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The Effect of Vitamin D on Anti-Hiv Micrornas and Hiv Replication in Vitro Model Publisher



Yousefi M1 ; Mollaeikandelous Y2 ; Tabatabaie H1 ; Marashi SM3 ; Nejati A3
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  1. 1. Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Immunology Department, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Virology, International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Molecular Genetics# Microbiology and Virology Published:2020


Abstract

Abstract: The active form of vitamin D, 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3, induced proteins expression that associated with anti-HIV activity. Moreover, several studies have reported that some microRNAs inhibit HIV replication by targeting 3' LTR HIV mRNAs designated anti-HIV microRNAs. To date, the effect of 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) on anti-HIV microRNAs expression is unknown. We aimed to determine whether 1,25(OH)2D3 effects of anti-HIV microRNAs expression and inhibit of HIV replication. microRNAs expression were analyzed by stem-loop RT-PCR in jurkat cell line and PBMC culture system. HIV production was examined by ELISA method. Our results show that 1,25(OH)2D3 no effect on anti-HIV microRNAs expression in both jurkat cell line and PBMC culture system. Moreover, CD4 T cells could not be reduce HIV-1 production which treated by 1,25(OH)2D3. All these data may contribute to the mechanism of 1,25(OH)2D3 on virus infection. © 2020, Allerton Press, Inc.