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Evidence for the Modulation of the Immune Response in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells after Stimulation with a High Molecular Weight β-glucan Isolated from Lactobacillus fermentum Lf2
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Evidence for the Modulation of the Immune Response in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells after Stimulation with a High Molecular Weight β-glucan Isolated from Lactobacillus fermentum Lf2
2018
Overview
Lactobacillus fermentum Lf 2 produces large amounts of exopolysaccharides under optimized conditions (∼2 g/L, EPS) which have been shown to possess immunomodulatory activity. In this study, the crude EPS was fractionated to give a high molecular weight (HMw) homoglycan and a mixture of medium molecular weight heteroglycans. The HMw EPS was isolated and identified as a β-glucan.
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were pre-treated with purified polysaccharide to determine if the HMw β-glucan is responsible for the immunomodulatory activity. Cells were also stimulated with either lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and their effects, both with and without β-glucan pre-treatment, compared.
Exposure of the cells to β-glucan increased their metabolic activity and whilst a small but statistically significant drop in CD14 expression was observed at Day 1, the levels were significantly elevated at Day 2. High levels of CD14 expression were observed in cells initially exposed to the β-glucan and subsequently stimulated with either LPS or PHA. In contrast, reduced levels of TLR-2 expression were observed for cells initially exposed to the β-glucan and subsequently stimulated with LPS.
TNF-α levels were elevated in β-glucan treated cells (Day1) with the levels dropping back once the β-glucan had been removed (Day 2). The stimulants LPS and PHA both induced significant rises in TNF-α levels, however, this induction was completely (LPS) or partially blocked (PHA) in β-glucan pre-treated cells.
The results indicate a role for the bacterial β-glucan in modulating the immune response following exposure to agonists such as bacterial LPS.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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