PMID- 22288595 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120322 LR - 20211021 IS - 1365-2249 (Electronic) IS - 0009-9104 (Print) IS - 0009-9104 (Linking) VI - 167 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Mar TI - Surfactant protein D inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in human renal tubular epithelial cells: implication for tubulointerstitial fibrosis. PG - 514-22 LID - 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04521.x [doi] AB - Surfactant protein D (SP-D), a member of the C-type lectin (collectin) protein family, plays a critical role in innate host defence against various microbial pathogens and in the modulation of inflammatory responses in the lung. However, little is known about its expression and biological function in the kidney. In this work, we studied SP-D expression in human kidney and cultured human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2), and examined the effect of SP-D on proinflammatory cytokine production after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulus. We observed the expression of both SP-D mRNA and protein in human kidney and in-vitro HK-2 cells by immunohistochemistry, Western blot analysis, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and real-time PCR. To explore the potential role of SP-D in the pathogenesis of tubulointerstitial fibrosis in kidney infection, we examined the production of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in HK-2 cells after LPS treatment. Results showed that the level of MCP-1 in the conditioned medium increased significantly when HK-2 cells were cultured with LPS (>0.1 microg/ml) for 8 h. Of interest, LPS treatment inhibited SP-D expression in HK-2 cells. Furthermore, over-expression of SP-D reduced significantly the LPS-induced expression of MCP-1 in transfected cells. These findings suggest that SP-D in the kidney functions as an anti-inflammatory factor in renal tubular epithelial cells and may modulate tubulointerstitial fibrosis in kidney. CI - (c) 2011 The Authors. Clinical and Experimental Immunology (c) 2011 British Society for Immunology. FAU - Hu, F AU - Hu F AD - Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Liang, W AU - Liang W FAU - Ren, Z AU - Ren Z FAU - Wang, G AU - Wang G FAU - Ding, G AU - Ding G LA - eng GR - R21 HL096007/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL096007/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Clin Exp Immunol JT - Clinical and experimental immunology JID - 0057202 RN - 0 (CCL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Culture Media, Conditioned) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) SB - IM MH - Base Sequence MH - Cell Line MH - Chemokine CCL2/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Culture Media, Conditioned MH - Epithelial Cells/drug effects/immunology/metabolism MH - Fibrosis MH - Gene Expression/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Kidney Diseases/etiology/genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Kidney Tubules/cytology/drug effects/*immunology/*metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Transfection PMC - PMC3374284 EDAT- 2012/02/01 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/23 06:00 PMCR- 2013/03/01 CRDT- 2012/02/01 06:00 PHST- 2012/02/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/02/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04521.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Immunol. 2012 Mar;167(3):514-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04521.x.