Reduced vitamin D-induced cathelicidin production and killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in macrophages from a patient with a non-functional vitamin D receptor: A case report
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Tuberculosis (TB) presents a serious health problem with approximately a quarter of the world’s population infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) in an asymptomatic latent state of which 5–10% develops active TB at some point in their lives. The antimicrobial protein cathelicidin has broad antimicrobial activity towards viruses and bacteria including M. tuberculosis. Vitamin D increases the expression of cathelicidin in many cell types including macrophages, and it has been suggested that the vitamin D-mediated antimicrobial activity against M. tuberculosis is dependent on the induction of cathelicidin. However, unraveling the immunoregulatory effects of vitamin D in humans is hampered by the lack of suitable experimental models. We have previously described a family in which members suffer from hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets (HVDRR). The family carry a mutation in the DNA-binding domain of the vitamin D receptor (VDR). This mutation leads to a non-functional VDR, meaning that vitamin D cannot exert its effect in family members homozygous for the mutation. Studies of HVDRR patients open unique possibilities to gain insight in the immunoregulatory roles of vitamin D in humans. Here we describe the impaired ability of macrophages to produce cathelicidin in a HVDRR patient, who in her adolescence suffered from extrapulmonary TB. The present case is a rare experiment of nature, which illustrates the importance of vitamin D in the pathophysiology of combating M. tuberculosis.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Artikelnummer | 1038960 |
Tidsskrift | Frontiers in Immunology |
Vol/bind | 13 |
Antal sider | 9 |
ISSN | 1664-3224 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2022 |
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This work was financially supported by grants from the Danish Council for Independent Research (8020-00066B).
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