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Effect of ES products from Anisakis (Nematoda: Anisakidae) on experimentally induced colitis in adult zebrafish
Author(s) -
Haarder S.,
Kania P. W.,
Holm T. L.,
Gersdorff Jørgensen L.,
Buchmann K.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
parasite immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1365-3024
pISSN - 0141-9838
DOI - 10.1111/pim.12456
Subject(s) - zebrafish , biology , anisakis , immunology , immune system , colitis , inflammatory bowel disease , anisakidae , ulcerative colitis , effector , immunopathology , gene , disease , helminths , medicine , genetics , fish <actinopterygii> , pathology , fishery
Summary Inflammatory bowel disease ( IBD ) in developed countries is linked with elevated hygienic standards. One of the several factors involved in this question may be reduced exposure to the immunomodulatory effects of parasitic helminths. Several investigations on treatment of mice and humans with helminth‐derived substances have supported this notion, but underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study therefore dissects to what extent a series of immune‐related genes are modulated in zebrafish with experimentally induced colitis following exposure to excretory‐secretory ( ES ) products isolated from larval Anisakis , a widely distributed fish nematode. Adult zebrafish intrarectally exposed to the colitis‐inducing agent TNBS developed severe colitis leading to 80% severe morbidity, but if co‐injected (ip) with Anisakis ES products, the morbidity rate was 50% at the end of the experiment (48 hours post‐exposure). Gene expression studies of TNBS ‐treated zebrafish showed clear upregulation of a range of genes encoding inflammatory cytokines and effector molecules and some induction of genes related to the adaptive response. A distinct innate‐driven immune response was seen in both TNBS and TNBS + ES groups, but expression values were significantly depressed for several important pro‐inflammatory genes in the TNBS + ES group, indicating protective mechanisms of Anisakis ES compounds on intestinal immunopathology in zebrafish.