Cigarette smoke upregulates pulmonary vascular matrix metalloproteinases via TNF-α signaling
2007
Cigarette smoke exposure causes vascular remodeling and pulmonary hypertension by poorly understood mechanisms. To ascertain whether cigarette smoke exposure affects production of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the pulmonary vessels, we exposed C57Bl/6 (C57) mice or mice lacking TNF-α receptors (TNFRKO) to smoke daily for 2 wk or 6 mo. Using laser capture microdissection and RT-PCR analysis, we examined gene expression of MMP-2, MMP-9, MMP-12, MMP-13, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP-1) and examined protein production by immunohistochemistry for MMP-2, MMP-9, and MMP-12 in small intrapulmonary arteries. At 2 wk, mRNA levels of TIMP-1 and all MMPs were increased in the C57, but not TNFRKO, mice, and immunoreactive protein for MMP-2, MMP-9, and MMP-12 was also increased in the C57 mice. Increased gelatinase activity was identified by in situ and bulk tissue zymography. At 6 mo, only MMP-12 mRNA levels remained increased in the C57 mice, but at a much lower level; however, MMP-2 mRNA leve...
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- Zymography
- Matrix metalloproteinase
- Tumor necrosis factor alpha
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase
- Endocrinology
- Laser capture microdissection
- Biochemistry
- Gelatinase
- Medicine
- Internal medicine
- Receptor
- Pathology
- Signal transduction
- Immunology
- Tobacco smoke
- Cytokine
- cigarette smoke
- Cancer research
- Respiratory disease
- Respiratory system
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