Title
Vitamin A modifies the intestinal chemokine and cytokine responses to norovirus infection in mexican children
Date Issued
01 May 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Long K.Z.
Ko G.P.
Santos J.I.
Mamun A.A.
Rosado J.L.
DuPont H.L.
Nathakumar N.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
Vitamin A supplementation is associated with divergent clinical norovirus (NoV) outcomes in Mexican children. Fecal cytokine concentrations following NoV genogroup infections among 127 Mexican children 5-15 mo old enrolled in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, vitamin A supplementation trial were determined to clarify the role the gut immune response plays in these associations. Stools collected from supplemented children [20,000 IU retinol (3.3 IU = 1 μg retinol) for children < 12 mo of age; 45,000 IU for children ≥ 12 mo] or children in the placebo group were screened for NoV genogroups I (GI) and II (GII). Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), TNFα, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, IL-4, IFNγ, and IL-10 fecal concentrations were also determined. Differences in cytokine levels between the 2 groups following GI and GII infections were determined using ordered logistic regression models. MCP-1 and IL-8 levels were greater among GI- and GII-infected children, respectively, compared with uninfected children, whereas IL-5 levels were greater following both genogroup infections. MCP-1, IL-8, and IL-6 fecal levels were reduced among supplemented children with GII-associated diarrhea compared with the placebo group. Vitamin A-supplemented, GII-infected children had reduced MCP-1 and TNFα levels compared with GII-infected children in the placebo group (P-interaction = 0.02 and 0.03, respectively). Supplemented children with GI-associated diarrhea had higher TNFα and IL-4 levels compared with children in the placebo group with diarrhea (P-interaction = 0.02 and 0.02, respectively). The divergent effects of supplementation on NoV outcomes may result from the different effects vitamin A has on the genogroup-specific immune responses. © 2011 American Society for Nutrition.
Start page
957
End page
963
Volume
141
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Gastroenterología, Hepatología Patología Inmunología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79955509027
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Nutrition
ISSN of the container
00223166
Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases P30DK043351
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