Effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14 on the ability of Candida albicans to infect cells and induce inflammation

Autor(es)

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]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[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

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; v. 53, n. 9, p. 487-495, SEP 2009.
• Citações Web of Science: 39

Resumo

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)

• Processo FAPESP: 04/14580-0 - Efeito da utilização de culturas láticas probióticas na microbiota vaginal de pacientes acometidas por infecções bacterianas e fúngicas
• Beneficiário: Rafael Chacon Ruiz Martinez
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado Direto