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How some probiotic scientists are working to address COVID-19
May 4, 2020/in ISAPP Science Blog, News /
By ISAPP board of directors

With the global spread of COVID-19, the scientific community has experienced an unusual interruption. Across every field, many laboratories are temporarily shuttered and research programs of all sizes are on hiatus.

In this global circumstance of research being put on hold, it is enlightening to consider what some scientists in the fields of probiotics, prebiotics, and fermented foods are working on the context of understanding ways to combat viral threats with PROBIOTICS.

Here, ISAPP shares words from some of these scientists—and how they have connected the dots from probiotics to coronavirus-related work with potential medical relevance.

Drs. Paul Wischmeyer and Anthony Sung, Duke University School of Medicine, USA: Probiotics for prevention or treatment of COVID-19 infection

We have conducted several randomized clinical trials of probiotics in COVID-19 prevention and treatment. These trials are based on multiple clinical trials and meta-analyses that have shown that probiotics may reduce upper and lower respiratory tract infections, sepsis, and ventilator associated pneumonia by 30-50%.

These benefits are due to the beneficial effects of probiotics on the immune system. The Wischmeyer laboratory and others have shown that probiotics, such as Lactobacillus rhamnosus, can improve intestinal/lung barrier and homeostasis, increase regulatory T cells, improve anti-viral defense, and decrease pro-inflammatory cytokines in respiratory and systemic infections. These clinical benefits are especially relevant to individuals who have developed, or are at risk of developing COVID-19.

COVID-19 has been characterized by severe lower respiratory tract illness, and patients may manifest an excessive inflammatory response similar to cytokine release syndrome, which has been associated with increased complications and mortality. We hypothesize that probiotics will directly reduce COVID-19 infection risk and severity of disease/symptoms.

We will conduct a multicenter, randomized trial of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus vs. placebo to decrease infections and improve outcomes. This trial will utilize a commercial probiotic, delivering 20 billion CFU of Lactobacillus rhamnosus.

As the world waits in ‘lockdown’ mode, continued scientific progress for coronavirus prevention or treatment with Probiotics is critically important. All probiotic and prebiotic scientists are stepping up to pursue unique solutions.

Prof. Sarah Lebeer, University of Antwerp, Belgium:

Could the microbes in our upper and lower airways play a role in how we respond to the virus? Significant individual differences exist in the microbes that are prevalent and dominant in our airways. Lactobacilli are found in the respiratory tract, especially in the nasopharynx.

They might originate there from the oral cavity via the oronasopharynx, but we have found some strains that seem to be more adapted to the respiratory environment, for example by expressing catalase enzymes to withstand oxidative stress.

For many years we have studied a different virus, namely rotavirus, that causes acute diarrhea in children, and have found that Lactobacillus rhamnosus binds rotavirus and disables it, thereby blocking viral infection/multiplication.

Prof. Rodolphe Barrangou, North Carolina State University, USA: Engineering probiotic lactobacilli for vaccine development

Between NC State University and Colorado State University (CSU) there is a historical collaborative effort aiming at engineering probiotics to develop novel vaccines. The intersection of probiotics and antivirals is the focus here with expressing antigens on the cell surface of probiotics to develop oral vaccines.

We are actively engineering Lactobacillus acidophilus probiotics expressing COVID-19 proteins to be tested as potential vaccines at CSU in the near future, as progress dictates.

Despite strategies based on social distancing, hygiene, and screening, COVID-19 is progressing rapidly throughout the world, with healthcare systems at risk of being overwhelmed. While identification of effective drug therapies is ongoing, vaccines will not be available in the near future. Therefore, additional preventive strategies are urgently needed.

COVID-19 presents with a spectrum of disease severity, ranging from mild and non-specific flu-like symptoms, to pneumonia. Coronaviruses, including SARS-Cov-2 can invade enterocytes, thereby acting as a reservoir for the virus (4). Indeed, large clinical studies from China indicate that gastrointestinal symptoms are common in COVID-19, and are associated with disease severity (3, 4).

Probiotics are live microorganisms that when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host. Clinical evidence shows that certain probiotic strains help to prevent bacterial and viral infections, including gastroenteritis, sepsis, and respiratory tract infections (RTIs). The reason for adding probiotic strains to the overall prevention and care strategy is founded in science and clinical studies.

Clinical Data Supporting the Use of Probiotics to Prevent Covid-19

Probiotics can prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea, and infections in the gastrointestinal tract, but also infections at other sites, including sepsis.

