Abstract 5215: Vitamin D receptor regulates intestinal barriers in colon cancer
Yong-guo Zhang, Rong Lu, Danika Bakke, Yinglin Xia and Jun Sun
Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 5215.
Proceedings: AACR Annual Meeting 2018; April 14-18, 2018; Chicago, IL, DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2018-5215
Vitamin D Receptor category has the following
Vitamin D tests cannot detect Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) problems
A poor VDR restricts Vitamin D from getting in the cells
It appears that 30% of the population have a poor VDR (40% of the Obese )
Several diseases protect themselves by deactivating the Vitamin D receptor. Example: Breast Cancer
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The Vitamin D Receptor is associated with many health problems
Some health problems, such as Breast Cancer, Diabetes, and COVID protect themselves by reducing VDR activation
55 health problems associated with poor VDR
A poor VDR is associated with the risk of 55 health problems click here for details
The risk of 48 diseases at least double with poor VDR as of Jan 2023 click here for details
Some health problem, such as Breast Cancer reduce the VDR
VDR at-home test $29 - results not easily understood in 2016
There are hints that you may have inherited a poor VDR
How to increase VDR activation
Compensate for poor VDR by increasing one or more:
| Increasing | Increases |
| 1) Vitamin D supplement Sun Ultraviolet -B | Vitamin D in the blood and thus in the cells |
| 2) Magnesium | Vitamin D in the blood AND in the cells |
| 3) Omega-3 | Vitamin D in the cells |
| 4) Resveratrol | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 5) Intense exercise | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 6) Get prescription for VDR activator paricalcitol, maxacalcitol? | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 7) Quercetin (flavonoid) | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 8) Zinc is in the VDR | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 9) Boron | Vitamin D Receptor ?, etc |
| 10) Essential oils e.g. ginger, curcumin | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 11) Progesterone | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 12) Infrequent high concentration Vitamin D Increases the concentration gradient | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 13) Sulfroaphane and perhaps sulfur | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 14) Butyrate especially gut | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 15) Berberine | Vitamin D Receptor |
Note: If you are not feeling enough benefit from Vitamin D, you might try increasing VDR activation. You might feel the benefit within days of adding one or more of the above
Far healthier and stronger at age 72 due to supplements Includes 6 supplements that help the VDR
- Cancer-Colon category listing has
145 items along with related searches - Search VitaminDWiki for Claudin-5, 115 pages as of July 2018
Background Vitamin D and Vitamin D receptor (VDR) play important roles in the development of colon cancer. Tight junction structures are essential in intestinal barrier integrity, inflammation, and cancer. The disruption of tight junctions is a common manifestation of various diseases including cancers. Claudin-5 is a tight junction protein that is expressed in epithelia and endothelia and form paracellular barriers and pores that determine permeability. It is downregulated in colon cancer. Although VDR and Claudin-5 are all involved in colon cancer, it remains unclear whether they are closely related or function independently.Methods In the current study, we investigate the novel role of VDR in regulating Claudin-5, using whole body VDR knockout mice (VDR-/-) and intestinal epithelial VDR knockout mice (VDRΔIEC). In vitro, VDR-/- embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) cells, cultured human intestinal epithelial cells, organoids, and human colon cancer samples were used to determine the molecular mechanism.
Results In intestinal samples of colon cancer patients, VDR expression is low, whereas the expression of Claudin-5 is also decreased. In the colon of VDR-/- mice and VDRΔIEC mice, deletion of VDR led to lower claudin-5 at the protein and mRNA levels. This observation was also confirmed by immunostaining of Claudin-5. In VDR-/- MEF cells, both Western blot and real time PCR revealed that VDR deletion led to lower protein and mRNA levels of claudin-5 in cells without any treatment. Vitamin D3 is known to increase VDR expression and activate VDR signaling. Protein and mRNA levels of Claudin-5 were significantly elevated in mice, mouse organoids, and human intestinal epithelial SKCO15 cells treated with 1, 25 vitamin D3. In contrast, knockdown of Claudin-5 using siRNA did not change the expression level of VDR protein in human colonic epithelial cells. Our data suggest that the Claudin-5 gene is a downstream target of the VDR signaling pathway.
Conclusion Taken together, we show that VDR is important for the maintenance of physiological level of Claudin-5. This study also reveals a complex role for vitamin D/VDR regulation of intestinal barrier functions in colon cancer.
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