scholarly journals Characterization of Xenopus Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-2: A Role in Regulating Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity during Development

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. e36707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liezhen Fu ◽  
Guihong Sun ◽  
Maria Fiorentino ◽  
Yun-Bo Shi
2007 ◽  
Vol 282 (37) ◽  
pp. 26948-26955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janelle L. Lauer-Fields ◽  
Mare Cudic ◽  
Shuo Wei ◽  
Frank Mari ◽  
Gregg B. Fields ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 1815-1822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Niemirska ◽  
Mieczysław Litwin ◽  
Joanna Trojanek ◽  
Lidia Gackowska ◽  
Izabela Kubiszewska ◽  
...  

1995 ◽  
Vol 308 (2) ◽  
pp. 645-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Itoh ◽  
S Binner ◽  
H Nagase

Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-2 forms a noncovalent complex with the precursor of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (proMMP-2, progelatinase A) through interaction of the C-terminal domain of each molecule. We have isolated the proMMP-2-TIMP-2 complex from the medium of human uterine cervical fibroblasts and investigated the processes involved in its activation by 4-aminophenylmercuric acetate (APMA). The treatment of the complex with APMA-activated proMMP-2 by disrupting the Cys73-Zn2+ interaction of the zymogen. This is triggered by perturbation of the proMMP-2 molecule, but not by the reaction of the SH group of Cys73 with APMA. The ‘activated’ proMMP-2 (proMMP-2*) formed a new complex with TIMP-2 by binding to the N-terminal inhibitory domain of the inhibitor without processing the propeptide. Thus the APMA-treated proMMP-2*-TIMP-2 complex exhibited no gelatinolytic activity. In the presence of a small amount of free MMP-2, however, proMMP-2* in the complex was converted into the 65 kDa MMP-2 by proteolytic attack of MMP-2, but the complex did not exhibit gelatinolytic activity. The gelatinolytic activity detected after APMA treatment was solely derived from the activation of free proMMP-2. The removal of the propeptide of the proMMP-2* bound to TIMP-2 was also observed by MMP-3 (stromelysin 1), but not by MMP-1 (interstitial collagenase). MMP-3 cleaved the Asn80-Tyr81 bond of proMMP-2*. On the other hand, when MMP-3 was incubated with the proMMP-2-TIMP-2 complex, it bound to TIMP-2 and rendered proMMP-2 readily activatable by APMA. These results indicate that the blockage of TIMP-2 of the complex with an active MMP is essential for the activation of proMMP-2 when it is complexed with TIMP-2.


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