title: Altered transcription of murine genes induced in the small bowel by administration of probiotic strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001.
abstract: Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 is a probiotic strain reported to increase resistance to epithelium-adherent and -invasive intestinal pathogens in experimental animals. To increase understanding of the relationship between strain HN001 and the bowel, transcription of selected genes in the mucosa of the murine small bowel was measured. Mice previously naive to lactobacilli (Lactobacillus-free mice) were examined after daily exposure to HN001 in drinking water. Comparisons were made to results from matched Lactobacillus-free mice. Infant and adult mice were investigated to provide a temporal view of gene expression in response to exposure to HN001. Genes sgk1, angptl4, and hspa1b, associated with the apoptosis pathway, were selected for investigation by reverse transcription-quantitative PCR on the basis of a preliminary duodenal DNA microarray screen. Normalized to gapdh gene transcription, these three genes were upregulated after 6 to 10 days exposure of adult mice to HN001. Angptl4 was shown by immunofluorescence to be upregulated in duodenal epithelial cells of mucosal samples. Epithelial cell migration was faster in HN001-exposed mice than in the Lactobacillus-free controls. Transcriptional responses in infant mice differed according to bowel region and age. For example, sgk1 was upregulated in duodenal, jejunal, and ileal mucosa of mice less than 25 days old, whereas angptl4 and hspa1b were upregulated at 10 days in the duodenum but downregulated in the jejunal mucosa until mice were 25 days old. Overall, the results provide links between a probiotic strain, mucosal gene expression, and host phenotype, which may be useful in delineating mechanisms of probiotic action.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Gerald W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Tannock
authors.forename: Corinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Blair
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lawley
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loach
authors.forename: Maree
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: Amy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Alexander D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: McLellan
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Les
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McNoe
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dekker
authors.forename: Pramod
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Collett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D052201:Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D019936:Probiotics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic