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J Appl Physiol 97: 2364-2371, 2004. First published September 3, 2004; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00476.2004
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Lung Growth and Repair

Smooth muscle development during postnatal growth of distal bronchioles in infant rhesus monkeys

Mai-Uyen T. Tran,1 Alison J. Weir,1 Michelle V. Fanucchi,1 April E. Murphy,1 Laura S. Van Winkle,1 Michael J. Evans,1 Suzette M. Smiley-Jewell,1 Lisa Miller,1 Edward S. Schelegle,1,3 Laurel J. Gershwin,2,3 Dallas M. Hyde,1,3 and Charles G. Plopper1,3

1Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, 2Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, and 3California National Primate Research Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616

Submitted 5 May 2004 ; accepted in final form 17 August 2004

Development of smooth muscle in conducting airways begins early in fetal life. Whereas the pattern and regulation of smooth muscle differentiation are well-defined, the impact of airway growth on the process is not. To evaluate the transformations in organization during postnatal growth, smooth muscle bundle organization (size, abundance, and orientation) was mapped in five generations of distal airways of infant rhesus monkeys (5 days and 1, 2, 3, and 6 mo old). On the basis of direct measurement of the bronchiole proximal to the terminal bronchiole, length increased by 2-fold, diameter by 1.35-fold, and surface area by 2.8-fold between 5 days and 6 mo of age. Smooth muscle bundle size was greater in proximal bronchioles than in respiratory bronchioles and did not change with age. However, relative bundle size decreased in proportion to airway size as the airways grew. Relative bundle abundance was constant regardless of airway generation or age. The distribution of smooth muscle bundle orientation changed with age in each airway generation, and there were significant changes in the terminal and respiratory bronchioles. We conclude that smooth muscle undergoes marked organizational changes as airways grow during postnatal development.

airway smooth muscle; postnatal lung development


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: C. G. Plopper, Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, One Shields Ave., Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616 (E-mail: cgplopper{at}ucdavis.edu)




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