Maternal Vitamin D Level Is Associated with Viral Toll-Like Receptor Triggered IL-10 Response but Not the Risk of Infectious Diseases in Infancy

Mediators Inflamm. 2016:2016:8175898. doi: 10.1155/2016/8175898. Epub 2016 May 19.

Abstract

Reports on the effect of prenatal vitamin D status on fetal immune development and infectious diseases in childhood are limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of maternal and cord blood vitamin D level in TLR-related innate immunity and its effect on infectious outcome. Maternal and cord blood 25 (OH)D level were examined from 372 maternal-neonatal pairs and their correlation with TLR-triggered TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-10 response at birth was assessed. Clinical outcomes related to infection at 12 months of age were also evaluated. The result showed that 75% of the pregnant mothers and 75.8% of the neonates were vitamin deficient. There was a high correlation between maternal and cord 25(OH)D levels (r = 0.67, p < 0.001). Maternal vitamin D level was inversely correlated with IL-10 response to TLR3 (p = 0.004) and TLR7-8 stimulation (p = 0.006). However, none of the TLR-triggered cytokine productions were associated with cord 25(OH)D concentration. There was no relationship between maternal and cord blood vitamin D status with infectious diseases during infancy. In conclusion, our study had shown that maternal vitamin D, but not cord vitamin D level, was associated with viral TLR-triggered IL-10 response.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cohort Studies
  • Communicable Diseases / blood*
  • Culture Media / metabolism
  • Female
  • Fetal Blood / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-10 / blood*
  • Interleukin-6 / blood
  • Ligands
  • Male
  • Monocytes / cytology
  • Pregnancy
  • Prospective Studies
  • Toll-Like Receptors / blood*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / blood
  • Viruses / metabolism
  • Vitamin D / blood*

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • IL10 protein, human
  • IL6 protein, human
  • Interleukin-6
  • Ligands
  • Toll-Like Receptors
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Interleukin-10
  • Vitamin D