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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 278: L946-L954, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 5, L946-L954, May 2000

Human SP-A protein variants derived from one or both genes stimulate TNF-alpha production in the THP-1 cell line

Guirong Wang1, David S. Phelps2, Todd M. Umstead2, and Joanna Floros1,2

Departments of 1 Cellular and Molecular Physiology and 2 Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033

In humans, two functional genes of surfactant protein (SP) A, SP-A1 and SP-A2, and several alleles of each functional gene have been characterized. SP-A is a multimeric molecule consisting of six trimers. Each trimer contains two SP-A1 molecules and one SP-A2 molecule. Until now, it has been unclear whether a single SP-A gene product is functional or whether there are functional differences either among alleles or between single-gene SP-A products and SP-A products derived from both genes. We tested the ability of in vitro expressed SP-A variants to stimulate tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production by THP-1 cells. We observed that 1) single-gene products and products derived from both genes stimulate TNF-alpha production, 2) there are differences among SP-A1 and SP-A2 alleles in their ability to stimulate TNF-alpha production, and 3) the increases in TNF-alpha production are lower after treatment with the SP-A1 alleles than after treatment with the SP-A2 alleles. Furthermore, coexpressed SP-As from SP-A1 and SP-A2 genes have a higher activity compared with SP-As from individual alleles or mixed SP-As from SP-A1 and SP-A2 genes. These data suggest that the SP-A-induced increases in TNF-alpha levels differ among SP-A variants and appear to be affected by SP-A genotype and whether SP-A is derived from one or both genes.

allele; macrophage; surfactant protein A; tumor necrosis factor-alpha


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