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Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., Volume 20, Number 3, March, 1999 398-406

Quantitation and Localization of ENaC Subunit Expression in Fetal, Newborn, and Adult Mouse Lung

Colleen L. Talbot, Darin G. Bosworth, Eleanor L. Briley, David A. Fenstermacher, Richard C. Boucher, Sherif E. Gabriel, and Pierre M. Barker

School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Department of Biology, California State University, San Bernardino, California

The newborn lung is cleared of fetal liquid by active Na+ transport. The heterotrimeric (alpha , beta , gamma ) epithelial Na+ channel, ENaC, mediates this process. To understand the role of individual ENaC subunits in Na+ transport during development, we quantified murine ENaC (mENaC) subunit messenger RNA (mRNA) expression levels of fetal, neonatal, and adult mouse lung by Northern blot analysis and studied regional expression by in situ hybridization. alpha mENaC and gamma mENaC mRNA expression increased sharply in late fetal gestation and reached near-adult levels by Day 1 of postnatal life. beta mENaC expression increased more gradually through late fetal and early postnatal life and increased progressively until adulthood. In situ hybridization studies showed similar localization patterns of alpha mENaC and gamma mENaC subunit expression in fetal and postnatal lung. gamma mENaC and alpha mENaC subunits were initially localized to fetal lung bud tubules and by late gestation both subunits were expressed in all regions (acinar and bronchiolar) of the distal lung epithelium. beta mENaC was detected from 16 d gestation onward and was expressed most intensely in small airways. There was little expression of beta mENaC in the alveolar region. In postnatal lung all three subunits were expressed intensely in small airways. In adult lung, alpha mENaC and gamma mENaC were expressed in a pattern consistent with an alveolar type II (ATII) cell distribution. The timing of quantitative changes in mENaC subunit expression is consistent with a role of Na+ transport in liquid clearance of the perinatal lung. Intense expression of mENaC subunits in medium and small airway epithelium and in ATII cells suggests that these regions are a primary location for liquid absorption in the perinatal and postnatal murine lung.




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