Journal
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 1170-1177Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.01.024
Keywords
Cytokine expression; Multiplex RT-PCR; Japanese pufferfish; Head kidney cells; Probiotics; Immunomodulation
Funding
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT
- Monbukagakusho), Japan
- JSPS Asian CORE Program and Scientific Research [23580257]
- MEXT [23780199]
- University of Miyazaki
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23780199] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Cytokine responses in the Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes) head kidney (HK) cells to heat-killed lactic acid bacteria probiotics isolated from the Mongolian dairy products were investigated by transcriptomic examination. The HK cells were incubated with two heat-killed bacteria, namely Lactobacillus paracasei spp. paracasei (strain 06TCa22) and L plantarum (strain 06CC2) and the responses of 16 cytokine genes at 0 (control), 1, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 48 h post-stimulation were assayed by multiplex RT-PCR analysis (GenomeLab Genetic Analysis System, GeXPS; Beckman Coulter, Inc.). The 16 genes included in the assay were pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1 beta, IL-6, IL-17A/F-3, TNF-alpha and TNF-N), cell-mediated immune regulators (IL-12p35, IL-12p40 and IL-18), antiviral (I-IFN-1 and IFN-gamma) and other regulatory (IL-2, IL-7, IL-15, IL-21, IL-10 and TGF-beta 1) cytokines. Despite the differences in the transcriptional profiles, expression of all the cytokines tested here was significantly elevated by both the probiotic bacterial stimulants compared with the unstimulated control. Therefore, this in vitro study has demonstrated the modulation of cytokine defense mechanisms in the HK cells by the two heat-killed probiotics indicating their potentiality as novel immunostimulants to fish. However, strain-dependent varied expression of important cytokines (cell-mediated immune regulators, antiviral and anti-inflammatory cytokines) suggests better efficacy of L paracasei spp. paracasei strain as fish immunostimulant. Further in vivo studies to elucidate the cytokine regulation networks will validate our present observations. A careful evaluation of ant-inflammatory properties may be undertaken using single strain to affirm the immunostimulatory capability. Moreover, application timings and frequency to assess the longevity of immunostimulant effects and to make the application cost-effective need to be evaluated before any practical use in aquaculture. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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