title: Role of bovine pulmonary surfactant-associated proteins in the surface-active property of phospholipid mixtures.
abstract: The surfactant-associated proteins, SP-A, SP-B and SP-C have been isolated from bovine pulmonary surfactant. The biophysical roles of SP-B and SP-C in reconstituted surfactants, with various phospholipid mixtures subjected to different thermal treatments, have been examined using a pulsating bubble surfactometer. The phospholipid mixtures were: (A) dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC)/egg phosphatidylcholine (PC)/egg phosphatidylglycerol (PG) (6:2:2, w/w); (B) DPPC/PG (9:1); and (C) DPPC/PG (7:3). Thermal treatments involved mixing SP-B or SP-C, at room temperature, with lipids in chloroform/methanol (9:1, v/v) and removing the solvent under N2 by (1) evaporation at room temperature; (2) evaporation at 45 degrees C; or (3) incubation at 45 degrees C overnight prior to evaporation at 45 degrees C. In all cases, 45 degrees C solvent evaporation was the most effective treatment. DPPC/egg PG (7:3) was the most favourable lipid composition. With either a static or a pulsating bubble, SP-C promoted a rapid decrease in surface tension with little change thereafter. This implies that SP-C is effective in enhancing phospholipid adsorption but does not play an important role in the removal of non-DPPC lipid from the monolayer. While SP-B was not as effective in facilitating phospholipid absorption, samples containing this protein could achieve near zero surface tension upon pulsation. A very low surface tension could also be attained during the initial pulsation of DPPC/PG plus SP-B mixtures which had been allowed to adsorb until equilibrium. This observation indicates that SP-B promotes the removal of PG from the monolayer. SP-A alone had only a slight effect on the surface activity of the DPPC/PG (7:3) mixture, and did not accelerate adsorption of samples containing SP-C. However, SP-A facilitated phospholipid adsorption and may also enhance the removal of PG from monolayers in the presence of SP-B.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Possmayer
mesh_terms: D015060:1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine; D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002417:Cattle; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011510:Proteolipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D010743:Phospholipids; D011510:Proteolipids; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants; D015060:1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine