TY - JOUR
T1 - Green tea cultivar ‘Benifuuki’ potentiates split vaccine-induced immunoglobulin A production
AU - Won, Yeong Seon
AU - Kumazoe, Motofumi
AU - Takamatsu, Kanako
AU - Shinoda, Yuki
AU - Sonoda, Saki
AU - Okada, Kenji
AU - Okamoto, Takehisa
AU - Tachibana, Hirofumi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was kindly supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to H. Tachibana (Grant Numbers 22228002 and 15H02448).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, The Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy and Springer Japan.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Influenza is a widespread disease caused by infection with the influenza virus. Vaccination is considered to be the main countermeasure against influenza. A split vaccine is widely used to avoid severe adverse events, and it induces strong humoral immunity. However, the split vaccine alone cannot elicit mucosal immunity, including IgA production, and its preventative effects are limited. Here, we show that the green tea cultivar ‘Benifuuki’ extract enhanced the effect of a split vaccine on mucosal immunity. The frequency of IgA+ cells was increased in lung and Peyer’s patch that received Benifuuki diet. Secretion of hemagglutinin-specific mucosal IgA, which is closely linked to the prevention of viral infection, was significantly increased in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of split vaccine-immunized BALB/c mice that were administered green tea Benifuuki extract. Our findings suggest that Benifuuki intake enhanced the effects of the split vaccine on mucosal immunity.
AB - Influenza is a widespread disease caused by infection with the influenza virus. Vaccination is considered to be the main countermeasure against influenza. A split vaccine is widely used to avoid severe adverse events, and it induces strong humoral immunity. However, the split vaccine alone cannot elicit mucosal immunity, including IgA production, and its preventative effects are limited. Here, we show that the green tea cultivar ‘Benifuuki’ extract enhanced the effect of a split vaccine on mucosal immunity. The frequency of IgA+ cells was increased in lung and Peyer’s patch that received Benifuuki diet. Secretion of hemagglutinin-specific mucosal IgA, which is closely linked to the prevention of viral infection, was significantly increased in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of split vaccine-immunized BALB/c mice that were administered green tea Benifuuki extract. Our findings suggest that Benifuuki intake enhanced the effects of the split vaccine on mucosal immunity.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11418-016-1028-7
DO - 10.1007/s11418-016-1028-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 27488865
AN - SCOPUS:84982786698
SN - 1340-3443
VL - 71
SP - 68
EP - 75
JO - Journal of Natural Medicines
JF - Journal of Natural Medicines
IS - 1
ER -
