24
Views
8
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Effect of Steroids on the Synthesis of Complement C3 in a Human Alveolar Epithelial Cell Line

, , &
Pages 603-616 | Received 10 Nov 1992, Accepted 13 Apr 1993, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

References

  • Morgan BP. Complement: clinical Aspects and Relevance to Disease. Academic, London 1990
  • Cole FS, Matthews WJ, Rossing TH, Gash DJ, Lichtenberg NA, Pennington JE. Complement biosynthesis by human bronchoalveolar macrophages. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1983; 27: 153–159
  • Glovsky MM, Nagata S, Adams JS, Sharma O. Production of human complement components C3, C4, and C5 and their respective anaphylotoxins by cultured alveolar macrophages. Fed Proc 1986; 45: 1110, (Abstract)
  • Rothman BL, Merrow M, Bamba M, Kennedy T, Kreutzer DL. Biosynthesis of the third and fifth complement components by isolated human lung cells. Am Rev Respir Dis 1989; 139: 212–220
  • Strunk RC, Eidlen DM, Mason RJ. Pulmonary alveolar type II epithelia cells synthesize and secrete proteins of the classical and alternative complement pathways. J Clin Invest 1988; 81: 1419–1426
  • Zach TL, Hill LD, Herrman VA, Leuschen MP, Hostetter MK. Effect of glucocorticoids on C3 gene expression by the A549 human pulmonary epithelial cell line. J Immunol 1992; 148: 3964–3966
  • Ballard PL, Mason RW, Douglas WH. Glucocorticoid binding by isolated lung cells. Endocrinology 1978; 102: 1570–1575
  • Gross I, Ballard PL, Ballard RA, Jones CT, Wilson CM. Corticosteroid stimulation of phosphatidylcholine synthesis in cultured fetal rabbit lung: evidence for de novo protein synthesis mediated by glucocorticoid receptors. Endocrinology 1983; 112: 829–837
  • Miesfeld RL. Molecular genetics of corticosteroid action. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990; 141: S11–S17
  • Badley JE, Bishop GA, St. John T, Frelinger JA. A simple, rapid method for the purification of poly A+ RNA. Biotechniques 1988; 6: 114–116
  • DeBruijn M HL, Fey GH. Human complement component C3: cDNA coding sequence and derived primary structure. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1985; 82: 708–712
  • Tenner AJ, Robinson SL, Borchelt J, Wright JR. Human pulmonary surfactant protein (SP-A), a protein structurally homologous to C1q, can enhance FcR- and CR1-mediated phagocytosis. J Biol Chem 1989; 264: 13923–13928
  • O'Neill S, Lesperance E, Klass DJ. Rat lung surfactant enhances bacterial phagocytosis and intracellular killing by alveolar macrophages. Am Rev Respir Dis 1984; 130: 225–230
  • Dorio RJ, Walker S, Buckley S, Ben-Ari J, Arora Y, Warburton D. II-6 production by type II alveolar epithelial cells. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992; 145: 139, (Abstract)
  • Standiford TJ, Kunkel SL, Basha MA, Chensue SW, Lynch JP, Toews GB, Westwick J, Strieter RM. Interleukin-8 gene expression by a pulmonary epithelial cell line: a model for cytokine networks in the lung. J Clin Invest 1990; 86: 1945–1953
  • Ille B, Fischer H, Clauss W. Aldosterone regulation of basolateral potassium channels in alveolar epithelium. Am J Physiol 1990; 259: L230–L237
  • Krozowsky Z, Funder JW. Mineralocorticoid receptors in the rat lung. Endocrinology 1981; 109: 1811–1813
  • Marver D. Aldosterone. Methods Enzymol 1990; 191: 520–550
  • Strunk RC, Tashjian AH, Colten HR. Complement biosynthesis in vitro by rat hepatoma cell strains. J Immunol 1975; 114: 331–335
  • Munoz-Canoves P, Tack BF, Vik DF. Analysis of complement factor HmRNA expression: dexamethasone and IFN-gamma increase the level of H in L cells. Biochemistry 1989; 28: 9891–9897
  • Lappin DF, Whaley K. Modulation of complement gene expression by glucocorticoids. Biochem J 1991; 280: 117–123
  • St. John, Sutton MB, Strunk RC, Cole FS. Regulation of the synthesis of the third component of complement and factor B in cord blood monocytes by lipopolysaccharide. J Immunol 1986; 136: 1366–1372
  • Vik DP, Amiguet P, Moffat GJ, Fey M, Amiguet-Barras F, Wetsel RA, Tack BF. Structural features of the human C3 gene intron/exon organization, transcriptional start site, and promoter region sequence. Biochemistry 1991; 30: 1080–1085
  • Sundstrom SA, Komm BS, Ponce-de-Leon H, Yi Z, Teuscher C, Lyttle CR. Estrogen regulation of tissue-specific expression of complement C3. J Biol Chem 1989; 264: 16941–16947
  • Howe RS, Lee YH, Fischkoff SA, Teuscher C, Lyttle CR. Glucocorticoid and progestin regulation of eosinophil chemotactic factor and complement C3 in the estrogen-treated rat uterus. Endocrinology 1990; 126: 3193–3199
  • Sato T, Hong MH, Jin CH, Ishimi Y, Udagawa N, Shinki T, Abe E, Suda T. The specific production of the third component of complement by osteoblastic cells treated with 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. FEBS 1991; 285: 21–24
  • Munoz-Canoves P, Vik DP, Tack BF. Mapping of the retinoic acid-responsive element in the promoter region of the complement factor H gene. J Biol Chem 1990; 265: 20065–20068

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.