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Upregulation of NF-κB signaling by vitamin D in HIV+ human macrophages 

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The observation that exogenous 1,25D

 rescue of MTb-mediated TNF release in HIV+ human 



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macrophages was associated with increased TNF mRNA levels, but not associated with 

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alteration of TLR surface expression (major MTb recognition signaling receptors) suggested that 



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signaling pathways downstream of TLR may be modulated by 1,25D

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.  TLR signaling promotes 



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IκB degradation and allows NF-κB nuclear translocation and subsequent host defense gene 

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activation including TNF (2, 28).  In the current study, human U937 macrophages demonstrated 



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rapid MTb-mediated IκB degradation, with no significant change with 1,25D

 pretreatment, but 



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with expected inhibition by PDTC (an inhibitor of IκB degradation) (Fig 4a).  In marked 

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contrast, human HIV+U1 macrophages failed to demonstrate significant IκB degradation in 



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response to MTb over time (Fig 4a), but exogenous 1,25D

 pretreatment  promoted MTb-



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mediated IkB degradation, although less robust and with delayed kinetics compared to U937 

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cells (Fig 4a).  Consistent with these findings, using an independent assay human U937 



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macrophages demonstrated NF-κB nuclear translocation in response to MTb, but no further 

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increase in NF-κB nuclear translocation with 1,25D



 pretreatment (Fig 4b).  In marked contrast, 

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human HIV+U1 macrophages demonstrated limited NF-κB nuclear translocation in response to 



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MTb, but dramatic increase in MTb-mediated NF-κB nuclear translocation upon pretreatment 

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with 1,25D



 (Fig 4b).  Thus, 1,25D

selectively promoted MTb-mediated IκB degradation and 



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NF-κB nuclear translocation in human HIV+U1 macrophages. 

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Vitamin D upregulates macrophage CD14 expression 

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CD14 is a 55kDa glycoprotein receptor expressed mainly in myelomonocytic cells (including 



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macrophages) that facilitates TLR ligand binding (29).  1,25D

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 upregulates CD14 expression in 



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human monocytes (19), and could enhance TLR signaling.  In the current study, constitutive 

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CD14 surface expression was relatively low for both human U937 and HIV+U1 human 



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macrophages, and 1,25D

pretreatment significantly increased CD14 surface expression in both 



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populations of macrophages (Fig 5a).  In human U937 macrophages pretreated with 1,25D



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MTb-mediated TNF release was not significantly altered in the presence of anti-CD14 

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neutralizing antibody (Fig 5b), whereas LPS-mediated TNF release was markedly reduced by 

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anti-CD14 antibody, as expected.  However, in marked contrast, in HIV+U1 macrophages 

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pretreated with 1,25D

, MTb-mediated TNF release was significantly reduced in the presence of 



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anti-CD14 neutralizing antibody (Fig 5c).  Thus, although 1,25D

 upregulated macrophage 



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CD14 surface expression in both U937 and HIV+U1 cells, CD14 upregulation  contributed to 

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1,25D


-mediated rescue of MTb-mediated TLR signaling in HIV+U1 macrophages, whereas 

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TNF release was CD14 independent in U937 macrophages. 



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Vitamin D rescues MTb-mediated TNF release in human alveolar macrophages.  

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To validate the above findings, select experiments were next performed using clinically relevant 

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human alveolar macrophages.  Consistent with the results using human macrophage cell lines, 

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human alveolar macrophages from healthy individuals demonstrated significant release of TNF 

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in response to MTb or BCG, but without significant influence following 1,25D

 pretreatment 



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(Fig 6a), whereas 1,25D

  pretreatment significantly increased MTb-mediated TNF release in 



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alveolar macrophages from asymptomatic HIV+ persons (Fig 6a), even in immune reconstituted 

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subjects on HAART with preserved baseline TNF responses.  Similar to the human macrophage 



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cell lines, TLR2 and TLR4 mRNA (Fig 6b) and surface expression (Fig 6c) were comparable in 

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human alveolar macrophages from healthy and from asymptomatic HIV+ persons and TLR 



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expression was not influenced by 1,25D

 (Fig 6b,c).  Although 1,25D



 upregulated CD14 

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expression in alveolar macrophages from both healthy and HIV+ persons (Fig 7a), in alveolar 



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macrophages from asymptomatic HIV+ persons pretreated with 1,25D

 , neutralizing anti-CD14 



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antibody significantly reduced MTb-mediated TNF release (Fig 7b), whereas neutralizing anti-

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CD14 antibody had no effect on alveolar macrophages from healthy persons (data not shown).  



