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Polyphenol Effects on Splenic Cytokine Response in Post-Weaning Contactin 1-Overexpressing Transgenic Mice
Thea Magrone1, Anna Spagnoletta2, Antonella Bizzoca3
1Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs, School of Medicine, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy. thea.magrone@uniba.it.
Background:
In mice, postnatal immune development has previously been investigated, and evidence of a delayed maturation of the adaptive immune response has been detected.
Methods:
In this study, the effects of red grape polyphenol oral administration on the murine immune response were explored using pregnant mice (TAG/F3 transgenic and wild type (wt) mice) as the animal model. The study was performed during pregnancy as well as during lactation until postnatal day 8. Suckling pups from polyphenol-administered dams as well as day 30 post-weaning pups (dietary-administered with polyphenols) were used. Polyphenol effects were evaluated, measuring splenic cytokine secretion.
Results:
Phorbol myristate acetate-activated splenocytes underwent the highest cytokine production at day 30 in both wt and TAG/F3 mice. In the latter, release of interferon (IFN)-γ and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α was found to be higher than in the wt counterpart. In this context, polyphenols exerted modulating activities on day 30 TAG/F3 mice, inducing release of interleukin (IL)-10 in hetero mice while abrogating release of IL-2, IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-4 in homo and hetero mice.
Conclusion:
Polyphenols are able to prevent the development of an inflammatory/allergic profile in postnatal TAG/F3 mice.
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