title: Differential expression of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases 4 in developing rat lung.
abstract: During the perinatal period, lungs undergo changes to adapt to air breathing. The genes involved in these changes are developmentally regulated by various signaling pathways, including the cyclic nucleotide cAMP. As PDE4s are critical enzymes for regulation of cAMP levels, the objective of this study was to investigate PDE4's ontogeny in developing rat lung during the perinatal period. Pulmonary PDE4 activity, PDE4A-D, PDE4B, and PDE4D variant expression levels, PDE4B and PDE4D protein levels, and PDE4D localization in distal lung were determined. PDE4 activity increased towards term, dropped at birth, and increased thereafter to reach a plateau at the end of the second week of life. PDE4B2 and PDE4D long forms demonstrated a pattern of expression that increased markedly at birth. After birth, PDE4D was expressed in alveolar epithelial and mesenchymal cells. The study, therefore, evidenced striking variations in expression patterns among the PDE4 family that differed from changes in global PDE4 activity.
authors.affiliation: UMR 767 Inserm-Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Pierre-Henri
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Jarreau
authors.forename: Elodie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zana
authors.forename: Marie-Laure
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Franco-Montoya
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: Danièle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Evain-Brion
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bourbon
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delacourt
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Méhats
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D054703:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008168:Lung / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D054703:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4