Effects of ozone and acid aerosol exposures on surfactant-associated protein A in the lung

Thesis/Dissertation · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:7104368

Su, W Y

This study examined the effect of ozone and/or acid aerosol exposure on the level of surfactant associated protein A (SP-A), its gene expression and functionality in the lung. Guinea pigs were exposed to (1) a single exposure to 0.2 to 0.8 ppm ozone for 6 hr and sacrificed at 0 to 120 hr postexposure, (2) 0.8 ppm ozone, 6 hr/day for 3 to 5 days and sacrificed immediately postexposure, or (3) 0.8 ppm ozone, 600 [mu]g/m[sup 3] sulfuric acid, or ozone plus acid for 6 hr and sacrificed at 72 hr postexposure. The concentration of SP-A was determined by ELISA in lavage fluid, lavage cell pellets, and lung tissue compartments. SP-A gene expression was examined in lung tissue by Northern and slot blot analysis. Effect of ozone exposure on functionality of surfactant was tested by its ability to modulate phagocytic cell respiratory burst in a luminol-amplified chemiluminescence (CL) assay of phagocytic cells simulated by PMA or opsonized-zymosan. There were isolated, but significant, changes in SP-A concentrations in the lavage cell and the lavage fluid compartments at 24 and 48 hr after single exposure to 0.8 ppm ozone, respectively. Exposure to ozone and ozone plus acid also slightly increased total SP-A level in the lung. No change in SP-A gene expression was detected under the exposure conditions examined. However, surfactant from ozone exposed animals significantly enhanced CL response of phagocytic cells stimulated by either PMA or opsonized-zymosan. Blocking of the enhancement of CL by a rabbit anti-human SP-A antibody strongly suggested that SP-A may contribute in the altered respiratory burst of phagocytic cells induced by surfactant from ozone exposed animals.

• Research Organization: New York Univ., NY (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7104368
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY
FUNCTIONS
GENE REGULATION
GUINEA PIGS
LUNGS
MAMMALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
OZONE
PROTEINS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
RODENTS
VERTEBRATES