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The interactive effect of improvement of vitamin D status and VDR FokI variants on oxidative stress in type 2 diabetic subjects: a randomized controlled trial

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 69, pages 216–222 (2015)Cite this article

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Background/Objectives:

The objectives were to evaluate the effects of improvement of vitamin D status on biomarkers of oxidative stress (OS) in type 2 diabetic (T2D) subjects and whether vitamin D receptor (VDR)-FokI polymorphisms could modulate the response to vitamin D3 intake.

Subjects/Methods:

Subjects with T2D were allocated to one of the two groups to receive either plain doogh (PD; containing 150 mg calcium and no vitamin D/250 ml, n1=50) or vitamin D3-fortified doogh (FD; containing 500 IU/250 ml, n1=50) twice a day for 12 weeks. Outcomes were changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), superoxide dismutase, glutathione (GSH), total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and malondialdehyde (MDA). VDR genotypes in 140 T2D subjects in FD were determined by FokI restriction enzyme.

Results:

After 12 weeks, serum 25(OH)D increased significantly in FD (from 38.5±202.2 to 72.0±23.5, P<0.001) as compared with PD (from 38.8±22.8 to 33.4±22.8, P=0.28). Comparisons between FD and PD revealed significant differences in changes of serum MDA (−0.54±0.82 μmol/l vs +0.17±1 μmol/l, P<0.001), GSH (+8.4±40.1 ng/l vs −13.1±29.4 ng/l, P=0.002) and TAC (+0.14±0.43 mmol/l vs +0.02±0.45 mmol/l bovine serum albumin equivalent, P=0.03). Although there was no significant association between FokI genotypes and OS biomarkers, ff variant subgroup showed the weakest response to vitamin D.

Conclusions:

Improvement of vitamin D status via daily intake of FD ameliorates OS biomarkers in T2D subjects and the interactive effect of FokI genotypes cannot be ruled out.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the Iranian Diabetic Society and Gabric Diabetic society for their collaborations. We would sincerely appreciate all the subjects for their participation in this study. This study was funded by NNFTRI, TUMS and Iran National Science Foundation, in order of their financial contributions. Half of the yogurt drinks (both plain and vitamin D-fortified) were dedicated to the researchers by Pegah company, whereas the remainder were purchased from there.

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Shab-Bidar, S., Neyestani, T. & Djazayery, A. The interactive effect of improvement of vitamin D status and VDR FokI variants on oxidative stress in type 2 diabetic subjects: a randomized controlled trial. Eur J Clin Nutr 69, 216–222 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2014.240

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