RGD Reference Report - Production and activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in proliferative diabetic retinopathy. - Rat Genome Database

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Production and activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Authors: Noda, K  Ishida, S  Inoue, M  Obata, K  Oguchi, Y  Okada, Y  Ikeda, E 
Citation: Noda K, etal., Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003 May;44(5):2163-70.
RGD ID: 1582582
Pubmed: PMID:12714657   (View Abstract at PubMed)

PURPOSE: To investigate the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) species and their activation associated with the pathogenesis of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). METHODS: Sandwich enzyme immunoassays were used to measure concentrations of MMP-1, -2, -3, -7, -8, -9, and -13 in vitreous samples from patients with PDR and nondiabetic vitreoretinal diseases. To evaluate activation ratios of the zymogen of MMP-2 (proMMP-2) and -9 (proMMP-9) in the vitreous samples and fibrovascular tissues, gelatin zymography was performed. Production and tissue localization of MMP-2, membrane type 1-MMP (MT1-MMP), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-2, and MMP-9 in the fibrovascular tissues were examined by immunohistochemistry. mRNA expression of MT1-MMP in the tissues was determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RESULTS: Among the seven different MMPs examined in the vitreous samples, only the levels of MMP-2 and -9 were significantly higher in the PDR samples than in the control. However, activation ratios of proMMP-2 (10.6% +/- 11.8%) and proMMP-9 (2.5% +/- 5.1%) in PDR vitreous samples were low and not significantly different from those of the control. In contrast, high activation ratios of proMMP-2 (54.3% +/- 13.6%) and notable activation of proMMP-9 (19.5% +/- 7.8%) were observed in the fibrovascular tissues. Immunohistochemical study demonstrated the localization of MMP-2 and -9 in the endothelial cells and glial cells of the fibrovascular tissues. MMP-2 was colocalized with MT1-MMP and TIMP-2, which are an activator and an activation-enhancing factor, respectively, for proMMP-2. RT-PCR analysis indicated the gene expression of MT1-MMP in the tissues. CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate that proMMP-2 is efficiently activated in the fibrovascular tissues of PDR, probably through interaction with MT1-MMP and TIMP-2, and suggest the possibility that the activity of MMP-2 and MT1-MMP is involved in the formation of the fibrovascular tissues.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
diabetic retinopathy  IDA 1582582 RGD 
diabetic retinopathy  ISOMMP2 (Homo sapiens)1582582; 1582582 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Mmp2  (matrix metallopeptidase 2)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Mmp2  (matrix metallopeptidase 2)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
MMP2  (matrix metallopeptidase 2)


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