PMID- 32040528 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200511 LR - 20211204 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 2 DP - 2020 TI - 1,25-hydroxyvitamin D3 decreases endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced inflammatory response in mammary epithelial cells. PG - e0228945 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0228945 [doi] LID - e0228945 AB - Recent studies indicated that intramammary administration of active vitamin D3 hormone (1,25D3) inhibits the inflammatory process associated with mastitis. We hypothesized that attenuation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress by 1,25D3 in mammary epithelial cells (MECs) is an important cellular mechanism contributing to this beneficial effect of intramammary treatment with 1,25D3. To test this hypothesis, the effect of 1,25D3 was studied on induction of ER stress in a transformed human MEC line, MCF-7 cells. Treatment with two different ER stress inducers, thapsigargin (TG) and tunicamycin (TM), caused a dose-dependent induction of ER stress as evident from up-regulation of protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase (PERK), heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 5 (HSPA5), activating transcription factor (ATF4), ATF6, DNA damage inducible transcript 3 (DDIT3) and spliced X-box binding protein 1 (sXBP1) and impaired cell viability and decreased expression of vitamin D receptor (VDR) in MCF-7 cells (P < 0.05). Treatment with 1,25D3 (100 nM) inhibited TG (10 nM)- and TM (1 mug/mL)-induced mRNA and/or protein levels of ATF4, ATF6, DDIT3 and HSPA5 in MCF-7 cells (P < 0.05). In addition, 1,25D3 (100 nM) antagonized the effect of TG (10 nM) and TM (1 mug/mL) on mRNA and protein levels of VDR and mRNA levels of genes involved in production and degradation of 1,25D3 in MCF-7 cells (P < 0.05). Moreover, 1,25D3 (100 nM) inhibited nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation in response to TM (10 nM) and TG (1 mug/mL) in MCF-7 cells. In conclusion, the present findings show that 1,25D3 is effective in attenuating ER stress and the NF-kappaB-driven inflammatory response in MCF-7 cells. This indicates that attenuation of ER stress by 1,25D3 in MECs may contribute to the recently observed inhibitory effect of intramammary treatment of dairy cows with 1,25D3 on the inflammatory process associated with mastitis. FAU - Wen, Gaiping AU - Wen G AD - Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutrition Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany. FAU - Eder, Klaus AU - Eder K AD - Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutrition Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany. FAU - Ringseis, Robert AU - Ringseis R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1321-4820 AD - Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutrition Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200210 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP) RN - 0 (HSPA5 protein, human) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, Calcitriol) RN - 0 (VDR protein, human) RN - 11089-65-9 (Tunicamycin) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) RN - FXC9231JVH (Calcitriol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Breast/*drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Calcitriol/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Cattle MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/*drug effects MH - Epithelial Cells/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/drug therapy/metabolism/pathology MH - MCF-7 Cells MH - Mastitis/drug therapy/metabolism/pathology MH - Mastitis, Bovine/drug therapy/metabolism/pathology MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, Calcitriol/genetics/metabolism MH - Thapsigargin/toxicity MH - Tunicamycin/toxicity PMC - PMC7010291 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2020/02/11 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/12 06:00 PMCR- 2020/02/10 CRDT- 2020/02/11 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/01/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/02/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/02/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-19-25448 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0228945 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2020 Feb 10;15(2):e0228945. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228945. eCollection 2020.