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Lactobacillus acidophilus attenuates Salmonella-induced intestinal inflammation via TGF-β signaling
- Source :
- BMC Microbiology
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Background Salmonella is a common intestinal pathogen that causes acute and chronic inflammatory response. Probiotics reduce inflammatory cytokine production and serve as beneficial commensal microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract. TGF-β (transforming growth factor β)/SMAD and NF-κB signaling play important roles in inflammation in intestinal cells. However, the involvement of the signaling in regulating inflammation between Salmonella and probiotics is not fully understood. Methods L. acidophilus and prebiotic inulin were used to treat human intestinal Caco-2 cells prior to infection with Salmonella. The cells were harvested to examine the cytokines and MIR21 expression with immunoblotting and real-time PCR. NF-κB and SMAD3/4 reporter vectors were transfected into cells to monitor inflammation and TGF-β1 signaling, respectively. Results In this study, we showed that the probiotic L. acidophilus decreased Salmonella-induced NF-κB activation in human intestinal Caco-2 cells. Expression of the inflammatory cytokines, TNF-α and IL-8, in L. acidophilus-pretreated cells was also significantly lower than that in cells infected with Salmonella alone. Moreover, TGF-β1 and MIR21 expression was elevated in cells pretreated with L. acidophilus or synbiotic, a combination of inulin and L. acidophilus, compared to that in untreated cells or cells infected with S. typhimurium alone. By contrast, expression of SMAD7, a target of MIR21, was accordingly reduced in cells treated with L. acidophilus or synbiotics. Consistent with TGF-β1/MIR21 and SMAD7 expression, SMAD3/4 transcriptional activity was significantly higher in the cells treated with L. acidophilus or synbiotics. Furthermore, TGF-β1 antibody antagonized the SMAD3/4 and NF-κB transcriptional activity modulated by L. acidophilus in intestinal cells. Conclusion Our results suggest that the TGF-β1/MIR21 signaling pathway may be involved in the suppressive effects of L. acidophilus on inflammation caused by S. typhimurium in intestinal Caco-2 cells. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12866-015-0546-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
MIR21
Synbiotics
medicine.medical_treatment
Inflammation
L. acidophilus
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Microbiology
Models, Biological
NF-κB
Proinflammatory cytokine
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Transforming Growth Factor beta
Salmonella
medicine
Humans
Smad3 Protein
Smad4 Protein
biology
Gene Expression Profiling
Probiotics
Inulin
NF-kappa B
Transfection
Transforming growth factor beta
TGF-b
Cytokine
Salmonella Infections
Chronic inflammatory response
biology.protein
Cytokines
medicine.symptom
Caco-2 Cells
Immunosuppressive Agents
SMAD
Signal Transduction
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14712180
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8e31451d2cd502bf1ba1baa969350d4e