期刊
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 68, 期 -, 页码 88-94出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.12.061
关键词
Vitamin D; Airway remodeling; Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway
资金
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY15H010006]
- Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province [2016C33182]
- Zhejiang Provincial Program for the Cultivation of High-level Innovative Health talents
Vitamin D exerts a protective role in asthma; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying the vitamin D-attenuated asthma airway remodeling are yet to be elucidated. In this study, Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into four groups: control, asthma, vitamin D 50 ng/mL, and vitamin D 100 ng/mL. The treatment with 100 ng/mL vitamin D remarkably reduced the thickness of the airway smooth muscle, collagen deposition, and the alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) mass and airway inflammation. Conversely, the treatment by vitamin D significantly up-regulated the serum levels of 25(OH)(2)D-3 that were decreased in asthma. The putative signaling pathway of vitamin D was based on Wnt5a and beta-catenin expression assessed by quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and Western blot, which revealed that the administration of vitamin D significantly decreased the activity of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway. These results suggested that administration of vitamin D alleviated the airway remodeling in asthma by down-regulating the activity of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway.
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