Differential regulation of SP-A1 and SP-A2 genes by cAMP, glucocorticoids, and insulin.

In the human fetal lung, surfactant protein A (SP-A) is encoded by two highly similar genes, SP-A1 and SP-A2, which are developmentally and hormonally regulated. Using primer extension analysis, we evaluated the levels of SP-A1 and SP-A2 mRNA transcripts in human fetal lung explants and in a human adult lung adenocarcinoma cell line (H441 cells) cultured in the absence or presence of either dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (DBcAMP, 1 mM), dexamethasone (10-7 M), or insulin (2.5 μg/ml). In the human fetal lung explants, the content of SP-A1 mRNA was approximately four times that of SP-A2 mRNA. DBcAMP increased SP-A1 mRNA levels by 100% and SP-A2 mRNA levels by 500%, thus reducing the ratio of SP-A1 mRNA to SP-A2 mRNA to ∼1:1. Dexamethasone inhibited all of the SP-A1 and SP-A2 mRNA transcripts to the same extent, by ∼70%, whereas insulin inhibited all SP-A mRNA transcripts by ∼60%. The ratio of SP-A1 to SP-A2 mRNA in dexamethasone- or insulin-treated explants was the same as the ratio observed in controls. In the H441 cells, SP-A1 mRNA levels were ∼1.5 times that of SP-A2 mRNA levels. DBcAMP increased both SP-A1 and SP-A2 mRNA levels by 100%. Dexamethasone inhibited SP-A1 mRNA levels in the cell line by 60%, whereas SP-A2 mRNA levels were not significantly affected. Insulin inhibited SP-A1 mRNA levels in the cell line by 40% without affecting SP-A2 mRNA levels. These findings suggest that the two human SP-A genes are regulated differently in the two model systems.

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