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| Author(s): |
Martinez, Rafael C. R.
[1]
;
Seney, Shannon L.
;
Summers, Kelly L.
[2]
;
Nomizo, Auro
[1]
;
De Martinis, Elaine C. P.
[1]
;
Reid, Gregor
[3, 2, 4]
Total Authors: 6
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Pharmaceut Sci Ribeirao Preto, Dept Clin Toxicol & Bromatol Anal, BR-14040903 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, London, ON - Canada
[3] Lawson Hlth Res Inst, Canadian Res & Dev Ctr Probiot, London, ON N6A 4V2 - Canada
[4] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Surg, London, ON N6A 3K7 - Canada
Total Affiliations: 4
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; v. 53, n. 9, p. 487-495, SEP 2009. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 39 |
| Abstract | |
Vulvovaginal candidiasis, a high prevailing infection worldwide, is mainly caused by Candida albicans. Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 have been previously shown to be useful as adjuvants in the treatment of women with VVC. In order to demonstrate and better understand the anti-Candida activity of the probiotic microorganisms in an in vitro model simulating vaginal candidiasis, a human vaginal epithelial cell line (VK2/E6E7) was infected with C. albicans 3153a and then challenged with probiotic L. rhamnosus GR-1 and/or L. reuteri RC-14 or their respective CFS (alone or in combination). At each time point (0, 6, 12 and 24 hr), numbers of yeast, lactobacilli and viable VK2/E6E7 cells were determined and, at 0, 6 and 12 hr, the supernatants were measured for cytokine levels. We found that C. albicans induced a significant increase in IL-1 alpha and IL-8 production by VK2/E6E7 cells. After lactobacilli challenge, epithelial cells did not alter IL-6, IL-1 alpha, RANTES and VEGF levels. However, CFS from the probiotic microorganisms up-regulated IL-8 and IP-10 levels secreted by VK2/E6E7 cells infected with C. albicans. At 24 hr of co-incubation, L. reuteri RC-14 alone and in combination with L. rhamnosus GR-1 decreased the yeast population recoverable from the cells. In conclusion, L. reuteri RC-14 alone and together with L. rhamnosus GR-1 have the potential to inhibit the yeast growth and their CFS may up-regulate IL-8 and IP-10 secretion by VK2/E6E7 cells, which could possibly have played an important role in helping to clear VVC in vivo. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 04/14580-0 - Efeito da utilização de culturas láticas probióticas na microbiota vaginal de pacientes acometidas por infecções bacterianas e fúngicas |
| Grantee: | Rafael Chacon Ruiz Martinez |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct) |