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  • Title: 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 treatment decreases macrophage accumulation in the CNS of mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
    Author: Nashold FE, Miller DJ, Hayes CE.
    Journal: J Neuroimmunol; 2000 Mar 01; 103(2):171-9. PubMed ID: 10696912.
    Abstract:
    Sunlight, which is required for vitamin D biosynthesis, may be protective in multiple sclerosis (MS), due to the immunoregulatory functions of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3), the hormonally active vitamin D metabolite. This hypothesis provided the impetus for the experiments reported here investigating mechanisms whereby 1,25-(OH)2D3 may inhibit murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Severe EAE was induced, 1,25-(OH)2D3 or mock treatment was administered, and clinical disease, histopathological disease, and encephalitogenic cells in the central nervous system (CNS) were analyzed within 24-72 h of the treatment. The mock-treated mice remained paralyzed (stage 3 EAE) while most hormone-treated animals regained the partial use of both hind limbs (stage 2 EAE) within 72 h of treatment. A histopathological examination showed the hormone-treated mice had a 50% decrease in white matter and meningeal inflammation at 72 h post treatment. A flow cytometric analysis of cell surface markers on spinal cord cells recovered 24 h post treatment showed the mock-treated mice with EAE had about 7.0 +/- 2.3 million Mac-1+ cells/cord, whereas the hormone-treated mice had about 2.1 +/- 2.6 million Mac-1+ cells/cord, which was not significantly different from the unmanipulated control mice. Otherwise, the flow cytometric analysis detected no significant differences between the groups with respect to CD4+ or CD8+ T cells or B cells or macrophages in draining lymph nodes or spinal cords. These results are discussed with regard to possible fates for the 5 million Mac-1+ cells that were rapidly lost from the inflamed CNS in the 1,25-(OH)2D3-treated mice, and the possible beneficial effect of hormone treatment in resolving acute MS.
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