title: Introduction of mannose binding protein-type phosphatidylinositol recognition into pulmonary surfactant protein A.
abstract: Pulmonary surfactant protein A (SP-A) and mannose-binding protein A (MBP-A) are collectins in the C-type lectin superfamily. These collectins exhibit unique lipid binding properties. SP-A binds to dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and galactosylceramide (GalCer) and MBP-A binds to phosphatidylinositol (PI). SP-A also interacts with alveolar type II cells. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs PE10 and PC6) that recognize human SP-A inhibit the interactions of SP-A with lipids and alveolar type II cells. We mapped the epitopes for anti-human SP-A mAbs by a phage display peptide library. Phage selected by mAbs displayed the consensus peptide sequences that are nearly identical to 184TPVNYTNWYRG194 of human SP-A. The synthetic peptide GTPVNYTNWYRG completely blocked the binding of mAbs to human SP-A. Chimeric proteins were generated in which the rat SP-A region Thr174-Gly194 or the human SP-A region Ser174-Gly194 was replaced with the MBP-A region Thr164-Asp184 (rat ama4 or hu ama4, respectively). The mAbs failed to bind hu ama4. Rat ama4 bound to an affinity matrix on mannose-sepharose but lost all of the SP-A functions except carbohydrate binding and Ca2+-independent GalCer binding. Strikingly, the rat ama4 chimera acquired the PI binding property that MBP-A exhibits. This study demonstrates that the amino acid residues 174-194 of SP-A and the corresponding region of MBP-A are critical for SP-A-type II cell interaction and Ca2+-dependent lipid binding of collectins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1 West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sohma
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Voelker
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody / Q000187:drug effects; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008358:Mannose / Q000378:metabolism*; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011510:Proteolipids / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D000939:Epitopes; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011510:Proteolipids; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D008358:Mannose