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Contact between blood and a biomaterial surface induces an immediate complement-mediated inflammatory response. Under these conditions, the alternative pathway of complement is often initiated and amplified on the biomaterial surface. Adsorption of a protein such as C3 to a polymer surface induces conformational changes in the protein. Based on the expression on adsorbed C3 of conformational neoepitopes specific for bound C3 fragments, we have hypothesized that adsorbed C3 is able to bind factor B and form a functional C3,Bb convertase. Using a quartz crystal microbalance to monitor binding of proteins to a polymer surface, we have demonstrated that a functional C3-containing alternative pathway convertase can be formed, in particular, in the presence of properdin. These data indicate that adsorption of C3 induces conformational changes that turn C3 into a C3b-like molecule that is able to participate in the functioning of the alternative convertase, and they suggest a new mechanism for complement activation on a biomaterial surface.

C3 Adsorbed to a Polymer Surface Can Form an Initiating Alternative Pathway Convertase