A synbiotic combination of galacto- and fructooligosaccharides and Bifidobacterium breve M-16V has beneficial effects in rotavirus infections. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Preventive Effect of a Synbiotic Combination of Galacto- and Fructooligosaccharides Mixture WithM-16V in a Model of Multiple Rotavirus Infections.
Front Immunol. 2018 ;9:1318. Epub 2018 Jun 11. PMID: 29942312
Maria Del Mar Rigo-Adrover
Rotavirus (RV) causes morbidity and mortality among infants worldwide, and there is evidence that probiotics and prebiotics can have a positive influence against infective processes such as that due to RV. The aim of this study was to evidence a preventive role of one prebiotic mixture (of short-chain galactooligosaccharide/long-chain fructooligosaccharide), the probioticM-16V and the combination of the prebiotic and the probiotic, as a synbiotic, in a suckling rat double-RV infection model. Hyperimmune bovine colostrum was used as protection control. The first infection was induced with RV SA11 and the second one with EDIM. Clinical variables and immune response were evaluated after both infections. Dietary interventions ameliorated clinical symptoms after the first infection. The prebiotic and the synbiotic significantly reduced viral shedding after the first infection, but all the interventions showed higher viral load than in the RV group after the second infection. All interventions modulatedantibody and cytokine production, gut wash cytokine levels and small intestine gene expression after both infections. In conclusion, a daily supplement of the products tested in this preclinical model is highly effective in preventing RV-induced diarrhea but allowing the boost of the early immune response for a future immune response against reinfection, suggesting that these components may be potential agents for modulating RV infection in infants.