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ArticleScientific reports2017

Lactobacillus johnsonii ameliorates intestinal, extra-intestinal and systemic pro-inflammatory immune responses following murine Campylobacter jejuni infection.

Stefan Bereswill, Ira Ekmekciu, Ulrike Escher, Ulrike Fiebiger, Kerstin Stingl, Markus M Heimesaat

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stefan BereswillDepartment of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Ira EkmekciuDepartment of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Ulrike EscherDepartment of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Ulrike FiebigerDepartment of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Kerstin StinglFederal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department of Biological Safety, National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter, Berlin, Germany.
Markus M HeimesaatDepartment of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany. markus.heimesaat@charite.de.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEFederal Institute for Risk Assessment · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Campylobacter jejuni infections are progressively increasing worldwide. Probiotic treatment might open novel therapeutic or even prophylactic approaches to combat campylobacteriosis. In the present study secondary abiotic mice were generated by broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment and perorally reassociated with a commensal murine Lactobacillus johnsonii strain either 14 days before (i.e. prophylactic regimen) or 7 days after (i.e. therapeutic regimen) peroral C. jejuni strain 81-176 infection. Following peroral reassociation both C. jejuni and L. johnsonii were able to stably colonize the murine intestinal tract. Neither therapeutic nor prophylactic L. johnsonii application, however, could decrease intestinal C. jejuni burdens. Notably, C. jejuni induced colonic apoptosis could be ameliorated by prophylactic L. johnsonii treatment, whereas co-administration of L. johnsonii impacted adaptive (i.e. T and B lymphocytes, regulatory T cells), but not innate (i.e. macrophages and monocytes) immune cell responses in the intestinal tract. Strikingly, C. jejuni induced intestinal, extra-intestinal and systemic secretion of pro-inflammatory mediators (such as IL-6, MCP-1, TNF and nitric oxide) could be alleviated by peroral L. johnsonii challenge. In conclusion, immunomodulatory probiotic species might offer valuable strategies for prophylaxis and/or treatment of C. jejuni induced intestinal, extra-intestinal as well as systemic pro-inflammatory immune responses in vivo.

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AnimalsApoptosisB-LymphocytesCampylobacter InfectionsCampylobacter jejuniChemokine CCL2FemaleInterleukin-6IntestinesLactobacillusMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNitric OxideProbioticsT-LymphocytesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCcl2 protein, mouseChemokine CCL2Interleukin-6Nitric OxideTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID28522817
PMCPMC5437126
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