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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 282: L1266-L1271, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00262.2001
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Vol. 282, Issue 6, L1266-L1271, June 2002

Transgenic expression of protein phosphatase 2A regulatory subunit B56gamma disrupts distal lung differentiation

Allen D. Everett1, Craig Kamibayashi2, and David L. Brautigan3

1 Department of Pediatrics and 3 Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908; and 2 Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390

The distal epithelium of the developing lung exhibits high-level expression of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), a vital signaling enzyme. Here we report the discovery that in the lung, the PP2A regulatory subunit B56gamma is expressed in a discrete developmental period, with the highest protein levels at embryonic day (e) 17, but no detectable protein in the newborn or adult. By in situ hybridization, B56gamma was highly expressed in the distal epithelium of newly forming airways and in mesenchymal cells. In contrast, expression of B56gamma was quite low in the bronchial epithelium and vascular smooth muscle. Transgenic expression of B56gamma using the lung-specific promoter for surfactant protein C (SP-C) resulted in neonatal death. Examination of lungs from SP-C-B56gamma transgenic e18 fetuses revealed proximal airways and normal blood vessels, but the tissue was densely populated with epithelial-type cells and was devoid of normal peripheral lung structure. A component of the Wnt signaling pathway, beta -catenin, was developmentally regulated in the normal lung and was absent in lung tissue from B-56gamma transgenic fetuses. We propose that B56gamma is expressed at a particular stage of lung development to modulate PP2A action on the Wnt/beta -catenin signaling pathway during lung airway morphogenesis.

lung development; Wnt; beta -catenin; PP2A


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