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Mechanisms involved in the immunostimulation by probiotic fermented milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2009

Carolina Maldonado Galdeano ,
Alejandra de Moreno de LeBlanc ,
Esteban Carmuega ,
Ricardo Weill  and
Gabriela Perdigón
Carolina Maldonado Galdeano
Affiliation:
Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos (CERELA-CONICET), Chacabuco 145, San Miguel de Tucumán (T4000ILC) Tucumán, Argentina Cátedra de Inmunología, Instituto de Microbiología, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
Alejandra de Moreno de LeBlanc
Affiliation:
Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos (CERELA-CONICET), Chacabuco 145, San Miguel de Tucumán (T4000ILC) Tucumán, Argentina
Esteban Carmuega
Affiliation:
Nutritia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ricardo Weill
Affiliation:
Departamento de investigación y Desarrollo, DANONE Argentina S.A.Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gabriela Perdigón*
Affiliation:
Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos (CERELA-CONICET), Chacabuco 145, San Miguel de Tucumán (T4000ILC) Tucumán, Argentina Cátedra de Inmunología, Instituto de Microbiología, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
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*For correspondence; e-mail: perdigon@cerela.org.ar
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Abstract

The intestinal ecosystem contains a normal microbiota, non-immune cells and immune cells associated with the intestinal mucosa. The mechanisms involved in the modulation of the gut immune system by probiotics are not yet completely understood. The present work studies the effect of a fermented milk containing probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus (Lb.) casei DN114001 on different parameters of the gut immune system involved with the nonspecific, innate and adaptive response. BALB/c mice received the probiotic bacterium Lb. casei DN114001 or the probiotic fermented milk (PFM). The interaction of the probiotic bacteria with the intestine was studied by electron and fluorescence microscopy. The immunological parameters were studied in the intestinal tissue and in the supernatant of intestinal cells (IC). Results showed that the probiotic bacterium interact with the IC. The whole bacterium or its fragments make contact with the gut associated immune cells. The PFM stimulated the IC with IL-6 release, as well as cells related to the nonspecific barrier and with the immune cells associated with the gut. This last activity was observed through the increase in the population of different immune cells: T lymphocytes and IgA+ B lymphocytes, and by the expression of cell markers related to both innate and adaptive response (macrophages). PFM was also able to activate the enzyme calcineurine responsible for the activation of the transcriptional factor NFAT. PFM induced mucosal immune stimulation reinforcing the non-specific barrier and modulating the innate immune response in the gut, maintaining the intestinal homeostasis.

Keywords

fermented milkimmunostimulationprobiotic bacterium
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 76 , Issue 4 , November 2009 , pp. 446 - 454
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