascular cell function. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2017; 314:H753-H765. [PMID: 29351464 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00319.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vitamin D deficiency is linked to pathogenesis of many diseases including cardiovascular, cancer, and various eye diseases. In recent years, important roles for vitamin D in regulation of immune function, inflammation, angiogenesis, and aging have been demonstrated. Thus, vitamin D and its analogs have been evaluated for the treatment of various types of cancer and chronic diseases. We have previously shown that the active form of vitamin D [1,25(OH)2D3] is a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis. This activity is consistent with the important role proposed for vitamin D and its analogs in the mitigation of tumor growth through inhibition of angiogenesis. Here, we review the important nutritional value of vitamin D and the abnormalities linked to its deficiency. We will explore its potential role as a regulator of angiogenesis and vascular cell function and the role vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression plays in these activities during vascular development and neovascularization. Our studies have established an important role for 1,25(OH)2D3 and VDR in the regulation of perivascular supporting cell function. In addition, the interaction of 1,25(OH)2D3 and VDR is essential for these activities and inhibition of neovascularization. Delineating the signaling pathways involved and identification of genes that are the target of 1,25(OH)2D3 regulation in vascular cells will allow us to identify novel pathways that are targets for regulation of vascular function and angiogenesis.
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- Nasim Jamali
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health , Madison, Wisconsin.,McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health , Madison, Wisconsin
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- McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health , Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health , Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health , Madison, Wisconsin.,McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health , Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health , Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health , Madison, Wisconsin
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Layana AG, Minnella AM, Garhöfer G, Aslam T, Holz FG, Leys A, Silva R, Delcourt C, Souied E, Seddon JM. Vitamin D and Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Nutrients 2017; 9:nu9101120. [PMID: 29027953 PMCID: PMC5691736 DOI: 10.3390/nu9101120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In recent years, the relationship between vitamin D and health has received growing attention from the scientific and medical communities. Vitamin D deficiencies have been repeatedly associated with various acute and chronic diseases, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Its active metabolite, 1α,25-dihydoxy vitamin D, acts as a modulator of cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis, and cumulative data from experimental and observational studies suggest that relatively a lower vitamin D status could be a potential risk factor for the development of early and/or late AMD. Herein, we made a narrative review of the mechanisms linking a potential role of vitamin D with the current concepts of AMD pathophysiology.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Otorinolaringoiatriche e Oftalmologiche, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Lgo F. Vito 1, 00168 Roma, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- School of Pharmacy and Optometry, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
- Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, M13 9WL Manchester, and Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, D-53107 Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences (IBILI), University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
- Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Department of Ophthalmology, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
- Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences (IBILI-FMUC), University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
- Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
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- University of Bordeaux, INSERM, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Team LEHA, UMR 1219, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
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- Hôpital Intercommunal de Créteil, University Paris Est, 94010 Créteil, France.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
- Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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Merle BMJ, Silver RE, Rosner B, Seddon JM. Associations Between Vitamin D Intake and Progression to Incident Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2017; 58:4569-4578. [PMID: 28892825 PMCID: PMC5595226 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.17-21673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Purpose There is growing evidence of the importance of nutrition in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but no prospective studies have explored the impact of vitamin D. We evaluated the association between vitamin D intake and progression to advanced AMD. Methods Among 2146 participants (3965 eyes), 541 (777 eyes) progressed from early or intermediate AMD to advanced disease (mean follow-up: 9.4 years) based on ocular imaging. Nutrients were log transformed and calorie adjusted. Survival analysis was used to assess associations between incident advanced disease and vitamin D intake. Neovascular disease (NV) and geographic atrophy (GA) were evaluated separately. Combined effects of dietary vitamin D and calcium were assessed based on high or low consumption of each nutrient. Results There was a lower risk of progression to advanced AMD in the highest versus lowest quintile of dietary vitamin D intake after adjustment for demographic, behavioral, ocular, and nutritional factors (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.60; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.43–0.83; P trend = 0.0007). Similar results were observed for NV (HR: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.39–0.89; P trend = 0.005) but not GA (HR: 0.83; 95% CI: 0.53–1.30; P trend = 0.35). A protective effect was observed for advanced AMD among participants with high vitamin D and low calcium compared to the group with low levels for each nutrient (HR: 0.67; 95% CI: 0.50–0.88; P = 0.005). When supplement use was considered, the effect was in the protective direction but was not significant. Conclusions A diet rich in vitamin D may prevent or delay progression to advanced AMD, especially NV. Additional exploration is needed to elucidate the potential protective role of vitamin D and its contribution to reducing visual loss.