A randomized placebo-controlled intervention study of 479 adults showed that Lactobacillus gasseri, Bifidobacterium longum with vitamins and minerals lowered not only the duration of common cold episodes but also days with fever. The impact of probiotics on prevention of upper RTI’s caused by specific viruses has also been documented.The incidence of influenza RTI was reduced following consumption of Lactobacillus brevis in an open label study of 1,783 school children.

Pertinent to the pandemic affecting adults more than children, these positive findings were confirmed in an RCT that included 27 elderly subjects receiving Bifidobacterium longum or placebo. Furthermore, lactic acid bacteria, from which many probiotics are selected, are part of the upper respiratory tract microbiota in healthy people, and some strains are being considered for prevention of recurrent otitis media. This makes their use for contributing to slow down progression of the coronavirus pandemic worthy of consideration.

The following are examples of probiotic strains with documentation in human studies that may have relevance in reducing the effects and burden of theCovid-19 pandemic.

Strains	Basis for inclusion	When to administer
Lactobacillus casei	Reduced incidence and duration of RTIs	Once daily for duration of the pandemic
Lactobacillus gasseri , Bifidobacterium longum	Lowering duration and severity of flu-like illness	Once daily for duration of the pandemic
Lactobacillus rhamnosus	For digestive health and gut barrier integrity, and prevention of viral RTIs	One capsule daily for duration of the pandemic
Lactobacillus plantarum	Prevention of upper RTIs, immune modulation	2 g sachet per day for duration of pandemic
Strains	Basis for inclusion	When to administer
Bifidobacterium breve and Lactobacillus casei	Lower incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia	One of each day for duration of the pandemic
Bifidobacterium longum	Enhances innate immunity, prevents influenza infection	One each day for duration of the pandemic
Pediococcus pentosaceus , Leuconostoc mesenteroides, L. paracasei, L. plantarum plus inulin,	To reduce rate of SIRS, infections, sepsis, days of stay in the intensive care unit, days under mechanical ventilation, and mortality	For COVID-19 patients

Mechanistic Basis for the Action of Probiotics to Prevent Infections and Relevance to Covid-19

Mechanisms that might explain clinical success of probiotics include enhancement of the intestinal epithelial barrier, competition with pathogens for nutrients and adhesion to the intestinal epithelium, production of anti-microbial substances and modulation of the host immune system. Bifidobacterium bifidum and Streptococcus thermophilus reduced the incidence of diarrhea and shedding of rotaviruses.

Safety of Probiotics
Probiotics are generally safe, even in the most vulnerable populations and in intensive care settings.Rather than consider intensive care patients too ill to receive probiotic and prebiotic therapy, RCTs of probiotics for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia provide a reason to consider them.

SummaryIn summary, the orally administered probiotic strains of Lactobacillus gasseri, Bifidobacterium longum, Lactobacillus gasseri (L. gasseri) and Lactobacillus rhamnosus can reduce the incidence and severity of viral RTIs. At a time when doctors are using drugs with little anti- COVID-19 data, probiotic strains documented for anti-viral and respiratory activities should become part of the strategy to reduce the burden and severity of this pandemic.

Government funding is being used to test numerous drugs but just as important, they should fund probiotic trials. In addition, use of recognized prebiotics to enhance propagation of probiotic strains and indigenous beneficial microbes should be recommended as part of the overall strategy to flatten the Covid -19 curve.

According to a research team at Ehwa Womans University Medical Center, it has confirmed probiotic bacteria extracted from fermented sea buckthorn berry had lots of lactobacillus gasseri (L. gasseri), which represses the activation of purine, an energy source required for the mutation of new coronavirus.

The group of researchers found L. gasseri while conducting experiments related to the inhibition of cytokine activity, and escherichia coli that inflame the bladder.

The researchers, led by Professor Yoon Ha-na of the Urology Department, also discovered that sea buckthorn berry had abundant amounts of ehstreptococcus thermophilus and lactobacillus rhamnosus, which have the same chemical binding site to the COVID-19 and affect the protein activity of AIDS. They also confirmed nine antioxidants, six minerals, and 16 amino acids.

Professor Yoon expects the probiotic bacteria (L. gasseri) found in sea buckthorn berry to be a supplementary treatment to suppress COVID-19 spread by inhibiting purine activity.

“I believe the probiotic bacteria will work as a complementary treatment to prevent COVID-19 and will apply the same mechanism to additional studies, including cystitis and hyperlipidemia,” Professor Yoon said.

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