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Amyloid brain plaque both prevented and removed by high vitamin D (in mice) – Aug 2018

Vitamin D Improves Neurogenesis and Cognition in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

Mol Neurobiol. 2018; 55(8): 6463–6479. doi: 10.1007/s12035-017-0839-1
François Féron francois.feron at univ-amu.fr, Pascal Millet pascal.millet at univ-amu.fr.
Maria Morello morello at uniroma2.it; Véréna Landel, landel.verena at gmail.com; Emmanuelle Lacassagne, emmanuelle.lacassagne at gmail.com; Kevin Baranger. kevin.baranger at univ-amu.fr, Cedric Annweiler, Cedric.Annweiler at chu-angers.fr

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Mice were fed Zero, Normal, and High Vitamin D (HVD = 7,500 IU per kilogram of food)
   Note: Humans eat < 2 kilograms of food per day ==> ~13,000 IU
   Note: Very high dose vitamin D used to cure Multiple Sclerosis uses 20,000 - 140,000 IU daily
   Note: Across many diseases prevention needs only 1/3 to 1/5 of vitamin D needed to treat
     Note: 13,000 IU = 1/4 of 50,000 IU

Improved working memory of all mice if high dose vitamin D given early

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Prevented plaque from transgenic mice with high dose vitamin D at 1-6 months 

More brain cells with early high dose
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Removed plaque from transgenic mice with high dose vitamin D at 4-9 months

Plaque decreased with high dose later in life
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Life Extension Magazine winter edition covered this study

"Vitamin D Removes Amyloid Brain Plaque"
LEF Magazine continues to recommend 50-80 ng level of vitamin D via 5,000 to 8,000 IU


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The impairment of hippocampal neurogenesis at the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is believed to support early cognitive decline. Converging studies sustain the idea that vitamin D might be linked to the pathophysiology of AD and to hippocampal neurogenesis. Nothing being known about the effects of vitamin D on hippocampal neurogenesis in AD, we assessed them in a mouse model of AD. In a previous study, we observed that dietary vitamin D supplementation in female AD-like mice reduced cognitive decline only when delivered during the symptomatic phase. With these data in hand, we wondered whether the consequences of vitamin D administration on hippocampal neurogenesis are stage-dependent. Male wild-type and transgenic AD-like mice (5XFAD model) were fed with a diet containing either no vitamin D (0VD) or a normal dose of vitamin D (NVD) or a high dose of vitamin D (HVD), from month 1 to month 6 (preventive arm) or from month 4 to month 9 (curative arm). Working memory was assessed using the Y-maze, while amyloid burden, astrocytosis, and neurogenesis were quantified using immunohistochemistry. In parallel, the effects of vitamin D on proliferation and differentiation were assayed on primary cultures of murine neural progenitor cells. Improved working memory and neurogenesis were observed when high vitamin D supplementation was administered during the early phases of the disease, while a normal dose of vitamin D increased neurogenesis during the late phases. Conversely, an early hypovitaminosis D increased the number of amyloid plaques in AD mice while a late hypovitaminosis D impaired neurogenesis in AD and WT mice. The observed in vivo vitamin D-associated increased neurogenesis was partially substantiated by an augmented in vitro proliferation but not an increased differentiation of neural progenitors into neurons. Finally, a sexual dimorphism was observed. Vitamin D supplementation improved the working memory of males and females, when delivered during the pre-symptomatic and symptomatic phases, respectively. Our study establishes that (i) neurogenesis is improved by vitamin D in a male mouse model of AD, in a time-dependent manner, and (ii) cognition is enhanced in a gender-associated way. Additional pre-clinical studies are required to further understand the gender- and time-specific mechanisms of action of vitamin D in AD. This may lead to an adaptation of vitamin D supplementation in relation to patient’s gender and age as well as to the stage of the disease.


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