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- Bénédicte M J Merle
- University of Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Lifelong Exposures, Health and Aging, Bordeaux, France
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- Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.,Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.,Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Kizilgul M, Kan S, Ozcelik O, Beysel S, Apaydin M, Ucan B, Cakal E. Vitamin D Replacement Improves Tear Osmolarity in Patients with Vitamin D Deficiency. Semin Ophthalmol 2017; 33:589-594. [PMID: 28876961 DOI: 10.1080/08820538.2017.1358752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency is a common health problem worldwide. Many parts of the human eye, including the epithelium of the cornea, lens, ciliary body, and retinal pigment epithelium, as well as the corneal endothelium, ganglion cell layer, and retinal photoreceptors, contain vitamin D receptor (VDR). Dry eye is also a common health problem. An adequate tear film is required for maintaining health and function of the eye. Tear hyperosmolarity is considered to be the cause of ocular surface inflammation, symptoms, and tissue damage. It is well-documented that vitamin D has an anti-inflammatory action. We aimed to investigate the effect of vitamin D replacement on tear osmolarity in patients with vitamin D deficiency. METHODS A total of 44 patients (38 females, six males, mean age:43.5 ± 12.8 years) with vitamin D deficiency currently managed by the Endocrinology and Metabolism Department of Diskapi Training and Research Hospital in Turkey were enrolled in the study. Patients were given 50,000 units of 25(OH)D3 intramuscularly, once weekly, over a period of eight weeks. All of the patients underwent tear function osmolarity (TFO) measurement initially and eight weeks after vitamin D replacement. Demographic, anthropometric, and biochemistry data of patients were recorded. RESULTS The mean TFO was significantly decreased (313.7 ± 17.3 mOsm/L; 302.7 ± 14.2 mOsm/L, p<0.001) at the end of the second month; 25(OH)D3 concentrations increased from 8.3 ± 3.5 ng/mL to 68.8 ± 22.3 ng/mL (p<0.001). The mean levels of hsCRP, FPG, P were 2.5 ± 2.5 mg/L, 5.09 ± 0.48 mmol/L, 1.06 ± 0.16 mmol/L initially, and 3.8 ± 5.9 mg/L, 5.11 ± 0.68 mg/dL, 1.09 ± 0.16 mmol/L after vitamin D replacement, respectively (p>0.05). The mean Ca level was 2.37 ± 0.07 mmol/L initially and 2.35 ± 0.07 mmol/L after vitamin D replacement (p<0.05). The change of TFO was negatively correlated with the variation of 25(OH)D3 before and after replacement in patients with dry eye disease (r=-0.390, p=0.049). CONCLUSIONS As a consequence of the presence of VDR and 1α-hydroxylase in different parts of the eye, vitamin D replacement improves tear hyperosmolarity that is considered to be induced by ocular surface inflammation.
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- Muhammed Kizilgul
- a Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism , Diskapi Training and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.,b Schulze Diabetes Institute , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
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- a Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism , Diskapi Training and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey
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- a Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism , Diskapi Training and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey
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- a Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism , Diskapi Training and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey
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- a Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism , Diskapi Training and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey
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- a Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism , Diskapi Training and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey
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- a Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism , Diskapi Training and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey
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Merrigan SL, Kennedy BN. Vitamin D receptor agonists regulate ocular developmental angiogenesis and modulate expression of dre-miR-21 and VEGF. Br J Pharmacol 2017; 174:2636-2651. [PMID: 28547797 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pathological growth of ocular vasculature networks can underpin visual impairment in neovascular age-related macular degeneration, proliferative diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity. Our aim was to uncover novel pharmacological regulators of ocular angiogenesis by phenotype-based screening in zebrafish. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH A bioactive chemical library of 465 drugs was screened to identify small molecule inhibitors of ocular hyaloid vasculature (HV) angiogenesis in zebrafish larvae. Selectivity was assessed by evaluation of non-ocular intersegmental vasculature development. Safety pharmacology examined visual behaviour and retinal histology in larvae. Molecular mechanisms of action were scrutinized using expression profiling of target mRNAs and miRNAs in larval eyes. KEY RESULTS Library screening identified 10 compounds which significantly inhibited HV developmental angiogenesis. The validated hit calcitriol selectively demonstrated dose-dependent attenuation of HV development. In agreement, vitamin D receptor (VDR) agonists paricalcitol, doxercalciferol, maxacalcitol, calcipotriol, seocalcitol, calcifediol and tacalcitol significantly and selectively attenuated HV development. VDR agonists induced minor ocular morphology abnormalities and affected normal visual function. Calcitriol induced a three to sevenfold increase in ocular dre-miR-21 expression. Consistently, all-trans-retinoic acid attenuated HV development and increased ocular dre-miR-21 expression. Interestingly, zebrafish ocular vegfaa and vegfab expression was significantly increased while, vegfc, flt1 and kdrl expression was unchanged by calcitriol. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS These studies identified VDR agonists as significant and selective anti-angiogenics in the developing vertebrate eye and miR21 as a key downstream regulated miRNA. These targets should be further evaluated as molecular hallmarks of, and therapeutic targets for pathological ocular neovascularization.
