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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

Dietary 1.3-1.6 yeast β-glucans enhance immune response and disease resilience in European seabass challenged with

Miguel Cabano, Nadège Richard, Julie Schulthess, Lourenço Ramos-Pinto, Francisco Pinto-Cunha, Maria João Peixoto, Cláudia Aragão, Benjamin Costas

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Miguel CabanoCentro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR/CIMAR LA), Universidade do Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Nadège RichardPhileo by Lesaffre, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France.
Julie SchulthessPhileo by Lesaffre, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France.
Lourenço Ramos-PintoCentro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR/CIMAR LA), Universidade do Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Francisco Pinto-CunhaCentro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR/CIMAR LA), Universidade do Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Maria João PeixotoCentro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR/CIMAR LA), Universidade do Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Cláudia AragãoCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR/CIMAR LA), Faro, Portugal.
Benjamin CostasCentro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR/CIMAR LA), Universidade do Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.

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Abstract

Introduction: Nutritional strategies have emerged as promising tools to modulate immune responses in marine fish, particularly at mucosal surfaces involved in host-pathogen interactions. Dietary immunomodulators such as yeast-derived β-glucans (BG) have gained attention for their capacity to enhance innate immune defenses, however their role in coordinating these mechanisms during bacterial infections remains incompletely understood. Methods: This study evaluated the effects of two dietary inclusion levels (0.06 and 0.12%) of purified yeast β-1,3/1,6-glucans on the immune responses of European seabass ( Results: Growth performance and feed efficiency were not affected by BG supplementation. At 24 h post-infection, fish fed with the 0.12% BG diet maintained circulating leukocyte counts and displayed increased plasma lysozyme activity, indicating enhanced early immune readiness. Moreover skin immune responses showed an early upregulation of pro-inflammatory and antimicrobial related genes, followed by increased expression of regulatory cytokines at 7 days post-infection, suggesting an efficient transition from immune activation to resolution. In contrast, intestinal immune responses remained largely unchanged, indicating a compartmentalized modulation focused on the primary site of infection. Conclusion: Overall, dietary BG supplementation exerted a dose dependent immunostimulatory effect in European seabass, with 0.12% BG eliciting the most significant chances in disease resilience.

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Bassbeta-GlucansDisease ResistanceFish DiseasesFlavobacteriaceae InfectionsTenacibaculumAnimal FeedAnimalsDietary SupplementsImmunity, InnateImmunonutrition DietSkinbeta-Glucansaquaculturebacterial pathogenDicentrarchus labraxfeed additivesimmunizationimmunonutrition

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PMCPMC13136018

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