Tingting Liu1, Kenji Sano2, Naoko Ogiwara2, Norimoto Kobayashi1. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan. 2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Heterozygous mutations of SFTPC, the gene-encoding surfactant protein C (SP-C), result in interstitial lung disease (ILD). However, characterization of mutations located in the mature domain of precursor SP-C (proSP-C) is limited. This study examined the molecular pathogenesis of such a mutation of ILD. METHODS: We employed sequencing of SFTPC and established A549 cells stably expressing several proSP-C mutants. Histopathology and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of lung tissue from a pediatric patient with ILD were assessed. Effects of mutant proSP-C were evaluated by western blotting, immunofluorescence, and TEM. RESULTS: Sequencing of SFTPC revealed a novel heterozygous mutation, c.163C>T (L55F). In lung tissue, abnormal localization of proSP-C was observed by immunohistochemistry, and small and dense lamellar bodies (LBs) in type II alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) were detected by TEM. TEM of A549 cells stably expressing proSP-C(L55F) displayed abnormal cytoplasmic organelles. ProSP-C(L55F) exhibited a band pattern similar to that of proSP-C(WT) for processed intermediates. Immunofluorescence studies demonstrated that proSP-C(L55F) partially colocalized in CD63-positive cytoplasmic vesicles of A549 cells, which was in contrast to proSP-C(WT). CONCLUSION: We detected a novel c.163C>T mutation located in the mature domain of SFTPC associated with ILD that altered the subcellular localization of proSP-C in A549 cells.
BACKGROUND: Heterozygous mutations of SFTPC, the gene-encoding surfactant protein C (SP-C), result in interstitial lung disease (ILD). However, characterization of mutations located in the mature domain of precursor SP-C (proSP-C) is limited. This study examined the molecular pathogenesis of such a mutation of ILD. METHODS: We employed sequencing of SFTPC and established A549 cells stably expressing several proSP-C mutants. Histopathology and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of lung tissue from a pediatric patient with ILD were assessed. Effects of mutant proSP-C were evaluated by western blotting, immunofluorescence, and TEM. RESULTS: Sequencing of SFTPC revealed a novel heterozygous mutation, c.163C>T (L55F). In lung tissue, abnormal localization of proSP-C was observed by immunohistochemistry, and small and dense lamellar bodies (LBs) in type II alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) were detected by TEM. TEM of A549 cells stably expressing proSP-C(L55F) displayed abnormal cytoplasmic organelles. ProSP-C(L55F) exhibited a band pattern similar to that of proSP-C(WT) for processed intermediates. Immunofluorescence studies demonstrated that proSP-C(L55F) partially colocalized in CD63-positive cytoplasmic vesicles of A549 cells, which was in contrast to proSP-C(WT). CONCLUSION: We detected a novel c.163C>T mutation located in the mature domain of SFTPC associated with ILD that altered the subcellular localization of proSP-C in A549 cells.
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