title: Membrane-type-2 matrix metalloproteinase can initiate the processing of progelatinase A and is regulated by the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases.
abstract: Membrane-type-1 matrix metalloproteinase has been identified as an activator of the matrix metalloproteinase progelatinase A at cell surfaces. We report here that a soluble active form of membrane-type-2 matrix metalloproteinase can also process progelatinase A in a comparable fashion to the type-1 at rates which are dependent on the concentration of the proenzyme. Activation is inhibited by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases TIMP-2 and TIMP-3, but only partially by TIMP-1. These results suggest that cellular activation of progelatinase A may be initiated by different members of the membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase family depending on tissue distribution.
authors.affiliation: Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Will
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D018093:Gelatinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D053504:Matrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-Associated; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019716:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2; D019717:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3; D019714:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D006023:Glycoproteins; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D011506:Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019717:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3; D019714:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases; D019716:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2; D018093:Gelatinases; D053504:Matrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-Associated; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C069860:progelatinase