title: Synthesis of latent collagenase and collagenase inhibitor by bovine aortic medial explants and cultured medial smooth muscle cells.
abstract: Bovine aortic medial tissue and medial smooth muscle cells were demonstrated for the first time to synthesize a latent collagenase together with collagenase inhibitor in culture. Molecular weights of the latent collagenase and its inhibitor derived from aortic medial tissue explant were estimated to be about 52 K by gel filtration and 26.5 K by electrophoresis, respectively. Activated aortic collagenases cleaved type I collagen in solution into 3/4 (alpha A) and 1/4 (alpha B) length cleavage fragments and were inhibited by EDTA, o-phenanthroline, dithiothreitol, bovine serum, and highly purified dental pulp and aortic collagenase inhibitors. The aortic inhibitors showed inhibitory activity against all the animal collagenases tested, except for bacterial collagenase. Double-immunodiffusion analysis using a monospecific antiserum prepared against dental pulp inhibitor showed that the aortic inhibitors are immunologically identical to the pulp inhibitor. Using the same antiserum, we found immunoreactive collagenase inhibitor protein to be localized along the collagen fibers between elastic membranes in aortic medial tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000201:enzymology; D001769:Blood; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D003012:Microbial Collagenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D010618:Phenanthrolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010662:Phenylmercuric Acetate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D019714:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D010618:Phenanthrolines; D019714:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases; C010024:4-aminophenylmercuriacetate; D004492:Edetic Acid; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D003012:Microbial Collagenase; D010662:Phenylmercuric Acetate; D004229:Dithiothreitol; C025205:1,10-phenanthroline