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- Stephanie L Merrigan
- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Reins RY, Mesmar F, Williams C, McDermott AM. Vitamin D Induces Global Gene Transcription in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells: Implications for Corneal Inflammation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2017; 57:2689-98. [PMID: 27196318 PMCID: PMC5995024 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.16-19237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Purpose Our previous studies show that human corneal epithelial cells (HCEC) have a functional vitamin D receptor (VDR) and respond to vitamin D by dampening TLR-induced inflammation. Here, we further examined the timing of the cytokine response to combined vitamin D–TLR treatment and used genome-wide microarray analysis to examine the effect of vitamin D on corneal gene expression. Methods Telomerase-immortalized HCEC (hTCEpi) were stimulated with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly[I:C]) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D3) for 2 to 24 hours and interleukin (IL)-8 expression was examined by quantitative (q)PCR and ELISA. Telomerase-immortalized HCEC and SV40-HCEC were treated with 1,25D3 and used in genome-wide microarray analysis. Expression of target genes was validated using qPCR in both cell lines and primary HCEC. For confirmation of IκBα protein, hTCEpi were treated with 1,25D3 for 24 hours and cell lysates used in an ELISA. Results Treatment with 1,25D3 increased poly(I:C)-induced IL-8 mRNA and protein expression after 2 to 6 hours. However, when cells were pretreated with 1,25D3 for 24 hours, 1,25D3 decreased cytokine expression. For microarray analysis, 308 genes were differentially expressed by 1,25D3 treatment in hTCEpi, and 69 genes in SV40s. Quantitative (q)PCR confirmed the vitamin D–mediated upregulation of target genes, including nuclear factor of κ light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, α (IκBα). In addition to increased transcript levels, IκBα protein was increased by 28% following 24 hours of vitamin D treatment. Conclusions Microarray analysis demonstrates that vitamin D regulates numerous genes in HCEC and influences TLR signaling through upregulation of IκBα. These findings are important in dissecting the role of vitamin D at the ocular surface and highlight the need for further research into the functions of vitamin D and its influence on corneal gene expression.
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- Rose Y Reins
- College of Optometry University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States 3Science for Life Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden 4Departme
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- College of Optometry University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
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Zicari AM, Cafarotti A, Occasi F, Lollobrigida V, Nebbioso M, Pecorella I, De Castro G, Spalice A, Loffredo L, Villa MP, Duse M. Vitamin D levels in children affected by vernal keratoconjunctivitis. Curr Med Res Opin 2017; 33:269-274. [PMID: 27786545 DOI: 10.1080/03007995.2016.1254602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a chronic and often severe bilateral conjunctivitis. VKC etiology still remains unclear although endocrine, genetic, neurogenic and environmental factors have been implicated. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble prohormone whose main function is the regulation of calcium and phosphate metabolism. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum vitamin D in children affected by VKC compared to the healthy children and investigate the relationship between its levels and disease severity. METHODS A total of 110 children, 47 affected by VKC, aged between 5 and 12 years were enrolled at the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, "Sapienza" University of Rome. Used as controls were 63 healthy children with negative skin prick test (SPT), without allergic, ocular and systemic disease. Serum samples were obtained in April from all the children included in the study. Vitamin D dosage was repeated in October in 20 patients after therapy and in 20 controls. A conjunctival scraping was performed in all children affected by VKC. RESULTS Children affected by VKC had lower vitamin D levels compared to healthy controls and we found an increase in vitamin D levels after therapy with cyclosporine eye drops 1% although this increase was lower than that of healthy controls. Moreover we found significant correlations between vitamin D level and the severity of the disease. CONCLUSIONS The study shows that children affected by VKC have lower vitamin D levels when compared to healthy controls and highlights a significant correlation between its levels and disease severity.
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- Anna Maria Zicari
- a Department of Pediatrics , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- a Department of Pediatrics , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- a Department of Pediatrics , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- b Department of Sense Organs , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- c Department of Radiologic, Oncologic and Anatomic Pathology , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- a Department of Pediatrics , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- a Department of Pediatrics , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- d Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- a Department of Pediatrics , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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- a Department of Pediatrics , "Sapienza" University of Rome , Rome , Italy
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The Association between VDR Gene Polymorphisms and Diabetic Retinopathy Susceptibility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 2016:5305282. [PMID: 27891515 PMCID: PMC5116338 DOI: 10.1155/2016/5305282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Revised: 08/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Aims. Studies on the associations of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms with diabetic retinopathy (DR) susceptibility reported conflicting results. A systematic meta-analysis was undertaken to clarify this topic. Methods. A systematic search of electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, and CNKI) was carried out until March 31, 2016. The pooled odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to assess the strength of the association. Results. A total of 7 studies fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in this meta-analysis (649 cases and 707 controls). Pooled ORs showed a significant association between FokI polymorphism and DR risk in all the four genetic models (OR = 1.612 (1.354~1.921), 1.988 (1.481~2.668), 1.889 (1.424~2.505), and 2.674 (1.493~4.790) in allelic, dominant, recessive, and additive models, resp., PZ < 0.01), but not for TaqI or BsmI polymorphism (PZ > 0.05). Similar results were found in the subgroup analysis. Sensitivity analysis indicated that the results were relatively stable and reliable. Results of Begg's and Egger's tests suggested a lack of publication bias. Conclusions. Our meta-analysis demonstrated that DR was significantly associated with VDR gene FokI polymorphism. However, due to the relatively small sample size in this meta-analysis, further studies with a larger sample size should be done to confirm the findings.