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Collectively, these experiments validate the results observed with human U937 and HIV+U1 

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macrophages, and suggest that 1,25D



 may selectively rescue MTb-mediated TNF release in 

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alveolar macrophages from HIV+ persons, in part through a CD14-dependent mechanism. 



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Reduced BALF vitamin D levels in HIV+ patients with active tuberculosis. 

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Serum levels of 25D

 are reduced in persons with active tuberculosis (6, 48), and HIV infection 



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is associated with reduced serum levels of 25D

 (10, 27, 44).  However, vitamin D levels in the 



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lungs of persons with HIV or HIV-MTb coinfection have not been reported.  In the current study, 

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biologically active 1,25D



 was not detected in any cell-free bronchoalveolar lavage fluid 

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(BALF) specimen (data not shown).  In contrast, 25D



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 levels were readily detected in the BALF 

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of all persons, but were lowest in persons with HIV infection, and especially in HIV infected 



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persons with active MTb disease (Fig 7c).   These data suggest that HIV infection is associated 

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with local vitamin D deficiency in the alveolar airspace, especially in HIV+ persons co-infected 



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with M. tuberculosis

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Discussion 



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This study shows that exogenous 1,25D

 rescues MTb-mediated TNF release in HIV+ human 



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macrophages.  In the absence of HIV infection, human macrophages exposed to MTb 

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demonstrated a robust release of TNF, IκB degradation and NF-κB nuclear translocation, and 



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these responses were independent of 1,25D

 pretreatment.  In marked contrast, HIV+U1 human 



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macrophages exposed to MTb demonstrated very low TNF release, and no significant IκB 

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degradation or NF-κB nuclear translocation, but with significant rescue of these responses with 



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1,25D


pretreatment.  Furthermore, the 1,25D

 mediated rescue of macrophage function in 



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response to MTb was dependent in part on CD14 expression.  Importantly, similar response 

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patterns were observed with clinically relevant human alveolar macrophages from healthy 



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individuals and asymptomatic HIV+ persons at high clinical risk of MTb infection.  Taken 

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together, these data support the concept that 1,25D



 pretreatment rescues impaired MTb-

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mediated TNF release in HIV+ macrophages through restored IκB/NF-κB signaling that is in 



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part CD14-dependent. 

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This is the first study, to our knowledge, to examine the immunomodulatory effects of 

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exogenous vitamin D on the response of HIV+ macrophages to MTb.  The clinical implications 

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of the current investigation is of particular importance recognizing that the global MTb epidemic 

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disproportionately affects HIV+ persons.  Epidemiologic data show that unlike other 

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opportunistic infections, the risk of MTb disease rises soon after HIV seroconversion despite 

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relatively preserved CD4 counts and is not completely reversed by HAART (17, 40).  Previous 

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studies from our laboratory and other investigators demonstrate that HIV is associated with 

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specific and targeted defects in alveolar macrophage innate host defense responses to MTb, 



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including intracellular signaling, chemokine production, TNFα and other proinflammatory 

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cytokine release, and macrophage apoptosis (31, 37), which may in part contribute to the 



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elevated risk of MTb disease in the absence of significantly reduced circulating CD4 T-

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lymphocte counts.  In the current study, macrophage innate immune function was restored by 



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exogenous 1,25D

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.  Specifically, in HIV+ macrophages exogenous 1,25D



 restored TNF release, 

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upregulated TNF mRNA, enhanced TLR2 and TLR4 responses, and rescued IκB degradation 



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and NF-κB nuclear translocation.  Furthermore, these 1,25D

-restored host defense responses 



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were dependent on CD14 expression in HIV+ macrophages.  Taken together, these findings 

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support the concept that vitamin D may selectively restore TLR signaling, a critical recognition 



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signaling pathway in the host cell response to MTb challenge.  

