Lactobacillus plantarum 17-5 attenuates Escherichia coli-induced inflammatory responses via inhibiting the activation of the NF-κB and MAPK signalling pathways in bovine mammary epithelial cells

Background: Mastitis is one of the most prevalent diseases and causes considerable economic losses in the dairy farming sector and dairy industry. Presently, antibiotic treatment is still the main method to control this disease, but it also brings bacterial resistance and drug residue problems. Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) is a multifunctional probiotic that exists widely in nature. Due to its anti-inflammatory potential, L. plantarum has recently been widely researched in complementary therapies for various inflammatory diseases. In this study, the apoptotic ratio, the expression levels of various inflammatory mediators and key signalling pathway proteins in Escherichia coli-induced bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMECs) under different doses of L. plantarum 17-5 intervention were evaluated. Results: The data showed that L. plantarum 17-5 reduced the apoptotic ratio, downregulated the mRNA expression levels of TLR2, TLR4, MyD88, IL1 beta, IL6, IL8, TNF alpha, COX2, iNOS, CXCL2 and CXCL10, and inhibited the activation of the NF-kappa B and MAPK signalling pathways by suppressing the phosphorylation levels of p65, I kappa B alpha, p38, ERK and JNK. Conclusions: The results proved that L. plantarum 17-5 exerted alleviative effects in Escherichia coli-induced inflammatory responses of BMECs.

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The study showed that L. plantarum 17-5 had alleviative effects on the inflammatory response of bovine mammary epithelial cells induced by E. coli.