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ArticleVeterinary medicine and science2025

The Effect of Clostridium butyricum-Derived Lipoteichoic Acid on Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Porcine Intestinal Epithelial Cells.

Qu Chen, Lingyan Ma, Yang Wen, Wentao Lyu, Minjie Yu, Hua Yang, Yingping Xiao

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  1. Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026
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  3. Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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Qu ChenState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0375-5970
Lingyan MaState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
Yang WenState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
Wentao LyuState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
Minjie YuState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
Hua YangState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
Yingping XiaoState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32372907State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products 10417000023CE0601G/004/002State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products 2010DS700124-ZZ1905
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Abstract

backgroundClostridium butyricum is a probiotic widely used in animal husbandry, and there is evidence to suggest that it can alleviate intestinal inflammation in pigs and may be related to its lipoteichoic acid (LTA), but the mechanism is still unclear.

objectiveThis study aimed to determine the regulatory effect and potential mechanism of C. butyricum LTA on LPS-stimulated inflammation in intestinal porcine epithelial line-J2 (IPEC-J2).

methodsIPEC-J2 cells were treated with LPS and different concentrations of LTA (0.05, 0.1 and 0.15 mM). After treatment of 0.5, 1.5 and 4.5 h, the cell culture media were collected for the measurement of TNF-α and IL-10 by using ELISA kits, and the cells were collected for RT-qPCR and Western blotting detections. Further elucidating the pathway of LTA regulating IL-10 and TNF-α gene expression by inhibiting key proteins in the toll-like receptor pathway with antagonists C34, PDTC, SB230580 and U0126.

resultsHigh-dose LTA significantly promoted the secretion of the anti-inflammatory factor IL-10 in IPEC-J2 cells, and inhibited the expression and secretion of pro-inflammatory TNF-α in the short term. LTA inhibited the gene expression of TLR4 in LPS-stimulated cells and reduced the protein phosphorylation levels of p38, ERK1/2 and p65. The inhibition of TLR4, p38, ERK1/2 and p65 reduced the TNF-α gene expression caused by LPS; LTA increased TLR2 gene expression, inhibition of p38, ERK and p65 rather than TLR4 reduced the IL-10 gene expression.

conclusionOur study found that C. butyricum LTA was an important component of C. butyricum regulating the inflammatory response of IPEC-J2 cells. LTA mainly reduced the expression of TNF-α by inhibiting TLR4, while stimulating TLR2 increased the expression of IL-10. Downstream p65, p38 and ERK1/2 were involved in regulating both TNF-α and IL-10. However, TLR4 was only related to the increase in TNF-α caused by LPS and not to the increase in IL-10 caused by LTA. Our work supplemented the probiotic mechanism of C. butyricum and provided a theoretical basis for the application of C. butyricum LTA.

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Clostridium butyricumEpithelial CellsLipopolysaccharidesTeichoic AcidsAnimalsCell LineIntestinal MucosaIntestinesProbioticsSus scrofaSwineLipopolysaccharideslipoteichoic acidTeichoic AcidsClostridium butyricuminflammatory factorsIPEC‐J2lipopolysaccharidelipoteichoic acid

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