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The mechanism for vitamin D rescue of macrophage innate function in HIV+ macrophages is 

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through TLR signaling.  The differences in influence of 1,25D

  on U937 and HIV+ U1 



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macrophages was not explained by obvious differences in levels of the principal receptor for 

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vitamin D, VDR, which were similar in the U937 and HIV+U1, and human alveolar 



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macrophages.  Furthermore, the findings that TLR2 and TLR4 ligand-mediated TNF release 

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were enhanced by vitamin D (including TLR2 ligand 19kD MTb lipoprotein-mediated TNF 



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release), and that the IkB/NF-kB pathway was restored in HIV+U1 macrophages while 

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constitutive surface expression of TLR2 and TLR4 were similar and without significant 



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alterations in response to 1,25D

suggests that 1,25D



 stimulates other components of the TLR 

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signaling pathway in HIV+ macrophages.  Finally, the finding that 1,25D



upregulates the TLR 

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co-receptor CD14, and that neutralizing CD14 in HIV+ macrophages pretreated with 1,25D



 

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reduced MTb-mediated TNF release suggests that TLR signaling may be enhanced through 



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modulation of TLR co-receptor CD14, whereas in the absence of HIV infection, MTb-mediated 

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TNF release is mediated through IκB/NF-κB signaling but is CD14-independent.  CD14-



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independence of MTb-mediated TNF release in healthy cells  may be due to activation of 

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alternate pathways or expression of alternate costimulatory molecules that may be suppressed in 



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HIV infected cells, or perhaps other mechanisms. Determining the specific pathways involved in 

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the macrophage response to MTb represents an area of active investigation. 



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In the current study, the mechanism of rescued MTb-mediated TNF release in HIV+ 

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macrophages was in part attributed to CD14 expression or signaling.  However, other host 

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defense receptors and signaling pathways may also contribute, but were not specifically 

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investigated.  Although 1,25D

rescued MTb-mediated human HIV+ macrophage TNF release, 



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the influence on other cytokines and other macrophage host defense functions were not 

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investigated.  Other limitations of the current study include the experimental design that 



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examined 1,25D

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 pretreatment, but did not examine the influence of 1,25D



on macrophages 

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previously (or simultaneously) infected with MTb.  Although 25D



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  levels were very low in 

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BALF from HIV+ persons, especially in persons co-infected with MTb, detailed clinical 



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characteristics, specific correlation with serum 1,25D

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  levels, and correlation with macrophage 



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function for individuals were not available.  The use of human macrophage cell lines may not 

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reflect behavior of primary human macrophages, although the consistent findings of similar 



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response patterns in human alveolar macrophages in both the current (although the number of 

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subjects was limited) and previous studies (18, 31, 41) validates these observations and supports 



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the use of these human macrophages cell lines as an experimental model.  Differences in the 

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magnitude of observed biological responses comparing HIV+U1 macrophage cell lines and 



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alveolar macrophages from HIV+ persons may in part reflect differences in the level of HIV 

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infection (as 100% of U1 macrophages contain HIV genome, whereas <10% of human alveolar 



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macrophages contain HIV genome) (16, 51) (31, 42).  The use of irradiated virulent MTb may 

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not accurately predict the influence of live MTb on human macrophage function, although we 



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previously observed similar human macrophage TNF responses comparing irradiated to live 

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H37Rv MTb (30, 31).  The use of irradiated MTb did not allow determination of influence of 



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1,25D


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  on MTb growth.  Finally, in vitro experiments may not accurately reflect in vivo 

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behavior, although the inclusion of clinically relevant primary human alveolar macrophages may 



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allow more direct translation of these findings to human disease. Our data provide the rationale 

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for further study, including further validation using alveolar macrophages from a larger number 



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of HIV+ persons.  

