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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the effects of food supplementation with Saccharomyces boulardii (S. boulardii; synonym S. cerevisiae HANSEN CBS 5926; 1 g per day for 9 days) on the presence and co-localization patterns of neuronal markers in myenteric neurones of the pig jejunum. The pan neuronal marker Hu revealed no change in the number of neuronal cell bodies per ganglion (37 +/- 7 in control vs 34 +/- 9 in the S. boulardii group). Ranked by size the following cell populations were identified: choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), calbindin-28k (CALB), substance P (SP), neurofilament 160 kD (NF-160), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), nitric oxide synthase (NOS), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), calretinin (CALRET). We found a significant decrease in the number of CALB myenteric neurones in animals which received S. boulardii supplemented diet. None of the other neuronal markers revealed any difference between controls and S. boulardii treated animals. The study reports transmitter-localization patterns in the myenteric plexus of the pig jejunum and provides evidence that changes in the neurochemistry of enteric neurones occur with S. boulardii supplemented diet. Although only CALB expression was altered and the functional significance of this finding remains unknown, our study identified a possible new effector level of probiotics in the gut.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1350-1925
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
53-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii on the neurochemistry of myenteric neurones in pig jejunum.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Bischofsholer Damm, Hannover, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article