F Saponaro1, C Marcocci2, R Zucchi3. 1. Department of Pathology, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, Biochemistry Unit, 56126, Pisa, Italy. federica.saponaro@unipi.it. 2. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. 3. Department of Pathology, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, Biochemistry Unit, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D is classically involved in maintaining bone and mineral health, but it has been shown to exert many extraskeletal functions, including pleiotropic effects on cardiovascular system. MATERIALS AND METHOD: This review aims to summarize evidences in literature about vitamin D and cardiovascular outcome. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Calcitriol or 1,25(OH)2D, the active hormone, binds to the specific nuclear receptor VDR, which is expressed in rat and human heart and vasculature and has effects on myocardiocytes, smooth cells, and endothelial cells. 25-Hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD) represents the biomarker of vitamin D levels and reflects vitamin D status. There is consistent evidence that low serum 25OHD levels are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Randomized-controlled trials and Mendelian randomization studies so far have not succeeded in proving a benefit of vitamin D supplementation. However, the latter investigations are affected by some methodological limitations, and therefore, it is still unclear if vitamin D deficiency has a causative role in cardiovascular diseases or is rather a marker of poor health in chronic disease.
INTRODUCTION:Vitamin D is classically involved in maintaining bone and mineral health, but it has been shown to exert many extraskeletal functions, including pleiotropic effects on cardiovascular system. MATERIALS AND METHOD: This review aims to summarize evidences in literature about vitamin D and cardiovascular outcome. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS:Calcitriol or 1,25(OH)2D, the active hormone, binds to the specific nuclear receptor VDR, which is expressed in rat and human heart and vasculature and has effects on myocardiocytes, smooth cells, and endothelial cells. 25-Hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD) represents the biomarker of vitamin D levels and reflects vitamin D status. There is consistent evidence that low serum 25OHD levels are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Randomized-controlled trials and Mendelian randomization studies so far have not succeeded in proving a benefit of vitamin D supplementation. However, the latter investigations are affected by some methodological limitations, and therefore, it is still unclear if vitamin D deficiency has a causative role in cardiovascular diseases or is rather a marker of poor health in chronic disease.
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Calcitriol; Cardiovascular risk; Heart failure; Vitamin D
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