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Correlation between tear fluid and serum vitamin D levels. EYE AND VISION 2016; 3:22. [PMID: 27595117 PMCID: PMC5009644 DOI: 10.1186/s40662-016-0053-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Background Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a range of systemic diseases including ocular disorders. The objective of this study is to measure tear vitamin D levels and investigate the correlation between serum and tear vitamin D levels. Methods A total of 48 healthy volunteers without any systemic and ocular disease were recruited for this observational cohort study. Serum was collected using clot activator coated Vacutainer® Plus tubes. Tear fluid was collected using Schirmer’s strips. Serum and tear total 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were measured by competitive chemiluminescent ELISA and the correlation between the levels were studied. Results The measured serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level ranged between 3.3 and 27.5 ng/ml (Mean ± SEM, 9.4 ± 0.7 ng/ml; Median 8.4 ng/ml). Significantly (p < 0.0001) higher level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D was detected in the tears (Mean ± SEM, 17.0 ± 1.6 ng/ml; Range 3.2–45.8 ng/ml; Median, 16.3 ng/ml) compared to serum. An average of ~2 fold (Mean ± SEM, 1.9 ± 0.2; Range 0.4–5.8; Median, 1.7) higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D was observed in tears compared to serum in the subjects. In addition, a positive correlation was observed between serum and tear 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (r = 0.5595; p < 0.0001). Conclusions A higher level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D was observed in the tear fluid compared to that of the serum. It would be beneficial to consider tear vitamin D levels to study its role with reference to ocular surface diseases.
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Reins RY, Baidouri H, McDermott AM. Vitamin D Activation and Function in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells During TLR-Induced Inflammation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2016; 56:7715-27. [PMID: 26641549 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-17768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Vitamin D is recognized to be an important modulator of the immune system. In the eye, studies have shown that deficiencies and genetic differences in vitamin D-related genes have a significant impact on the development of various ocular diseases. Our current study examines the ability of human corneal epithelial cells (HCEC) to activate vitamin D and the effect of vitamin D treatment on antimicrobial peptide production and cytokine modulation during inflammation, with the ultimate goal of using vitamin D therapeutically for corneal inflammation. METHODS Human corneal epithelial cells were treated with 10-7M vitamin D3 (D3) or 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25D3) for 24 hours and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D3) detected by immunoassay. Human cathelicidin (LL-37) expression was examined by RT-PCR, immunoblot, and immunostaining following 1,25D3 treatment and antimicrobial activity of 1,25D3-treated cells was determined. Cells were stimulated with TLR3 agonist polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly[I:C]) for 24 hours and cytokine levels measured by RT-PCR, ELISA, and Luminex. Immunostaining determined expression of vitamin D receptor (VDR) and retinoic acid inducible gene-1 receptor (RIG-1) as well as NF-κB nuclear translocation. RESULTS When treated with inactive vitamin D metabolites, HCEC produced active 1,25D3, leading to enhanced expression of the antimicrobial peptide, LL-37, dependent on VDR. 1,25-D3 decreased the expression of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, TNFα, and CCL20) and MMP-9 induced by Poly(I:C) as well as pattern recognition receptor expression (TLR3, RIG-1, MDA5). However, early activation of NF-κB was not affected. CONCLUSIONS These studies demonstrate the protective ability of vitamin D to attenuate proinflammatory mediators while increasing antimicrobial peptides and antipseudomonas activity in corneal cells, and further our knowledge on the immunomodulatory functions of the hormone.
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1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits corneal wound healing in an ex-vivo mouse model. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016; 254:717-24. [PMID: 26794222 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-016-3267-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Revised: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Impaired healing of corneal injuries can result in ulceration and complete loss of vision, especially in the elderly. Such patients frequently also exhibit vitamin D insufficiency. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 is the active vitamin D metabolite. As it affects cell proliferation and inflammation, we herein aimed at elucidating its influence on corneal wound healing after alkali burn by using in vitro and ex vivo techniques. METHODS mRNA abundance in human corneal epithelial cells in response to vitamin D3 was determined by RT-PCR. Corneal re-epithelialization after alkaline burn was analyzed using enucleated mouse eyes and fluorescein staining. RESULTS Human corneal epithelial cells (HCEC) expressed the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and retinoid x receptor (RXR) and were responsive to 1,25- dihydroxyvitamin D3, as shown by induction of the 1,25- dihydroxyvitamin D3 responsive gene cyp-24A1 and slightly reduced abundance of IL-6 mRNA. However, no effect on cell vitality and migration was observed. In contrast, re-epithelialization of mouse corneas ex vivo was dose dependently inhibited by 1,25- dihydroxyvitamin D3. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that topically applied 1,25- dihydroxyvitamin D3 does not seem to be suitable for therapy of corneal lesions.
