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Zabul P, Wozniak M, Slominski AT, Preis K, Gorska M, Korozan M, Wieruszewski J, Zmijewski MA, Zabul E, Tuckey R, Kuban-Jankowska A, Mickiewicz W, Knap N. A Proposed Molecular Mechanism of High-Dose Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Prevention and Treatment of Preeclampsia. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:13043-64. [PMID: 26068234 PMCID: PMC4490485 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160613043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 05/31/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
A randomized prospective clinical study performed on a group of 74 pregnant women (43 presenting with severe preeclampsia) proved that urinary levels of 15-F(2t)-isoprostane were significantly higher in preeclamptic patients relative to the control (3.05 vs. 2.00 ng/mg creatinine). Surprisingly enough, plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in both study groups were below the clinical reference range with no significant difference between the groups. In vitro study performed on isolated placental mitochondria and placental cell line showed that suicidal self-oxidation of cytochrome P450scc may lead to structural disintegration of heme, potentially contributing to enhancement of oxidative stress phenomena in the course of preeclampsia. As placental cytochrome P450scc pleiotropic activity is implicated in the metabolism of free radical mediated arachidonic acid derivatives as well as multiple Vitamin D3 hydroxylations and progesterone synthesis, we propose that Vitamin D3 might act as a competitive inhibitor of placental cytochrome P450scc preventing the production of lipid peroxides or excess progesterone synthesis, both of which may contribute to the etiopathogenesis of preeclampsia. The proposed molecular mechanism is in accord with the preliminary clinical observations on the surprisingly high efficacy of high-dose Vitamin D3 supplementation in prevention and treatment of preeclampsia.
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Affiliation(s)
- Piotr Zabul
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Sw. Wojciech Specialist Hospital, Independent Public Complex of Integrated Health Care Units in Gdansk, 50 Al. Jana Pawła II St., Gdansk 80-462, Poland; E-Mail:
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, 1 Debinki St., Gdansk 80-211, Poland; E-Mails: (M.W.); (M.G.); (J.W.); (A.K.-J.); (W.M.)
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; E-Mail:
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical University of Gdansk, 1A Kliniczna St., Gdansk 80-402, Poland; E-Mail:
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, 1 Debinki St., Gdansk 80-211, Poland; E-Mails: (M.W.); (M.G.); (J.W.); (A.K.-J.); (W.M.)
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Sw. Wojciech Specialist Hospital, Independent Public Complex of Integrated Health Care Units in Gdansk, 50 Al. Jana Pawła II St., Gdansk 80-462, Poland; E-Mail:
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, 1 Debinki St., Gdansk 80-211, Poland; E-Mails: (M.W.); (M.G.); (J.W.); (A.K.-J.); (W.M.)
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- Department of Histology, Medical University of Gdansk, 1 Debinki St., Gdansk 80-211, Poland; E-Mail:
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Medical University of Gdansk, 1 Debinki St., Gdansk 80-211, Poland; E-Mail:
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; E-Mail:
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, 1 Debinki St., Gdansk 80-211, Poland; E-Mails: (M.W.); (M.G.); (J.W.); (A.K.-J.); (W.M.)
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, 1 Debinki St., Gdansk 80-211, Poland; E-Mails: (M.W.); (M.G.); (J.W.); (A.K.-J.); (W.M.)
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, 1 Debinki St., Gdansk 80-211, Poland; E-Mails: (M.W.); (M.G.); (J.W.); (A.K.-J.); (W.M.)
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Mickiewicz W, Rzeczycki W. Effect of styrene and other alkyl benzene derivatives on oxidation of FAD- and NAD-linked substrates in rat liver mitochondria. Biochem Pharmacol 1988; 37:4439-44. [PMID: 2904817 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(88)90658-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The effect on energetic metabolism of rat liver mitochondria (RLM) of styrene and other aliphatic benzene derivatives, i.e. toluene, ethylbenzene, alpha-methylstyrene and butylbenzene, is studied. It is shown that these compounds uncouple oxidative phosphorylation and this effect is connected with the stimulation of passive entry of protons into mitochondria. The relationship between hydrophobicity of these compounds and their biological activity and mechanism of uncoupling effect are discussed.
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- W Mickiewicz
- Department of General Chemistry, Medical Academy, Gdańsk, Poland
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