Parasite-Probiotic Interactions in the Gut: Bacillus sp. and Enterococcus faecium Regulate Type-2 Inflammatory Responses and Modify the Gut Microbiota of Pigs During Helminth Infection

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Dietary probiotics may enhance gut health by directly competing with pathogenic agents and through immunostimulatory effects. These properties are recognized in the context of bacterial and viral pathogens, but less is known about interactions with eukaryotic pathogens such as parasitic worms (helminths). In this study we investigated whether two probiotic mixtures (comprised of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, B. subtilis, and Enterococcus faecium [BBE], or Lactobacillus rhamnosus LGG and Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies Lactis Bb12 [LB]) could modulate helminth infection kinetics as well as the gut microbiome and intestinal immune responses in pigs infected with the nodular worm Oesophagostomum dentatum. We observed that neither probiotic mixture influenced helminth infection levels. BBE, and to a lesser extent LB, changed the alpha- and beta-diversity indices of the colon and fecal microbiota, notably including an enrichment of fecal Bifidobacterium spp. by BBE. However, these effects were muted by concurrent O. dentatum infection. BBE (but not LB) significantly attenuated the O. dentatum-induced upregulation of genes involved in type-2 inflammation and restored normal lymphocyte ratios in the ileo-caecal lymph nodes that were altered by infection. Moreover, inflammatory cytokine release from blood mononuclear cells and intestinal lymphocytes was diminished by BBE. Collectively, our data suggest that selected probiotic mixtures can play a role in maintaining immune homeostasis during type 2-biased inflammation. In addition, potentially beneficial changes in the microbiome induced by dietary probiotics may be counteracted by helminths, highlighting the complex inter-relationships that potentially exist between probiotic bacteria and intestinal parasites.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer793260
TidsskriftFrontiers in Immunology
Vol/bind12
ISSN1664-3224
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2022

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Funding Information:
This study was funded by The Danish Council for Independent Research: Technology and Production Sciences (Grant # DFF 4184 – 00377).

Funding Information:
We thank L. Christensen (Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen) for her practical support throughout the study. We also thank K. Tarp (Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark) for technical assistance with qPCR. In addition, we would like to thank Bea Nielsen (Chr. Hansen A/S) for providing all probiotic strains/mixtures used within this study, and for technical advice.

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Copyright © 2022 Myhill, Stolzenbach, Mejer, Krych, Jakobsen, Kot, Skovgaard, Canibe, Nejsum, Nielsen, Thamsborg and Williams.

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