title: Phospholipid binding and biophysical activity of pulmonary surfactant-associated protein (SAP)-35 and its non-collagenous COOH-terminal domains.
abstract: Surfactant-associated protein of Mr = 35,000, SAP-35, is the major glycoprotein present in mammalian pulmonary surfactants. In this study, canine SAP-35 and several of its COOH-terminal peptides were purified and characterized by amino acid composition and NH2-terminal sequencing analysis. These proteins were then studied in terms of their specific lipid-binding characteristics and surface activity when combined with a synthetic phospholipid mixture, SM, chosen as an approximation of lung surfactant phospholipids. Purified, delipidated SAP-35 bound SM strongly. In contrast, SAP-21 (a non-collagenous fragment generated by collagenase digestion) bound phospholipid weakly; SAP-18 (an acidic COOH-terminal fragment comprising residues Gly-118 to Phe-231) did not bind phospholipid, demonstrating the importance of hydrophobic amino acid residues Gly-81 to Val-117 and the NH2-terminal collagenous domain in interaction of the SAP-35 with phospholipids. In surface activity experiments, purified SAP-35 enhanced the adsorption of SM phospholipids in terms of both rate and overall surface tension lowering. However, the adsorption facility of the SM-SAP-35 mixture did not approach that of either whole surfactant or the surfactant extract preparations, calf lung surfactant extract or surfactant-TA, used in exogenous surfactant replacement therapy for the neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. In addition, the dynamic surface activity of the SM-SAP-35 mixture was well below that of natural surfactant or surfactant extracts. This was also true of mixtures of SM phospholipids combined with the SAP-18 and SAP-21 fragments of SAP-35.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D017038:Mannosyl-Glycoprotein Endo-beta-N-Acetylglucosaminidase; D003012:Microbial Collagenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D011510:Proteolipids / Q000032:analysis*; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010743:Phospholipids; D011510:Proteolipids; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants; C445842:SFTPA1 protein, human; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D017038:Mannosyl-Glycoprotein Endo-beta-N-Acetylglucosaminidase; D003012:Microbial Collagenase