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Vitamin E is a fat-soluble antioxidant that can protect
the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in the
membrane from oxidation, regulate the production of
reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen
species (RNS), and modulate signal transduction. With
advances in understating of the development,
function, and regulation of dendritic cells (DCs),
macrophages, natural killer (NK) cells, T cells, and B
cells, recent studies have focused on vitamin E’s
effects on specific immune cells.
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DEFINITION AND STRUCTURE
Vitamin E is the collective term for four tocopherols (a-, B-,
y-, and 6-tocopherols) and four tocotrienols (a-, B-, y-, and 6-
tocotrienols) found in food. These forms have antioxidant
activities, but cannot be interconverted, and only a-
tocopherol meets the human vitamin E requirement.
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SOURCES
The major dietary sources of vitamin E are vegetable oils. Nuts are
good sources of vitamin E as well . Soybean, sunflower, corn, walnut,
cottonseed, palm, and wheat germ oils contain relatively higher
amounts of vitamin E than other oils. Safflower and sunflower oils
are high in a-tocopherol, soybean and corn oils contain mainly y-
tocopherol, and cottonseed oil contains similar proportions of a- and
y-tocopherols. Therefore, the types of oils consumed through the diet
affect the dietary intake levels of a-tocopherol. Vitamin E
supplements are quite popular and Either natural or synthetic forms
of a-tocopherol are used as supplements.
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SOURCES
Despite the relatively higher intake of y-tocopherol
from the diet than a-tocopherol, a-tocopherol is the
major form of vitamin E in the circulation because a-
tocopherol transfer protein (a-TTP) has the preferential
binding affinity for a-tocopherol. a-TTP is involved in
the transfer of a-tocopherol to the plasma membrane.
Traber M.G. Vitamin E regulatory mechanisms. Annu. Rev. Nutr. 2007;27:347-
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FUNCTION
In the presence of vitamin E, peroxyl radicals react with a-
tocopherol instead of lipid hydroperoxide, the chain reaction
of peroxyl! radical production is stopped, and further
oxidation of PUFAs in the membrane is prevented.
Tocopheroxy! radicals—produced from a-tocopherol and
peroxyl radicals—are reduced by vitamin C or glutathione,
form tocopherol dimers, undergo further oxidation, or act as
prooxidants.
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FUNCTION
The antioxidant activity of vitamin E may be responsible for the
regulation of several enzymes involved in signal transduction
because the activity of signaling enzymes is regulated by the
redox state. The inhibition of PKC by vitamin E has been reported
in various cells, and consequently, the inhibition of platelet
aggregation; reduced proliferation of monocytes, macrophages,
neutrophils, and vascular smooth muscle cells; and decreased
superoxide production in neutrophils and macrophages have
been observed.
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IMMUNE RESPONSES IN
HUMANS
In humans, many intervention studies have reported
increased lymphocyte proliferation in response to
mitogenic stimulation, enhanced delayed type
hypersensitivity (DTH) response, increased IL-2
production, and decreased IL-6 production with vitamin
E supplementation above the recommended levels.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN
HUMANS
In humans, the effects of vitamin E on the natural
incidence of infectious diseases have been determined
in several studies. Many studies provided evidence
that the immunostimulatory effects of vitamin E confer
improved resistance to infections.
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VITAMIN E AND IMMUNE CELLS
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MACROPHAGES
Macrophages, important effector cells in the innate
immune response, serve as antigen presenting cells (APC)
and regulate NK cells and T cells by producing cytokines,
reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive nitrogen species
(RNS), and prostaglandins. Cytokines produced by T cells
and other immune cells can shift the macrophages into
different populations with distinct physiologies.
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MACROPHAGES
The effects of vitamin E on prostaglandin (PG)E2
production by macrophages from the aged have been
suggested as one of the mechanisms by which vitamin
E improves the age-associated decrease in the T cell-
mediated immune response.
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MACROPHAGES
In vivo supplementation of vitamin E in allergic asthmatic
patients prevented the suppression of alveolar macrophage
nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (NRF2) activity
after allergen challenge. This study presented the possibility
of vitamin E’s protective role in allergies and asthmas
through regulation of macrophage NRF2 activity, but, further
studies are needed to confirm the findings because of the
small number of patients and the lack of appropriate
controls.
