AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 6 1070-L1077, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of SP-A and surfactant lipids on expression of cell surface markers in the THP-1 monocytic cell line

S. G. Kremlev and D. S. Phelps
Department of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA.

Pulmonary surfactant and its lipid components inhibit cell proliferation and cytokine expression. Surfactant protein A (SP-A) can stimulate these same functions. We assessed the impact of SP-A and surfactant lipids on the expression of the cell surface markers, CD14, CD54 (intercellular adhesion molecule-1), and CD11b, by the human monocytic cell line THP-1 using fluorescent antibody staining and fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Under basal conditions CD14 and CD54 were undetectable, and CD11b was expressed at low levels. Incubation of the cells in 1,25(OH)2D3 alone, or with low doses of surfactant lipids, increased CD14, CD54, and CD11b. Expression was increased further by SP-A. However, the SP-A-induced increases in cell markers were blocked by simultaneous treatment with lipid. The results suggest that the ability of the macrophage to participate in an inflammatory response is enhanced by SP-A alone or by surfactant containing a higher than normal proportion of SP-A. They further suggest that the addition of lipids results in a phenotype less prone to initiate an inflammatory reaction.

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