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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2009

Lactobacillus reuteri prevents colitis by reducing P-selectin-associated leukocyte- and platelet-endothelial cell interactions

Schreiber, O.; Petersson, J.; Phillipson, M.; Perry, M.; Roos, S.; Holm, L.

Abstract

Schreiber O, Petersson J, Phillipson M, Perry M, Roos S, Holm L. Lactobacillus reuteri prevents colitis by reducing P-selectin-associated leukocyte- and platelet-endothelial cell interactions. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 296: G534-G542, 2009. First published January 15, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.90470.2008.-Recent findings indicate that dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis is associated with a prothrombogenic phenotype, with P-selectin playing a major role in platelet recruitment. It has been suggested that probiotics may ameliorate colonic inflammation. We therefore investigated how treatment with Lactobacillus reuteri influenced P-selectin expression, leukocyte and platelet endothelial cell interactions, and colitis severity in DSS-treated rats. Rats were divided into the following four groups: nontreated, DSS treated (5% in drinking water for 9 days), L. reuteri, and L. reuteri and DSS treated. The rats were anesthetized with Inactin (120 mg/kg ip), and the dual radiolabeled monoclonal antibody technique was used to quantify P-selectin expression. Leukocyte-endothelial and platelet-endothelial cell interactions were studied in colonic venules with intravital microscopy. Colitis severity was assessed using a disease activity index. Disease activity index increased, as did the expression of P-selectin in the entire colon after DSS treatment, but both were reduced to control levels with L. reuteri pretreatment. The increased platelet- and leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions after DSS treatment were abolished by pretreatment with L. reuteri. L. reuteri protects against DSS-induced colitis in rats. The protection is associated with reduced P-selectin expression and a decrease in leukocyte- and platelet-endothelial cell interactions.

Keywords

dextran sulfate sodium; disease activity index

Published in

AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
2009, volume: 296, number: 3, pages: G534-G542

Authors' information

Schreiber, Olof
Petersson, Joel
Phillipson, Mia
Perry, Michael
University of New South Wales
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Microbiology
Holm, Lena

UKÄ Subject classification

Food Science

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.90470.2008

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/25386