Abstract
RATIONALE: In this study, the effects of dietary supplementation with specific non-digestible oligosaccharides (prebiotics) either as single components or in mixtures on the outcome of the murine allergic response when provided before and during oral sensitization with whey were investigated. In addition, the feasibility to treat allergic mice with these prebiotics was addressed. METHODS: Mice were fed diets containing 1% single prebiotics, combinations of scGOS (short chain galacto-oligosaccharides), lcFOS (long chain fructo- oligosaccharides) and/or pAOS (pectin-derived acidic oligosaccharides) or a control diet. The diets were provided two weeks prior to and during oral whey-sensitization (prevention) or for four weeks starting one week after the last sensitization (treatment). The acute allergic skin response (ITH) and antigen-induced anaphylaxis (AiA) were determined one hour after intradermal whey-challenge. Whey-IgE/G1/G2a and mouse mast cell protease-1 (mMCP-1) were determined in serum. RESULTS: In the whey-sensitized preventive intervention groups, only combination of scGOS/lcFOS (9:1) and scGOS/lcFOS/pAOS (9:1:2) strongly reduced both ITH (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 40 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology |
Volume | 129 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2012 |
Keywords
- oligosaccharide
- prebiotic agent
- immunoglobulin E
- brinase
- galactose oligosaccharide
- fructose oligosaccharide
- pectin
- antigen
- allergic disease
- immunology
- allergic asthma
- milk allergy
- disease model
- whey
- diet
- mouse
- sensitization
- diet supplementation
- prevention
- serum
- allergic reaction
- skin
- anaphylaxis
- mast cell
- allergy
- model
- hypersensitivity