Macrophage and type II cell catabolism of SP-A and saturated phosphatidylcholine in mouse lungs
Macrophage and type II cell catabolism of SP-A and saturated phosphatidylcholine in mouse lungs
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DOI:
10.1152/ajplung.2001.280.6.l1266
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发表时间:
2001-06-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Jobe, AH
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作者:
Gurel, O;Ikegami, M;Jobe, AH
Type II cells and macrophages are the major cells involved in the alveolar clearance and catabolism of surfactant. We measured type II cell and macrophage contributions to the catabolism of saturated phosphatidylcholine and surfactant protein A (SP-A) in mice. We used intratracheally administered SP-A labeled with residualizing I-125-dilactitol-tyramine, radiolabeled dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine ([H-3] DPPC), and its degradation-resistant analog [C-14] DPPC-ether. At 15 min and 7, 19, 29, and 48 h after intratracheal injection, the mice were killed; alveolar lavage was then performed to recover macrophages and surfactant. Type II cells and macrophages not recovered by the lavage were subsequently isolated by enzymatic digestion of the lung. Radioactivity was measured in total lung, lavage fluid macrophages, alveolar washes, type II cells, and lung digest macrophages. Approximately equal amounts of I-125-dilactitol-tyramine-SP-A and [C-14] DPPC-ether associated with the macrophages (lavage fluid plus lung digest) and type II cells when corrected for the efficiency of type II cell isolation. Eighty percent of the macrophage-associated radiolabel was recovered from lung digest macrophages. We conclude that macrophages and type II cells contribute equally to saturated phosphatidylcholine and SP-A catabolism in mice.