title: Acute phase mediator oncostatin M regulates affinity of alpha1-protease inhibitor for concanavalin A in hepatoma-derived but not lung-derived epithelial cells.
abstract: Quantitative changes in plasma protein concentrations during tissue injury or inflammation (acute phase response) are often accompanied by specific alterations in the carbohydrate moieties of these proteins. The glycosylation changes comprise alterations in the type of branching of the carbohydrate structures as revealed by modulated reactivity of acute phase glycoproteins with the lectin concanavalin A. Interestingly, inflammation-induced changes in the glycosylation of acute phase proteins have been shown to affect the functional properties of these proteins. In this study we demonstrate that synthesis of acute phase protein alpha(1)-PI, the controlling inhibitor of neutrophil elastase, is significantly up-regulated in hepatic and lung-derived epithelial cells by the inflammatory mediator oncostatin M. Although oncostatin M markedly altered the concanavalin A reactivity of hepatic alpha(1)-PI, lung-derived epithelial cells did not change the pattern of alpha(1)-PI glycan branching upon stimulation with oncostatin M. These results indicate that inflammation-induced changes in glycosylation of alpha(1)-PI may have different impacts on functional properties of liver and lung-synthesized alpha(1)-PI.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kulig
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cichy
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology*; D053683:Oncostatin M; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C508351:OSM protein, human; D010455:Peptides; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin; D053683:Oncostatin M; D003208:Concanavalin A