scholarly journals Effects of Surfactant Lipids and Surfactant Protein A on Host Defense Functions of Rat Alveolar Macrophages

2002 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annmarie Golioto ◽  
Jo Rae Wright
Keyword(s):  
Host Defense ◽  
Alveolar Macrophages ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Surfactant Protein ◽  
Surfactant Protein A

Surfactant protein A enhances the degradation of LPS-induced TLR4 in primary alveolar macrophages involving Rab7, β-arrestin2, and mTORC1

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Freundt ◽  
Christian Herzmann ◽  
Dominika Biedziak ◽  
Claudia Scheffzük ◽  
Karoline I. Gaede ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Responses ◽  
Host Defense ◽  
Alveolar Macrophages ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Surfactant Protein ◽  
Surfactant Protein A ◽  
Gram Negative Bacteria ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Lps Challenge ◽  
Tract Infections

Respiratory infections by Gram-negative bacteria are a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. Alveolar macrophages (AMs) play a central role in maintaining lung immune homeostasis and host defense by sensing pathogens via pattern recognition receptors (PRR). The PRR Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 is a key sensor of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Gram-negative bacteria. Pulmonary surfactant is the natural microenvironment of AMs. Surfactant protein A (SP-A), a multifunctional host defense collectin, controls LPS-induced pro-inflammatory immune responses at the organismal and cellular level via distinct mechanisms. We found that SP-A post-transcriptionally restricts LPS-induced TLR4 protein expression in primary AMs from healthy humans, rats, wild-type and SP-A -/- mice by further decreasing cycloheximide-reduced TLR4 protein translation and enhances the co-localization of TLR4 with the late endosome/lysosome. Both effects as well as the SP-A-mediated inhibition of LPS-induced TNFα release are counteracted by pharmacological inhibition of the small GTPase Rab7. SP-A-enhanced Rab7 expression requires β-arrestin2 and, in β-arrestin2 -/- AMs and after intratracheal LPS challenge of β-arrestin2 -/- mice, SP-A fails to enhance TLR4/lysosome co-localization and degradation of LPS-induced TLR4. In SP-A -/- mice, TLR4 levels are increased after pulmonary LPS challenge. SP-A-induced activation of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) kinase requires β-arrestin2 and is critically involved in degradation of LPS-induced TLR4. The data suggest that SP-A post-translationally limits LPS-induced TLR4 expression in primary AMs by lysosomal degradation comprising Rab7, β-arrestin2, and mTORC1. This study may indicate a potential role of SP-A-based therapeutic interventions in unrestricted TLR4-driven immune responses to lower respiratory tract infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria.

scholarly journals A novel procedure for the rapid isolation of surfactant protein A with retention of its alveolar-macrophage-stimulating properties

1995 ◽  
Vol 309 (2) ◽  
pp. 551-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
J F van Iwaarden ◽  
F Teding van Berkhout ◽  
J A Whitsett ◽  
R S Oosting ◽  
L M G van Golde
Keyword(s):  
Alveolar Macrophage ◽  
Alveolar Macrophages ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Surfactant Protein ◽  
Surfactant Protein A ◽  
Normal Rat ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Alveolar Proteinosis ◽  
Simplex Virus

Previous studies have shown that surfactant protein A (SP-A) derived from alveolar-proteinosis patients activates rat alveolar macrophages. However, it is not known if normal rat, dog and human SP-A can also stimulate alveolar macrophages. As alveolar-proteinosis SP-A has a slightly different structure from ordinary SP-A, it would be possible that the ascribed alveolar-macrophage-stimulating properties of SP-A are restricted to alveolar-proteinosis SP-A. To clarify this issue, we isolated SP-A from normal rat and dog pulmonary surfactants, using the same isolation technique commonly used for the isolation of alveolar-proteinosis SP-A, i.e. by butanol precipitation. In contrast with human alveolar-proteinosis SP-A, rat and dog SP-A obtained thus could not activate rat alveolar macrophages to produce oxygen radicals or enhance the phagocytosis of fluorescein isothiocyanate-labelled herpes simplex virus. However, rat, dog and normal human SP-A isolated by a novel method, involving extraction from pulmonary surfactant by using n-octyl beta-D-glucopyranoside and subsequent purification by cation-exchange chromatography, were able to elicit an oxidative burst in rat as well as normal human alveolar macrophages. In addition, dog and rat SP-A obtained thus stimulated the phagocytosis of herpes simplex virus by rat alveolar macrophages. These findings indicate that normal human, rat and dog SP-A have the same alveolar-macrophage-stimulating properties as human alveolar proteinosis SP-A. Dog and rat SP-A isolated by this novel method had the same Ca(2+)-dependent self-aggregation and lipid-aggregation properties as SP-A isolated by butanol precipitation. The new and milder isolation procedure yielded SP-A of high purity, as judged by SDS/PAGE and ELISA.

