Oral Administration of Vitamin D3 Prevents Corneal Damage in a Knock-Out Mouse Model of Sjögren’s Syndrome
| Autor: | Maria Consiglia Trotta, Hildegard Herman, Cornel Balta, Marcel Rosu, Alina Ciceu, Bianca Mladin, Carlo Gesualdo, Caterina Claudia Lepre, Marina Russo, Francesco Petrillo, Gorizio Pieretti, Francesca Simonelli, Settimio Rossi, Michele D’Amico, Anca Hermenean |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Biomedicines, Vol 11, Iss 2, p 616 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2227-9059 82932719 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/biomedicines11020616 |
| Popis: | Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with dry eye development during Sjögren’s syndrome (SS). Here, we investigated whether repeated oral vitamin D3 supplementation could prevent the corneal epithelium damage in an SS mouse model. Methods: 30 female mouse knock-out for the thrombospondin 1 gene were randomized (six per group) in untreated mice euthanized at 6 weeks as negative control (C−) or at 12 weeks as the positive control for dry eye (C+). Other mice were sacrificed after 6 weeks of oral vitamin D3 supplementation in the drinking water (1000, 8000, and 20,000 IU/kg/week, respectively). Results: The C+ mice showed alterations in their corneal epithelial morphologies and thicknesses (p < 0.01 vs. C−), while the mice receiving 8000 (M) and 20,000 (H) IU/kg/week of vitamin D3 showed preservation of the corneal epithelium morphology and thickness (p < 0.01 vs. C+). Moreover, while the C+ mice exhibited high levels and activity of corneal tumor necrosis factor alpha converting enzyme (TACE), neovascularization and fibrosis markers; these were all reduced in the M and H mice. Conclusions: Oral vitamin D3 supplementation appeared to counteract the negative effect of TACE on corneal epithelium in a mouse model of SS-associated dry eye. |
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