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Regulatory Effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on Nitric Oxide Production in Activated Microglia

Microglia are activated by inflammatory and pathophysiological stimuli in neurodegenerative diseases, and activated microglia induce neuronal damage by releasing cytotoxic factors like nitric oxide (NO). Activated microglia synthesize a significant amount of vitamin D(3) in the rat brain, and vitami...

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Autores principales: Hur, Jinyoung, Lee, Pyeongjae, Kim, Mi Jung, Cho, Young-Wuk
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Physiological Society and The Korean Society of Pharmacology 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4211123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25352759
http://dx.doi.org/10.4196/kjpp.2014.18.5.397
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author Hur, Jinyoung
Lee, Pyeongjae
Kim, Mi Jung
Cho, Young-Wuk
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Cho, Young-Wuk
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description Microglia are activated by inflammatory and pathophysiological stimuli in neurodegenerative diseases, and activated microglia induce neuronal damage by releasing cytotoxic factors like nitric oxide (NO). Activated microglia synthesize a significant amount of vitamin D(3) in the rat brain, and vitamin D(3) has an inhibitory effect on activated microglia. To investigate the possible role of vitamin D(3) as a negative regulator of activated microglia, we examined the effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on NO production of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated microglia. Treatment with LPS increased the production of NO in primary cultured and BV2 microglial cells. Treatment with 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) inhibited the generation of NO in LPS-activated primary microglia and BV2 cells. In addition to NO production, expression of 1-α-hydroxylase and the vitamin D receptor (VDR) was also upregulated in LPS-stimulated primary and BV2 microglia. When BV2 cells were transfected with 1-α-hydroxylase siRNA or VDR siRNA, the inhibitory effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on activated BV2 cells was suppressed. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D(3) also inhibited the increased phosphorylation of p38 seen in LPS-activated BV2 cells, and this inhibition was blocked by VDR siRNA. The present study shows that 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) inhibits NO production in LPS-activated microglia through the mediation of LPS-induced 1-α-hydroxylase. This study also shows that the inhibitory effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on NO production might be exerted by inhibiting LPS-induced phosphorylation of p38 through the mediation of VDR signaling. These results suggest that vitamin D(3) might have an important role in the negative regulation of microglial activation.
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spelling pubmed-42111232014-10-28 Regulatory Effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on Nitric Oxide Production in Activated Microglia Hur, Jinyoung Lee, Pyeongjae Kim, Mi Jung Cho, Young-Wuk Korean J Physiol Pharmacol Original Article Microglia are activated by inflammatory and pathophysiological stimuli in neurodegenerative diseases, and activated microglia induce neuronal damage by releasing cytotoxic factors like nitric oxide (NO). Activated microglia synthesize a significant amount of vitamin D(3) in the rat brain, and vitamin D(3) has an inhibitory effect on activated microglia. To investigate the possible role of vitamin D(3) as a negative regulator of activated microglia, we examined the effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on NO production of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated microglia. Treatment with LPS increased the production of NO in primary cultured and BV2 microglial cells. Treatment with 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) inhibited the generation of NO in LPS-activated primary microglia and BV2 cells. In addition to NO production, expression of 1-α-hydroxylase and the vitamin D receptor (VDR) was also upregulated in LPS-stimulated primary and BV2 microglia. When BV2 cells were transfected with 1-α-hydroxylase siRNA or VDR siRNA, the inhibitory effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on activated BV2 cells was suppressed. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D(3) also inhibited the increased phosphorylation of p38 seen in LPS-activated BV2 cells, and this inhibition was blocked by VDR siRNA. The present study shows that 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) inhibits NO production in LPS-activated microglia through the mediation of LPS-induced 1-α-hydroxylase. This study also shows that the inhibitory effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on NO production might be exerted by inhibiting LPS-induced phosphorylation of p38 through the mediation of VDR signaling. These results suggest that vitamin D(3) might have an important role in the negative regulation of microglial activation. The Korean Physiological Society and The Korean Society of Pharmacology 2014-10 2014-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4211123/ /pubmed/25352759 http://dx.doi.org/10.4196/kjpp.2014.18.5.397 Text en Copyright © 2014 The Korean Physiological Society and The Korean Society of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Regulatory Effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on Nitric Oxide Production in Activated Microglia
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title_full Regulatory Effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on Nitric Oxide Production in Activated Microglia
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title_full_unstemmed Regulatory Effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on Nitric Oxide Production in Activated Microglia
title_short Regulatory Effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) on Nitric Oxide Production in Activated Microglia
title_sort regulatory effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin d(3) on nitric oxide production in activated microglia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4211123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25352759
http://dx.doi.org/10.4196/kjpp.2014.18.5.397
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