TY - JOUR
T1 - Surfactant Protein-D, a Mediator of Innate Lung Immunity, Alters the Products of Nitric Oxide Metabolism
AU - Atochina, Elena N.
AU - Beers, Michael F.
AU - Hawgood, Samuel
AU - Poulain, Francis
AU - Davis, Christiana
AU - Fusaro, Trevor
AU - Gow, Andrew J.
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - Surfactant protein (SP)-D, a 43-kD multifunctional collagen-like lectin, is synthesized and secreted by the airway epithelium. SP-D knockout (SP-D [-/-]) mice exhibit an increase in the number and size of airway macrophages, peribronchiolar inflammation, increases in metalloproteinase activity, and development of emphysema. Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in a variety of signaling processes, and because altered NO metabolism has been observed in inflammation, we hypothesized that alterations in its metabolism would underlie the proinflammatory state observed in SP-D deficiency. Examination of the bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL) from SP-D (-/-) mice reveals a significant increase in protein and phospholipid content and total cell count. NO production and inducible NO synthase expression were increased in the BAL; however, there was a decline in 5-nitrosothiol (SNO) content in the BAL and a loss of SNO immunoreactivity within the tissue. This decline in SNO was accompanied by an increase in nitrotyrosine staining. We conclude that inflammation that occurs in SP-D deficiency results in an increase in NO production and a shift in the chemistry and targets of NO. We speculate that the proinflammatory response due to SP-D deficiency results, in part, from a disruption of NO-mediated signaling within the innate immune system.
AB - Surfactant protein (SP)-D, a 43-kD multifunctional collagen-like lectin, is synthesized and secreted by the airway epithelium. SP-D knockout (SP-D [-/-]) mice exhibit an increase in the number and size of airway macrophages, peribronchiolar inflammation, increases in metalloproteinase activity, and development of emphysema. Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in a variety of signaling processes, and because altered NO metabolism has been observed in inflammation, we hypothesized that alterations in its metabolism would underlie the proinflammatory state observed in SP-D deficiency. Examination of the bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL) from SP-D (-/-) mice reveals a significant increase in protein and phospholipid content and total cell count. NO production and inducible NO synthase expression were increased in the BAL; however, there was a decline in 5-nitrosothiol (SNO) content in the BAL and a loss of SNO immunoreactivity within the tissue. This decline in SNO was accompanied by an increase in nitrotyrosine staining. We conclude that inflammation that occurs in SP-D deficiency results in an increase in NO production and a shift in the chemistry and targets of NO. We speculate that the proinflammatory response due to SP-D deficiency results, in part, from a disruption of NO-mediated signaling within the innate immune system.
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U2 - 10.1165/rcmb.2003-0091OC
DO - 10.1165/rcmb.2003-0091OC
M3 - Article
C2 - 12871850
AN - SCOPUS:1542374729
VL - 30
SP - 271
EP - 279
JO - American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
JF - American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
SN - 1044-1549
IS - 3
ER -