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Human shoulder tendon biopsy samples in organ culture produce procollagenase and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the production of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), collagenase (MMP-1), and its natural inhibitor, the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) by diseased human tendon samples in organ culture. METHODS:Portions of tendons were excised from the shoulders of patients undergoing shoulder surgery, classified as either proximal to the lesion (abnormal) or distal to the lesion (normal) according to their macroscopic appearance at surgery, and placed in organ culture for periods of up to 28 days. The release of collagenase and TIMP activity in the conditioned culture medium was measured. RESULTS:Procollagenase and TIMP were both produced by all the tendon samples for an extended period of time. The levels of enzyme and inhibitor varied between patients, but in most of them TIMP levels were greater than collagenase levels. In one sample of calcified tendon, procollagenase levels were greater than those of TIMP. The mean level of collagenase produced by tendon proximal to the lesion and tendon distal to the lesion were not significantly different (95.2 (SD 106.8) U/g and 34.0 (45.3) U/g, respectively), while the corresponding figures for TIMP were 109.7 (62.3) U/g and 53.0 (27.9) U/g (p = < 0.05), although there was considerable variation in some samples. Western blotting and collagen fragment analysis confirmed that the collagenolytic activity detected was attributable to the metalloproteinase fibroblast collagenase (MMP-1). CONCLUSIONS:Tendon tissue can actively secrete procollagenase, an enzyme that, once activated, is capable of remodelling collagen, the major connective tissue component of tendon. Collagenase is produced even in unstimulated cultures, although the concentrations of TIMP are usually greater than that of collagenase in most samples. Some activation of collagenase appeared to have occurred. These results indicate that tendon tissue cells are capable of producing a remodelling response, even in end stage tendon disease.

journal_name

Ann Rheum Dis

journal_title

Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors

Dalton S,Cawston TE,Riley GP,Bayley IJ,Hazleman BL

doi

10.1136/ard.54.7.571

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-07-01 00:00:00

pages

571-7

issue

eissn

0003-4967

issn

1468-2060

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Human shoulder tendon biopsy samples in organ culture produce procollagenase and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases.