Abstract
Interleukin (IL)-2 knockout (KO) mice, which spontaneously develop symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease similar to ulcerative colitis in humans, were made vitamin D deficient (D−) or vitamin D sufficient (D+) or were supplemented with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 (1,25D3). 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 supplementation, but not vitamin D supplementation, reduced the early mortality of IL-2 KO mice. However, colitis severity was not different in D−, D+, or 1,25D3 IL-2 KO mice. Cells from D− IL-2 KO mice produced more interferon (IFN)-γ than cells from all other mice. Con A-induced proliferation was upregulated in IL-2 KO mice and downregulated in wildtype (WT) mice fed 1,25D3. All other measured immune responses in cells from IL-2 KO mice were unchanged by vitamin D status. In vitro addition of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 significantly reduced the production of IL-10 and IFN-γ in cells from D− and D+ WT mice. Conversely, IFN-γ and IL-10 production in cells from IL-2 KO mice were refractory to in vitro 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 treatments. In the absence of IL-2, vitamin D was ineffective for suppressing colitis and ineffective for the in vitro downregulation of IL-10 or IFN-γ production. One target of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in the immune system is the IL-2 gene.
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