Surfactant protein A protects growing cells and reduces TNF-alpha activity from LPS-stimulated macrophages

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (2) ◽  
pp. L310-L319 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. McIntosh ◽  
S. Mervin-Blake ◽  
E. Conner ◽  
J. R. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Host Defense ◽  
Alveolar Macrophages ◽  
Cell Function ◽  
Immune Cell ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Surfactant Protein ◽  
Alpha Activity ◽  
Tnf Alpha ◽  
Activated Macrophages ◽  
Immune Functions

In addition to its effect on surfactant lipids, surfactant protein (SP)-A promotes host defense. To define further the role of SP-A in regulating immune cell function, we evaluated the effect of SP-A on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated alveolar macrophages in two settings. First, cocultured LPS-activated macrophages significantly inhibited lung fibroblast growth, but SP-A (added daily) attenuated this effect. Both LPS and SP-A acted via macrophages rather than directly on the fibroblasts, at least partially by affecting tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha activity. TNF-alpha reproduced the growth suppression, anti-TNF-alpha antibodies attenuated the effect LPS-activated macrophages, and SP-A reduced TNF-alpha activity in conditioned medium. Second, SP-A reduced TNF-alpha activity in medium from isolated LPS-stimulated macrophages. The effects of SP-A were noted with or without serum, were dose-dependent and reversible, and were seen with two different serotypes of smooth LPS. Equimolar concentrations of immunoglobulin G and C1q had no effect. Thus SP-A both enhances host defense and modulates immune functions of alveolar macrophages.

scholarly journals Effects of endotoxin on surfactant protein A and D stimulation of NO production by alveolar macrophages

1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (4) ◽  
pp. L650-L658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Rae Wright ◽  
Daniel F. Zlogar ◽  
Julie C. Taylor ◽  
Thomas M. Zlogar ◽  
Clara I. Restrepo
Keyword(s):  
Alveolar Macrophages ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Surfactant Protein ◽  
Optimal Recovery ◽  
Surfactant Protein A ◽  
No Production ◽  
Nitrite Production ◽  
Endotoxin Contamination ◽  
Nitric Oxide Metabolites ◽  
Endotoxin Content

Surfactant protein (SP) A and SP-D affect numerous functions of immune cells including enhancing phagocytosis of bacteria and production of reactive species. Previous studies have shown that SP-A and SP-D bind to a variety of bacteria and to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) components of their cell walls. In addition, purified preparations of SPs often contain endotoxin. The goals of this study were 1) to evaluate the effects of SP-A and SP-D and complexes of SPs and LPS on the production of nitric oxide metabolites by rat alveolar macrophages and 2) to evaluate methods for the removal of endotoxin with optimal recovery of SP. Incubation of SP-A or SP-D with polymyxin, 100 mM N-octyl-β-d-glucopyranoside, and 2 mM EDTA followed by dialysis was the most effective method of those tested for reducing endotoxin levels. Commonly used storage buffers for SP-D, but not for SP-A, inhibited the detection of endotoxin. There was a correlation between the endotoxin content of the SP-A and SP-D preparations and their ability to stimulate production of nitrite by alveolar macrophages. SP-A and SP-D treated as described above to remove endotoxin did not stimulate nitrite production. These studies suggest that the functions of SP-A and SP-D are affected by endotoxin and illustrate the importance of monitoring SP preparations for endotoxin contamination.

