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Current vaccine development focuses on exploring antigen delivery systems that enable efficient needle-free, mass vaccination. Bacterial spores offer a promising platform for oral vaccine delivery, as they are highly resistant structures that can act as adjuvants and antigen carriers. This technology has been explored in recent years, mostly using spores from laboratory strains, for which a variety of genetic tools have been optimized. The use of spores of autochthonous probiotic strains for displaying antigens remains to be further explored. In this study, we engineered two fish-gut\n                    <jats:italic>Bacillus subtilis<\/jats:italic>\n                    strains (FI314 and FI442) with probiotic potential to display the immunogenic proteins OmpK or TolC of\n                    <jats:italic>Vibrio<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. Their immunomodulatory effect was evaluated using\n                    <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>ex vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                    approaches. In RTgutGC cells, both FI314 and FI314-TolC spores induced an up-regulation of innate immune markers, including\n                    <jats:italic>il1b<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>il8<\/jats:italic>\n                    , while FI314 spores down-regulated\n                    <jats:italic>casp3a2<\/jats:italic>\n                    expression. These effects were not observed with the probiotic FI442. In European seabass gut explants, FI314-TolC spores induced the expression of\n                    <jats:italic>il10<\/jats:italic>\n                    , while all spores induced the upregulation of\n                    <jats:italic>ifng<\/jats:italic>\n                    after bacterial challenge with\n                    <jats:italic>V. anguillarum<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>In vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                    , however, feeding European seabass with diets containing FI314, FI314-OmpK, or FI314-TolC spores for 30 days did not elicit a robust adaptive immune response, as indicated by the lack of significant modulation of immune-related genes and unchanged serum IgM levels. RNA-seq analysis of the distal intestine showed that FI314 spores induced a down-regulation of cell proliferation pathways. while OmpK-carrying spores affected innate immunity pathways. The results of this study indicate that the immunomodulatory effects of autochthonous probiotics are strain dependent. FI314 antigen-displaying spores were insufficient to induce an effective adaptive immunity, under the conditions tested. This study emphasizes the importance of optimizing bacterial strain selection, antigen choice, and immunization regimen when designing oral spore-based vaccines for fish.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmars.2026.1774354","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,11]],"date-time":"2026-02-11T07:08:45Z","timestamp":1770793725000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Antigen-displaying probiotic Bacillus subtilis spores induce subtle, strain-dependent immunomodulation in fish"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Gabriela","family":"Gon\u00e7alves","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias, Universidade do Porto","place":["Porto, Portugal"]},{"name":"CIIMAR \u2013 Centro Interdisciplinar de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Marinha e Ambiental, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leix\u00f5es, Universidade do 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