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Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Immunology - Infectious Diseases - Microbiology - Pathology - Pediatrics and Child Health
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Early-Life Gut Bacteria Associate with IL-4-, IL-10- and IFN-? Production at Two Years of Age
Published:
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Author:
Maria A. Johansson et al.
by Maria A. Johansson, Shanie Saghafian-Hedengren, Yeneneh Haileselassie, Stefan Roos, Marita Troye-Blomberg, Caroline Nilsson, Eva Sverremark-Ekström
Microbial exposure early in life influences immune maturation and potentially also the development of immune-mediated disease. Here we studied early-life gut colonization in relation to cytokine responses at two years of age. Fecal samples were collected from infants during the first two months of life. DNA was extracted from the fecal samples and Bifidobacterium (B.) adolescentis, B. breve, B. bifidum, a group of lactobacilli (L. casei, L. paracasei and L. rhamnosus) as well as Staphylococcus (S.) aureus were detected with real time PCR. Peripheral mononuclear cells were stimulated with phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and numbers of IL-4-, IL-10- and IFN-? secreting cells were evaluated using ELISpot. We further stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells with bacterial supernatants in vitro and assessed the IL-4-, IL-10- and IFN-? inducing capacity by flow cytometry and ELISA. Early S. aureus colonization associated with higher numbers of IL-4- (p?=?0.022) and IL-10 (p?=?0.016) producing cells at two years of age. In contrast to colonization with S. aureus alone, co-colonization with lactobacilli associated with suppression of IL-4- (p?=?0.004), IL-10- (p?=?0.004) and IFN-? (p?=?0.034) secreting cells. In vitro stimulations of mononuclear cells with bacterial supernatants supported a suppressive role of L. rhamnosus GG on S. aureus-induced cytokine responses. We demonstrate that the early gut colonization pattern associates with the PHA-induced cytokine profile at two years of age and our in vitro findings support that specific bacterial species influence the T helper cell subsets. This suggests that dysbiosis in the early microbiota may modulate the risk of developing inflammatory conditions like allergy.
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