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Cell and agonist-specific regulation of genes for matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors by primary glial cells

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authors

  • Crocker, S. J.
  • Milner, Richard
  • Pham-Mitchell, N.
  • Campbell, I. L.

publication date

  • August 2006

journal

  • Journal of Neurochemistry  Journal

abstract

  • An imbalance in the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) : tissue inhibitor of MMP (TIMP) ratio may be associated with tissue injury. Here, we studied the regulation of TIMP and MMP gene expression in primary glial cultures to ascertain the factors involved in the regulation of these genes in conditions of inflammatory neuropathology. Astrocytes were found to basally express TIMP-1 and TIMP-3 mRNA while microglia expressed only TIMP-2 mRNA. TIMP-4 mRNA was not detectable in either cell type. Treatment with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha), IFN-gamma, interleukin-3 (IL-3), IL-6 or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) did not alter expression of the TIMP genes. However, in astrocytes, but not in microglia, serum, IL-1beta or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) evoked a dose- and time-dependent increase in TIMP-1 mRNA and a coincident down-regulation of the TIMP-3 gene. Astrocytes were found to express mRNA constitutively for MMPs -3, -11 and -14. In contrast, microglia expressed only MMP-12 mRNA under basal conditions. IL-1beta enhanced MMP-3 mRNA levels while LPS increased the MMP-3, -9, -12, -13 and -14 mRNAs. Our findings reveal that regulatory control of TIMP and MMP gene expression by glial cells is agonist- and cell-type specific, and suggest that innate immune signals govern the temporal and spatial expression patterns of TIMP and MMP genes in neuroinflammatory conditions of the CNS.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
  • Interleukin-1
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Matrix Metalloproteinases
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Neuroglia
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases
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Research

keywords

  • astrocyte
  • cytokine
  • lipopolysaccharide
  • microglia
  • serum
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0022-3042

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03927.x

PubMed ID

  • 16893421
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 812

end page

  • 823

volume

  • 98

issue

  • 3

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