C Planes, B Escoubet, M Blot-Chabaud, G Friedlander, N Farman and C Clerici
Department of Physiology, INSERM U 426, Faculte de Medecine Xavier Bichat, Universite Paris 7, France.

Decrease in alveolar oxygen tension may induce acute lung injury with pulmonary edema. We investigated whether, in alveolar epithelial cells, expression and activity of epithelial sodium (Na) channels and Na,K- adenosine triphosphatase, the major components of transepithelial Na transport, were regulated by hypoxia. Exposure of cultured rat alveolar cells to 3% and 0% O2 for 18 h reduced Na channel activity estimated by amiloride-sensitive 22Na influx by 32% and 67%, respectively, whereas 5% O2 was without effect. The decrease in Na channel activity induced by 0% O2 was time-dependent, significant at 3 h of exposure and maximal at 12 and 18 h. It was associated with a time-dependent decline in the amount of mRNAs encoding the alpha-, beta-, and gamma-subunits of the rat epithelial Na channel (rENaC) and with a 42% decrease in alpha- rENaC protein synthesis as evaluated by immunoprecipitation after 18 h of exposure. The 0% O2 hypoxia also caused a time-dependent decrease in (1) ouabain-sensitive 86Rubidium influx in intact cells, (2) the maximal velocity of Na,K-ATPase on crude homogenates, and (3) alpha1- and beta1-Na,K-ATPase mRNA levels. Levels of rENaC and alpha1-Na,K- ATPase mRNA returned to control values within 48 h of reoxygenation, and this was associated with complete functional recovery. We conclude that hypoxia induced a downregulation of expression and activity of epithelial Na channels and Na,K-ATPase in alveolar cells. Subsequent decrease in Na reabsorption by alveolar epithelium could participate in the maintenance of hypoxia-induced alveolar edema.

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