title: beta-Liddle mutation of the epithelial sodium channel increases alveolar fluid clearance and reduces the severity of hydrostatic pulmonary oedema in mice.
abstract: Transepithelial sodium transport via alveolar epithelial Na(+) channels and Na(+),K(+)-ATPase constitutes the driving force for removal of alveolar oedema fluid. Decreased activity of the amiloride-sensitive epithelial Na(+) channel (ENaC) in the apical membrane of alveolar epithelial cells impairs sodium-driven alveolar fluid clearance (AFC) and predisposes to pulmonary oedema. We hypothesized that hyperactivity of ENaC in the distal lung could improve AFC and facilitate the resolution of pulmonary oedema. AFC and lung fluid balance were studied at baseline and under conditions of hydrostatic pulmonary oedema in the beta-Liddle (L) mouse strain harbouring a gain-of-function mutation (R(566)(stop)) within the Scnn1b gene. As compared with wild-type (+/+), baseline AFC was increased by 2- and 3-fold in heterozygous (+/L) and homozygous mutated (L/L) mice, respectively, mainly due to increased amiloride-sensitive AFC. The beta(2)-agonist terbutaline stimulated AFC in +/+ and +/L mice, but not in L/L mice. Acute volume overload induced by saline infusion (40% of body weight over 2 h) significantly increased extravascular (i.e. interstitial and alveolar) lung water as assessed by the bloodless wet-to-dry lung weight ratio in +/+ and L/L mice, as compared with baseline. However, the increase was significantly larger in +/+ than in L/L groups (P=0.01). Volume overload also increased the volume of the alveolar epithelial lining fluid in +/+ mice, indicating the presence of alveolar oedema, but not in L/L mice. Cardiac function as evaluated by echocardiography was comparable in both groups. These data show that constitutive ENaC activation improved sodium-driven AFC in the mouse lung, and attenuated the severity of hydrostatic pulmonary oedema.
authors: INSERM, U773, CRB3, Paris, France.
authors: Nadia
authors: N
authors: Randrianarison
authors: Brigitte
authors: B
authors: Escoubet
authors: Chrystophe
authors: C
authors: Ferreira
authors: Alexandre
authors: A
authors: Fontayne
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Fowler-Jaeger
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Clerici
authors: Edith
authors: E
authors: Hummler
authors: Bernard C
authors: BC
authors: Rossier
authors: Carole
authors: C
authors: Planès
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000584:Amiloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000378:metabolism; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004232:Diuretics / Q000494:pharmacology; D053503:Epithelial Sodium Channels / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009154:Mutation; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013726:Terbutaline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D004232:Diuretics; D053503:Epithelial Sodium Channels; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C507049:Scnn1b protein, mouse; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; C051650:glycine hydrazide; D000584:Amiloride; D013726:Terbutaline; D005998:Glycine