PMID- 22905233 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130211 LR - 20230120 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 8 DP - 2012 TI - Human intestinal dendritic cells decrease cytokine release against Salmonella infection in the presence of Lactobacillus paracasei upon TLR activation. PG - e43197 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0043197 [doi] LID - e43197 AB - Probiotic bacteria have been shown to modulate immune responses and could have therapeutic effects in allergic and inflammatory disorders. However, little is known about the signalling pathways that are engaged by probiotics. Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells that are involved in immunity and tolerance. Monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MoDCs) and murine DCs are different from human gut DCs; therefore, in this study, we used human DCs generated from CD34+ progenitor cells (hematopoietic stem cells) harvested from umbilical cord blood; those DCs exhibited surface antigens of dendritic Langerhans cells, similar to the lamina propria DCs in the gut. We report that both a novel probiotic strain isolated from faeces of exclusively breast-fed newborn infants, Lactobacillus paracasei CNCM I-4034, and its cell-free culture supernatant (CFS) decreased pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in human intestinal DCs challenged with Salmonella. Interestingly, the supernatant was as effective as the bacteria in reducing pro-inflammatory cytokine expression. In contrast, the bacterium was a potent inducer of TGF-beta2 secretion, whereas the supernatant increased the secretion of TGF-beta1 in response to Salmonella. We also showed that both the bacteria and its supernatant enhanced innate immunity through the activation of Toll-like receptor (TLR) signalling. These treatments strongly induced the transcription of the TLR9 gene. In addition, upregulation of the CASP8 and TOLLIP genes was observed. This work demonstrates that L. paracasei CNCM I-4034 enhanced innate immune responses, as evidenced by the activation of TLR signalling and the downregulation of a broad array of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The use of supernatants like the one described in this paper could be an effective and safe alternative to using live bacteria in functional foods. FAU - Bermudez-Brito, Miriam AU - Bermudez-Brito M AD - Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology Jose Mataix, Biomedical Research Centre, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. FAU - Munoz-Quezada, Sergio AU - Munoz-Quezada S FAU - Gomez-Llorente, Carolina AU - Gomez-Llorente C FAU - Matencio, Esther AU - Matencio E FAU - Bernal, Maria J AU - Bernal MJ FAU - Romero, Fernando AU - Romero F FAU - Gil, Angel AU - Gil A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120814 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD34) RN - 0 (Chemokines) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (TOLLIP protein, human) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptors) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 8) SB - IM MH - Antigens, CD34/biosynthesis MH - Caspase 8/metabolism MH - Chemokines/metabolism MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Cytokines/*metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology/microbiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial MH - Humans MH - Immunity, Innate/physiology MH - Inflammation MH - Intestines/*cytology/microbiology MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism MH - Lactobacillus/*metabolism MH - Probiotics/metabolism MH - Salmonella/*metabolism MH - Salmonella Infections/*metabolism MH - Toll-Like Receptors/*metabolism MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1/metabolism MH - Up-Regulation PMC - PMC3419202 COIS- Competing Interests: Esther Matencio, Maria J. Bernal and Fernando Romero are members of the Hero Institute for Infant Nutrition, Hero Spain S. A. The sponsor had no role in the biological sample analysis, statistical analysis or data interpretation. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. EDAT- 2012/08/21 06:00 MHDA- 2013/02/12 06:00 PMCR- 2012/08/14 CRDT- 2012/08/21 06:00 PHST- 2012/05/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/08/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/08/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/02/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/08/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-12-14892 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0043197 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e43197. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043197. Epub 2012 Aug 14.