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ArticleToxins2015

The Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 strain shows protective effects against the B. anthracis LT toxin.

Rodolphe Pontier-Bres, Patrick Rampal, Jean-François Peyron, Patrick Munro, Emmanuel Lemichez, Dorota Czerucka

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Article in Toxins, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rodolphe Pontier-BresCentre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco 98000, Monaco.
Patrick RampalCentre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco 98000, Monaco. rampal@chpg.mc.
Jean-François PeyronTeam Inflammation, Cancer, Cancer Stem Cells, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire (C3M), INSERM, U1065, Nice 06204, France. jean-francois.peyron@unice.fr.
Patrick MunroFaculté de Médecine, UFR Médecine, IFR50, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, UNSA, Nice 06204, France. patrick.munro@unice.fr.
Emmanuel LemichezFaculté de Médecine, UFR Médecine, IFR50, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, UNSA, Nice 06204, France. emmanuel.lemichez@unice.fr.
Dorota CzeruckaCentre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco 98000, Monaco. dczerucka@centrescientifique.mc.
Scientific Centre of Monaco · MCCentre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire · FRInserm · FRUniversité Côte d'Azur · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii (S. boulardii) has been prescribed for the prophylaxis and treatment of several infectious diarrheal diseases. Gastrointestinal anthrax causes fatal systemic disease. In the present study, we investigated the protective effects conferred by Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 strain on polarized T84 columnar epithelial cells intoxicated by the lethal toxin (LT) of Bacillus anthracis. Exposure of polarized T84 cells to LT affected cell monolayer integrity, modified the morphology of tight junctions and induced the formation of actin stress fibers. Overnight treatment of cells with S. boulardii before incubation with LT maintained the integrity of the monolayers, prevented morphological modification of tight junctions, restricted the effects of LT on actin remodeling and delayed LT-induced MEK-2 cleavage. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that in the presence of S. boulardii, the medium is depleted of both LF and PA sub-units of LT and the appearance of a cleaved form of PA. Our study highlights the potential of the S. boulardii CNCM I-745 strain as a prophylactic agent against the gastrointestinal form of anthrax.

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SaccharomycesActinsAnthraxBacillus anthracisBacterial ToxinsCell LineCell Membrane PermeabilityGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 2ProbioticsTight JunctionsActinsBacterial ToxinsMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 2anthrax toxinsprobioticsSaccharomyces boulardii

Identifiers

PMID26529015
PMCPMC4663514
OpenAlexW2104279191

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