The protection of
Lactobacillus plantarum
JM113 against deoxynivalenol (
DON
)-induced apoptosis and intestinal inflammation on the jejunum of broiler chickens and the potential roles of gut microbiota were determined. A total of 144 one-day-old male broilers (Arbor Acres) were randomly divided into 3 treatment groups consisting of 6 replicates with 8 birds per replicate, including the CON (basal diet), the DON (basal diet + 10 mg/kg DON), and the DL (basal diet + 10 mg/kg DON + 1 × 10
9
CFU/kg
L. plantarum
JM113). The DON-diet decreased (
P
< 0.05) the mRNA expression of mucosal defense proteins and mechanistic target of rapamycin pathway genes. Meanwhile, DON challenge significantly increased Bcl-2-associated X gene/B-cell lymphoma 2 gene (
Bcl-2
) in the jejunum (
P
< 0.05) and demonstrated proapoptosis status. In contrast, the DL group showed normal immunity-related gene expression of jejunal mucosa and manifested a superior antiapoptosis status. Adding
L. plantarum
JM113 significantly raised (
P
< 0.05) propionic acid, n-butyric acid, and total short-chain fatty acids concentrations in cecal contents of birds fed with DON diet. In addition, DON exposure altered bacterial community structure and disturbed the abundance of several bacterial phyla, families, and genera, leading to dysbiosis. Supplementation with JM113 shifted the gut microbiota composition to that of the CON group. Finally, Spearman correlation analysis suggested that most positive correlations with the mRNA expression of immunity-related and apoptosis-regulatory gene were observed within the phylum
Bacteroidetes,
and most negative correlations with the indicators were observed within the phylum
Firmicutes
. The mRNA expression of
Bcl-2
,
TLR2
,
mTOR
,
Raptor
, and
RPS6KB1
(
P
< 0.05), which are regarded as important cell proliferation and antiapoptosis parameters, were significantly negatively associated with the relative abundances of
norank_f__Erysipelotrichaceae, Subdoligranulum,
and
Anaeroplasma
, whereas they had a strong positive correlation with
Ruminococcaceae_UCG-004
,
Alistipes
, and
Ruminococcaceae_NK4A214_group
. These results implied that
L. plantarum
JM113 supplementation could ameliorate DON-induced apoptosis and intestinal inflammation via manipulating the bacterial community composition and could be used as a potential candidate to attenuate intestinal impairments.
We attempted to clarify whether hypersecretion of Muc5b mucin from mouse nasal submucosal glands that is enhanced by interleukin (IL)-33 under allergic conditions can be ameliorated by administration of 2-APB. Immunohistochemistry was used to examine both the distribution of T cells in the nasal mucosa of an allergic rhinitis mouse model and expressions of IL-33 receptor ST2 and Muc5b protein in mouse submucosal gland cells. The amounts of protein and mRNA of Orai1, Muc5b, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13 and IL-33 in mouse nasal lavage fluid (NLF) and nasal mucosa were determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Expressions of Orai1, Muc5b, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13 and IL-33 were up-regulated in the allergic state and IL-33 increased the levels of Muc5b, IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13, but did not influence proliferation of T cells; however, ST2 was diminished in nasal submucosal gland cells. 2-APB reduced proliferation of T cells and the Orai1 level in the nasal mucosa. It also reduced the concentrations of IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13 in NLF and nasal mucosa, and hypersecretion of Muc5b from glandular cells that was enhanced by IL-33, but did not affect IL-33 production. 2-APB decreased Muc5b mucin hypersecretion from submucosal gland that was enhanced by IL-33 in allergic mice by limiting Ca(2+) release-activated Ca(2+) channel activity in which Orai1 plays a crucial role in the gland cells and/or by controlling channel activation in T cells and proliferation of these cells.
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