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Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis CECT 7210 Reduces Inflammatory Cytokine Secretion in Caco-2 Cells Cultured in the Presence of Escherichia coli CECT 515

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810813

Keywords

B. infantis IM-1 (R); Bifidobacterium longum subsp; infantis CECT 7210; Caco-2 cells; co-cultures; cytokines; dendritic cells; Escherichia coli; probiotics

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  1. Laboratorios Ordesa, S. L.
  2. Center for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (TOLERA project) [20170873]

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This study focuses on the intestinal immunomodulatory effects of Bifidobacterium infantis IM-1(R). The results show that this probiotic strain can protect intestinal cells from cytotoxic E. coli and reduce the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines. These findings provide insights into the previously reported beneficial effects of this strain.
Previous works have described the activity of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis CECT 7210 (also commercially named B. infantis IM-1 (R)) against rotavirus in mice and intestinal pathogens in piglets, as well as its diarrhea-reducing effect on healthy term infants. In the present work, we focused on the intestinal immunomodulatory effects of B. infantis IM-1 (R) and for this purpose we used the epithelial cell line isolated from colorectal adenocarcinoma Caco-2 and a co-culture system of human dendritic cells (DCs) from peripheral blood together with Caco-2 cells. Single Caco-2 cultures and Caco-2: DC co-cultures were incubated with B. infantis IM-1 (R) or its supernatant either in the presence or absence of Escherichia coli CECT 515. The B. infantis IM-1 (R) supernatant exerted a protective effect against the cytotoxicity caused by Escherichia coli CECT 515 on single cultures of Caco-2 cells as viability reached the values of untreated cells. B. infantis IM-1 (R) and its supernatant also decreased the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines by Caco-2 cells and the co-cultures incubated in the presence of E. coli CECT 515, with the response being more modest in the latter, which suggests that DCs modulate the activity of Caco-2 cells. Overall, the results obtained point to the immunomodulatory activity of this probiotic strain, which might underlie its previously reported beneficial effects.

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