Differential regulation of the mannose and SP-A receptors on macrophages.
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| Abstract |
Two carbohydrate-dependent mechanisms exist on alveolar macrophages to clear mannose-containing pathogens: receptor-mediated entry of non-opsonized microorganisms via the mannose receptor and receptor recognition of pathogens opsonized with surfactant-associated protein A (SP-A). A number of studies have demonstrated that mannose receptor expression is tightly linked to the functional state of the macrophage. In the present study, we investigated regulation of binding of SP-A to its receptor on macrophages by the same agents that regulate mannose-receptor expression. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and interferon-gamma treatment of rat marrow-derived macrophages increased SP-A binding by 163, 296, and 337%, respectively, over untreated controls. Mannose-receptor activity was reduced to 75, 60, and 25% of control levels by these agents. Dexamethasone increased mannose receptor activity to 225%, while decreasing SP-A binding to 44% of controls. Addition of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to human monocytes on day 0 dramatically increased mannose-receptor activity on day 5 over the non-serum control. SP-A binding was highest to freshly isolated monocytes and decreased to < 10% after differentiation in the presence of GM-CSF. After intraperitoneal injection of dexamethasone, rat alveolar macrophages isolated at 24 h expressed increased mannose-receptor activity and decreased SP-A binding. LPS injection resulted in increased SP-A binding and decreased mannose-receptor activity. In every instance, SP-A binding was inversely regulated with respect to mannose-receptor expression. We therefore speculate that the mannose receptor is a first-line host-defense receptor that is turned off during inflammation. SP-A in the alveolar space can then act as a lung-specific opsonin and mediate clearance of pathogens via the upregulated SP-A receptor.
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| Authors | Z Chroneos, V L Shepherd |
| Journal | The American journal of physiology (Am J Physiol) Vol. 269 Issue 6 Pt 1 Pg. L721-6 (Dec 1995) ISSN: 0002-9513 [Print] United States |
| PMID | 8572233 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.) |
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