Long-term vitamin D treatment decreases human uterine leiomyoma size in a xenograft animal model.
Fertil Steril
; 113(1): 205-216.e4, 2020 01.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To study the effects of short- and long-term vitamin D treatment on uterine leiomyomas in vivo through cell proliferation, extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation, and apoptosis.DESIGN:
Preclinical study of human leiomyoma treatment with vitamin D in an nonhuman animal model.SETTING:
Hospital and university laboratories. PATIENT(S)/ANIMAL(S) Human leiomyomas were collected from patients and implanted in ovariectomized NOD-SCID mice. INTERVENTION(S) Mice were treated with vitamin D (0.5 µg/kg/d or 1 µg/kg/d) or vehicle for 21 or 60 days. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Vitamin D effect in xenograft tissue was assessed by monitoring tumor size (18F-FDG positron-emission tomography/computerized tomography and macroscopic examination), cell proliferation (immunohistochemistry and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction [qRT-PCR]), ECM (Western blot), transforming growth factor (TGF) ß3 (qRT-PCR), and apoptosis (Westrn blot and TUNEL). RESULT(S) Short-term treatment with vitamin D did not appear to alter leiomyoma size, based on in vivo monitoring and macroscopic examination. However, long-term high-dose treatment induced a significant reduction in leiomyoma size. Cell proliferation was not decreased in the short term, whereas 1 µg/kg/d vitamin D in the long term significantly reduced proliferation compared with control. Although collagen-I and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 were not modified by short-term treatment, they were both significantly reduced by long-term high-dose vitamin D. Similarly, long-term high-dose vitamin D significantly reduced TGF-ß3 expression. Finally, apoptosis significantly increased with both short- and long-term high-dose vitamin D treatment. CONCLUSION(S) Long-term vitamin D acts as an antiproliferative, antifibrotic, and proapoptotic therapy that provides a safe, nonsurgical therapeutic option for reducing uterine leiomyoma size without side-effects.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Vitamina D
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Ensayos Antitumor por Modelo de Xenoinjerto
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Carga Tumoral
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Leiomioma
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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En
Año:
2020
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Article