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JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 211, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2021.105907
关键词
Vitamin D; H9N2 avian influenza virus; 1 alpha-Hydroxylase; Vitamin D receptor; 24-Hydroxylase; Mice
资金
- national key research and development program: Study on nutrition metabolism and prevention and control technology of toxic diseases of livestock and poultry [2016YFD0501200]
- Earmarked Fund for Layer and Broiler Innovation Team of the Second Phase of Hebei Modern Industrial System [HBCT2018150101, HBCT2018150207]
The study revealed that H9N2 infection increased the expression levels of vitamin D metabolizing enzymes and vitamin D receptor in mouse lung tissues, indicating a potential role of vitamin D in the development and progression of avian influenza.
The H9N2 avian influenza viruses infect poultry worldwide, and can potentially cause a human pandemic without adaptation. Vitamin D3 (D3) is increasingly being recognized for its extra-skeletal roles, such as the inflammatory and immune responses to infection. The aim of this study was to analyze the changes in vitamin D metabolizing enzymes and vitamin D receptor (VDR) in the lung tissues of mice infected with H9N2. The mice were intranasally inoculated with the appropriate dose of the virus, and various clinical indices were measured on days 3, 7, 14 and 21 post-infection. H9N2 infection significantly increased the expression levels of 1 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA and protein, which is the activating enzyme of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D-3), but had no significant effect on the 25(OH)D-3 inactivating enzyme 24-hydroxylase, indicating that inactive D3 might be converted to its active form in the H9N2-infected lungs. Furthermore, a significant increase was also observed in the VDR mRNA and protein levels, suggesting enhanced responsiveness of the lung tissues to 1, 25(OH)(2)D-3 post H9N2 infection. In addition, daily 25(OH)D-3 injection from day 2-14 post-infection did not affect the clinical signs, virus replication and cytokine (IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha) production in the lungs of the infected mice. Given that the biological effects of D3 rely on its activation, and the binding of 1, 25(OH)(2)D-3 to VDR in specific tissues, our findings provide novel insights into the possible role of vitamin D in the development and progression of influenza.
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