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Bifidobacterium lactis BL-99 modulates intestinal inflammation and functions in zebrafish models

Authors
Chen, M., Liu, C., Dai, M., Wang, Q., Li, C., Hung, W.
ID
ZDB-PUB-220217-5
Date
2022
Source
PLoS One   17: e0262942 (Journal)
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MeSH Terms
  • Alum Compounds/toxicity
  • Animals
  • Bifidobacterium/physiology*
  • Constipation/chemically induced
  • Constipation/pathology
  • Constipation/therapy
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Down-Regulation/drug effects
  • Gastrointestinal Motility/drug effects
  • Glucose/pharmacology
  • Inflammation/chemically induced
  • Inflammation/pathology
  • Inflammation/therapy*
  • Interleukin-10/genetics
  • Interleukin-10/metabolism
  • Interleukin-1beta/genetics
  • Interleukin-1beta/metabolism
  • Intestines/metabolism*
  • Intestines/microbiology
  • Intestines/pathology
  • Larva/drug effects
  • Larva/metabolism
  • Probiotics/pharmacology
  • Probiotics/therapeutic use*
  • Up-Regulation/drug effects
  • Zebrafish/growth & development
PubMed
35171916 Full text @ PLoS One
Abstract
This study was designed to explore the therapeutics and the mechanisms of a patented and marked gastric acid and intestine juice-resistant probiotics Bifidobacterium lactis BL-99 (B. lactis BL-99) on the intestinal inflammation and functions in the zebrafish models. After feeding for 6 hours, B. lactis BL-99 was fully retained in the larval zebrafish intestinal tract and stayed for over 24 hours. B. lactis BL-99 promoted the intestinal motility and effectively alleviated aluminum sulfate-induced larval zebrafish constipation (p < 0.01). Irregular high glucose diet induced adult zebrafish intestinal functional and metabolic disorders. After fed with B. lactis BL-99, IL-1β gene expression was significantly down-regulated, and IL-10 and IL-12 gene levels were markedly up-regulated in this model (p < 0.05). The intestinal lipase activity was elevated in the adult zebrafish intestinal functional disorder model after B. lactis BL-99 treatment (p < 0.05), but tryptase content had no statistical changes (p > 0.05). B. lactis BL-99 improved the histopathology of the adult zebrafish intestinal inflammation, increased the goblet cell numbers, and up-and-down metabolites were markedly recovered after treatment of B. lactis BL-99 (p < 0.05). These results suggest that B. lactis BL-99 could relieve intestinal inflammation and promote intestinal functions, at least in part, through modulating intestinal and microbial metabolism to maintain intestinal health.
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