ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research ISSN 2241-9837 Vol. 12 (12), pp. 001-008, December, 2018. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Immunomodulatory effects of novel bifidobacterium and lactobacillus strains on murine macrophage cells
Jun Zhu1,2, Liang Zhao1,2, Huiyuan Guo1,2, Lu Jiang1,2 and Fazheng Ren1,2*
1College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China.
2Beijing Higher Institution Engineering Research Center of Animal Product, Beijing 100083, China.
Accepted 21 December, 2018
Abstract
The principle purpose of this study was to investigate the immunomodulatory ability of three microbial strains isolated from Bama County centenarians in activating macrophages, and to characterize the effective component of these strains. A murine macrophage cell line, RAW264.7, was cultured in presence of intact bacterial cells, bacterial cell wall (CW) or cell free extract (CFE) . NO, IL-6, TNF-production and phagocytic activity of co-cultured macrophages were tested. Bifidobacterium adolescentis BBMN23, Bifidobacterium longum BBMN68 and Lactobacillus saliva Ren were demonstrated to enhance the activities of macrophages by increasing the phagocytic activity and NO, IL-6, TNF- production. The immunomodulatory activities of these microbial strains are mainly due to the CW fraction, although their CFE were also effective. The results of this study indicated that specific substrains of bifidobacterium and lactobacillus from guts of healthy centenarians (Bama County, China) may be of immunomodulatory value, and thus may have the potential to be used as probiotics.
Key words: Bifidobacterium, lactobacillus; RAW 264.7 cells, immunomodulatory activities, bacterial fractions.