Dworski R., Han W., Blackwell T.S., Hoskins A., Freeman M.L. Vitamin E prevents NRF2
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NATURAL KILLER CELLS
NK activity seems to be related with vitamin E status. The NK
activity of a boy with Shwachman syndrome who had a
severe vitamin E deficiency was low ,but improved after
eight weeks of 100 mg/d a-tocopherol supplementation.
two-week supplementation of 750 mg vitamin E in colorectal
cancer patients resulted in increased NK activity in six out of
seven patients.
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decreased natural killer cell population in a vitamin E-deficient patient with Shwachman
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NATURAL KILLER CELLS
Vitamin E treatment did not result in changes in perforin
expression or IFN-y production; therefore, mechanisms
of improved NK activity by vitamin E could not be
determined from the study.
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DENDRITIC CELLS
Dendritic cells (DCs) are effective antigen-presenting cells
that recognize pathogens and present pathogen-derived
antigens to T cells. The interaction of DCs with pathogen-
associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) or damage-
associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) elicits the
activation and maturation of DCs. DCs are also involved in
tolerance and autoimmunity. Several studies have shown
that vitamin E could regulate the maturation and functions
of DCs.
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DENDRITIC CELLS
Maternal supplementation with a-tocopherol was effective in
decreasing allergic responses in offspring from allergic mothers
by affecting the development of subsets of DCs that are critical
for allergic responses.
y-tocopherol supplementation exerted an opposite response in
the same model. In vivo supplementation of y-tocopherol at
250 mg/kg diet in allergic female mice resulted in a higher
number of lung eosinophils, a higher number of lung CD11c+
CD11b+ DCs, and higher levels of lung lavage CCL11 in the
offspring.
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DENDRITIC CELLS
Modulation of the immune response by vitamin E has
been observed in animal and human studies, and DCs
play a critical role in bridging innate and adaptive
immune systems and initiating adaptive immune
responses. Despite the importance of DCs’ role in
adaptive immune responses and in diseases such as
autoimmune diseases, few studies have investigated
the DC-specific effect of vitamin E.
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T- CELLS
The effects of vitamin E on immune cells have been
studied the most with T cells. The dysregulation of
immune function occurs with aging and the most
significant changes are observed in T cells. Age-
associated changes in T cells include: (1) defects in T
cell receptor (TCR)signal transduction (2) decreased
intracellular influx of calcium following stimulation, (3)
diminished synapse formation, (4) diminished
activation of the mitogen activated protein kinase
(MAP kinase) pathway, (5) decreased nuclear factor of
activated T-cells(NFAT)binding activity ,and(6)a shift of
the T cell population toward memory T cells.
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TeGBLES
Vitamin E seems to modulate Th1 and Th2 responses
and has implications for the protection against
different pathogens (intracellular vs. extracellular
pathogens) and the development of different types of
chronic diseases (inflammatory vs. allergic diseases).
Vitamin E can also affect activation-induced cell death
in T cells.
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B:CELLS
Vitamin E supplementation has been reported to enhance
humoral responses. Higher antibody responses have been
observed in animals and humans. However, it is hard to
differentiate whether vitamin E’s direct effect on B cells or
indirect effect through T cells contributes to higher antibody
responses.
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CONCLUSIONS
Vitamin E has been shown to enhance immune
responses in animal and human models and to confer
protection against several infectious diseases.
Suggested mechanisms involved with these changes
are:
1. the reduction of PGE2 production by the inhibition
of COX2 activity mediated through decreasing NO
production
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2. the improvement of effective immune synapse
formation in naive T cells and the initiation of T cell
activation signals.
3. the modulation of Th1/Th2 balance. Higher NK
activity and changes in dendritic function such as
lower IL-12 production and migration were observed
with vitamin E
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Different forms of vitamin E exert differential effects on
immune cells. Cell-specific effects of vitamin E provide
valuable evidence regarding the immunomodulatory
mechanisms of vitamin E, but the interplay between
immune cells should not be ignored, because
interactions between immune cells are critical in the
regulation of immune function.
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