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Zhong X, Du Y, Lei Y, Liu N, Guo Y, Pan T. Effects of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism and clinical characteristics on risk of diabetic retinopathy in Han Chinese type 2 diabetes patients. Gene 2015; 566:212-6. [PMID: 25899017 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.04.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Revised: 04/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of VDR polymorphism with development of retinopathy in a Han Chinese population with type 2 diabetes mellitus. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 204 T2DM patients were subdivided into groups without diabetic retinopathy (NDR, n=110) and those with DR (n=94). VDR rs2228570 (FokI:C>T), rs1544410 (BsmI:G>A), and rs7975232 (Apal:A>C) polymorphism was assayed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). RESULTS Diabetes duration (10.0 vs. 5.0 years, P<0.01) was longer, systolic blood pressure (143.98 ± 24.31 vs. 135.11 ± 15.23, P<0.01), and HbA1c (9.2 ± 2.06 vs. 8.35 ± 1.62, P<0.01) were higher in DR than in NDR patients. Distribution frequencies of the rs2228570, rs1544410, and rs7975232 genotypes followed the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. VDR rs2228570 TT genotype frequency was significantly higher in DR (n=30; 31.9%) than in NDR patients (n=14; 12.7%; P<0.01). DR patients carried more rs2228570 T alleles (n=113; 60.1%) than did NDR patients (n=89; 40.5%; P<0.01). Genotype frequencies of rs1544410 and rs7975232 in NDR and DR patients were not different. Logistic analysis confirmed that diabetes duration (odds ratio (OR) 1.108, P<0.01), SBP (OR 1.022, P<0.05), HbA1c (OR 1.267, P<0.05), and the VDR rs2228570 T allele (OR 1.467, P<0.01) were independently associated with DR risk. TAA haplotype frequency was significantly higher in DR (24.0%) than in NDR (16.1%) patients (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Diabetes duration, SBP, HbA1c, and the rs2228570 T allele were associated with increased risk of DR. VDR rs2228570 might be good candidate biomarker of DR in Han Chinese T2DM patients.
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230061, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230061, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230061, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230061, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230061, PR China.
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Reins RY, McDermott AM. Vitamin D: Implications for ocular disease and therapeutic potential. Exp Eye Res 2015; 134:101-10. [PMID: 25724179 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Vitamin D is a multifunctional hormone that is now known to play a significant role in a variety of biological functions in addition to its traditional role in regulating calcium homeostasis. There are a large number of studies demonstrating that adequate vitamin D levels are important in maintaining health and show that vitamin D is able to be utilized at local tissue sites. In the eye, we have increasing evidence of the association between disease and vitamin D. In this narrative review, we summarize recent findings on vitamin D and its relationship to various ocular pathologies and the therapeutic potential for some of these, as well as examine the basic science studies that demonstrate that vitamin D is biologically relevant in the eye.
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- The Ocular Surface Institute, University of Houston College of Optometry, 4901 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-2020, USA.
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- The Ocular Surface Institute, University of Houston College of Optometry, 4901 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-2020, USA.
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Singman EL, Poon D, Jun AS. Putative corneal neuralgia responding to vitamin d supplementation. Case Rep Ophthalmol 2013; 4:105-8. [PMID: 24163676 PMCID: PMC3806705 DOI: 10.1159/000354965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A patient with putative corneal neuralgia was incidentally discovered to have hypovitaminosis D. Supplementation of vitamin D appears to have led to a resolution of the patient's pain, whereas other efforts to treat the patient were unsuccessful.
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Craig TA, Zhang Y, McNulty MS, Middha S, Ketha H, Singh RJ, Magis AT, Funk C, Price ND, Ekker SC, Kumar R. Research resource: whole transcriptome RNA sequencing detects multiple 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3)-sensitive metabolic pathways in developing zebrafish. Mol Endocrinol 2012; 26:1630-42. [PMID: 22734042 DOI: 10.1210/me.2012-1113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The biological role of vitamin D receptors (VDR), which are abundantly expressed in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio) as early as 48 h after fertilization, and before the development of a mineralized skeleton and mature intestine and kidney, is unknown. We probed the role of VDR in developing zebrafish biology by examining changes in expression of RNA by whole transcriptome shotgun sequencing (RNA-seq) in fish treated with picomolar concentrations of the VDR ligand and hormonal form of vitamin D(3), 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1α,25(OH)(2)D(3))].We observed significant changes in RNAs of transcription factors, leptin, peptide hormones, and RNAs encoding proteins of fatty acid, amino acid, xenobiotic metabolism, receptor-activator of NFκB ligand (RANKL), and calcitonin-like ligand receptor pathways. Early highly restricted, and subsequent massive changes in more than 10% of expressed cellular RNA were observed. At days post fertilization (dpf) 2 [24 h 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3)-treatment], only four RNAs were differentially expressed (hormone vs. vehicle). On dpf 4 (72 h treatment), 77 RNAs; on dpf 6 (120 h treatment) 1039 RNAs; and on dpf 7 (144 h treatment), 2407 RNAs were differentially expressed in response to 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3). Fewer RNAs (n = 481) were altered in dpf 7 larvae treated for 24 h with 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3) vs. those treated with hormone for 144 h. At dpf 7, in 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3)-treated larvae, pharyngeal cartilage was larger and mineralization was greater. Changes in expression of RNAs for transcription factors, peptide hormones, and RNAs encoding proteins integral to fatty acid, amino acid, leptin, calcitonin-like ligand receptor, RANKL, and xenobiotic metabolism pathways, demonstrate heretofore unrecognized mechanisms by which 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3) functions in vivo in developing eukaryotes.
