title: Effect of live Lactobacillus plantarum L2 on TNF-alpha-induced MCP-1 production in Caco-2 cells.
abstract: Lactobacillus plantarum is a commensal bacterium that is known to ameliorate intestinal injury and inflammation caused by a wide variety of enteric pathogens. We hypothesized that L. plantarum may exert its probiotic effects by attenuation of pro-inflammatory signaling induced by TNF-alpha. Caco-2 cells were stimulated with TNF-alpha in the presence of L. plantarum L2 and Lactobacillus acidophilus LA. The protein and mRNA levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine, MCP-1, were measured by ELISA and RT-PCR, respectively. The effect of Lactobacillus bacteria on IkappaBalpha degradation was further studied by western blotting. L. plantarum L2 and L. acidophilus LA had no effect on mRNA expression and production of MCP-1 in Caco-2 cells. A significant elevation in MCP-1 mRNA and protein expression in Caco-2 cells was detected after a 4h exposure to TNF-alpha. Pre-incubation of Caco-2 cells with L. plantarum L2 for 2h resulted in an attenuation of both MCP-1 protein production and mRNA expression in TNF-alpha-stimulated cells. L. plantarum L2 also prevented IkappaBalpha degradation in TNF-alpha-stimulated Caco-2 cells. L. plantarum L2 inhibited MCP-1 secretion and mRNA expression via a NF-kappaB dependent pathway by interfering with IkappaBalpha degradation in TNF-alpha-stimulated Caco-2 cells.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of General Surgery, Jin Ling Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jieshou
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D018938:Caco-2 Cells; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D048191:Lactiplantibacillus plantarum / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: C111835:CCL2 protein, human; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha