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Deng GG, Martin-McNulty B, Sukovich DA, Freay A, Halks-Miller M, Thinnes T, Loskutoff DJ, Carmeliet P, Dole WP, Wang YX. Urokinase-type plasminogen activator plays a critical role in angiotensin II-induced abdominal aortic aneurysm. Circ Res 2003; 92:510-7. [PMID: 12600880 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000061571.49375.e1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated that urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) is highly expressed in the aneurysmal segment of the abdominal aorta (AAA) in apolipoprotein E-deficient (apoE-/-) mice treated with angiotensin II (Ang II). In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that uPA is essential for AAA formation in this model. An osmotic minipump containing Ang II (1.44 mg/kg per day) was implanted subcutaneously into 7- to 11-month-old male mice for 1 month. Ang II induced AAA in 9 (90%) of 10 hyperlipidemic mice deficient in apoE (apoE-/-/uPA+/+ mice) but in only 2 (22%) of 9 mice deficient in both apoE and uPA (apoE-/-/uPA-/- mice) (P<0.05). Although the expansion of the suprarenal aorta was significantly less in apoE-/-/uPA-/- mice than in apoE-/-/uPA+/+ mice, the aortic diameters of the aorta immediately above or below the suprarenal aorta were similar between the 2 groups. Ang II induced AAA in 7 (39%) of 18 strain-matched wild-type C57 black/6J control mice. The incidence was significantly higher in atherosclerotic apoE-deficient (apoE-/-) mice, in which 8 (100%) of 8 mice developed AAA. Only 1 (4%) of 27 uPA-/- mice developed AAA after Ang II treatment. We conclude the following: (1) uPA plays an essential role in Ang II-induced AAA in mice with or without preexisting hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis; (2) uPA deficiency does not affect the diameter of the nonaneurysmal portion of the aorta; and (3) atherosclerosis and/or hyperlipidemia promotes but is not essential for Ang II-induced AAA formation in this model.
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- Gary G Deng
- Berlex Biosciences, Department of Pharmacology and Cardiovascular Research, PO Box 4099, 2600 Hilltop Dr, Richmond, Calif 94804-0099, USA. j
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Mori T, Abe T, Wakabayashi Y, Hikawa T, Matsuo K, Yamada Y, Kuwano M, Hori S. Up-regulation of urokinase-type plasminogen activator and its receptor correlates with enhanced invasion activity of human glioma cells mediated by transforming growth factor-alpha or basic fibroblast growth factor. J Neurooncol 2001; 46:115-23. [PMID: 10894364 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006339717748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Glioblastoma multiforme is a highly malignant tumor that is extremely refractory to therapy. One reason is its highly invasive nature into brain tissue. Metalloproteinases and their inhibitors, plasminogen activators (PA) and their inhibitors and cathepsins are thought to be involved in invasion by tumor cells. In this study, we determined if the urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and/or the urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) were responsible for the invasion activity of a human glioma cell line. We determined the invasion activity of a human glioma U251 cell line using an in vitro invasion assay system. A 2.4- to 5.8-fold increase in invasion activity was observed in the presence of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) or transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha. Northern blot analysis showed that bFCF and TGF-alpha treatment was associated with increases in cellular mRNA levels of uPA and uPAR. Zymographic activity correlated to mRNA levels of uPA and uPAR. Addition of an anti-uPAR monoclonal antibody significantly inhibited the invasion activity induced by bFGF- and TGF-alpha. Irsogladine, an inhibitor of uPA synthesis, also blocked the invasion activity. These observations suggest that uPA and its receptor have a role in the invasion process of human gliomas.
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- T Mori
- Department of Neurosurgery, Oita Medical University, Japan.
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Corssmit EP, de Metz J, Sauerwein HP, Romijn JA. Biologic responses to IFN-alpha administration in humans. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2000; 20:1039-47. [PMID: 11152569 DOI: 10.1089/107999000750053690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Although interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) was discovered over 40 years ago, it was many years before it was registered as a therapeutic agent. Because of its unique qualities, it has been registered for both antiviral and antitumor indications. In addition to its therapeutic effects in viral diseases and cancer, IFN-alpha interferes with several important physiologic systems. It interacts with the immune system and affects several neuroendocrine and metabolic circuits. The specific mechanisms by which IFN-alpha exerts its therapeutic effects are complex, and it is very difficult to tie the biologic actions of IFN-alpha to specific clinical effects.
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- E P Corssmit
- Department of Endocrinology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Dietzmann K, von Bossanyi P, Krause D, Wittig H, Mawrin C, Kirches E. Expression of the plasminogen activator system and the inhibitors PAI-1 and PAI-2 in posttraumatic lesions of the CNS and brain injuries following dramatic circulatory arrests: an immunohistochemical study. Pathol Res Pract 2000; 196:15-21. [PMID: 10674268 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(00)80017-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Plasminogen activators as inducible extracellular serine proteases are involved in a variety of processes, such as the degradation of brain structures. In regions of brain degradation, an increase in the expression of genes encoding cytokines and proteinases has recently been demonstrated. We tested the hypothesis, whether the plasminogen activator system as well as the plasminogen activator inhibitors are expressed and possibly involved in a proteolytic cascade that breaks down the extracellular matrix as a result of ischemic or posttraumatic brain destructions. To study this supposition, we investigated immunohistochemically the expression of tPA, uPA and its receptor, the plasminogen activator inhibitors PAI-1 and PAI-2, tetranectin as well as the laminin breakdown as an event of secondary brain injury. Brain tissue from 21 autopsy cases with severe brain injuries, material from 14 ischemic infarcts and 11 controls with acute hypoxia were used. All components of the plasminogen activator system studied were over-expressed immunohistochemically in reactive astrocytes, microglia and endothelial cells around the lesion zone. Tetranectin showed an analogous distribution to the plasminogen activator system. A reduced immunoreactivity of laminin within the identical region of destruction was detected concomitant with laminin remnants in perivascular macrophages, so that a remarkable role of the plasmin cascade in the degradation of extracellular matrix proteins in the brain is taken into consideration.
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- K Dietzmann
- Department of Neuropathology, Medical School, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany.
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Muir E, Du JS, Fok-Seang J, Smith-Thomas L, Housden E, Rogers J, Fawcett J. Increased axon growth through astrocyte cell lines transfected with urokinase. Glia 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(199805)23:1<24::aid-glia3>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Vincent VA, L�wik CW, Verheijen JH, De Bart AC, Tilders FJ, Van Dam AM. Role of astrocyte-derived tissue-type plasminogen activator in the regulation of endotoxin-stimulated nitric oxide production by microglial cells. Glia 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(199802)22:2<130::aid-glia4>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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AbstractPlasmin, the primary fibrinolytic enzyme, has a broad substrate spectrum and participates in other biological processes dependent upon proteolytic activity. Consequently, plasmin activity is tightly regulated by plasminogen activators and protease inhibitors. In this study, we examined whether regulation of plasminogen gene expression also might provide a new mechanism for controlling this system. We examined the effects of recombinant human interleukin-6 (rhIL-6), a pleiotropic cytokine, on plasminogen mRNA expression in primary murine hepatocytes and Hep3B human hepatoma cells. In primary hepatocytes, rhIL-6 and hydrocortisone separately increased plasminogen mRNA expression, but hydrocortisone did not markedly enhance the response to rhIL-6. Hep3B hepatoma cells exhibited more modest responses to rhIL-6. We used the polymerase chain reaction to amplify a 1,067-bp fragment of the human plasminogen promoter/5′ flanking region. This fragment was cloned upstream of a luciferase reporter gene. Hep3B cells transiently transfected with this construct provided ∼100-fold higher luciferase activity compared to cells transfected with control plasmids, and luciferase activity was increased ∼4.5-fold when these cells were treated with rhIL-6. Furthermore, mice injected with rhIL-6 exhibited increases in hepatic plasminogen mRNA. Circulating plasminogen levels were significantly higher in the mice injected with rhIL-6 compared to mice injected with saline. Mice injected with lipopolysaccharide (an inducer of IL-6 in vivo) also showed increased hepatic plasminogen mRNA. Thus, plasminogen gene expression can be modulated by rhIL-6, suggesting a new mechanism for regulating biological systems that use plasmin.