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Our results are consistent with several earlier studies that showed a stimulatory effect of 1,25D

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on monocyte-macrophage responses to MTb including respiratory burst, autophagy, and 

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antimicrobial protein production (21, 39, 50).  Our findings of a select benefit of exogenous 



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1,25D


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 on HIV+ human macrophages (but not healthy macrophages) is consistent with one 

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previous study which showed that 1,25D



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 suppressed replication of Mycobacterium avium 

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(MAC) in macrophages from HIV+ subjects, but had no effect in macrophages from healthy 



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individuals (11).  These observations suggest that the innate immune modulatory effects of 

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exogenous 1,25D



 are further modulated in the setting of HIV infection.  HIV does not appear to 

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grossly alter macrophage VDR expression.  Other possible explanations for differences in 



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measured responses of human HIV+ macrophage to exogenous 1,25D

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host defense gene expression induced by HIV infection, the requirement of TLR or other 



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receptor expression to critical or threshold levels to activate signaling pathways, or differences in 

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activation states of HV+ macrophages compared to macrophages from healthy persons (3),  



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although these were not specifically investigated in the current study.  

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The potential benefit of vitamin D supplementation in the treatment of MTb disease in HIV+ 

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persons has not yet been established.  To date, two clinical trials have investigated the effect of 

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vitamin D supplementation on MTb disease, and neither demonstrated significant benefit.  

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However, neither trial included significant numbers of HIV+ patients.  Furthermore, both trials 

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investigated vitamin D as an adjunctive therapy to antimicrobials in the treatment of established 

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active MTb (23, 45).  Our central observation is that vitamin D pretreatment can rescue defective 

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MTb-mediated TNF release in HIV+ human macrophages.  Clinically, TNF is crucial to 

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maintaining latency in MTb-infected individuals as evidenced by the high incidence of 

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reactivation MTb seen in patients treated with anti-TNF strategies (14).  Our observation that 

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vitamin D augments the MTb-mediated TNF response suggests that vitamin D supplementation 

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may be more effective in preventing  MTb disease in HIV+ individuals, rather than as a primary 

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treatment for active MTb infection, although this hypothesis has yet to be clinically investigated.  

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In conclusion, exogenous Vitamin D rescues MTb-mediated TNF release in HIV+ macrophages 

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by restoring TLR-mediated NF-kB signaling in part through a CD14-dependent mechanism, 

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whereas vitamin D does not influence MTb-mediated TNF release in healthy macrophages. 

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These data further support the important concept that alveolar macrophages from HIV+ persons 

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prescribed HAART and with clinically controlled HIV infection (as determined by CD4 T-



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lymphocyte counts >200 and undetectable viral load) continue to exhibit evidence of intrinsic 

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macrophage dysfunction, suggesting that HAART is not sufficient to restore macrophage innate 



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function.  Furthermore, this study supports the concept that macrophages from HIV+ persons 

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that demonstrate impaired innate immune function can be immunomodulated to rescue or restore 



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function in vitro.  Taken together with the observation that local BALF levels of vitamin D are 

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severely deficient in HIV+ persons, the current finding that exogenous 1,25D



 partially rescued 

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the impaired innate macrophage host defense response in vitro suggests a potential therapeutic 



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role for 1,25D3 supplementation in HIV+ persons at risk for MTb disease.  This study provides 

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the rationale to pursue additional in vitro investigations to allow the design of appropriate 



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clinical trials to define the role of exogenous vitamin D as a preventive or therapeutic adjuvant 

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for MTb infection, particularly in highly susceptible HIV+ persons. 



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Acknowledgements 

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The authors thank all volunteers who consented to research bronchoscopy. We thank Elizabeth 

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Vassar-Sternburg, Kristin Linnell, Ann Hougland, Xiomarra Guerra, Johanna Leary, Cynthia 

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Peguero, Jose Munguia and the BIDMC West Procedure Center staff for technical assistance 

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with research bronchoscopies. This work was supported by NIH T32-HL007118-33, NIH R01 

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HL063655 (H.K.), K08AI064014 (N.R.P), ALA Biomedical Research Grant (N.R.P). 

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