Probiotic activity of <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> CECT7121: effects on mucosal immunity and intestinal epithelial cells
Aims: To analyse the effect of <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> CECT7121 on intestinalepithelial cells (IECs) and its effects on the mucosal immune response. Methods and Results: <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> CECT7121 showed a high adhesioncapacity to completely and heterogeneousl...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
| Repositorio: | SEDICI (UNLP) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/101711 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/101711 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Medicina Ciencias Exactas adhesion to intestinal epithelial cells Enterococcus faecalis CECT7121 immunomodulation mucosal immune response probiotic activity |
| Sumario: | Aims: To analyse the effect of <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> CECT7121 on intestinalepithelial cells (IECs) and its effects on the mucosal immune response. Methods and Results: <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> CECT7121 showed a high adhesioncapacity to completely and heterogeneously differentiated human intestinalepithelial cell line (Caco-2 cells). In addition, the contact of this bacteriumwith Caco-2 cells did not induce inflammatory chemokines (IL-8 and CCL-20). The presence of IgA⁺ and IL-6⁺ cells in the small intestine, as well as theproduction of inflammatory cytokines (TNFa, IL-6 and IL-12) in the gut, wasdetermined after intragastric inoculation of <i>Ent. faecalis</i> CECT7121 in BALB/cmice. The administration of <i>Ent. faecalis</i> CECT7121 increased the number ofIgA⁺ cells in the intestinal lamina propria without modifying the percentage ofIL-6⁺ cells. No differences were observed in the cytokines measured in theintestinal extracts between probiotic-treated and control mice. Conclusions: <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> CECT7121 stimulates local mucosalimmunity and adheres to IECs without inducing inflammatory signals. Significance and Impact of the Study: Our results indicate that, apart from itsalready reported systemic immune activity, <i>Ent. faecalis</i> CECT7121 has amodulatory effect at a local level. |
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