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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 139, 765-776, Copyright © 1991 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Surfactant protein D. Increased accumulation in silica-induced pulmonary lipoproteinosis

E Crouch, A Persson, D Chang and D Parghi
Department of Pathology, Jewish Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.

Surfactant protein D (SP-D) (CP4) is a collagenous surfactant- associated carbohydrate binding protein that is synthesized and secreted by alveolar epithelial cells. Previous studies have shown that intratracheal administration of crystalline silica to rats elicits a marked increase in the alveolar accumulation of surfactant lipids and surfactant protein A (SP-A). The authors examined the accumulation of SP-D using this animal model of alveolar proteinosis. Immunoperoxidase localization of SP-D studies at 2 weeks after silica instillation showed intense staining of intra-alveolar exudates, and cytoplasmic staining of hypertrophic type II cells. Immunoelectron microscopy showed that airspace SP-D was specifically associated with granular material, but not tubular myelin or other membranous structures. SP-D was quantified in bronchoalveolar lavage by immunoassay using antibodies specific for SP-D, and by reversephase HPLC after affinity purification of SP-D on maltosyl-agarose. Within 2 weeks after silica instillation, there was a greater than 45-fold increase in lavage SP-D per lung compared with saline controls, including an almost ten-fold increase in the insoluble or surfactant-associated protein. These studies indicate that the extracellular accumulation of SP-D is markedly increased in silica-induced lipoproteinosis, and that SP-D is associated with amorphous components identified by electron microscopy.

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