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- Theodore A Craig
- Nephrology and Hypertension Research, Medical Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Yin Z, Pintea V, Lin Y, Hammock BD, Watsky MA. Vitamin D enhances corneal epithelial barrier function. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011; 52:7359-64. [PMID: 21715350 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine whether 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) (25(OH)D(3)) and/or its active metabolite, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25(OH)(2)D(3)), can enhance corneal epithelial barrier function. The authors also determined if corneas contain mRNA for the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and 1α-hydroxylase, the enzyme required to convert 25(OH)D(3) to 1,25(OH)(2)D(3), and measured vitamin D metabolite concentrations in aqueous and vitreous humor. METHODS RT-PCR was used to examine mouse, rabbit, and human corneal epithelial VDR and 1α-hydroxylase mRNA. Vitamin D metabolites were measured using a selective vitamin D derivatizing agent and mass spectroscopy. Barrier function experiments were performed by measuring inulin permeability (IP) and/or transepithelial resistance (TER) in control, 25(OH)D(3)-, and 1,25(OH)(2)D(3)-treated human and rabbit corneal epithelial monolayers cultured on permeable inserts. Ca(2+) was removed, then reintroduced to the culture medium while IP and TER readings were taken. Occludin levels were examined using Western blotting. RESULTS All corneal samples were positive for both VDR and 1α-hydroxylase mRNA. All vitamin D metabolites except for unhydroxylated vitamin D(3) were detected in aqueous and vitreous humor. Epithelial cells showed increased TER, decreased IP, and increased occludin levels when cultured with 25(OH)D(3) and 1,25(OH)(2)D(3). CONCLUSIONS We conclude that corneas contain mRNA for VDR and 1α-hydroxylase as well as significant vitamin D concentrations. 25(OH)D(3) and its active metabolite 1,25(OH)(2)D(3), both enhance corneal epithelial barrier function.
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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By its action on rhodopsin, light triggers the well-known visual transduction cascade, but can also induce cell damage and death through phototoxic mechanisms - a comprehensive understanding of which is still elusive despite more than 40 years of research. Herein, we integrate recent experimental findings to address several hypotheses of retinal light damage, premised in part on the close anatomical and metabolic relationships between the photoreceptors and the retinal pigment epithelium. We begin by reviewing the salient features of light damage, recently joined by evidence for retinal remodeling which has implications for the prognosis of recovery of function in retinal degenerations. We then consider select factors that influence the progression of the damage process and the extent of visual cell loss. Traditional, genetically modified, and emerging animal models are discussed, with particular emphasis on cone visual cells. Exogenous and endogenous retinal protective factors are explored, with implications for light damage mechanisms and some suggested avenues for future research. Synergies are known to exist between our long term light environment and photoreceptor cell death in retinal disease. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of light damage in a variety of animal models can provide valuable insights into the effects of light in clinical disorders and may form the basis of future therapies to prevent or delay visual cell loss.
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Vitamin D and vitamin D metabolites such as 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3)] circulate in the serum of fish. The receptor for 1alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3) (VDR) has previously been cloned from fish intestine, and ligand binding assays have shown the presence of the VDR in the gills, intestine, and liver of fish. Using immunohistochemical methods with specific antibodies against the VDR, we now report that the VDR is widely expressed in tissues of the adult male and female zebrafish, Danio rerio, specifically in epithelial cells of gills, tubular cells of the kidney, and absorptive cells in the intestine. Additionally, the VDR is expressed in the skin, the olfactory organ, the retina, brain, and spinal cord. Sertoli cells of the testis, oocytes, acinar cells of the pancreas, hepatocytes, and bile duct epithelial cells express substantial amounts of the receptor. Osteoblast-like cells and chondrocytes also express VDR. Preimmune serum and antiserum preadsorbed with Danio VDR protein fails to detect VDR in the same tissues. The VDR is also present in the developing eye, brain, and otic vesicle of 48- and 96-h postfertilization zebrafish embryos. Parenteral administration of 1alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3) increases concentrations of VDR in intestinal epithelial cells but not in epithelial cells of the gills. Lithocholic acid, however, does not alter concentrations of VDR after parenteral administration. The data suggest that VDR is widely distributed in tissues of the zebrafish, D. rerio, and is likely to play important roles in epithelial transport, bone, and endocrine function. Furthermore, concentrations of the receptor seem to be regulated by its ligand, 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D but not by lithocholic acid. Zebrafish may serve as a useful model in which to assess the function of the VDR in diverse tissues.