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Akenami F, Koskiniemi M, Mustjoki S, Sirén V, Färkkilä M, Vaheri A. Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid activities of tissue plasminogen activator, urokinase and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in multiple sclerosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0268-9499(97)80103-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Salonen EM, Gombau L, Engvall E, Schleef RR. Human glioma U-251 cells contain type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor in a rapidly releasable form. FEBS Lett 1996; 393:216-20. [PMID: 8814293 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00865-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Because recent information suggests that the localized deposition of protease inhibitors is one mechanism by which cells regulate pericellular proteolysis during tissue invasion, the distribution of type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PA1-1) associated with the invasive human glioma cell line U-251 was investigated. Direct and reverse fibrin zymography indicated the presence of urokinase-like plasminogen activator (u-PA) and PAI-1 in U-251 conditioned media and cell lysates. PA1-1 antigen was detected immunologically in cytoplasmic granules present within cellular processes of U-251 cells and these organelles could be isolated on Percoll density gradients in a high density band. In contrast, u-PA activity and another secreted protein, amyloid beta-protein precursor, were only present in the low density region of the gradients. Functional analysis of PAI-1 in the granules contained within the high density fractions revealed the presence of active PAI-1. Incubation of U-251 cells with the secretagogue, 8-bromoadenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate, resulted in a 3-fold increase in the release of PAI-1 in the media conditioned by these cells. These data suggest that the human glioma cell line U-251 contains PAI-1 in a rapidly releasable form, which may provide another mechanism by which these tumors could regulate proteolytic activity in a localized manner.
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- E M Salonen
- Department of Vascular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Ito K, Ryuto M, Ushiro S, Ono M, Sugenoya A, Kuraoka A, Shibata Y, Kuwano M. Expression of tissue-type plasminogen activator and its inhibitor couples with development of capillary network by human microvascular endothelial cells on Matrigel. J Cell Physiol 1995; 162:213-24. [PMID: 7822431 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041620207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Human omental microvascular endothelial (HOME) cells seeded on Matrigel begin to migrate within 1 h, forming honeycomb-like structures and capillary-like networks within 18 h. Cross-sections of the capillary networks show them to be tube-like structures. Northern blot analysis showed that tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) mRNA synthesis increased from the initial state at 0 h after seeding on Matrigel, reaching a steady state after 4 h. This elevated cellular t-PA mRNA level decreased markedly at 24 h. In contrast, the cellular plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) mRNA level demonstrated biphasic curves during the 24 h after seeding on Matrigel: the PAI-1 mRNA level was increased eightfold initially at 4 h over that at 0 h, then declined, and again secondarily increased to greater than tenfold at 18 h. Cellular levels of both 72 kD type IV collagenase and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP-2) mRNA were increased only a slightly within 2-4 h. These elevated mRNA levels were maintained for 18 h, while the TIMP-1 mRNA level increased up to 18 h, reaching around three times the level at 0 h. However, on collagen-coated dishes, cellular levels of t-PA, PAI-1, 72 kD type IV collagenase, TIMP-1, and TIMP-2 mRNA were not greatly changed during incubation for 24 h. On Matrigel, the cellular t-PA mRNA level at 18 h after seeding was greatly increased when treated with specific anti-transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) antibody. In contrast, both PAI-1 and TIMP-1 mRNA levels at 18 h were reduced in the presence of anti-TGF-beta antibody. Development of the capillary network on Matrigel was inhibited in the presence of anti-t-PA antibody. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) enhanced t-PA gene expression and TGF-beta inhibited its expression in HOME cells cultured on collagen-coated dishes. On the other hand, TGF-beta enhanced cellular expression of the PAI-1 gene. The formation of a capillary network by HOME cells on Matrigel appears to be balanced by angiogenic EGF and anti-angiogenic TGF-beta through modulation of PA activity.
