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Native timp-free 70-kda progelatinase (mmp-2) secreted at elevated levels by rsv transformed fibroblasts

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authors

  • Stefansson, S.
  • Aimes, R. T.
  • Seward, N. B.
  • Alexander, D. S.
  • Quigley, James

publication date

  • December 1994

journal

  • Journal of Cellular Physiology  Journal

abstract

  • Rous sarcoma virus-transformed cultures of chicken embryo fibroblasts (RSVCEF) secrete elevated levels of a 70 kDa progelatinase, an avian form of the 72 kDa matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). Affinity-purified preparations of secreted 70 kDa progelatinase are composed of two distinct populations of zymogen: a 70 kDa progelatinase tightly complexed with an avian form of TIMP-2 and a native 70 kDa progelatinase free of any detectable TIMP-2. These two forms of the progelatinase can be separated by Mono Q FPLC in the absence of denaturing agents. The homogeneity of the two separated forms is demonstrated by both SDS-PAGE and nondenaturing, native gel electrophoresis. The purified TIMP-free 70 kDa progelatinase is stable in aqueous conditions and does not spontaneously autoactivate. Treatment of the TIMP-free progelatinase with the organomercurial, p-aminophenylmercuric acetate (APMA), results in rapid (5-60 minutes) autolytic conversion of the 70 kDa progelatinase to 67 kDa, 62 kDa and lower molecular weight forms of the enzyme. APMA treatment of the TIMP-free progelatinase yields a preparation that is enzymatically active with a high specific activity towards a peptide substrate. Identical treatment of TIMP-complexed progelatinase with APMA results in a significantly slower conversion process in which the 70 kDa progelatinase is only 50% converted after 6-24 hours and the specific enzyme activity of the preparation is 8 to 18-fold lower. Purified avian TIMP-2 added to the TIMP-free progelatinase forms a complex with the progelatinase and prevents the rapid autolytic conversion induced by APMA. Comparative analysis of parallel cultures of transformed RSVCEF and normal CEF demonstrates that the transformed cultures contain threefold higher levels of the TIMP-free progelatinase than the normal CEF cultures which produce predominantly TIMP-complexed progelatinase. The presence in transformed cultures of elevated levels of a more readily activated TIMP-free progelatinase, the suppression of its rapid activation by TIMP-2, and the potential effect of the altered balance between TIMP-free and TIMP-complexed 70 kDa progelatinase on the invasive, malignant phenotype, are discussed.

subject areas

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Avian Sarcoma Viruses
  • Cell Transformation, Viral
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chick Embryo
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Gelatinases
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 2
  • Metalloendopeptidases
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Weight
  • Peptides
  • Phenylmercuric Acetate
  • Protein Precursors
  • Proteins
  • Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0021-9541

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/jcp.1041610304

PubMed ID

  • 7962125
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start page

  • 419

end page

  • 428

volume

  • 161

issue

  • 3

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