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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 478-484Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-013-0090-9
Keywords
Multiple sclerosis; Retinoic acid receptor; Retinyl palmitate; Gene expression
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- Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) and Health Services [91-03-161-19476]
- Iranian Center for Neurological Research
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Vitamin A and its derivatives have been shown to modulate the immune system via retinoic acid receptor (RAR). This study explored the impact of retinyl palmitate supplementation on RAR subtype gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The study designed as a double-blind randomized clinical trial in which relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis patients were evaluated. Both groups received one capsule 50,000 IU vitamin D3 per 2 weeks and one intramuscular injection interferon beta-1a per week. The intervention group received one 25,000 IU retinyl palmitate capsule daily for 6 months and the placebo group received one placebo capsule daily. The PBMCs were isolated from participants and the expression level changes of RAR-alpha and RAR-gamma genes were determined by real-time PCR. After supplementation, in the intervention group, the RAR-alpha gene expression level was significantly decreased compared to the placebo group (p = 0.03); however, the expression of RAR-gamma gene did not significantly change (p = 0.10). These results show that vitamin A supplementation can significantly downregulate the expression of RAR-alpha gene in PBMCs of MS patients that suggest the presence of in vivo regulatory mechanisms for the action of vitamin A on the immune system.
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