Surfactant phospholipid DPPC downregulates monocyte respiratory burst via modulation of PKC

Pulmonary surfactant phospholipids have been shown previously to regulate inflammatory functions of human monocytes. This study was undertaken to delineate the mechanisms by which pulmonary surfactant modulates the respiratory burst in a human monocytic cell line, MonoMac-6 (MM6). Preincubation of M...

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Published in:American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 2005-06, Vol.32 (6), p.L1070-L1080
Main Authors: TONKS, Alex, PARTON, Joan, TONKS, Amanda J, MORRIS, Roger H. K, FINALL, Alison, JONES, Kenneth P, JACKSON, Simon K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cells
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Respiratory system
Signal transduction
Surfactants
Vertebrates: respiratory system
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Summary:Pulmonary surfactant phospholipids have been shown previously to regulate inflammatory functions of human monocytes. This study was undertaken to delineate the mechanisms by which pulmonary surfactant modulates the respiratory burst in a human monocytic cell line, MonoMac-6 (MM6). Preincubation of MM6 cells with the surfactant preparations Survanta, Curosurf, or Exosurf Neonatal inhibited the oxidative response to either lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and zymosan or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) by up to 50% (P < 0.01). Preincubation of MM6 cells and human peripheral blood monocytes with dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC), the major phospholipid component of surfactant, inhibited the oxidative response to zymosan. DPPC did not directly affect the activity of the NADPH oxidase in a MM6 reconstituted cell system, suggesting that DPPC does not affect the assembly of the individual components of this enzyme into a functional unit. The effects of DPPC were evaluated on both LPS/zymosan and PMA activation of protein kinase C (PKC), a ubiquitous intracellular kinase, in MM6 cells. We found that DPPC significantly inhibited the activity of PKC in stimulated cells by 70% (P < 0.01). Western blotting experiments demonstrated that DPPC was able to attenuate the activation of the PKC isoform but not PKCdelta. These results suggest that DPPC, the major component of pulmonary surfactant, plays a role in modulating leukocyte inflammatory responses in the lung via downregulation of PKCalpha, a mechanism that may involve the PKCdelta isoform. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1040-0605
1522-1504