Subalin(State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR)

The influence of new probiotics from bacilli i.e. biosporin and subalin on the functional activity of murine peritoneal macrophages was studied. After a single oral administration of the probiotics the maximum activation of the macrophages was observed in 4 hours. The activation level depended on both the dose and the probiotic. The highest value of the stimulation index was recorded with subalin. Analogous regularities were stated with parenteral administration of the probiotics. Some mechanisms of activation of peritoneal macrophages after oral administration of probiotics from live microbial cultures are discussed.

Background: The subject matter of this study was to investigate, for the first time, the immediate-preventive effect of probiotics, composed of bacillus species, in a murine model of Campylobacter infection. Methods: An established model of Campylobacter infection in mice with a defined LD50 was utilized to assess the protective effect of probiotics. Results: The results obtained demonstrate that the level of animal protection, after a single administration of the new probiotics biosporin and subalin, reached 90-100% at LD50 and 80% at LD100. Conclusions: Such efficacy of probiotics is considered to be due to their high antagonistic activity against those pathogens registered in vitro. Antagonistic activity of other tested probiotics (bactisubtil and cereobiogen) to different cultures of Campylobacter was not manifested.