Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism Volume 2016, Article ID 4280876, 8 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4280876 Research Article Vitamin D3 Suppresses Class II Invariant Chain Peptide Expression on Activated B-Lymphocytes: A Plausible Mechanism for Downregulation of Acute Inflammatory Conditions Omar K. Danner,1 Leslie R. Matthews,1 Sharon Francis,1 Veena N. Rao,1 Cassie P. Harvey,2 Richard P. Tobin,2 Ken L. Wilson,3 Ernest Alema-Mensah,1 M. Karen Newell Rogers,2 and Ed W. Childs1 1 Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA 2Texas A&M School of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA 3Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Flint, MI, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Omar K. Danner;
[email protected] Received 24 December 2015; Revised 17 March 2016; Accepted 18 April 2016 Academic Editor: Azeddine Ibrahimi Copyright © 2016 Omar K. Danner et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Class II invariant chain peptide (CLIP) expression has been demonstrated to play a pivotal role in the regulation of B cell function after nonspecific polyclonal expansion. Several studies have shown vitamin D3 helps regulate the immune response. We hypothesized that activated vitamin D3 suppresses CLIP expression on activated B-cells after nonspecific activation or priming of C57BL/6 mice with CpG. This study showed activated vitamin D3 actively reduced CLIP expression and decreased the number + of CLIP B-lymphocytes in a dose and formulation dependent fashion.