Abstract
Abstract
Background
In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), exacerbations cause acute inflammatory flare-ups and increase the risk for hospitalization and mortality. Exacerbations are common in all disease stages and are often caused by bacterial infections e.g., non-typeable Heamophilus influenzae (NTHi). Accumulating evidence also associates vitamin D deficiency with the severity of COPD and exacerbation frequency. However, it is still unclear whether vitamin D deficiency when combined with cigarette smoking would worsen and prolong exacerbations caused by repeated infections with the same bacterial strain.
Methods
Vitamin D sufficient (VDS) and deficient (VDD) mice were exposed to nose-only cigarette smoke (CS) for 14 weeks and oropharyngeally instilled with NTHi at week 6, 10 and 14. Three days after the last instillation, mice were assessed for lung function, tissue remodeling, inflammation and immunity. The impact of VDD and CS on inflammatory cells and immunoglobulin (Ig) production was also assessed in non-infected animals while serum Ig production against NTHi and dsDNA was measured in COPD patients before and 1 year after supplementation with Vitamin D3.
Results
VDD enhanced NTHi eradication, independently of CS and complete eradication was reflected by decreased anti-NTHi Ig’s within the lung. In addition, VDD led to an increase in total lung capacity (TLC), lung compliance (Cchord), MMP12/TIMP1 ratio with a rise in serum Ig titers and anti-dsDNA Ig’s. Interestingly, in non-infected animals, VDD exacerbated the CS-induced anti-NTHi Ig’s, anti-dsDNA Ig’s and inflammatory cells within the lung. In COPD patients, serum Ig production was not affected by vitamin D status but anti-NTHi IgG increased after vitamin D3 supplementation in patients who were Vitamin D insufficient before treatment.
Conclusion
During repeated infections, VDD facilitated NTHi eradication and resolution of local lung inflammation through production of anti-NTHi Ig, independently of CS whilst it also promoted autoantibodies. In COPD patients, vitamin D supplementation could be protective against NTHi infections in vitamin D insufficient patients. Future research is needed to decipher the determinants of dual effects of VDD on adaptive immunity.
Trail registration
ClinicalTrials, NCT00666367. Registered 23 April 2008, https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT00666367.
Funder
Onderzoeksraad, KU Leuven
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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