Abstract
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests vitamin D has preventive potential for asthma, however, not all children benefit from this intervention. This study aims to investigate whether variation in the functional 17q21 SNP; rs12936231 affects the preventive potential of vitamin D against asthma.
METHODS: A combined secondary analysis of two randomised-controlled trials of prenatal vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of asthma in offspring (Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART); and Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood 2010 (COPSAC2010)) was performed stratifying by genotype and integrating metabolite data to explore underlying mechanisms.
RESULTS: The protective effect of vitamin D on asthma/wheeze was evident among children with the low-risk rs12936231 GG-genotype (HR (95%CI) 0.49 (0.26, 0.94), p=0.032), but not the high-risk CC-genotype (HR(95%CI) 1.08 (0.69,1.69), p=0.751). In VDAART, in the GG-genotype vitamin D supplementation was associated with increased plasma levels of sphingolipids, including sphingosine-1-phosphate: (sphingosine-1-phosphate (β (95% CI) 0.022 (0.001, 0.044), p=0.038)); but this was not evident with the CC-genotype, known to be associated with increased expression of ORMDL3 in bronchial epithelial cells. Sphingolipid levels were associated with decreased risk of asthma/wheeze, and there was evidence of interactions between sphingolipid levels, vitamin D and genotype (p-interactionvitaminD*genotype*age1:sphingosine-1-phosphate=0.035). In a cellular model, there was a significant difference in the induction of sphingosine-1-phosphate by vitamin D between a control Human bronchial epithelial cell-line and a cell-line overexpressing ORMDL3 (p=0.002).
CONCLUSION: Results suggest prenatal vitamin D supplementation may reduce risk of early childhood asthma/wheeze via alterations of sphingolipid metabolism dependent on 17q21 genotype.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov Identifiers: VDAART NCT00920621, COPSAC2010NCT00856947.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | The European Respiratory Journal |
| Vol/bind | 54 |
| Udgave nummer | 4 |
| ISSN | 0903-1936 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 1 okt. 2019 |