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- K Ito
- Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- D D Boyd
- Division of Medical Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA
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The failure of axons to regenerate in the central nervous system is mainly due to inhibition by the environment, made up of astrocytes and oligodendrocytes, which surrounds regions of damage. Both cell types are inhibitory to axon regeneration, and it seems likely that each will have to be neutralised before significant axon regeneration is achieved. Axons regenerate over the surface of astrocytes grown in normal monolayer culture but not through three-dimensional astrocyte cultures. Astrocyte cell lines have been created, some of which resemble embryonic astrocytes and form a loose tissue with extensive extracellular space which permits axon regeneration, and others which model astrocytes in the damaged brain having little extracellular space and much extracellular matrix material. There is no correlation between the inhibitory effect on axons and the expression of cell adhesion molecules, proteases, protease inhibitors, and a variety of extracellular matrix molecules. However, extracellular matrix produced by inhibitory cell lines is inhibitory to axon regeneration, while that produced by permissive cell lines is not. This difference depends on the production of a chondroitinase-sensitive proteoglycan which can block the neurite-inducing effects of laminin so that treatment of inhibitory extracellular matrix with chondroitinase renders it more permissive to axon regeneration.
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- J Fawcett
- Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
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Abe T, Mori T, Kohno K, Seiki M, Hayakawa T, Welgus HG, Hori S, Kuwano M. Expression of 72 kDa type IV collagenase and invasion activity of human glioma cells. Clin Exp Metastasis 1994; 12:296-304. [PMID: 8039304 DOI: 10.1007/bf01753836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Metalloproteinases, inhibitors of metalloproteinases, plasminogen activators, inhibitors of plasminogen activators and cathepsins are thought to be involved in invasion by tumor cells. Glioblastoma multiforme is highly malignant and extremely refractory to therapy. One reason is because of its highly invasive nature within the nervous system. However, it remains unclear how invasion/dissemination of glioblastoma multiforme proceeds. In this study, we attempted to determine which proteinases were responsible for the invasion activity of human glioma cell lines in vitro. Nine human glioma cell lines (NHG1, NHG2, IN157, IN301, IN500, U251, U343, T98G and CCF-STTG1) derived from patients with glioma were grown in culture and used. We compared the invasion activity of glioma cell lines in a Matrigel invasion assay system, and formulated the activity as invasion index (%). Among the nine cell lines, IN157, IN500 and U343 showed less than 10% invasion activity (low group); NHGI, IN301 and CCF-STTG1 showed 10-25% activity (intermediate group); NHG2, U251 and T98G showed more than 30% activity (high group). Addition of an inhibitor of metalloproteinases, TIMP-1, to the assay system was found to significantly inhibit invasion activity of T98G cells (P < 0.01). Northern blot analysis demonstrated expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), tissue-type PA (tPA) and PA inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in some of the above cell lines. Cellular levels of PAs and their inhibitor mRNA, however, appeared not to be correlated with invasion activity in most glioma cell lines except for CCF-STTG1. Expression of 72 kDa type IV collagenase (MMP-2) was much lower in IN157, IN500 and U343 than other cell lines, whereas expression of TIMP-1 was much higher in IN500 than in other cell lines. Zymographic activity was found to be comparable to MMP-2 mRNA levels in all cell lines except for CCF-STTG1. Type IV collagenolytic activity was also comparable to invasion activity in nine cell lines. These observations suggest the role of type IV collagenase and its inhibitors in determining capacity for invasion by human gliomas. However, a comprehensive analysis both in vitro and in vivo is required to confirm the role for this enzyme in glioma cell invasiveness.