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The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) lying distal to the retina regulates the extracellular environment and provides metabolic support to the outer retina. RPE abnormalities are closely associated with retinal death and it has been claimed several of the most important diseases causing blindness are degenerations of the RPE. Therefore, the study of the RPE is important in Ophthalmology. Although visualisation of the RPE is part of clinical investigations, there are a limited number of methods which have been used to investigate RPE function. One of the most important is a study of the current generated by the RPE. In this it is similar to other secretory epithelia. The RPE current is large and varies as retinal activity alters. It is also affected by drugs and disease. The RPE currents can be studied in cell culture, in animal experimentation but also in clinical situations. The object of this review is to summarise this work, to relate it to the molecular membrane mechanisms of the RPE and to possible mechanisms of disease states.
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- Geoffrey B Arden
- Department of Optometry and Visual Science, Henry Wellcome Laboratiories for Visual Sciences, City University, London, UK.
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Venyaminov SY, Klimtchuk ES, Bajzer Z, Craig TA. Changes in structure and stability of calbindin-D28K upon calcium binding. Anal Biochem 2004; 334:97-105. [PMID: 15464957 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Calbindin-D(28K) is a biologically important protein required for normal neural function and for the transport of calcium in epithelial cells of the intestine and kidney. We have used fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy to characterize the effects of calcium binding on the structure and stability of calbindin. Ca(2+) titration monitored by fluorescence spectroscopy reveals the presence of two classes of calcium-binding sites with association constants approximately 10(7.5) and approximately 10(8.9)M(-1). CD spectra in the far-UV spectral range show minor changes upon Ca(2+) titration, implying that the secondary structure of calbindin-D(28K) is not greatly affected. On the basis of the CD spectra in the near-UV spectral range, we conclude that the tertiary structure is more sensitive to Ca(2+) addition. The most significant change occurs between pCa 7.0 and pCa 8.0. The variations in the protein thermostability are correlated with those in the near-UV CD spectra. The enthalpy changes upon heat denaturation of calbindin in the apo-state are characteristic of proteins containing several weakly interacting domains with similar thermodynamical properties. Thus, calcium binding by calbindin-D(28K) largely affects the local structure around the aromatic residues and the thermal stability of the protein; the changes in the secondary structure are insignificant.
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- Sergei Yu Venyaminov
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Lutz W, Frank EM, Craig TA, Thompson R, Venters RA, Kojetin D, Cavanagh J, Kumar R. Calbindin D28K interacts with Ran-binding protein M: identification of interacting domains by NMR spectroscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 303:1186-92. [PMID: 12684061 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00499-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Calbindin D(28K) is an EF-hand containing protein that plays a vital role in neurological function. We now show that calcium-loaded calbindin D(28K) interacts with Ran-binding protein M, a protein known to play a role in microtubule function. Using NMR methods, we show that a peptide, LASIKNR, derived from Ran-binding protein M, interacts with several regions of the calcium-loaded protein including the amino terminus and two other regions that exhibit conformational exchange on the NMR timescale. We suggest that the interaction between calbindin D(28K) and Ran-binding protein M may be important in calbindin D(28K) function.
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- Ward Lutz
- Department of Biochemistry, Research Center, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Prüfer K, Veenstra TD, Jirikowski GF, Kumar R. Distribution of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor immunoreactivity in the rat brain and spinal cord. J Chem Neuroanat 1999; 16:135-45. [PMID: 10223312 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-0618(99)00002-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A complete mapping study on the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor immunoreactivity within the rat central nervous system was performed with a monoclonal and a polyclonal antibody. Specific immunostaining was observed within both nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments of a variety of cells in the cerebellum, mesopontine area, diencephalon, cortex, spinal cord, and limbic system. Both monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies provided similar staining patterns. The monoclonal antibody stained distinct domains within the nuclei of all and the cytoplasm of specific neuronal cell types, like motor neurons, Purkinje cells, and pyramidal cells of the cortex more clearly than the polyclonal antibody. The expression of vitamin D3 receptor in the rat central nervous system was confirmed by in situ hybridisation. The widespread distribution of vitamin D3 receptor in distinct portions of the sensory, motor, and limbic brain systems suggests multiple functional properties of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in the central nervous system.
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- NIH, NIDDK, LCBB, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Veenstra TD, Prüfer K, Koenigsberger C, Brimijoin SW, Grande JP, Kumar R. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptors in the central nervous system of the rat embryo. Brain Res 1998; 804:193-205. [PMID: 9757035 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00565-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We have mapped areas within the central nervous system (CNS) of the developing fetal rat which immunostain for the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor (VDR). The VDR was detected from days 12 to 21 of gestation throughout the CNS; immunostaining was particularly intense in the neuroepithelium and within the differentiating fields of various areas of the brain. Cells within the spinal cord, dorsal root, and other ganglia exhibited positive staining for the VDR. The intensity of staining for the VDR diminished or disappeared in the neuroepithelium throughout the CNS during the later days of development, while in the differentiating fields single VDR immunoreactive cells were observed. The presence of the VDR in the CNS was confirmed by in situ hybridization and RNA-based polymerase chain reaction methods with di-deoxy sequencing of the resultant DNA product. These results support the hypothesis that 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, through interactions with the VDR, may play a role in the development of the CNS.
