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. 2021 Aug;203(6):3219-3228.
doi: 10.1007/s00203-021-02318-2. Epub 2021 Apr 8.

Cell surface and extracellular proteins of potentially probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri as an effective mediator to regulate intestinal epithelial barrier function

Tejinder P Singh  1 , Nimisha Tehri  2 , Gurpreet Kaur  2 , Ravinder K Malik  2
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Cell surface and extracellular proteins of potentially probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri as an effective mediator to regulate intestinal epithelial barrier function

Tejinder P Singh et al. Arch Microbiol. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the potential of cell surface and extracellular proteins in regulation of intestinal epithelial barrier (IEB) function. Eight potentially probiotic L. reuteri strains were evaluated for presence of mapA gene and its expression on co-culturing with the Caco-2 cells. The ability of untreated (Viable), heat-inactivated, 5 M LiCL treated L. reuteri strains as well as their cell-free supernatant (CFS) to modulate expression of IEB function genes (hBD-2, hBD-3, claudin-1 and occludin) was also evaluated. Caco-2 cells were treated with cell surface and extracellular protein extracts and investigated for change in expression of targeted IEB function genes. The results showed that mapA gene is present in all the tested L. reuteri strains and expression of mapA and its receptors (anxA13 and palm) increase significantly on co-culturing of L. reuteri and Caco-2 cells. Also, up-regulated expression of IEB function genes was observed on co-culturing of L. reuteri (viable, heat-inactivated and CFS) and their protein extracts with Caco-2 cells in contrast to down-regulation observed with the pathogenic strain of Salmonella typhi. Therefore, this study concludes that the cell surface and extracellular protein from L. reuteri act as an effective mediator molecules to regulate IEB function.

Keywords: Caco-2 cells; Intestinal epithelial barrier function; L. reuteri; Probiotics; RT-qPCR.

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