| Pulmonary surfactant metabolism in infants lacking surfactant protein B. | |
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PMID: 10696076 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Infants with inherited deficiency of pulmonary surfactant protein (SP) B develop respiratory failure at birth and die without lung transplantation. We examined aspects of surfactant metabolism in lung tissue and lavage fluid acquired at transplantation or postmortem from ten infants born at term with inherited deficiency of SP-B; comparison groups were infants with other forms of chronic lung disease (CLD) and normal infants. In pulse/chase labeling studies with cultured deficient tissue, no immunoprecipitable SP-B was observed and an approximately 6-kD form of SP-C accumulated that was only transiently present in CLD tissue. SP-B messenger RNA (mRNA) was approximately 8% of normal in deficient specimens, and some intact message was observed after, but not before, explant culture. Transcription rates for SP-B, assessed by nuclear run-on assay using probes for sequences both 5' and 3' of the common nonsense mutation (121ins2), were comparable in all lungs examined. The minimal surface tension achieved with lavage surfactant was similarly elevated in both deficient and CLD infants (26-31 mN/m) compared with normal infants (6 mN/m). Both SP-B-deficient and CLD infants had markedly decreased phosphatidylglycerol content of lavage and tissue compared with normal lung, whereas synthetic rates for phospholipids, including phosphatidylglycerol, were normal. We conclude that the mutated SP-B gene is transcribed normally but produces an unstable mRNA and that absence of SP-B protein blocks processing of SP-C. Chronic infant lung disease, of various etiologies, reduces surfactant function and apparently alters phosphatidylglycerol degradation. |
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Authors:
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M F Beers; A Hamvas; M A Moxley; L W Gonzales; S H Guttentag; K O Solarin; W J Longmore; L M Nogee; P L Ballard |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology Volume: 22 ISSN: 1044-1549 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. Publication Date: 2000 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-04-14 Completed Date: 2000-04-14 Revised Date: 2007-11-14 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8917225 Medline TA: Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 380-91 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Institute for Environmental Medicine, USA. |
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Acetates
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metabolism,
pharmacology Blotting, Western Cysteine / pharmacokinetics Fetus / metabolism Gene Expression / physiology Genotype Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Methionine / pharmacokinetics Phosphatidylcholines / metabolism Phosphatidylglycerols / metabolism Proteolipids / analysis, genetics*, metabolism* Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins Pulmonary Surfactants / analysis, genetics*, metabolism* RNA, Messenger / analysis Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / metabolism* Sulfur Radioisotopes / diagnostic use Transcription, Genetic / physiology Tritium / diagnostic use |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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1P50HL56401/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HD54187/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HL54158/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS |
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0/Acetates; 0/Phosphatidylcholines; 0/Phosphatidylglycerols; 0/Proteolipids; 0/Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; 0/Pulmonary Surfactants; 0/RNA, Messenger; 0/Sulfur Radioisotopes; 10028-17-8/Tritium; 52-90-4/Cysteine; 63-68-3/Methionine |
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