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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (February 28, 2003). doi:10.1152/ajplung.00392.2002
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Submitted on November 18, 2002
Accepted on February 5, 2003

Role Of Clathrin- And Actin-Dependent Endocytotic Pathways in Lung Phospholipid Uptake

Peter Ruckert1, Sandra R. Bates1, and Aron B. Fisher1*

1 The Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: abf{at}mail.med.upenn.edu.

We evaluated the contribution of endocytotic pathways to pulmonary uptake of surfactant lipids from the alveolar space. Resting and stimulated (8-BrcAMP) uptake of unilamellar liposomes labeled with either [3H]- dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (3H-DPPC) or NBD-phosphatidylcholine (NBD-PC) were studied in isolated perfused rat lungs and isolated type II cells. Amantadine and phenylarsine oxide, inhibitors of clathrin-mediated endocytosis, each decreased 3H-DPPC uptake under resting conditions by approximately 40%; their combination had no additional effect. Cytochalasin D, an inhibitor of actin dependent processes, reduced liposome uptake by 55% and potentiated the effect of either clathrin inhibitor alone. Relative inhibition for all agents was higher in the presence of 8-BrcAMP. The effect of inhibitors was similar for liposomes labeled with 3H-DPPC or NBD-PC. By fluorescence microscopy, NBD-PC taken up by lungs was localized primarily to alveolar type II cells and was localized to lamellar bodies in both lungs and isolated cells. These studies indicate that both clathrin mediated and actin mediated pathways are responsible for endocytosis of DPPC-labeled liposomes by alveolar type II cells in the intact lung.




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