Suppression of oral tolerance by Lactococcus lactis in mice
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Tohru Sakai1, Yuko Hirota, Mariko Nakamoto
1Department of Public Health and Applied Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan. tohrus@nutr.med.tokushiama-u.ac.jp
Although oral ovabumin (OVA) administration suppressed the antibody (Ab) response in OVA-immunized mice, Lactococcus lactis increased OVA-specific IgG2a in these mice. L. lactis increased the casein-specific IgG level in NC/Nga mice fed on a casein diet. The percentage of CD4(+)CD25(+) cells was increased in DO11.10 mice orally given OVA, but this increase of CD4(+)CD25(+) cells were suppressed in L. lactis-fed DO11.10 mice.
Although oral ovabumin (OVA) administration suppressed the antibody (Ab) response in OVA-immunized mice, Lactococcus lactis increased OVA-specific IgG2a in these mice. L. lactis increased the casein-specific IgG level in NC/Nga mice fed on a casein diet. The percentage of CD4(+)CD25(+) cells was increased in DO11.10 mice orally given OVA, but this increase of CD4(+)CD25(+) cells were suppressed in L. lactis-fed DO11.10 mice.
