Amer Osama E, Sabico Shaun, Sheshah Eman, Alotaibi Naif H, Aldisi Dara A, Enani Mushira A, Aljohani Naji J, Alshingetti Naemah, Alomar Suliman Y, Hussain Syed D, Alnaami Abdullah M, Elsaid Mohamed A, Al-Daghri Nasser M
Biochemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Diabetes Care Center, King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz Hospital, Riyadh 12769, Saudi Arabia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Dec 19;10(12):2571. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10122571.
Background: Several observational studies have inconsistently demonstrated that vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) infection and severity. Discrepancies in results may partially be explained by the individuals’ immune profiles, which are modulated, in varying degrees, by vitamin D status and sex hormones. Methods: In this study we evaluated the differences and associations of serum levels of 25(OH)D with 34 cytokines in 220 adults (82 controls (41 males; 41 females) and 138 SARS-CoV-2 patients (79 males and 59 females)) with and without COVID-19. Results: Serum 25(OH)D levels were significantly lower in the SARS-CoV-2 group than in the controls. Serum IP-10, MCP-1, CRP, IFNγ, IL-10, IL-13, IL-17α, IL-23, and IL-6 were significantly higher in COVID-19 patients compared to controls. Serum levels of VEGF, IFNγ, IL-13, and IL-5 were significantly higher in male patients than in females. 25(OH)D was significantly correlated with EFG (R = 0.39, p < 0.05) and IL-15 (R = 0.39, p < 0.05) in male patients, while it was inversely correlated with CRP (R = −0.51, p < 0.05) in female patients. Conclusions: Altered levels of cytokines, chemokines, and vitamin D were observed in SARS-CoV-2 adult patients. These expressions were sexually dimorphic and thus highlight the sex-specific nature of the active immune response following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
多项观察性研究结果不一,表明维生素D缺乏是冠状病毒病19(COVID-19)感染及严重程度的一个风险因素。结果的差异可能部分归因于个体的免疫状况,而免疫状况在不同程度上受维生素D水平和性激素的调节。方法:在本研究中,我们评估了220名成年人(82名对照者(41名男性;41名女性)和138名严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)患者(79名男性和59名女性))无论是否感染COVID-19时血清25(OH)D水平与34种细胞因子之间的差异及关联。结果:SARS-CoV-2组的血清25(OH)D水平显著低于对照组。与对照组相比,COVID-19患者的血清干扰素γ诱导蛋白10(IP-10)、单核细胞趋化蛋白1(MCP-1)、C反应蛋白(CRP)、干扰素γ(IFNγ)、白细胞介素10(IL-10)、白细胞介素13(IL-13)、白细胞介素17α(IL-17α)、白细胞介素23(IL-23)和白细胞介素6显著升高。男性患者的血清血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)、IFNγ、IL-13和白细胞介素5(IL-5)水平显著高于女性。在男性患者中,25(OH)D与表皮生长因子(EFG)(R = 0.39,p < 0.05)和白细胞介素15(IL-15)(R = 0.39,p < 0.05)显著相关,而在女性患者中,它与CRP呈负相关(R = -0.51,p < 0.05)。结论:在SARS-CoV-2成年患者中观察到细胞因子、趋化因子和维生素D水平的改变。这些表达具有性别差异,因此突出了SARS-CoV-2感染后主动免疫反应的性别特异性。