Induction of specific mucosal immune responses by viable or heat denatured probiotic bacteria of Lactobacillus strains

Nagy, A. and Jędrychowski, L. and Gelencsér, É. and Wróblewska, B. and Szymkiewicz, A. (2005) Induction of specific mucosal immune responses by viable or heat denatured probiotic bacteria of Lactobacillus strains. Acta Alimentaria, 34 (1). pp. 33-39. ISSN 0139-3006

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Abstract

In recent years, research related to studying the effect of gut microflora on the human health has become of major economic importance. The main objective of our study was to examine whether or not the orally administered Lactobacillusstrains (LB) as an oral adjuvant can improve the mucosal immune protectionviaan enhanced IgA secretion to a co-administered marker antigen ovalbumin (OVA). We adapted a murine (BALB/c) model to demonstrate beneficial adjuvant effects of probiotic LB strains. Orally sensitised mice with OVA, which were prefed with native or heat denatured (HD) Lactobacillus salivarius (Ls) or Lactobacillus casei (Lc) responded better or with the same efficiency to a vaccination with antigen (OVA) than mice that had been sensitised only with OVA or not sensitised at all. Antibody (IgA) responses in the gut were increased in response to vaccination with OVA in mice that had been prefed with native or heat denatured Ls or Lc followed by Ls or Lc and OVA feeding. In prefed groups, the OVA feeding alone primed for specific immune response, while adjuvanted OVA has increased the immune exclusion potential of the gut.

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