PMID- 18603777 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080922 LR - 20131121 IS - 1347-6947 (Electronic) IS - 0916-8451 (Linking) VI - 72 IP - 7 DP - 2008 Jul TI - Dietary alpha-linked galacto-oligosaccharide suppresses ovalbumin-induced allergic peritonitis in BALB/c mice. PG - 1901-7 AB - To determine whether alpha-linked galacto-oligosaccharide (alpha-GOS) prevents allergic peritonitis, BALB/c mice were fed a synthetic diet with and without alpha-GOS supplementation for 7 d, and were then subcutaneously immunized with ovalbumin on days 0 and 7. The mice were challenged by intraperitoneal injection with ovalbumin on day 14, followed by peritoneal lavage on day 15. The total number of peritoneal exudate cells was significantly lower in the mice fed the alpha-GOS diet than in those fed the control diet. Peritoneal lavage fluid from mice fed the alpha-GOS diet not only had less potency to attract peripheral blood leukocytes and peritoneal exudate cells ex vivo, but also had lower concentrations of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and eotaxin. Preincubation of the cells with alpha-GOS failed to affect the migration to peritoneal lavage fluid. We propose that dietary alpha-GOS reduces cell infiltration in allergic peritonitis by reducing antigen-induced elicitation of MCP-1 and eotaxin in mice. FAU - Pirapatdit, Sooksan AU - Pirapatdit S AD - Laboratory of Food Biochemistry, Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. FAU - Kishino, Eriko AU - Kishino E FAU - Fujita, Koki AU - Fujita K FAU - Hashimoto, Hiroyuki AU - Hashimoto H FAU - Mori, Shigeharu AU - Mori S FAU - Saito, Sanshiro AU - Saito S FAU - Sato, Toshiro AU - Sato T FAU - Watanabe, Jun AU - Watanabe J FAU - Sonoyama, Kei AU - Sonoyama K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20080707 PL - England TA - Biosci Biotechnol Biochem JT - Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry JID - 9205717 RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL11) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Oligosaccharides) RN - 9006-59-1 (Ovalbumin) RN - X2RN3Q8DNE (Galactose) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Ascitic Fluid/immunology/pathology MH - Cell Movement/drug effects MH - Chemokine CCL11/analysis MH - Chemokine CCL2/analysis MH - Dietary Supplements MH - Galactose MH - Hypersensitivity/*drug therapy/etiology MH - Leukocytes MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Oligosaccharides/administration & dosage/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Ovalbumin/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Peritonitis/*drug therapy/etiology/immunology/pathology EDAT- 2008/07/08 09:00 MHDA- 2008/09/23 09:00 CRDT- 2008/07/08 09:00 PHST- 2008/07/08 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/09/23 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/07/08 09:00 [entrez] AID - JST.JSTAGE/bbb/80155 [pii] AID - 10.1271/bbb.80155 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2008 Jul;72(7):1901-7. doi: 10.1271/bbb.80155. Epub 2008 Jul 7.