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- Title
Age-Dependent Effect of Calcitriol on Mouse Regulatory T and B Lymphocytes.
- Authors
Śnieżewska, Agata; Anisiewicz, Artur; Gdesz-Birula, Katarzyna; Wietrzyk, Joanna; Filip-Psurska, Beata
- Abstract
The hormonally active vitamin D3 metabolite, calcitriol, functions as an important modulator of the immune system. We assumed that calcitriol exerts different effects on immune cells and cytokine production, depending on the age of the animal; therefore, we analyzed its effects on regulatory T lymphocytes and regulatory B lymphocytes in healthy young and old female C57Bl/6/Foxp3GFP mice. In the lymph nodes of young mice, calcitriol decreased the percentage of Tregs, including tTregs and pTregs, and the expression of GITR, CD103, and CD101; however, calcitriol increased the level of IL-35 in adipose tissue. In the case of aged mice, calcitriol decreased the percentages of tTregs and CD19+ cells in lymph nodes and the level of osteopontin in the plasma. Additionally, increases in the levels of IgG and the lowest levels of IFN-γ, IL-10, and IL-35 were observed in the adipose tissue of aged mice. This study showed that calcitriol treatment had different effects, mainly on Treg phenotypes and cytokine secretion, in young and old female mice; it seemed that calcitriol enhanced the immunosuppressive properties of the lymphatic organs and adipose tissue of healthy young mice but not of healthy aged mice, where the opposite effects were observed.
- Subjects
CYTOKINES; CALCITRIOL; ANIMAL experimentation; REGULATORY T cells; REGULATORY B cells; IMMUNE system; LYMPH nodes; GENE expression; AGING; RESEARCH funding; MICE; ADIPOSE tissues; PHENOTYPES
- Publication
Nutrients, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu16010049