3% thioglycolate (Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD, USA) in
phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) was intraperitoneally injected into C57BL/6 mice
(Orient Bio, Seongnam, Korea) at 1 mL per mouse. On day 3,
thioglycolate-injected mice were sacrificed to harvest peritoneal lavages. Cell
pellets were then acquired after centrifuging peritoneal lavages at 400×g
for 5 min at 4°C and resuspended in DMEM/F-12 (Thermo Fisher Scientific,
Waltham, MA, USA) medium supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum
and 1% penicillin/streptomycin (DMEM/F-12-10). After resuspension, cells
were plated into tissue culture plates and incubated in a humidified 5%
CO2 atmosphere at 37°C. After overnight culture, adherent
cells were harvested and counted. The purity of PMs was validated by flow
cytometry analyses using anti-mouse CD11b (eBioscience, San Diego, CA, USA) and
anti-mouse F4/80 (BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA) antibodies. More than
90% of cells were CD11b+F4/80+ cells
(data not shown). After isolation, PMs (2×106 cell/well) were
seeded into a 12-well plate in 1 mL of DMEM/F-12-10. Heat killed WIKIM28 or
WIKIM50 (2×107 CFU/mL) was co-cultured with PMs in a
humidified 5% CO2 atmosphere at 37°C for 24 hours. As
controls, vehicle (PBS) was used to treat PMs without incubation with
probiotics.