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- T D Veenstra
- Nephrology Research Unit, Mayo Clinic/Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Koszewski NJ, Reinhardt TA, Langub MC, Malluche HH, Horst RL. Selectivity of a C-terminal peptide antiserum for different DNA-binding states of the vitamin D receptor. Arch Biochem Biophys 1998; 349:388-96. [PMID: 9448730 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1997.0481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Antisera against peptides from the extreme N- and C-terminal regions of the VDR were evaluated. The N-terminal antiserum Ab192 functioned as a general-purpose antibody, being able to supershift the rhVDR in heterodimeric or homodimeric binding complexes in the EMSA, and detect both recombinant and native forms of the receptor on Western blots. The C-terminal antiserum, Ab195, also identified the receptor on Western blots, but in contrast, it displayed differential sensitivity to the conditions employed in the EMSA. In the presence of 1,25(OH)2D3, rhVDR, rhRXR alpha, and nonspecific DNA, Ab195 produced a weak supershift of the heterodimer complex in the EMSA. Significantly, omission of hormone from the binding buffer resulted in a complete shift of the bound complex with the antiserum. A complete supershift was also observed if only the nonspecific DNA was removed. Together these results indicate antiserum sensitivity to the ligand status in the rhVDR C-terminus as part of a DNA-bound heterodimer complex. Inclusion of 9-cis RA resulted in a modest increase in the amount of shifted product relative to 1,25(OH)2D3 alone. Finally, Ab195 completely supershifted the rhVDR homodimer binding complex under all tested conditions, including those analogous to where it was largely ineffective in shifting the heterodimer. Thus, Ab195 is sensitive to the ligand binding status of the VDR, discriminates heterodimer and homodimer binding interactions, and should provide an additional tool for exploring conformational changes induced in the receptor.
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- N J Koszewski
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington 40536-0084, USA
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Lundgren S, Carling T, Hjälm G, Juhlin C, Rastad J, Pihlgren U, Rask L, Akerström G, Hellman P. Tissue distribution of human gp330/megalin, a putative Ca(2+)-sensing protein. J Histochem Cytochem 1997; 45:383-92. [PMID: 9071320 DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We used riboprobes and monoclonal antibodies to characterize tissue distribution of the human 550-kD homologue to gp330/megalin, primarily identified in the rat kidney. Human gp330/megalin mRNA and protein are readily identified in human parathyroid cells, placental cytotrophoblasts, kidney proximal tubule cells, and epididymal epithelial cells. The immunoreactivity is found on the surface of the cells and is heterogeneously downregulated in parathyroid hyperplasia and adenomas. Cells of the proximal kidney tubule and epididymis express the protein on their luminal aspect. Moreover, the protein is expressed in Type II pneumocytes, mammary epithelial and thyroid follicular cells, and the ciliary body of the eye. Sequence analysis of cDNA fragments, obtained by RT-PCR, revealed identical nucleotide sequences in parathyroid, kidney, placenta, epididymis, and lung. Immunohistochemistry for parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) revealed partial co-expression with human gp330/megalin in parathyroid, placenta, and mammary gland. The findings substantiate human gp330/megalin expression in a variety of human tissues expected to possess calcium-sensing functions. It may constitute a protein of utmost importance to adult and fetal calcium homeostasis, although other important functions may also be coupled to this exceptionally large protein with highly restricted tissue distribution.
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- S Lundgren
- Department of Cell Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden
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Barsony J, Renyi I, McKoy W. Subcellular distribution of normal and mutant vitamin D receptors in living cells. Studies with a novel fluorescent ligand. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:5774-82. [PMID: 9038191 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.9.5774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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To understand the subcellular localization of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and to measure VDR content in single cells, we recently developed a fluorescent labeled ligand, 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY)-calcitriol. This tagged hormone has intact biological activity, high affinity and specific binding to the receptor, and enhanced fluorescent emission upon receptor binding. Using BODIPY-calcitriol, here we monitored the subcellular distribution of VDR in living cultured cells by microscopy. Time course studies showed that an equilibrium between the cytoplasmic and nuclear hormone binding developed within 5 min and was maintained thereafter. We found a substantial proportion of VDR residing in the cytoplasm, colocalized with endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi complex, and microtubules. Confocal microscopy clarified the presence of VDR within discrete regions of the nucleus and along the nuclear envelope. There was no VDR in the plasma membrane. Low affinity BODIPY-calcitriol binding sites were in the mitochondria. Mutations in the VDR gene selectively and specifically altered BODIPY-calcitriol distribution. Defects in the hormone binding region of VDR prevented both nuclear and cytoplasmic hormone binding. Defects in the DNA binding region decreased the nuclear retention of VDR and prevented localization to nuclear foci. These results with BODIPY-calcitriol reveal cytoplasmic VDR localization in living cells and open the possibility of studying the three-dimensional architecture of intranuclear target sites.
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- J Barsony
- Laboratory of Cell Biochemistry and Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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