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- T Abe
- Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Laterra J, Indurti RR, Goldstein GW. Regulation of in vitro glia-induced microvessel morphogenesis by urokinase. J Cell Physiol 1994; 158:317-24. [PMID: 8106568 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041580214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Plasminogen activators (PAs) regulate a variety of processes involved in tissue morphogenesis and differentiation. We used a coculture system in which microvascular endothelial cells are induced by glial cells to form capillary-like structures in order to examine the role of urokinase-type PA (uPA) during microvessel morphogenesis within the central nervous system (CNS). Endothelia-derived uPA activity decreased sevenfold within glial-endothelial cocultures when capillary-like structures were formed. Incubation of cocultures with concentrations of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (0.1 and 1.0 nM) that induced endothelial uPA activity (45-210%) inhibited endothelial differentiation (25-70%). Furthermore, incubation of cocultures with proteolytically active low molecular weight uPA (5-500 IU/ml) inhibited endothelial differentiation (37-75%), whereas the amino terminal cell-binding fragment of uPA had minimal effect. Inhibition of plasminogen activation in cocultures with the serine protease/plasmin inhibitors aprotinin and soybean trypsin inhibitor increased glia-induced capillary-like structure formation (96-98%). These findings establish a paracrine/autocrine function for urokinase and its inhibitors in regulating endothelial responses to perivascular glia and provide insight into mechanisms of microvascular reactions to CNS pathology.
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- J Laterra
- Department of Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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Yamamoto M, Sawaya R, Mohanam S, Rao VH, Bruner JM, Nicolson GL, Ohshima K, Rao JS. Activities, localizations, and roles of serine proteases and their inhibitors in human brain tumor progression. J Neurooncol 1994; 22:139-51. [PMID: 7745466 DOI: 10.1007/bf01052889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The plasminogen activation system consists of plasminogen activators and their inhibitors, serine proteases, and serpins. The proteases and inhibitors regulate a variety of processes in tissue morphogenesis, differentiation, cell migration, and cancer cell invasiveness and metastasis. One of the plasminogen activators, urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), binds to a specific surface and provides a localized cell surface proteolytic activity required for the destruction of extracellular matrix, which is a vital step in tumor cell invasion. The proteolytic activity of uPA is modulated by its cell surface receptor, as well as by plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) and, to a lesser degree, by other inhibitors. The role of plasminogen activators and their inhibitors in cancer invasion can be demonstrated in the development and progression of malignant brain tumors. Our findings indicate that uPA and PAI-1 expression are dramatically upregulated in malignant brain tumors in parallel with the histological progression of the tumors. The results suggest that these molecules may contribute to tumor invasion in addition to their significant role in angiogenesis. An evaluation of the plasminogen activation system could add diagnostic and prognostic significance to the evaluation of individual patients.
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- M Yamamoto
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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Boghaert ER, Chan SK, Zimmer C, Grobelny D, Galardy RE, Vanaman TC, Zimmer SG. Inhibition of collagenolytic activity relates to quantitative reduction of invasion in vitro in a c-Ha-ras transfected glial cell line. J Neurooncol 1994; 21:141-50. [PMID: 7861190 DOI: 10.1007/bf01052898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The function of proteases in brain tumor invasion is currently not well established. For tumors of epithelial and fibromatous origin collagenase production can enhance the invasive capacity of cells to penetrate basement membranes. We showed previously that a c-Ha-ras transformed glial cell line (CxT24neo3) invaded hamster brain tissue in vivo. These cells were also capable of invading reconstituted basement membrane and embryonic chick hearts in vitro. Since the histopathology of CxT24neo3 tumors mimics that of glioblastoma multiforme in humans, CxT24neo3 was used as the model in vitro for this type of brain tumor. Presently, we detected by zymogram analysis a gelatinase that was secreted by CxT24neo3 and that had an apparent molecular mass of 62 kD. To verify whether gelatinase affected invasion in vitro of these glial cells we determined the efficacy of a substrate specific collagenase inhibitor on invasion in vitro. GM6001 is a synthetic polypeptide that specifically occupies the substrate binding sites of metalloprotease. Since this drug did not show cytotoxicity, its specificity for metalloprotease is a valuable tool to evaluate the physiological function of these enzymes on invasion. We found that treatment of CxT24neo3 with GM6001 reduced the fraction of invading CxT24neo3 cells through reconstituted basement membrane. These data suggest that metalloproteases can stimulate brain tumor invasion.
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- E R Boghaert
- University of Kentucky, Dept. of Surgery, Markey Cancer Center, Lexington
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Chapter 16. Proteases and Metastasis. ANNUAL REPORTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-7743(08)60886-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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