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Surfactant function and composition after free radical exposure generated by transition metals.

L Mark1, E P Ingenito

  • 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

The American Journal of Physiology
|March 10, 1999
PubMed
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Transition metals like iron and copper can damage lung surfactant lipids and proteins. However, these modifications minimally impact surfactant function in acute lung injury and are reversible.

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Area of Science:

  • Pulmonary medicine
  • Biochemistry
  • Materials science

Background:

  • Surfactant dysfunction in acute lung injury (ALI) is linked to free radical damage.
  • Transition metals may exacerbate this damage by affecting lipid and protein components.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how transition metals (iron, copper) with varying properties influence surfactant interfacial properties.
  • To assess the impact of these metals on lipid peroxidation and protein modification.

Main Methods:

  • Purified calf lung surfactant (CLS) incubated with Fe2+, Fe3+, Fe3+-EDTA, or Cu2+ with or without H2O2 and ascorbate.
  • Lipid peroxidation measured by TBARS assay.
  • Protein modification assessed by fluorescamine assay and Western blot.
  • Surfactant function evaluated using pulsating bubble surfactometry.

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Main Results:

  • Iron-based systems (Fe2+, Fe3+, Fe3+-EDTA) induced lipid peroxidation; copper did not.
  • All transition metal systems altered surfactant protein composition, including surfactant protein A.
  • Biochemical modifications resulted in minimal surfactant dysfunction, evidenced by increased compression ratio.
  • Dysfunction was reversible with calcium (Ca2+) addition.

Conclusions:

  • Iron and copper free radical systems differentially modify surfactant lipids and proteins.
  • These modifications have a limited effect on overall surfactant function in ALI.
  • Calcium can reverse the observed functional impairment, suggesting therapeutic potential.