scholarly journals Rat surfactant protein D enhances the production of oxygen radicals by rat alveolar macrophages

1992 ◽  
Vol 286 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
J F Van Iwaarden ◽  
H Shimizu ◽  
P H M Van Golde ◽  
D R Voelker ◽  
L M G Van Golde
Keyword(s):  
Alveolar Macrophages ◽  
Oxygen Radicals ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Surfactant Protein ◽  
Surfactant Protein A ◽  
Surfactant Protein D ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Concentration Dependent Manner ◽  
Oxygen Radical Production ◽  
Stimulation Of

Rat surfactant protein D (SP-D) was shown to enhance the production of oxygen radicals by rat alveolar macrophages. This enhancement, which was determined by a lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescence assay, was maximal after 18 min at an SP-D concentration of 0.2 micrograms/ml. Surfactant lipids did not influence the stimulation of alveolar macrophages by SP-D, whereas the oxygen-radical production of these cells induced by surfactant protein A was inhibited by the lipids in a concentration-dependent manner.

Pathways for clearance of surfactant protein A from the lung

2005 ◽  
Vol 289 (6) ◽  
pp. L1011-L1018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepika Jain ◽  
Chandra Dodia ◽  
Aron B. Fisher ◽  
Sandra R. Bates
Keyword(s):  
Alveolar Macrophages ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Surfactant Protein ◽  
Cytochalasin D ◽  
Surfactant Protein A ◽  
Type Ii Cells ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Alveolar Space ◽  
Alveolar Cells ◽  
Specific Inhibitors

Uptake and degradation of 125I-surfactant protein A (SP-A) over a 1-h period was studied in alveolar cells in culture and in isolated perfused lungs to elucidate the mechanism for clearance of the protein from the alveolar space. Specific inhibitors of clathrin- and actin-dependent endocytosis were utilized. In type II cells, uptake of SP-A, compared with controls, was decreased by 60% on incubation with clathrin inhibitors (amantadine and phenylarsine oxide) or with the actin inhibitor cytochalasin D. All agents reduced SP-A metabolism by alveolar macrophages. Untreated rat isolated perfused lungs internalized 36% of instilled SP-A, and 56% of the incorporated SP-A was degraded. Inhibitors of clathrin and actin significantly reduced SP-A uptake by ∼54%, whereas cytochalasin D inhibited SP-A degradation. Coincubation of agents did not produce an additive effect on uptake of SP-A by cultured pneumocytes or isolated perfused lungs, indicating that all agents affected the same pathway. Thus SP-A clears the lung via a clathrin-mediated pathway that requires the polymerization of actin.

scholarly journals Surfactant protein A enhances the phagocytosis of C1q-coated particles by alveolar macrophages

2002 ◽  
Vol 283 (5) ◽  
pp. L1011-L1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy T. Watford ◽  
Molly B. Smithers ◽  
Michael M. Frank ◽  
Jo Rae Wright
Keyword(s):  
Alveolar Macrophages ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Surfactant Protein ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Surfactant Protein A ◽  
Complement Protein ◽  
Functional Consequences

Surfactant protein-A (SP-A) plays multiple roles in pulmonary host defense, including stimulating bacterial phagocytosis by innate immune cells. Previously, SP-A was shown to interact with complement protein C1q. Our goal was to further characterize this interaction and elucidate its functional consequences. Radiolabeled SP-A bound solid-phase C1q but not other complement proteins tested. The lectin activity of SP-A was not required for binding to C1q. Because C1q is involved in bacterial clearance but alone does not efficiently enhance the phagocytosis of most bacteria, we hypothesize that SP-A enhances phagocytosis of C1q-coated antigens. SP-A enhanced by sixfold the percentage of rat alveolar macrophages in suspension that phagocytosed C1q-coated fluorescent beads. Furthermore, uptake of C1q-coated beads was enhanced when either beads or alveolar macrophages were preincubated with SP-A. In contrast, SP-A had no significant effect on the uptake of C1q-coated beads by alveolar macrophages adhered to plastic slides. We conclude that SP-A may serve a protective role in the lung by interacting with C1q to enhance the clearance of foreign particles.

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