Live
Lactobacillus reuteri
Is Essential for the Inhibitory Effect on Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Induced Interleukin-8 Expression
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The mechanism of the apparent anti-inflammatory action of probiotic organisms is unclear.
Lactobacillus reuteri
is effective in inhibiting colitis in interleukin-10 (IL-10)-deficient mice. Nerve growth factor (NGF), in addition to its activity on neuronal cell growth, has significant anti-inflammatory effects in several experimental systems in vitro and in vivo, including a model of colitis. Our experiments were designed to explore the mechanism of effect of
L. reuteri
in the human epithelial cell lines T84 and HT29 on cytokine and NGF synthesis and IL-8 response to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). Epithelial cells were cultured for various times with live and killed
L. reuteri
and examined by reverse transcription-PCR for NGF, IL-10, and TNF-α-induced IL-8 expression. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to quantitate intracellular IL-8 and secreted product. Western blotting and confocal microscopy were used to determine the effects on IκB and NF-κB, respectively. Live but not heat-killed or gamma-irradiated
L. reuteri
upregulated NGF and dose dependently inhibited constitutive synthesis by T84 and HT29 cells of IL-8 and that induced by TNF-α in terms of mRNA and intracellular and secreted protein. Similarly,
L. reuteri
inhibited IL-8 synthesis induced by
Salmonella enterica
serovar Typhimurium.
L. reuteri
required preincubation and adherence for effect, inhibited translocation of NF-κB to the nuclei of HeLa cells, and prevented degradation of IκB. Neither cellular lysates nor media supernatants had any effect on TNF-α-induced IL-8. The conclusion is that
L. reuteri
has potent direct anti-inflammatory activity on human epithelial cells, which is likely to be related to the activity of ingested probiotics.
L. reuteri
also upregulates an unusual anti-inflammatory molecule, NGF, and inhibits NF-κB translocation to the nucleus.
