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In vivo effect of an immunostimulating bacterial lysate on human B lymphocytes.

Abstract
The aim of the present study is to investigate in humans the mechanism by which the oral vaccine Polyvalent Mechanical Bacterial Lysate (PMBL) can rapidly mobilize specific immune response and evaluate the efficacy of its immunostimulating activity in preventing recurrent infections of the upper respiratory tract (URTIs) in a group of patients with a medical history of URTI recurrence. Patients received, by sublingual route, PBML, an immunostimulating lysate obtained by mechanical lysis of the most common bacteria responsible for upper respiratory tract infections. The treatment was administered for 10 consecutive days/month for 3 consecutive months. After the end of the treatment period the patients were followed up for an additional 3 months. The frequency of IgM memory B cells and the expression of the activation marker CD25 in peripheral blood lymphocytes were measured using the flow cytometric method before the start and at days 30 and 90 of the treatment cycle. To correlate clinical results to immunological parameters, the patients were monitored at different time-points during the treatment and at the end of follow-up period. The results showed that PMBL exerts a therapeutic and preventing effect in acute and recurrent infections of the upper respiratory tract and that this effect correlated with the activation and enhancement of both IgM memory B lymphocytes (CD24+/CD27+ cells) and IL2 receptor-expressing lymphocytes (CD25+ cells) involved either in humoral or cellular immunity.
AuthorsG Lanzilli, R Falchetti, A Cottarelli, A Macchi, D Ungheri, M P Fuggetta
JournalInternational journal of immunopathology and pharmacology (Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol) 2006 Jul-Sep Vol. 19 Issue 3 Pg. 551-9 ISSN: 0394-6320 [Print] England
PMID17026840 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Broncho-Vaxom
  • Cell Extracts
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit
Topics
  • Adjuvants, Immunologic (pharmacology)
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • B-Lymphocytes (drug effects, immunology)
  • Bacteria
  • Cell Extracts (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M (biosynthesis)
  • Immunologic Memory (drug effects)
  • Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit (analysis)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Recurrence
  • Urinary Tract Infections (drug therapy)

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