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1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D increases the gene expression of enzymes protecting from glucolipotoxicity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and human primary endothelial cells

Authors

KURICOVÁ Katarína PLESKAČOVÁ Anna PÁCAL Lukáš KAŇKOVÁ Kateřina

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Food & Function
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5fo01560j
Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords VITAMIN-D SUPPLEMENTATION; PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL; GLYCATION END-PRODUCTS; BETA-CELL; DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; IMMUNE-SYSTEM; D DEFICIENCY; D-RECEPTOR
Description Besides its classical function as an orchestrator of calcium and phosphorus homeostasis, vitamin D also affects insulin secretion and tissue efficiency. A number of studies have consistently reported the inverse relationship between vitamin D deficiency and type 2 diabetes. Activation of certain metabolic pathways and down-stream transcription factors may protect from glucolipotoxicity and their targeted activation – e.g. by vitamin D – might explain the detrimental role of vitamin D deficiency in diabetes. The aim of the study was to quantify gene and protein expression of selected enzymes involved in the protection from glucolipotoxicity, specifically glyoxalase 1 (GLO1), and other enzymes with antioxidant activity – hemoxygenase (HMOX), thiamin pyrophosphokinase (TPK1) and transketolase (TKT), under normo- and hyperglycemic conditions and upon addition of vitamin D in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). The results of our study indicate that the active form of vitamin D regulates gene expression of enzymes opposing the harmful effect of glucolipotoxicity whose activities appear to be suppressed by hyperglycemia. However, we were unable to confirm this effect on protein expression. While we cannot speculate on the effect of vitamin D on diabetes itself our results support its role in the protection against existing glucolipotoxicity therefore possibly translating into the prevention of development of diabetic complications.
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