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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 7, 期 12, 页码 1582-1587出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.07.024
关键词
allergy; asthma; immune modulation; acidic oligosaccharides; prebiotics
Specific mixtures of prebiotic oligosaccharides showed immune modulatory effects in previous murine vaccination experiments, suggesting a shift towards T-helper 1 (Thl) immunity. These mixtures consisted of short-chain galactooligosaccharides (scGOS) and long-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (lcFOS) in a 9:1 ratio (Immunofortis), with or without pectin-derived acidic oligosaccharides (pAOS). To investigate whether these mixtures could suppress Th2-related responses, they were tested in an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced model for experimental allergic asthma in BALB/c mice. Supplementation with two mixtures of scGOS/lcFOS and scGOS/lcFOS/pAOS at approximately 1% (w/w% net oligosaccharides) in the diet, starting two weeks before OVA sensitization and lasting until the end of the experiment, decreased of several parameters of allergic asthma. The OVA-induced airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness was significantly suppressed by both mixtures. Moreover, OVA-specific IgE titers were decreased by more than 25%, although this effect was not significant. The effects of the oligosaccharide mixture with pAOS appeared to be more pronounced than the effects of the scGOS/lcFOS mixture without pAOS, but a direct comparison between the mixtures was not made. Overall, the results further support the hypothesis that specific mixtures of oligosaccharides modulate the Thl/Th2 balance by enhancing Thl-related and suppressing Th2-related parameters. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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