Effect of Reconstituted Pulmonary Surfactant Containing the 6000‐Dalton Hydrophobic Protein on Lung Compliance of Prematurely Delivered Rabbit Fetuses
作者:
SHOU-HAW YU,
DUNCAN WALLACE,
BHAGU BHAVNANI,
GORAN ENHORNING,
PAUL HARDING,
FRED POSSMAYER,
期刊:
Pediatric Research
(OVID Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 23,
issue 1
页码: 23-30
ISSN:0031-3998
年代: 1988
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Chloroform:methanol extracts of bovine pulmonary surfactant contain small hydrophobic proteins, designated surfactant-associated apoproteins 6,000 (SAP-6), but do not contain the major surfactant-associated 35,000-dalton glycoprotein, designated SAP-35. Examination of lipid extract surfactant on sodium dodecylsulfatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed hydrophobic proteins with apparent molecular masses of 15,000, 7,000, and 3,500 daltons prior to reduction. After reduction, the 15,000-dalton species largely disappeared and was replaced by a 5,000-dalton species. In addition, the 7000-and 3500-dalton species exhibited a slightly enhanced mobility. Amino acid analysis demonstrated that SAP-6 possesses a more highly hydrophobic profile than SAP-35. Combining the protein-containing fractions from silicic acid chromatography of lipid extract with synthetic dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine produced a reconstituted surfactant preparation which was just as active as lipid extract surfactant on a pulsating bubble surfactometer. The reconstituted surfactant contained SAP-6 but not SAP-35. Pressure-volume studies revealed that, at the optimal dose, reconstituted surfactant containing half the SAP-6 concentration of lipid extract exhibited similar effectiveness to lipid extract surfactant in promoting lung expansion with prematurely delivered rabbit fetuses of 27 days gestation. Reconstituted surfactant with an identical SAP-6 protein concentration as lipid extract possessed the same biological properties as the preparation with 1% SAP-6 protein. These studies support the view that an artificial surfactant composed of synthetic or semisynthetic lipids plus human SAP-6 produced via biotechnology could be useful for prevention and/or treatment of the neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.
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