AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol 263, Issue 2 210-L218, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Pulmonary SP-A enhances adsorption and appears to induce surface sorting of lipid extract surfactant

S. Schurch, F. Possmayer, S. Cheng and A. M. Cockshutt
Department of Medical Physiology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The effect of surfactant concentration and supplementation with surfactant-associated protein A (SP-A) on the surface activity of lipid extract surfactant (LES) was examined using a captive bubble technique. Adsorption of LES is strongly concentration dependent over the range of 50-1,000 micrograms/ml. Addition of SP-A to LES at low concentrations in the presence of calcium dramatically increases the rate of adsorption. In quasistatic cycling experiments, samples containing SP-A require less compression to achieve low surface tensions even during the first compression cycle. Calculated film compressibilities at 15 mN/m indicate that SP-A alters the surfactant monolayer behavior such that in a small number of cycles the compressibility is indistinguishable from that of pure DPPC. Furthermore, SP-A reduces the incidence of bubble "clicking," suggesting a stabilization of the monolayer at low surface tensions. In dynamic cycling experiments, SP-A reduces compression of the film area required to achieve a low surface tension of approximately 1 mN/m. SP-A eliminated the plateau just below 25 mN/m normally observed during the compression phase with low concentrations of LES and the shoulder observed at approximately 35 mN/m during expansion. In the presence of SP-A and, to a lesser extent with high concentrations of LES, there is a marked lag in the increase in surface tension during the initial part of the dynamic expansion loop, with surface tensions remaining near 1 mN/m for approximately 10% of the increase in bubble area. The results indicate that SP-A enhances phospholipid adsorption during dynamic cycling and may enhance elimination of non-DPPC lipids during cycling.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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