高原环境与肠道微环境间的关系研究

为了便于进一步认识和深入研究高原环境与机体肠道微环境间的关系,本文就高原环境的特点,肠道微环境的病理学改变,分类,治疗和预后等相关研究做一简要综述。     

小碎斑鱼蛉幼虫肠道细菌分离及鉴定研究

目的从微生态学角度研究小碎斑鱼蛉幼虫的营养生理活动。方法从小碎斑鱼蛉幼虫肠道环境中进行分离、纯化和培养,获得3个细菌菌株,对其菌体形态、染色反应、培养性状和生理生化反应进行系统研究。结果上述3个菌株均属于芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus),1号菌株为巨大芽胞杆菌(Bacillus megaterium),2号菌株为枯草芽胞杆菌(Bacillus subtilis),3号菌株为地衣芽胞杆菌(Bacillus licheniformis)。结论小碎斑鱼蛉幼虫肠道环境中的不同细菌,其数量存在明显差异。     

New weapons in the war on worms: identification of putative mechanisms of immune-mediated expulsion of gastrointestinal nematodes

Parasitic nematode infections of humans and livestock continue to impose a significant public health and economic burden worldwide. Murine models of intestinal nematode infection have proved to be relevant and tractable systems to define the cellular and molecular basis of how the host immune system regulates resistance and susceptibility to infection. While susceptibility to chronic infection is propagated by T helper cell type 1 cytokine responses (characterised by production of IL-12, IL-18 and interferon-gamma), immunity to intestinal-dwelling adult nematode worms is critically dependent on a type 2 cytokine response (controlled by CD4+T helper type 2 cells that secrete the cytokines IL-4, IL-5, IL-9 and IL-13). However, the immune effector mechanisms elicited by type 2 cytokines in the gut microenvironment that precipitate worm expulsion have remained elusive. This review focuses on new studies that implicate host intestinal epithelial cells as one of the dominant immune effector cells against this group of pathogens. Specifically, three recently identified type 2 cytokine-dependent pathways that could offer insights into the mechanisms of expulsion of parasitic nematodes will be discussed: (i) the intelectins, a new family of galactose-binding lectins implicated in innate immunity, (ii) the resistin-like molecules, a family of small cysteine-rich proteins expressed by multiple cell types, and (iii) cytokine regulation of intestinal epithelial cell turnover. Identifying how the mammalian immune response fights gastrointestinal nematode infections is providing new insights into host protective immunity. Harnessing these discoveries, coupled with identifying what the targets of these responses are within parasitic nematodes, offers promise in the design of a new generation of anti-parasitic drugs and vaccines.     

Echinostoma caproni: intestinal pathology in the golden hamster, a highly compatible host, and the Wistar rat, a less compatible host

The histopathological changes induced by Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in a high (golden hamster) and a low compatible host (rat) were compared at 15 and 30 days post-infection. Infection of rats was characterized by a progressive increase in erosion of villi and elevated numbers of goblet cells, which could be related to the early expulsion of the parasite in a host of low compatibility. In contrast to rats, the number of goblet cell in E. caproni-infected hamsters was low, but increased numbers of neutrophils and mesenteric inflammatory cells were observed. This indicated that local inflammatory responses in hamsters were greater than in rats. An immunohistochemical study using polyclonal IgG anti-E. caproni excretory-secretory antigens demonstrated a greater level of passage of E. caproni antigens through the intestinal mucosa in hamsters than in rats, probably in relation to the greater inflammatory response. Our results indicate the fact that early inflammatory responses could be important for the establishment of E. caproni chronic infections in highly compatible hosts.     

The Role of Secretory Immunoglobulin A in the Natural Sensing of Commensal Bacteria by Mouse Peyer's Patch Dendritic Cells

The mammalian gastrointestinal (GI) tract harbors a diverse population of commensal species collectively known as the microbiota, which interact continuously with the host. From very early in life, secretory IgA (SIgA) is found in association with intestinal bacteria. It is considered that this helps to ensure self-limiting growth of the microbiota and hence participates in symbiosis. However, the importance of this association in contributing to the mechanisms ensuring natural host-microorganism communication is in need of further investigation. In the present work, we examined the possible role of SIgA in the transport of commensal bacteria across the GI epithelium. Using an intestinal loop mouse model and fluorescently labeled bacteria, we found that entry of commensal bacteria in Peyer''s patches (PP) via the M cell pathway was mediated by their association with SIgA. Preassociation of bacteria with nonspecific SIgA increased their dynamics of entry and restored the reduced transport observed in germ-free mice known to have a marked reduction in intestinal SIgA production. Selective SIgA-mediated targeting of bacteria is restricted to the tolerogenic CD11c⁺CD11b⁺CD8⁻ dendritic cell subset located in the subepithelial dome region of PPs, confirming that the host is not ignorant of its resident commensals. In conclusion, our work supports the concept that SIgA-mediated monitoring of commensal bacteria targeting dendritic cells in the subepithelial dome region of PPs represents a mechanism whereby the host mucosal immune system controls the continuous dialogue between the host and commensal bacteria.     

香菇酶解物对小鼠免疫及肠道菌群的影响研究

【目的】研究香菇酶解物对小鼠免疫及肠道菌群的影响。【方法】首先采用环磷酰胺(CY)造模法制作小鼠免疫抑制模型,然后对其中两组分别灌胃香菇未酶解物和香菇酶解物,最后观察疗效、测定免疫指标和试验小鼠肠道中细菌总数、大肠杆菌数、乳酸菌数和真菌总数等。【结果】香菇酶解物可使受免疫抑制的小鼠(活跃度、粪便、毛皮、体重)恢复到正常水平,促进免疫器官脾脏及胸腺的发育(P<0.05),增强腹腔巨噬细胞的吞噬活性(P<0.01)。同时提高小鼠肠道中以乳酸菌为主的有益菌数量(P<0.01),抑制大肠杆菌等致病菌的生长(P<0.01)。【结论】香菇酶解物可以提高小鼠的免疫功能,改善肠道菌群环境,对肠道功能有一定的调节作用,有较高的食用和药用价值。     

应用PCR-DGGE法评价石斛多糖对肠道微生态失调的调节作用

目的 从微生态学角度研究石斛多糖治疗肠道微生态失调小鼠的作用及初步机制.方法 盐酸林可霉素灌胃制备肠道菌群失调小鼠模型,应用石斛多糖进行治疗,同时设正常对照组、丽珠肠乐组、阴性对照组,给药7d后处死小鼠,应用PCR-DGGE法检测肠道菌群丰富度、血清IL-2.结果 应用盐酸林可霉素灌胃3d后,小鼠肠道菌群丰富度、血清IL-2降低,持续治疗7d后,石斛多糖治疗小鼠肠道菌群丰富度、血清IL-2增高.结论 石斛多糖具有扶植肠道正常菌群生长,调整菌群失调,提高机体免疫力的作用.