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ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2019

Colonization of preterm gnotobiotic piglets with probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and its interference with Salmonella Typhimurium.

A Splichalova, V Jenistova, Z Splichalova, I Splichal

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Article in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A SplichalovaLaboratory of Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Novy Hradek, Czech Republic.
V JenistovaLaboratory of Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Novy Hradek, Czech Republic.
Z SplichalovaLaboratory of Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Novy Hradek, Czech Republic.
I SplichalLaboratory of Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Novy Hradek, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-3665-1377
Czech Academy of Sciences · CZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A balanced microbiota of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is a prerequisite for a healthy host. The GIT microbiota in preterm infants is determined by the method of delivery and nutrition. Probiotics can improve the GIT microbiota balance and suitable animal models are required to verify their harmlessness. Preterm gnotobiotic piglets were colonized with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) to evaluate its safety and possible protective action against infection with an enteric pathogen, Salmonella Typhimurium (ST). Clinical signs (anorexia, somnolence, fever and diarrhea), bacterial interference and translocation, intestinal histopathology, transcriptions of claudin-1, occludin and interferon (IFN)-γ, intestinal and systemic protein levels of interleukin (IL)-8, IL-12/23 p40 and IFN-γ were compared among (i) germ-free, (ii) LGG-colonized, (iii) ST-infected and (iv) LGG-colonized and subsequently ST-infected piglets for 24 h. Both LGG and ST-colonized the GIT; LGG translocated in some cases into mesenteric lymph nodes and the spleen but did not cause bacteremia and clinical changes. ST caused clinical signs of gastroenteritis, translocated into mesenteric lymph nodes, the spleen, liver and blood, increased claudin-1 and IFN-γ transcriptions, but decreased occludin transcription and increased local and systemic levels of IL-8 and IL-12/23 p40. Previous colonization with LGG reduced ST colonization in the jejunum and translocation into the liver, spleen and blood. It partially ameliorated histopathological changes in the intestine, reduced IL-8 levels in the jejunum and plasma and IL-12/23 p40 in the jejunum. The preterm gnotobiotic piglet model of the vulnerable preterm immunocompromised infant is useful to verify the safety of probiotics and evaluate their protective effect.

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Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosusAnimalsBacterial TranslocationCytokinesFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGerm-Free LifeIntestinesPregnancyPremature BirthProbioticsSalmonella typhimuriumSwineTight Junction ProteinsCytokinesTight Junction Proteinsbacterial interferencegnotobiotic pigletsLactobacillus rhamnosusGGpretermSalmonella Typhimurium

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PMID30422309
PMCPMC6378394
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