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* Department of Biochemistry,
Department of Microbiology, and
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan;
Department of Biosciences, School of Science, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan;
¶ Japan Bacillus Calmette-Guérin laboratory, Tokyo, Japan;
|| Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206; and Octothorpe CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
Collectins, including surfactant proteins A (SP-A) and D (SP-D) and mannose binding lectin (MBL), are the important constituents of the innate immune system. Mycobacterium avium, a facultative intracellular pathogen, has developed numerous mechanisms for entering mononuclear phagocytes. In this study, we investigated the interactions of collectins with M. avium and the effects of these lectins on phagocytosis of M. avium by macrophages. SP-A, SP-D, and MBL exhibited a concentration-dependent binding to M. avium. The binding of SP-A to M. avium was Ca2+-dependent but that of SP-D and MBL was Ca2+-independent. SP-A and SP-D but not MBL enhanced the phagocytosis of FITC-labeled M. avium by rat alveolar macrophages and human monocyte-derived macrophages. Excess mannan, zymosan, and lipoarabinomannan derived from the M. avium-intracellular complex, significantly decreased the collectin-stimulated phagocytosis of M. avium. Enhanced phagocytosis was not affected by the presence of cycloheximide or chelation of Ca2+. The mutated collectin, SP-AE195Q, R197D exhibited decreased binding to M. avium but stimulated phagocytosis to a level comparable to wild-type SP-A. Enhanced phagocytosis by cells persisted even after preincubation and removal of SP-A or SP-D. Rat alveolar macrophages that had been incubated with SP-A or SP-D also exhibited enhanced uptake of 125I-mannosylated BSA. Analysis by confocal microscopy and flow cytometry revealed that the lung collectins up-regulated the cell surface expression of mannose receptor on monocyte-derived macrophages. These results provide compelling evidence that SP-A and SP-D enhance mannose receptor-mediated phagocytosis of M. avium by macrophages.
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